Boy’s Top Ten Times and Distances: Week 6

There was one city best time established at the Texas Distance Festival at Southlake Carroll.

There were also many personal best and top 10 times and marks established at either the North Texas Bill Schmidt Classic or the Texas Distance Festival at Southlake Carroll.

Americas junior Diego Romero ran a personal best and season city best 4:15.19 in the 1,600 at the Texas Distance Festival.

Pebble Hills senior Mark Barajas ran a personal 4:16.50 in the 1,600 at the Texas Distance Festival.

Eastwood junior Aidan Torres ran a personal best 14:38.05 in the 5,000 at the Texas Distance Festival. His mark ranks second best all time behind former Trooper Danny Bernal.

Eastwood junior Devin Falk-Ramirez had a personal best 42.10.5 leap in the triple jump at the North Texas Bill Schmidt Classic.

Chapin senior Dauntae Herrera ran a personal best 1:57.40 in the 800 meters at the Texas Distance Festival.

Franklin senior Juan Leal ran a personal best 4:16.77 in the 1,600 at the Texas Distance Festival.

El Paso High junior Miles Westbrook ran a personal best 4:16.98 in the 1,600 at the Texas Distance Festival

San Elizario senior Julian Guerra ran apersonal best 4:26.74 in the 1,600 at the Texas Distance Festival

For complete results of the North Texas Bill Schmidt Classic, click here –

 www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/535730/results

For complete results of the Texas Distance Festival, click here –

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/535733/results

This week’s schedule is as follows:

Irvin Invitational: March 22-23 at Irvin High School. Irvin, Americas, Loretto, Anthony, Hanks, Harmony, Canutillo, Radford, El Paso, Chapin JV.

Ysleta Invitational: March 22-23 at Ysleta High School. Ysleta, Riverside, Cathedral, Hanks, Bel Air, Parkland, Tornillo, Jefferson, Burges.

San Elizario Invitational: March 22-23 at San Elizario High School. San Eli, Horizon, Eastwood, Fabens, Mt. View, YWLA, Del Valle, Clint, Bowie.

Willie Williams Classic: March 22-23 in Tucson. Montwood, Del Valle, Jefferson girls.

Chandler Invitational: March 22-23 in Chandler. Pebble Hills

San Angelo Relays: March 22-23. El Dorado, Socorro, Eastlake, Americas, Franklin, Andress, Austin, Chapin, Coronado.

Here the top 10 track and field male athletes in each track and field event after week 6:

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 54-4.5; 2, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 51-8; 3, Alexander Kimba, El Dorado, 47-2; 4, Samuel Montes, Bowie, 46-8.5; 5, Diego Martinez, Eastwood, 45-7; 6, Tyreese White, Pebble Hills, 45-4; 7, Jonathan Zamora, Chapin, 45-1; 8, Rafael Jacquez, Pebble Hills, 44-11; 9, Devan Quintana, Riverside, 44-9; 10, Angel Cortez, Pebble Hills, 44-8.

Discus: 1, Eddie Najera, Canutillo, 155-feet, 11 inches; 2, Michael Parker, Pebble Hills, 147-2; 3, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 143-0; 4, Devin Mata, Burges, 142-9; 5, Roman Alvarado, Socorro,     137-1; 6, Jesus Ochoa, Jefferson, 135-0; 7, Kaleb Finn, Coronado, 134-9; 8, Dylan Contreras, Franklin, 134-00; 9, Matthew Flores, Clint, 132-8; 10, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 131-8.

High jump: 1, William McLilly Jr., Montwood, 6-feet, 2 inches; 2, Tenoch Pena, Austin, 6-0; 2, Alonzo Rodriguez, Ysleta, 6-0; 4, Daedrick Pruitt, Andress, 5-10; 4, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 5-10; 4, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 5-10; 4, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 5-10; 4, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 5-10; 4, Caden Mayon, El Dorado, 5-10; 4, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 5-10.

Pole vault: 1, Mont Packer, Franklin, 14-feet, 0 inches; 1, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14-0; 3, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 13-6; 3, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 13-6; 5, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 13-0; 6, Joshua Jenson, Franklin, 12-6; 7, Matthew Slosar, Mt. View, 12-0; 7, Randy Jacquez, Montwood, 12-0; 9, Adrian Rivera, Parkland, 11-6; 10, Tobias Palmer, Canutillo, 11-0.

Long jump: 1, Jude Blanco, Hanks, 21-feet, 5 inches; 2, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 21-4.5; 3, Oscar Martinez, Bel Air, 21-1; 4, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 21-feet, .50 inches; 5, Chris Brock, Canutillo, 20-11; 5, Omarion Dumas, Americas, 20-11; 7, Jaivian Poindexter, Pebble Hills, 20-9.5; 7, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 20-9.5; 9, Josiah Parks, Andress, 20-9; 10, Elias Munoz, Franklin, 20-8.

Triple jump: 1, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 44-feet, 5 inches; 2, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 44-4; 3, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 42-10; 4, David Marquez, Hanks, 42-9.5; 5, Izzy Garcia, Riverside, 42-5; 6, Cameron Harrelson, Montwood, 42-1; 7, Nico Bostillos, Montwood, 42-0.5; 8, Julian Bailey, Chapin, 42-0; 9, Daveon Singleton, Chapin, 41-10; 10, Roberto Daggarty, Parkland, 41-9.

Eastwood junior Aidan Torres ran a personal best 14:38.05 in the 5,000 at the Texas Distance Festival.

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 10.54; 2, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.82; 3, Tyree Lewis, Burges, 10.91; 4, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 11.01; 5, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 11.02; 6, Salvador Duarte IV, Austin, 11.04; 7, JaDarius Sanders, El Dorado, 11.10; 7, Ethan Armendariz, Del Valle, 11.10; 7, Alonzo Aguilera, Riverside, 11.10; 10, Xavier Soto-Reza, Eastlake, 11.17.

200 meters: 1, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 21.76; 2, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 22.05; 3, Christian Saenz, Montwood, 22.11; 4, Miguel Chapa, El Dorado, 22.18; 5, Hudson Merritt, El Paso, 22.29; 6, Ethan Armendariz, Del Valle, 22.40; 7, Salvador Duarte IV, Austin, 22.52; 8, Matthew Pinto, El Dorado, 22.73; 9, Jay Acuna, Eastwood, 22.80; 10, Shay Smith, Franklin, 22.82.

400 meters: 1, Miguel Chapa, El Dorado, 49.27; 2, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 49.34; 3, Ky’Ri Bonner, Hanks, 49.63; 4, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 49.99; 5, Jay Acuna, Eastwood, 50.57; 6, Hudson Meritt, El Paso, 50.77; 7, Jose Rosa, Chapin, 50.99; 8, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 51.02; 9, Jesus Zubia, Eastlake, 51.23; 10, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 51.24.

800 meters: 1, Seth Truax, Chapin, 1:56.38; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 1:56.71; 3, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 1:57.40; 4, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:57.49; 5, Aaron Call, Franklin, 1:57.89; 6, Esteban Armendariz, Burges, 1:58.80; 7, Jesus Gastelum-Bustamante, Burges, 1:59.66; 8, Sebastian Mendez, Franklin, 1:59.69; 9, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 2:00.00; 10, Rodrigo Pinales, Coronado, 2:00.07.

1,600 meters: 1, Diego Romero, Americas, 4:15.19; 2, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 4:16.50; 3, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:16.77; 4, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 4:16.98; 5, Aidan Torres, Eastwood, 4:19.64; 6, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 4:25.01; 7, Julian Guerra, San Elizario, 4:26.74; 8, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 4:26.95; 9, Carlos Mendez, Franklin, 4:27.20; 10, Matthew Engle, Franklin, 4:27.76..

3,200 meters: 1, Aidan Torres, Eastwood, 9:22.44; 2, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 9:24.84; 3, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:25.25; 4, Matthew Engle, Franklin, 9:25.76; 5, Diego Romero, Americas, 9:26.74; 6, Carlos Mendez, Franklin, 9:34.54; 7, Humberto Serna, Coronado, 9:36.77; 8, Leo Valenzuela, El Paso, 9:37.69; 9, Sean Sanchez, Chapin, 9:38.94; 10, Julian Guerra, San Elizario, 9:42.01.

110-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 14.45; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 15.01; 3, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 15.23; 4, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 15.38; 5, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 15.79; 6, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 15.93; 7, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 15.96; 8, Mont Packer, Franklin, 16.12; 9, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 16.29; 9, Ethan Zamora, Chapin, 16.29.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 37.77; 2, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 40.44; 3, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 40.65; 4, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 40.79; 5, Tyler White, Eastlake, 40.84; 6, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 41.30; 7, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 41.42; 8, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 41.56; 9, Aidan Carr, Del Valle, 41.66; 10, Isaac Gutierrez, El Dorado, 42.79.

400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Shay Smith, Ernesto Powers, Ramon Gonzalez, Jordan Morales), 42.61; 2, Burges (Jayden Bowser, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Kamren Hannah, Raniyen Orr), 42.71; 3, El Dorado (Josiah Trejo, Miguel Chapa, Matthew Pinto, JaDarius Sanders), 42.79; 4, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Chris Brock, Jaden Mitchell, Ethan Villa), 43.02; 5, Eastwood (Max Mancilla, Jay Acuna, Gerardo De Leon Herrera, Ramon Laguana), 43.25; 6, Coronado (Tobias Frescas, Blake Randag, Owen Levesque, Mason Slaughter), 43.43; 7, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Roberto Daggarty, Ernest Crawford, Joseph Gomez) 43.44; 8, Americas (Andres Hernandez, Abdiel Rincon, Jayden Mendivil, Joaquin Hernandez), 43.52; 9, Del Valle (Ethan Armendariz, Jake Fette, Max Giron, Jaylen Padilla), 43.62; 10, Eastlake (Christian Garcia, Jayden Sharpe, Dominick Soto, Erick Delgadillo), 43.67.

800-meter relay: 1, El Dorado (Jadarius Sanders, Josiah Trejo, Matthew Pinto, Miguel Chapa), 1:28.95; 2, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Victor Arellano, Seth Salas, Chris Saenz), 1:29.03; 3, Burges (Tyree Lewis, Jayden Bowser, Kamren Hannah, Luke Dexter-Quinn), 1:29.33; 4, Franklin (Luis Espinoza, Shay Smith, Ramon Gonzalez, Ernesto Powers), 1:29.60; 5, Eastwood (Jay Acuna, Emmanuel Lopez, Caleb Flores, Ramon Laguana), 1:29.88; 6, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Lorenzo Shields, Croft Tarwater, Hudson Meritt), 1:30.81; 7, Coronado (Ben Wilson, Owen Levesque, Blake Randag, Sebastian Juarrieta), 1:31.15; 8, Del Valle (Ethan Armendariz, Evan Tovar, Jorge Hernandez Facio, Maximiliano Giron), 1:31.21; 9, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Ethan Villa, Jaden Mitchell, Chris Brock), 1:31.29; 10, Chapin (DAngelo Howard, Julian Bailey, Michael Medina, Caydin Purdy), 1:31.41.

1,600-meter relay: 1, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Nico Bostillos, Christian Saenz, Seth Salas), 3:22.83; 2, Eastwood (Jay Acuna, Noah Padilla, Sulliman Rodriguez, Max Mancilla), 3:23.47; 3, El Paso (Lorenzo Shields, Joaquin Moya, Aydan Lugo, Hudson Merritt), 3:25.64; 4, Burges (Yuri Alvarez, Esteban Armendariz, Jayden Bowser, Kamren Hannah), 3:26.90; 5, Franklin (Jose Rojas, Aaron Call, Sebastian Mendez, Luis Espinoza), 3:27.03; 6, Chapin (Caydin Purdy, Braulio Torres, Dauntae Herrera, Seth Truax), 3:28.46; 7, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Chris Brock, Ethan Villa, Giovanni Vaquera), 3:29.45; 8, Americas (Andres Hernandez, Valentin Mendoza, Abdiel Rincon, Diego Romero), 3:29.57; 9, Bel Air (Cesario Alvarado, Diego Constantino, Christopher Davis, Angel Brown), 3:29.94; 10, Eastlake (Jesus Zubia, Ronnie Garcia, Erick Delgadillo, Tyler White), 3:30.37.

Author: Victor R. Martinez

My love of running began with my son Deric. His passion and talent for distance running opened my eyes to a sport I never imaged I would embrace with such enthusiasm. As a journalist at the El Paso Times, I was the lead writer for cross country and track for several years and I was able to tell the stories of these amazing unsung athletes. Never a runner myself, I decided to change that when I turned 50 in 2016 when I trained for my first 5K. I've been running ever since and I love every minute of it - well - sort of.

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