Boy’s Top Ten Times and Distances: Week 7

There were 10 city best time established at the San Angelo Relays and the Ysleta and Chandler invitationals.

Franklin’s Luis Espinoza had a personal best pole vault, going 14 feet over the bar at the San Angelo Relays.

Franklin’s Juan Leal ran a season city best 9:18.94 in the 3,200 meter at the San Angelo Relays.

El Dorado’s 800-meter relay team of Jadarius Sanders, Brycen Booth, Matthew Pinto and Miguel Chapa improved on their city best season time, running a 1:28.87 at the San Angelo Relays.

Parkland senior Joseph Gomez improved on his own 200-meter time to win the Ysleta Invitational in 21.75.

Ysleta junior Alonzo Rodriguez had a personal best high jump, leaping 6-feet, 2 inches in the air to win the Ysleta Invitational.

Pebble Hills senior Mark Barajas ran a personal best 1:55.56 in the 800 to win the Chandler Invitational.

Pebble Hills senior Keinai Johnson set a personal best mark in the long jump, leaping 22-feet, 6.5 inches at the Chandler Invitational.

Eastwood junior Aidan Torres ran a season best 9:10.91 in the 3,200-meter run at the Chandler Invitational.

Immanuel Christian senior Josiah Johnson ran a season best 14.18 in the 110 hurdles at the Chandler Invitational and a 37.31 in the 300-meter hurdles.

For complete results of the Willie Williams Classic, click here – https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/527576/results

For complete results of the San Angelo Relays, click here – https://www.spatotrack.com/results/highschool/2024/sarelays/

For complete results of the San Elizario, click here – https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/533348/results

For complete results of the Ysleta Invitational, click here – https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/541569/results/all

 For complete results of the Chandler Invitational, click here – https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/519974/results

For complete results of the Irvin Invitational, click here – http://results.tfmeetpro.com/El_Paso_Athletics/Irvin_Inv/

This week’s schedule is as follows:

District 2-5A Championship: March 27-28 at Horizon High School. Horizon, Bel AIR, Del Valle, Hanks, Parkland and Ysleta.

Eastlake Invitational: March 28 at Socorro’s Student Activities Complex.Eastlake, Pebble Hills, Eastwood, Clint, Americas, SanEli, Harmony, Anthony, Socorro, Mt. View, Tornillo, Irvin.

Bowie Invitational: March 28 atBowie High School. Montwood, Cathedral, Loretto, El Dorado,Canutillo, YWLA, Riverside, Fabens, Ft. Hancock,Radford, Van Horn, Santa Terresa, Immanuel, Andress,Franklin, Chapin, Burges, Coronado.

Here the top 10 track and field male athletes in each track and field event after week 7:

Burges junior Malin Arnoldussen ranks No. 9 in the city in the 1,600 (4:26.95).

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, Devan Quintana, Riverside, 46-3; 6, Diego Martinez, Eastwood, 45-7; 7, Tyreese White, Pebble Hills, 45-4; 8, Jonathan Zamora, Chapin, 45-1; 9, Rafael Jacquez, Pebble Hills, 44-11; 10, Juan Salgado, Riverside, 44-11.

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, Landon Nuusa, El Paso, 142-1; 6, Roman Alvarado, Socorro, 140-8; 7, Dylan Contreras, Franklin, 138-8; 8, Jesus Ochoa, Jefferson, 135-0; 9, Kaleb Finn, Coronado, 134-9; 10, Matthew Flores, Clint, 132-8.

High jump: 1, Alonzo Rodriguez, Ysleta, 6-feet, 2 inches; 1, William McLilly Jr., Montwood, 6-feet, 2 inches; 3, Tenoch Pena, Austin, 6-0; 3, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 6-0; 5, Narvid Jno-Pierre, Pebble Hills, 5-11; 6, Diego Castillo, Canutillo, 5-10; 6, Daedrick Pruitt, Andress, 5-10; 5, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 5-10; 6, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 5-10; 6, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 5-10; 6, Caden Mayon, El Dorado, 5-10; 6, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 5-10; 6, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 5-10.

Pole vault: 1, Mont Packer, Franklin, 14-feet; 1, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14-0; 1, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 14-0; 4, 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; 9, Matthew Portillo, Clint, 11-6.

Long jump: 1, Keinai Johnson, Pebble Hills, 22-feet, 6.5 inches; 2, Jude Blanco, Hanks, 21-5; 3, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 21-4.5; 4, Oscar Martinez, Bel Air, 21-1; 4, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 21-1; 4, Cameron Harrelson, Montwood, 21-1; 6, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 21-0.5; 7, Chris Brock, Canutillo, 20-11; 7, William McLilly Jr., Montwood, 20-11; 7, Omarion Dumas, Americas, 20-11; 10, Jaivian Poindexter, Pebble Hills, 20-9.5; 10, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 20-9.5.

Triple jump: 1, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 44-feet, 5 inches; 2, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 44-4; 3, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 42-11; 4, David Marquez, Hanks, 42-9.5; 5, Izzy Garcia, Riverside, 42-5; 6, Croft Tarwater, El Paso, 42-3; 7, Cameron Harrelson, Montwood, 42-1; 8, Nico Bostillos, Montwood, 42-0.5; 9, Julian Bailey, Chapin, 42-0; 10, Angel Brown, Bel Air, 41-11.5.

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 10.54; 2, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.82; 3, Salvador Duarte IV, Austin, 10.86; 4, Tyree Lewis, Burges, 10.91; 4, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 10.91; 6, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 10.93; 7, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 11.02; 8, Ethan Armendariz, Del Valle, 11.03; 9, Rex Hendrix, Montwood, 11.07; 10, Blake Randag, Coronado, 11.08.

200 meters: 1, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 21.75; 2, Christian Saenz, Montwood, 21.97; 3, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 22.05; 4, Ethan Armendariz, Del Valle, 22.13; 5, Miguel Chapa, El Dorado, 22.18; 6, Hudson Merritt, El Paso, 22.29; 7, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 22.34; 8, Ky-Ri Bonner, Hanks, 22.42; 9, Salvador Duarte IV, Austin, 22.52; 10, Jadarius Sanders, El Dorado, 22.73; 10, Matthew Pinto, El Dorado, 22.73.

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, Hudson Meritt, El Paso, 50.11; 6, Jay Acuna, Eastwood, 50.57; 7, Narvid Jno-Pierre, Pebble Hills, 50.97; 8, Jose Rosa, Chapin, 50.99; 9, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 51.02; 9, Ramon Sanchez, Austin, 51.02.

800 meters: 1, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:55.56; 2, Seth Truax, Chapin, 1:56.38; 3, Juan Leal, Franklin, 1:56.71; 4, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 1:57.40; 5, Aaron Call, Franklin, 1:57.89; 6, William Morkin, Franklin, 1:58.54; 7, Esteban Armendariz, Burges, 1:58.80; 8, Jesus Gastelum-Bustamante, Burges, 1:59.66; 9, Sebastian Mendez, Franklin, 1:59.69; 10, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 2:00.00.

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, 4:22.49; 7, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 4:25.12; 8, Julian Guerra, San Elizario, 4:26.74; 9, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 4:26.95; 10, Carlos Mendez, Franklin, 4:27.20.

3,200 meters: 1, Aidan Torres, Eastwood, 9:10.91; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:18.94; 3, Carlos Mendez, Franklin, 9:20.78; 4, Matthew Engle, Franklin, 9:20.97 5, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:24.72; 6, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 9:24.84; 7, Diego Romero, Americas, 9:26.74; 8, Humberto Serna, Coronado, 9:34.50; 9, Leo Valenzuela, El Paso, 9:37.69; 10, Sean Sanchez, Chapin, 9:38.94.

110-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 14.18; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14.54; 3, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 15.11; 4, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 15.38; 5, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 15.76; 6, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 15.93; 7, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 15.95; 8, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 15.96; 9, Tenoch Pena, Austin, 16.09; 10, Mont Packer, Franklin, 16.12.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 37.31; 2, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 40.18; 3, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 40.44; 4, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 40.67; 5, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 40.79; 6, Tyler White, Eastlake, 40.84; 7, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 41.42; 8, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 41.56; 9, Aidan Carr, Del Valle, 41.66; 10, Christopher Davis, Bel Air, 41.78.

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; 7, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Seth Salas, Aaron Maldonado, Cameron Harrelson), 43.44; 9, Americas (Andres Hernandez, Abdiel Rincon, Jayden Mendivil, Joaquin Hernandez), 43.52; 10, Del Valle (Ethan Armendariz, Jake Fette, Max Giron, Jaylen Padilla), 43.62.

800-meter relay: 1, El Dorado (Jadarius Sanders, Brycen Booth, Matthew Pinto, Miguel Chapa), 1:28.87; 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, Franklin (Jose Rojas, Aaron Call, Sebastian Mendez, William Morkin), 3:24.34; 4, El Paso (Lorenzo Shields, Joaquin Moya, Aydan Lugo, Hudson Merritt), 3:25.64; 5, Burges (Yuri Alvarez, Esteban Armendariz, Jayden Bowser, Kamren Hannah), 3:26.90; 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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