Boy’s Top 10 Times and Distances: Week 9

There were three city best time established at District 1-6A Championship.

Here are the highlights from week nine:

Eastwood junior Jay Acuna ran a personal best 49.03 to win the District 1-6A 400-meter dash championship.

Pebble Hills senior Mark Barajas set a personal best 1:55.16 in the 800- meter run to win the District 1-6A Championship.  

The Franklin 400-meter relay of Shay Smith, Ernesto Powers, Ramon Gonzalez and Elias Munoz won the District 1-6A championship in 41.84.

For complete results of the District 1-6A championship, click here – www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/548167/results

For complete results of the District 1-5A championship, click here – https://tx.milesplit.com/meets/596907-uil-5a-district-1-2024/results/

For complete results of the District 1-4A championship, click here – https://tx.milesplit.com/meets/604079-uil-4a-district-02-cotton-valley-district-meet-2024/results/

For complete results of the District 2-4A championship, click here – https://tx.milesplit.com/meets/598725-uil-4a-district-1-2024/results/1018252/formatted/events

This week’s schedule is as follows:

4A -5A Area Track Meet: April 11-12 at Hanks High School.

6A Area Track Meet: April 12 at Franklin High School.

Here the top 10 track and field male athletes in each track and field event after week 9:

Chapin’s Seth Truax, Burges’ Malin Arnoldusen and El Paso’s Miles Westbrook battled in the District 1-5A 800-meter run. Arnoldusen won in 1:58.07. milliseconds ahead of Truax and Westbrook.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 54-4.5; 2, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 51-8; 3, Rafael Jacquez, Pebble Hills, 48-10; 4, Samuel Montes, Bowie, 47-8; 5, Alexander Kimba, El Dorado, 47-2; 6, Devan Quintana, Riverside, 46-3; 7, Diego Martinez, Eastwood, 45-7; 8, Mario Velasco, Eastwood, 45-5; 9, Roman Alvarado, Socorro, 45-4; 9, Tyreese White, Pebble Hills, 45-4.

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, Matthew Flores, Clint, 141-5; 7, Roman Alvarado, Socorro, 140-8; 8, Sebastian Perez, Coronado, 139-9; 9, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 139-2; 10, Dylan Contreras, Franklin, 138-8.

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; 3, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 6-0; 6, Narvid Jno-Pierre, Pebble Hills, 5-11; 7, Diego Castillo, Canutillo, 5-10; 7, Daedrick Pruitt, Andress, 5-10; 7, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 5-10; 7, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 5-10; 7, Caden Mayon, El Dorado, 5-10; 7, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 5-10; 7, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 5-10; 7, Eduardo Nava, Eastlake, 5-10.

Pole vault: 1, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 14-feet, 9 inches; 2, Mont Packer, Franklin, 14-6; 3, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 14-0; 3, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 14-0, 3, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14-0; 6, Matthew Slosar, Mt. View, 13-0; 7, Matthew Portillo, Clint, 12-6; 8, Joshua Jenson, Franklin, 12-6; 9, Randy Jacquez, Montwood, 12-0; 10, Adrian Rivera, Parkland, 11-6; 10, Cesario Alvarado, Bel Air, 11-6; 10, Tobias Palmer, Canutillo, 11-6.

Long jump: 1, Keinai Johnson, Pebble Hills, 22-feet, 6.5 inches; 2, Elias Munoz, Franklin, 22-0.5; 3, Jaivian Poindexter, Pebble Hills, 21-9.5; 4, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 21-8.5; 5, Jordan Owens, Andress, 21-7.50; 6, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 21-5.5; 7, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 21-5; 7, Jude Blanco, Hanks, 21-5; 9, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 21-4.5; 10, William McLilly Jr., Montwood, 21-2.25.

Triple jump: 1, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 44-feet, 11 inches; 2, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 44-4; 3, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 42-11; 4, David Marquez, Hanks, 42-10.5; 5, Cameron Harrelson, Montwood, 42-9.5; 6, Izzy Garcia, Riverside, 42-5; 7, Christopher Davis, Bel Air, 42-4; 7, Julian Bailey, Chapin, 42-4; 9, Croft Tarwater, El Paso, 42-3; 10, Nico Bostillos, Montwood, 42-0.5.

Franklin senior Mont Packer won the District 1-6A pole vault with a height of 14-feet, 6 inches, a season best.

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 10.54; 2, Tyree Lewis, Burges, 10.75; 3, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.76; 4, Chris Brock, Canutillo 10.84; 5, Eduardo Carillo, Canutillo, 10.85; 5, Salvador Duarte IV, Austin, 10.86; 7, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 10.91; 7, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 10.91; 9, Jordan Owens, Andress 10.92; 10, Raniyen Orr, Burges 10.95.

200 meters: 1, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 21.75; 2, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 21.90; 3, Christian Saenz, Montwood, 21.97; 4, Ethan Armendariz, Del Valle, 22.13; 5, Miguel Chapa, El Dorado, 22.16; 6, Hudson Merritt, El Paso, 22.29; 7, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 22.34; 8, Elias Munoz, Franklin, 22.38; 9, Ky-Ri Bonner, Hanks, 22.42; 10, Matthew Pinto, El Dorado, 22.45.

400 meters: 1, Jay Acuna, Eastwood, 49.03; 2, Miguel Chapa, El Dorado, 49.05; 3, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 49.34; 4, Ky’Ri Bonner, Hanks, 49.63; 5, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 49.99; 6, Hudson Meritt, El Paso, 50.11; 7, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 50.43; 8, Giovanni Vaquera, Canutillo 50.79; 9, Narvid Jno-Pierre, Pebble Hills, 50.97; 10, Jose Rosa, Chapin, 50.99.

800 meters: 1, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:55.16; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 1:55.71; 3, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 1:55.99; 4, Will Morkin, Franklin, 1:56.13; 5, Seth Truax, Chapin, 1:56.38; 6, Aaron Call, Franklin, 1:57.36; 7, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 1:57.40; 8, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 1:58.04; 9, Malin Arnoldusen, Burges 1:58.07; 10, Rodrigo Pinales, Coronado, 1:58.32.

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, 4:17.79; 6, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 4:19.63; 7, Carlos Mendez, Franklin, 4:21.64; 8, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 4:22.49; 9, Julian Guerra, San Elizario, 4:26.74; 10, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 4:26.95.

3,200 meters: 1, Aidan Torres, Eastwood, 9:10.91; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:16.13; 3, Carlos Mendez, Franklin, 9:16.91; 4, Diego Romero, Americas, 9:19.35; 5, Matthew Engle, Franklin, 9:20.97; 6, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:22.86; 7, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 9:24.84; 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, 15.54; 6, Ethan Zamora, Chapin 15.79; 7, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 15.93; 8, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 15.95; 9, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 15.96; 10, Jaylen Walker, San Elizario, 15.99.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 37.31; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 39.57; 3, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 39.78; 4, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 40.18; 5, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 40.44; 6, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 40.79; 7,  Isaac Gutierrez, El Dorado, 40.81; 8, Tyler White, Eastlake, 40.84; 9, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 41.10; 10, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 41.56.

400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Shay Smith, Ernesto Powers, Ramon Gonzalez, Elias Munoz) 41.84; 2, Burges (Jayden Bowser, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Kamren Hannah, Raniyen Orr), 42.49; 3, Eastwood (Max Mancilla, Jay Acuna, Caleb Flores, Gael Chavez), 42.53; 4, Coronado (Owen Levesque, Blake Randag, Tobias Frescas, Mason Slaughter), 42.62; 5, Canutillo (Chris Brock, Eduardo Carillo, Ethan Villa, Jaden Mitchell), 42.76; 6, El Dorado (JaDarius Sanders, Matthew Pinto, Brycen Booth, Miguel Chapa), 42.79; 7, Del Valle (Max Giron, Jaylen Padilla, Jorge Hernandez Facio, Ethan Armendariz), 42.88; 8, Socorro (Devin Fernandez, Elkor Landeros, Jayden Kearney, Sebastian Allen), 43.18; 9, Bel Air (Mark Mukiibi, Oscar Martinez, Christopher Davis, Diego Constantino), 43.23; 10, Eastlake (Christian Garcia, Jayden Sharpe, Dominick Soto, Kenny Johnson), 43.26.

800-meter relay: 1, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Aaron Maldonado, Seth Salas, Chris Saenz), 1:28.42; 2, Franklin (Shay Smith, Ramon Gonzalez, Elias Munoz, Luis Espinoza), 1:28.47; 3, El Dorado (Jadarius Sanders, Brycen Booth, Matthew Pinto, Miguel Chapa), 1:28.87; 4, Burges (Tyree Lewis, Jayden Bowser, Kamren Hannah, Luke Dexter-Quinn), 1:29.33; 5, Eastwood (Jay Acuna, Emmanuel Lopez, Caleb Flores, Ramon Laguana), 1:29.88; 6, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Aaron Maldonado, Seth Salas, Christian Saenz), 1:30.76; 7, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Lorenzo Shields, Croft Tarwater, Hudson Meritt), 1:30.81; 8, Coronado (Tobias Frescas, Blake Randag, Sebastian Juarrieta, Mason Slaughter), 1:30.84; 9, Eastlake (Christian Garcia, Jayden Sharpe, Erick Delgadillo, Dominick Soto), 1:30.87; 10, Del Valle (Maximiliano Giron, Jorge Hernandez Facio, Evan Tovar, Jake Fette), 1:31.14.

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, Chapin (Caydin Purdy, Braulio Torres, Dauntae Herrera, Seth Truax), 3:25.19; 5, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Chris Brock, Ethan Villa, Giovanni Vaquera), 3:25.27; 6, El Paso (Lorenzo Shields, Joaquin Moya, Aydan Lugo, Hudson Merritt), 3:25.64; 7, Burges (Yuri Alvarez, Esteban Armendariz, Jayden Bowser, Kamren Hannah), 3:26.90; 8, Hanks (Yannis Galanis, Ruben Ortega, Abel Navejas, Ky’Ri Bonner), 3:27.64; 9, Eastlake (Jesus Zubia, Tyler White, Diego Talavera, Erick Delgadillo), 3:28.42; 10, Americas (Andres Hernandez, Valentin Mendoza, Abdiel Rincon, Diego Romero), 3:29.57.

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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