Boy’s Top 10 Times and Distances: Week 8

There were six city best boys times and marks established at the Coronado Invitational, Texas Distance Festival, Willie Williams Classic and the Chandler Invitational.

Here are the highlights from week eight:

Eastwood senior Danny Torres set an El Paso 5k record with a time of 14:28.38 at Texas Distance Festival. Torres finished third in the race. He broke the record of fellow Trooper Daniel Bernal.

Chapin junior Ethan Zamora improved on his own city-best time in the 110 hurdles, racing to a 15.02 at the Coronado Invitational.

Chapin senior Terrance Burnell tied the city-best mark in the high jump, leaping 6-feet, 2-inches at the Coronado Invitational.

El Paso High senior Miles Westbrook ran a 4:11.75 in the 1,600 meters at the Texas Distance Festival at Southlake Carroll.

Canutillo junior Eddie Najera tossed a personal best 161-feet, 2-inches in the discuss at the Willie Williams Classic in Tucson.

Burges senior Jacob Yeager captured the fastest 800-meter time at the Chandler Invitational in Arizona, racing to a 1:54.24.

Franklin sophomore Michael Montoya ran 15.00 in the 110-meter hurdles at the Chandler Invitational in Arizona.

The Franklin 400-meter relay team of Ernesto Powers, Ikenna Chikwendu, Diego Lira and Elias Munoz ran a city best 40.93 at the Chandler Invitational in Arizona.

Franklin senior Austin Whetten reached a personal best in the pole vault reaching13-feet, 7-inches at the Chandler Invitational in Arizona

Last week’s results

Coronado Invitational – tx.milesplit.com/meets/670987-coronado-invitational-2025/results

Fabens Cotton Valley Invitational – tx.milesplit.com/meets/668875-fabens-isd-cotton-valley-relays-2025/results

Willie Williams Classic – athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/576837/results/all

Chandler Invitational – athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/568255/results/all

Texas Distance Festival – tx.milesplit.com/meets/650666-texas-distance-festival-sponsored-by-hoka-2025/results

This week’s schedule is as follows:

Eastlake Invitational: March 28-29 at the SAC.  Eastlake, Pebble Hills, Bel Air, El Dorado, Eastwood, Hanks, Horizon, Clint, Americas, Del Valle, Mt. View, Anthony, Fabens, Franklin, Burges

Bowie Invitational: March 28-29.  Bowie, Montwood, Harmony, Parkland, YWLA, Socorro, Ysleta, Immanuel, Austin, Andress, Chapin, Coronado, El Paso

Tornillo Invitational: March 28-29. Tornillo, San Elizario, Riverside, Canutillo, LPI, Irvin, Jefferson

Here the top 10 track and field female athletes in each track and field event after week 8:

Eastwood senior Danny Torres set an El Paso 5k record with a time of 14:28.38 at Texas Distance Festival. Torres finished third in the race.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Roman Alvarado, Socorro, 49-feet, 7-inches; 2, Mario Velasco Jr., Eastwood, 49-1; 3, Eddie Najera, Canutillo, 47-0; 4, Tanner Ragan, El Dorado, 46-7.75; 5, Samuel Montes, Bowie 46-6; 6, Kolby Hatch, Franklin 45-11; 7, Angel Cortez, Pebble Hills, 45-10.25; 8, Andrew Flanagan, Eastlake, 45-8.50; 9, Alan Chavez-Mata, Bowie, 45-8; 10, Vaughntel Faleafaga, Austin, 45-7; 10, Vaughntel Faleafaga, Austin, 45-7; 10, Jesus Ochoa, Jefferson, 45-7.

Discus: 1, Eddie Najera, Canutillo, 161-feet, 2-inches; 2, Roman Alvarado, Socorro, 146-3; 3, Mario Velasco Jr., Eastwood, 143-10.5; 4, Diego Holguin, Eastlake, 142-5; 5, Estaban Conteras, El Paso, 142-4; 6, Dylan Contreras, Franklin, 141-2.50; 7, Landon Nuusa, El Paso, 140-6; 8, Jesus Ochoa, Jefferson, 139-6; 9, Angel Garcia, Clint, 139-2; 7; 10, Jose Cruz, Eastlake, 137-8.

High jump: 1, Alonzo Rodriguez, Ysleta, 6-feet, 2-inches; 1, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 6-2; 1, Terrance Burnell, Chapin, 6-2; 4, Tenoch Pena, Austin, 6-0; 4, Gilbert Montoya, Andress, 6-0; 4, Chibuchim Ikeakor, Franklin 6-0; 4, Noah Loweree, Eastwood, 6-0; 4, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 6-0; 4, Daedrick Pruitt, Andress, 6-0; 10, Shane Burton, Hanks, 5-10; 10, EJ Anekwe, Cathedral, 5-10; 10, Eduardo Nava, Eastlake, 5-10; 10, Tyrese Wallace, Parkland, 5-10; 10, Geomar Rodriguez, Horizon, 5-10; 10, Hector Navarrete, Horizon, 5-10; 10, Jonah Williams, Eastwood, 5-10.

Pole vault: 1, Austin Whetten, Franklin 13-feet, 7-inches; 2, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 13-6; 3, Matthew Portillo, Clint, 13-1; 4, Matthew Slosar, Mt. View, 12-0; 5, David Alvarado, Bel Air, 11-6; 6, Rhet Packer, Franklin, 11-1; 7, Tristan Rodriguez, Horizon, 11-0; 7, Aaron Jones, Chapin, 11-0; 7, Caleb Honojos, Clint, 11-0; 7, Bryan Rodriguez, San Elizario, 11-0.

Long jump: 1, Elias Munoz, Franklin, 22-feet, 2-inches; 2, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 22-1; 3, Jordan Owens, Andress, 21-10.50; 4, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood 21-8; 5, Christian Frias, Coronado, 21-5.25; 6, Jake Fette, Del Valle, 21-5; 6, Terrance Hall, Chapin, 21-5; 8, Samuel Brown, Clint, 21-4.5; 9, Matthew Pinto, El Dorado 21-3; 10, Adrian Gomez, Burges, 21-1.

Triple jump: 1, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 44-feet, 5-inches; 2, Noah Williams, Eastwood, 43-7; 3, Miguel Alcantar, Eastlake, 42-3; 4, Omarie Simmons, Chapin, 42-0; 5, Thomas Sherman, Chapin, 41-11; 6, Izzy Garcia, Riverside, 41-7; 7, Robert Lewis, El Paso, 41-7; 8, Daedrick Pruitt, Andress, 41-5.25; 9, Shane Burton, Hanks, 41-4.5; 10, Josiah Parks, Andress, 41-3.

Franklin’s Jose Rojas, Tyson Cotchery, Ikenna Chikwendu and Elias Munoz have the city’s top 1,600-meter relay time of 3:16.66.

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Elias Munoz, Franklin, 10.50; 2, Miguel Chapa, El Dorado, 10.78; 3, JaDarius Sanders, El Dorado, 10.83; 4, Ikenna Chikwendu, Franklin, 10.89; 5, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 10.90; 5, Xavier Soto-Reza, Eastlake, 10.90; 7, Hudson Merritt, El Paso, 10.92; 8, Ernesto Powers, Franklin, 10.93; 9, Jaden Mitchell, Canutillo, 10.95; 10, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 10.99.

200 meters: 1, Miguel Chapa, El Dorado, 21.31; 2, Elias Munoz, Franklin, 21.57; 3, Shelton Fuler, Del Valle, 21.68; 4,Amari Taylor, Americas, 21.79;5,Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 21.95; 6, Chris Saenz, Montwood, 22.10; 7, Ikenna Chikwendu, Franklin, 22.17; 8, Jaiden Gonzalez, Coronado, 22.21; 9, Jake Fette, Del Valle, 22.28; 10, Hudson Merritt, El Paso, 22.29.

400 meters: 1, Miguel Chapa, El Dorado, 48.12; 2, Narvid Jno-Pierre, Pebble Hills, 48.65; 3, David Rivas, Canutillo, 48.73; 4, Ky-Ri Bonner, Hanks 48.87; 5, Gerald Williams, Franklin 48.98; 6, Tyson Cotchery, Franklin, 49.33; 7, Hudson Merritt, El Paso, 49.38; 8, Giovanni Vaquera, Canutillo, 49.50; 9, Amari Taylor, Americas 49.60; 10, Willem Scholten, Coronado, 49.70.

800 meters: 1, Jacob Yeager, Burges, 1:54.24;2, Tyson Cotchery, Franklin, 1:55.18; 3, Diego Romero, Americas, 1:56.11; 4, Rodrigo Pinales, Coronado, 1:56.54; 5, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 1:57.39; 6, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 1:57.66; 7, Braulio Torres, Chapin, 1:57.95; 8, Jesus Gastelum-Bustamante, Burges, 1:58.27; 9, Iskander Vargas, Burges, 1:59.20; 10, Sebastian Mendez, Franklin, 2:00.30.

1,600 meters: 1, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 4:11.75; 2, Diego Romero, Americas, 4:13.43; 3, Danny Torres, Eastwood, 4:15.63; 4, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 4:21.07; 5, Isaias Gaytan, Burges, 4:25.56; 6, Jacob Yeager, Burges, 4:27.55; 7, Braulio Torres, Chapin 4:27.80; 8, Richard Mendoza, Franklin, 4:27.08; 9, Jacob Martinez, Franklin, 4:28.24; 10, Humberto Serna, Coronado, 4:28.50.

3,200 meters: 1, Danny Torres, Eastwood, 9:14.09; 2, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 9:20.52; 3, Humberto Serna, Coronado, 9:26.65; 4, Luke Cruz, Eastwood, 9:32.17; 5, Diego Romero, Americas, 9:34.09; 6, Jacob Martinez, Franklin, 9:36.79; 7, Fransisco Medina, Franklin, 9:39.33; 8, Job DeSantos, Eastwood, 9:43.65; 9, Elias Alcocer, Eastwood, 9:48.23; 10, Ameen Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 9:50.56.

110-meter hurdles: 1, Michael Montoya, Franklin, 15.00; 2, Ethan Zamora, Chapin, 15.02; 3, Emanuel Navarrete, Clint, 15.57; 4, Christopher Garza, Bel Air, 15.67; 5, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 15.79; 6, Elijah Fuentes, Eastlake 15.86; 7, Isaac Rocha, Clint, 15.89; 8, Tenoch Pena, Austin 15.93; 9, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 16.13; 10, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 16.15.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Michael Montoya, Franklin, 39.02; 2, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 39.87; 3, Ethan Zamora, Chapin 40.97; 4, Ian McCollum, Cathedral, 41.61; 5, Rudy Gomez, Ysleta, 41.81; 6, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 41.85; 7, Emanuel Navarrete, Clint, 42.00; 8, Elijah Fuentes, Eastlake, 42-00; 9, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 42.04; 10, Isaac Rocha, Clint, 42.24.

400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Ernesto Powers, Ikenna Chikwendu, Diego Lira, Elias Munoz), 40.93;2, El Dorado (Matthew Pinto, Jadarius Sanders, Daniel Well and Miguel Chapa), 41.76; 3, Canutillo (Rene Huerta, Eduardo Carillo, Ethan Villa, Jaden Mitchell), 42.06; 4, Burges (Juan Salazar, Tyree Lewis, Kamren Hannah, Raniyen Orr), 42.88; 5, Eastlake (Christian Garcia, Jayden Sharpe, Kenny Johnson, Xavier Soto-Reza), 42.92; 6, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz, Matt Rivas, Joshua Steib), 42.95; 7, Andress (Mi Keil Taylor, Jordan Owens, Jared Gordon, Adonis Bryant), 42.97; 8, Eastwood (Caleb Flores, Gael Chavez, Oscar Lopez, Jay Acuna), 43.06; 9, Chapin (Ethan Zamora, Terrance Hall, Daveon Singleton, DAngelo Howard), 43.16; 10, Americas (Maurice Edwards, Jayden Mendivil, Isaiah Alferez, Abdiel Rincon), 43.27.

800-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Joseph Mormon, Ikenna Chikwendu, Diego Lira, Elias Munoz), 1:27.53; 2, Eastwood (Angel Garcia, Gael Chavez, Caleb Flores, Jay Acuna), 1:27.84; 3, Del Valle (Maximiliano Giron, Shelton Fuller, Jonathan Estrada, Jake Fette), 1:28.06; 4, El Dorado (JaDarius Sanders, Daniel Well, Matthew Pinto, Miguel Chapa), 1:28.66; 5,  Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz, Matt Rivas, Joshua Steib), 1:28.75; 6, Canutillo (Jaden Mitchell, Giovanni Vaquera, David Rivas, Shane Christiansen), 1:28.91; 7, Eastlake (Jayden Sharpe, Ronnie Garcia, Ethan Rivera, Kenneth Johnson), 1:29.20; 8, Burges (Luke Dexter-Quinn, Juan Salazar,  Kamren Hannah, Raniyen Orr), 1:29.94; 9, Chapin (Ethan Zamora, Terrance Hall, Marco Chavez,  DAngelo Howard), 1:31.22; 10, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Jose Delgado, Jordan Reese, Jayden Daggarty), 1:31.42.

1,600-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Jose Rojas, Tyson Cotchery, Ikenna Chikwendu, Elias Munoz), 3:16.66; 2, Eastwood (Caleb Flores, Gerardo Herrera De Leon, Angel Garcia, Jay Acuna), 3:21.31; 3, Coronado (Willem  Scholten, Jaiden Gonzalez, Sebastian Jaurrietta, Javier Cordova), 3:21.86; 4, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, David Rivas, Giovanni Vaquera, Jerry Lopez), 3:21.88; 5, Americas (Isaiah Alferez, Christopher Sandate, Abdiel Rincon, Amari Taylor), 3:23.38; 6, Eastlake (Jesus Zubia, Miguel Alvarado, Ronnie Garcia, Jacob Delgado), 3:23.67; 7, Burges (Jesus Gastelum-Bustamante, Iskander Vargas, Malin Arnoldussen, Jacob Yeager), 3:24.71; 8, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz, Joshua Steib, Anthony Martinez), 3:25.13; 9, El Paso (Ledger Merritt, Hudson Merritt, Cristian Tarin, Miles Westbrook), 3:30.07; 10, Pebble Hills (Pablo Corral, Nomar Teruel, Miguel Arambula, Christian Morales), 3:30.49.

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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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