Best in Field at the Meet of Champions

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Santa Fe's Akeisha Ayanniyi (center) had a record setting day at the Marilyn Sepulveda Classic. Photo by Rod Stanopeiwicz.

Monday's Marilyn Sepulveda Meet of Champions marked another season for some of New Mexico's top-ranked track and field athletes to come together for a quick pre-state round of competition and ready themselves for the final shot at proving whose year 2015 really was. And as a former athlete of the meet's namesake, Marilyn Sepulveda, it was an honor to be witness to some of our state's most dedicated and talented athletes that this legendary Alamogordo High School coach and pioneer for all of track and field would have been proud to see.

With the quiet buzz of an almost afternoon practice, the low-key atmosphere was not indicative of all that was taking place at Albuquerque's University Stadium this past Monday. And nicely what often occurs outside the average spectator's viewpoint, this time took center stage before any of the running action began. With countless va...