Onate’s Yemisi
Oroyinyin was a double titlist in the Girls 6A Throwing events. Photo by Rod
Stanopiewicz.
The arena is
quiet now, and only the echo of the memories made this past weekend at the 2015
New Mexico State High School Track and Field 4A-6A Championships linger in the
air at Albuquerque’s University Stadium, as another season has come to an end,
once again. And now as the rigor of athletic life slows down a bit for
athletes, coaches, and families alike, so begins the unfamiliar transition of
blending back into the everyday routine in which most of the mainstream
partakes. With months, and for some, years of practicing and honing their
specialty skills, high school field athletes from across the state donned their
uniform one last time this season, packed their gear and a few big dreams, and
took one last shot at leaving their best mark in the history book of 2015 Track
and Field. And after two days of
competition often controlled by the unpredictable strong hand ...
