(June 29, 2023) - In its 38th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, Gatorade today
announced Tanner Montano of La Cueva High School is the 2022-23 Gatorade New Mexico Boys Track & Field
Player of the Year. Montano is the second Gatorade New Mexico Boys Track & Field Player of the Year to be
chosen from La Cueva High School.
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence but also high standards of academic
achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Montano as New Mexico's
best high school boys track & field athlete. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Boys Track & Field
Player of the Year award to be announced in July, Montano joins an elite alumni association of state award winners in 12 sports, including Nico Young (2019-20, Newbury Park High School, Calif.), Michael Norman (2015-16 &
2014-15, Vista Murrieta High School, Calif.), Grant Fisher (2014-15 & 2013-14, Grand Blanc High School, Mich.) and
Robert Griffin III (2006-07, Copperas Cove High School, Texas).
The 6-foot, 156-pound freshman won the long jump and took second in two sprint events at the Class 5A state meet
this past season, leading the Bears to a second-place finish as a team. Montano won the long jump with a leap of 23
feet, 7.75 inches which ranked No. 38 nationally among prep competitors in 2023. He crossed the line second in
the 100-meter dash in 10.95 seconds and second in the 200 in 21.90. He also competed on the state title-winning
4x100 and 4x200 relay quartets.
Montano has volunteered locally with the Special Olympics and as a mentor to youth track athletes. He has also
donated his time to helping the unhoused move into new living facilities.
Montano has maintained a 3.42 weighted GPA in the classroom. He will begin his sophomore year of high school
this fall.
Tanners' 2023 Outdoor Stats
2023 - Outdoor
100 Meter Dash
10.91
18th
Prelims
Jun 15-18, 2023
10.79
9th
Finals
Jun 01-03, 2023
10.95
2nd
Finals
May 12-13, 2023
11.09
4th
Prelims
May 12-13, 2023
10.80
2nd
Finals
May 06, 2023
10.86
1st
Finals
Apr 27-28, 2023
10.81
1st
Prelims
Apr 27-28, 2023
10.99
3rd
Finals
Apr 10, 2023
10.77
1st
Finals
Apr 06, 2023
10.80
1st
Finals
Mar 31 - Apr 01, 2023
10.97
2nd
Prelims
Mar 31 - Apr 01, 2023
11.14
2nd
Finals
Mar 24, 2023
12.32
4th
Finals
Mar 11, 2023
200 Meter Dash
21.88
17th
Prelims
Jun 15-18, 2023
21.73
11th
Finals
Jun 01-03, 2023
21.90
2nd
Finals
May 12-13, 2023
22.41 2nd
Prelims
May 12-13, 2023
22.14
1st
Finals
May 06, 2023
21.90
3rd
Finals
Apr 10, 2023
22.08
1st
Finals
Apr 06, 2023
22.70
2nd
Finals
Mar 24, 2023
23.74
1st
Finals
Mar 11, 2023
400 Meter Dash
51.48
7th
Prelims
Apr 21-22, 2023
50.52
1st
Finals
Apr 06, 2023
Long Jump
23-3.25
3rd
Finals
Jun 01-03, 2023
23-7.75
1st
Finals
May 12-13, 2023
23-9.5
1st
Finals
May 06, 2023
22-8.75
1st
Finals
Apr 27-28, 2023
22-9
2nd
Finals
Apr 21-22, 2023
20-9
2nd
Finals
Apr 14, 2023
(June 29, 2023) - In its 38th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, Gatorade today
announced Tanner Montano of La Cueva High School is the 2022-23 Gatorade New Mexico Boys Track & Field
Player of the Year. Montano is the second Gatorade New Mexico Boys Track & Field Player of the Year to be
chosen from La Cueva High School.
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence but also high standards of academic
achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Montano as New Mexico's
best high school boys track & field athlete. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Boys Track & Field
Player of the Year award to be announced in July, Montano joins an elite alumni association of state award winners in 12 sports, including Nico Young (2019-20, Newbury Park High School, Calif.), Michael Norman (2015-16 &
2014-15, Vista Murrieta High School, Calif.), Grant Fisher (2014-15 & 2013-14, Grand Blanc High School, Mich.) and
Robert Griffin III (2006-07, Copperas Cove High School, Texas).
The 6-foot, 156-pound freshman won the long jump and took second in two sprint events at the Class 5A state meet
this past season, leading the Bears to a second-place finish as a team. Montano won the long jump with a leap of 23
feet, 7.75 inches which ranked No. 38 nationally among prep competitors in 2023. He crossed the line second in
the 100-meter dash in 10.95 seconds and second in the 200 in 21.90. He also competed on the state title-winning
4x100 and 4x200 relay quartets.
Montano has volunteered locally with the Special Olympics and as a mentor to youth track athletes. He has also
donated his time to helping the unhoused move into new living facilities.
Montano has maintained a 3.42 weighted GPA in the classroom. He will begin his sophomore year of high school
this fall.
Tanners' 2023 Outdoor Stats
2023 - Outdoor
100 Meter Dash
10.91
18th
Prelims
Jun 15-18, 2023
10.79
9th
Finals
Jun 01-03, 2023
10.95
2nd
Finals
May 12-13, 2023
11.09 4th
Prelims
May 12-13, 2023
10.80
2nd
Finals
May 06, 2023
10.86
1st
Finals
Apr 27-28, 2023
10.81
1st
Prelims
Apr 27-28, 2023
10.99
3rd
Finals
Apr 10, 2023
10.77
1st
Finals
Apr 06, 2023
10.80
1st
Finals
Mar 31 - Apr 01, 2023
10.97
2nd
Prelims
Mar 31 - Apr 01, 2023
11.14
2nd
Finals
Mar 24, 2023
12.32
4th
Finals
Mar 11, 2023
