CJ Berryman of Pojoaque Valley sprints out ahead of the 200 meter competition, including Dominic Brown (Silver), Owen Harrison (Hot Springs), and Nevada Bencomo (Silver). Photo by Cindy Lee.
There were a lot of meets in New Mexico, and I'd love to tell you we're looking at results for all of them. Since that didn't happen, we'll take a look at the meets for which we did receive results:
APS Metro Championships
After nearly blowing away on Thursday, they were able to complete the finals of this meet on Friday under comparatively pleasant conditions. In order to conserve time, the results linked below show only the finals results. In some cases, that means only the top six. I apologize for that, but it was that or wait another day to get results up. Complete results can be located on directathletics.com.
La Cueva definitely showed some muscle at this meet. They have two weeks to put it all together in a neat little package and take on New Mexico's track and field Goliath.
For more detail on the meet, see Teo Cutter's article linked below.
On-Site Coverage
Metro Championships Blown in La Cueva's Direction
If you like a little weather with your track and field, the Albuquerque Metro Championships had all you could ever hope for in a track meet.
Meet Results
Girls Highlights
- 100 Meter Hurdles - Regina Okoye (Eldorado High School) 14.64; Kaylin Martin (La Cueva High School) 14.71; Ashley Williams (Volcano Vista High School) 15.00;
- 300 Meter Hurdles - Krista Armstead (Sandia Prep High School) 45.30; Jessica Scherrer (Del Norte High School) 45.51; Kaylin Martin (La Cueva High School) 45.88; Ashley Williams (Volcano Vista High School) 46.18;
- Discus - Akuadasua Ezenyilimba (La Cueva High School) 124-9; Jaden Ortiz (Sandia High School) 120-2;
- High Jump - Lindsey Larsen (Volcano Vista High School) 5-4;
- Shot Put - Natalia Rivera (Albuquerque High School) 37-2;
- Sprint Medley Relay - La Cueva High School 4:22.78; Albuquerque High School 4:26.44; Albuquerque Academy 4:29.47;
- Triple Jump - Regina Okoye (Eldorado High School) 36-11;
Boys Highlights
- Pole Vault - James Chavez (Cibola High School) 14-0; Evan Schwartz (Cibola High School) 14-0;
- Sprint Medley Relay - La Cueva High School 3:36.14; Volcano Vista High School 3:37.00; Sandia Prep High School 3:43.11; West Mesa High School 3:43.45;
Dave Mathieu Memorial Invitational
There remain some unresolved issues with the results of this meet. Hopefully, nobody's ticket to state is hanging in the balance here.
Between Amanda Babicke and CJ Berryman, Pojoaque looks to be doing very nicely in sprints.
In what could be a very good indicator of things to come in the 3A state meet, Socorro (on their home track) edged Robertson High School. It's likely that neither team was quite showing their full hand, but both should be squarely in the middle of the 3A girls contest at state. St. Michael's will rely heavily on the talents of Maya McGowan. And, in a more competitive state meet, the points McGowan can pull in may be more telling than what they were at this meet.
The Silver boys flexed a little muscle of their own and gave one more indicator that they are a significant obstacle to overcome in 3A boys.
Girls Highlights
- 100 Meter Dash - Amanda Babicke (Pojoaque Valley High School) 12.24 SB;
Boys Highlights
- Sprint Medley Relay - Grants High School 3:42.98;
High Altitude Championships
On-Site Coverage
If you're wondering what Taos and Santa Fe were up to this weekend, this is the place to look. Santa Fe's boys put the hurt on a number of solid Colorado programs to come away with the win. And, it would appear from event assignments at this meet that Santa Fe wasn't pulling out all of the stops. Bigger things could be on the way.
Meet Results
Last Chance Meet
Aztec, Kirtland Central, and Shiprock headed over into Arizona for a late-season test, but not quite a last chance. Of the New Mexico entries, Aztec made the most of the trip to Kayenta, winning the girls division and finishing second in the boys.
Lovington Wildcat Relays
Lovington hosted the big schools. And, not surprisingly, they held up very nicely under the challenge.
Artesia and Clovis finished in a near dead heat for the boys title, with Artesia coming out just ahead for the win. Clovis edged Hobbs in an equally tight race for the girls title. At this point in the season, these results probably give us a reasonably clear picture of the relative strength of these teams (while still allowing that the teams may not be showing everything yet).
Clovis's boys relays appear to be primed for state. That was a very tidy sweep of the three conventional sprint relays they posted in Lovington. Roswell's Richard Medrano had a nice meet, winning the 200 and LJ.
Kelsi Lewis of Hobbs pulled off an impressive 400/800 double. Teammate Andrea Wittman doubled the 1600 and 3200. Both should be state contenders, but the state fields will be a good deal tougher than the fields at Lovington. Clovis's Jenna Sievers demonstrated a little versatility in winning both hurdle events and the high jump.
Girls Highlights
- High Jump - Jenna Sievers (Clovis High School) 5-4;
- Javelin - Britni Jo Smith (Carlsbad High School) 135-7;
- Shot Put - Evyn Gallegos (Hobbs High School) 39-1.5 SB;
Boys Highlights
- Shot Put - Kenneth Betts (Clovis High School) 52-1;
Mirmanian Invitational
Amber Saiz looks more and more like the girl to beat in the 4A 800 with each passing week. For that matter, she'd probably win 5A as well.
All the usual suspects from the south-central part of the state had nice meets, including (in no particular order) Regina Marquez, Ricky Milks, Rigo Moreno, Mac Shoaf, Devin Enslen, Kyton Jurney, Andrew Keppeler, and a few others.
Mayfield's sprint relays appear to have the potential to blow some things open at state if the competition isn't fully ready. There should be some great relay showdowns coming up in a little more than a week.
Girls Highlights
- 800 Meter Run - Amber Saiz (Belen High School) 2:16.79 SB;
- Javelin - Nikki Terera (Onate High School) 126-11;
- Long Jump - Virginia Norwood (Alamogordo High School) 17-11.75 SB;
- Sprint Medley Relay - Las Cruces High School 4:22.12; Belen High School 4:25.28;
Boys Highlights
- 100 Meter Dash - Ricky Milks (Mayfield High School) 10.51 SB;
- 200 Meter Dash - Devin Enslen (Alamogordo High School) 21.91 SB;
- 300 Meter Hurdles - Rigo Moreno (Mayfield High School) 38.64 SB;
- 400 Meter Dash - Kyton Jurney (Las Cruces High School) 49.10 SB;
- 4x100 Meter Relay - Mayfield High School 42.20;
- 4x200 Meter Relay - Mayfield High School 1:29.57;
- Pole Vault - Andrew Keppler (Onate High School) 14-1 SB;
- Sprint Medley Relay - Las Cruces High School 3:40.58; Santa Teresa High School 3:42.25; Belen High School 3:42.85;
New Mexico District 1 - 1A Meet
Cimarron convincingly won their district meet on their own track. Springer was an easy second, and everyone else was in another area code.
While there's some tough hurdle competition ahead at state, Austin Vincent of Des Moines will go to Albuquerque with big hopes of placing high in both hurdle events. Leonard Arias of Springer won all three throwing events, but the javelin looks like his best event.
Shelby Walker of Des Moines was very busy at this meet, winning the 200, 400, javelin, discus, and high jump. From Friday's meet results, it would appear she's most likely to cause trouble at state in the high jump and javelin, but it would seem that this is one young athlete with some multi-event promise.
New Mexico District 8 - 1A Meet
Gateway Christian out of Roswell, a team we haven't heard much from during the season, showed very well at this meet. Nathan Bishop and Kate Hammonds showed very nice sprint speed for Gateway.
Top athletes out of this district to watch at state include Godfrey Cordova, Malik Anderson, and Sasha Navarette.