Last year, Silver High School led the 3A team chase wire-to-wire, coming home with the state title in May. They look like early favorites for this year as well.
There is much yet to be established about 3A boys track and field for 2013, but Silver's deep pool of talent, led by hurdler/triple jumper Andrew Little and sprinter/thrower Dakota Bencomo, isn't one of those things. Unless Silver goes complacent between now and May, the field has a fair bit of catching up to do:
2012 NM HS M Outdoor Track Team Scores (Returners Only)
Calculated as of December 30, 2012
These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings only and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Note: this is, of course, not conventional New Mexico meet scoring, but it is how the utility the produces the virtual meet scoring scores the "meet." One advantage of doing things this way is to give a slightly better view of the depth in events that only scoring six deep would provide for.).
Athletes whose graduation years are unknown were left out of the list.
| 1. | Silver High School | 113.7 |
| Andrew Little (110H 10 + 300H 8 + TJ 8 = 26) | ||
| Branndon Molina (D 6 + S 8 = 14) | ||
| Bud Salmon (S 2 = 2) | ||
| Dakota Bencomo (100m 5 + 200m 5.5 + J 10 = 20.5) | ||
| Frank Castillo (100m 1 = 1) | ||
| Ishmael Jacquez (400m 8 = 8) | ||
| Justin Trewern (J 8 = 8) | ||
| Michael Lucero (1600m 6 + 3200m 10 + 800m 1 = 17) | ||
| Nevada Bencomo (100m 4 + 200m 10 + HJ 0.2 + PV 3 = 17.2) | ||
| 2. | St. Michael's High School | 79.25 |
| Armando Blea (800m 8 = 8) | ||
| Bryan Johnson (HJ 2.5 = 2.5) | ||
| Corey Serna (200m 3 + 400m 3.5 = 6.5) | ||
| Emilio Yim-pacheco (J 1 = 1) | ||
| Isiah Dominguez (200m 1 + HJ 9 + LJ 6 + TJ 4 = 20) | ||
| Johnathon Arevalo (110H 1 = 1) | ||
| Joseph Jaffa-martinez (J 2 = 2) | ||
| Julio Cesar Garcia (300H 2 = 2) | ||
| Marcus Valencia (1600m 3 = 3) | ||
| Mathias Hochanadel (D 3 = 3) | ||
| Michael Gormley (J 4 = 4) | ||
| Salomon Martinez (110H 6 + 300H 6 + HJ 9 + PV 0.25 + TJ 3 = 24.25) | ||
| Santo Coppola (D 2 = 2) | ||
| 3. | Hope Christian High School | 76.65 |
| Anthony Gonzales (110H 8 + 300H 10 + J 6 = 24) | ||
| Ben Kocurek (HJ 0.2 = 0.2) | ||
| Elieto Boujaoude (1600m 4 + 3200m 4 = 8) | ||
| Jason Atencio (PV 0.25 = 0.25) | ||
| Jonathan Millar (D 10 + S 10 = 20) | ||
| Josh Diltz (1600m 5 + 3200m 8 = 13) | ||
| Pat Wood (3200m 2 = 2) | ||
| Sam White (S 6 = 6) | ||
| Steven Moyer (HJ 0.2 = 0.2) | ||
| Zach Beem (J 3 = 3) | ||
| 4. | Lovington High School | 63.75 |
| Alex Lopez (S 1 = 1) | ||
| Bo Jackson (D 8 + S 4 = 12) | ||
| Ceasar Juarez (S 3 = 3) | ||
| Dallas Stearns (PV 0.25 = 0.25) | ||
| Dante Rios (110H 5 + 300H 3 + LJ 1 = 9) | ||
| Erric Lozoya (PV 3 = 3) | ||
| Luis Larios (300H 1 = 1) | ||
| Mark Marchenko (D 4 = 4) | ||
| Matthew Guzman (D 5 = 5) | ||
| Paul Catlett (PV 7 = 7) | ||
| Ryan Thomas (HJ 2.5 + LJ 4 + PV 10 + TJ 2 = 18.5) | ||
| 5. | Ruidoso High School | 52 |
| Bruce Klinekole (800m 4 = 4) | ||
| Bryce Pompos (LJ 10 + TJ 5 = 15) | ||
| Devon Carr (100m 8 = 8) | ||
| Luis Leyva (400m 3.5 = 3.5) | ||
| Mathew Carr (D 1 + S 5 = 6) | ||
| Parker Johnson (400m 6 = 6) | ||
| Travis Moshier (110H 4 + HJ 5.5 = 9.5) | ||
| 6. | Socorro High School | 33.7 |
| Adam Paz (HJ 0.2 + LJ 5 + TJ 10 = 15.2) | ||
| Dylan Gallegos (200m 5.5 = 5.5) | ||
| Kendal Pyke (PV 5 = 5) | ||
| Raymond Chavez (PV 3 = 3) | ||
| Zach Robinson (J 5 = 5) | ||
| 7. | Hot Springs High School | 33 |
| Owen Harrison (100m 10 + 200m 4 + HJ 4 + LJ 8 = 26) | ||
| Zerod Underwood (PV 7 = 7) | ||
| 8. | Taos High School | 26 |
| Devion Ortega (LJ 2 = 2) | ||
| Donevan Gravelle (3200m 3 = 3) | ||
| Isaac Gonzales (400m 5 + TJ 6 = 11) | ||
| Joaquin Medina (100m 3 = 3) | ||
| Nick Lemley (110H 3 + 300H 4 = 7) | ||
| 9. | Robertson High School | 25.5 |
| Brandon Trujillo (TJ 1 = 1) | ||
| Brian Maestas (1600m 10 + 800m 6 = 16) | ||
| Johna Lopez (LJ 3 = 3) | ||
| Justin Dimas (HJ 5.5 = 5.5) | ||
| 10. | West Las Vegas High School | 22 |
| Moises Coca (1600m 2 + 3200m 5 = 7) | ||
| Nick Maestas (100m 6 + 200m 8 + 400m 1 = 15) | ||
| 11. | Sandia Prep High School | 20.2 |
| A.j. Beach (1600m 8 + 400m 2 + 800m 10 + HJ 0.2 = 20.2) | ||
| 12. | Hatch Valley High School | 14 |
| Tomas Cisneros (100m 2 + 200m 2 + 400m 10 = 14) | ||
| 13. | Shiprock High School | 6 |
| Shawvan Levi (3200m 6 = 6) | ||
| 14. | Portales High School | 5.25 |
| Kobi Shillings (PV 0.25 = 0.25) | ||
| Michael Nichols (110H 2 = 2) | ||
| Tristan Mckinley (800m 3 = 3) | ||
| 15. | Bloomfield High School | 5 |
| Adrian Vigil (300H 5 = 5) | ||
| 15. | Santa Fe Indian School | 5 |
| Myron Tenorio (800m 5 = 5) | ||
| 17. | Pojoaque Valley High School | 4 |
| Jereme Santistevan (1600m 1 + 3200m 1 + 800m 2 = 4) |
Judging by the results of the cross country season just completed, one thing you can probably count on is a better track season for Jereme Santistevan than he posted last spring. There will doubtless be other such leaps made as well, but we'll have to wait for the season to develop to see what those will be.