Hobbs Konnor Babb will be looking to defend his shot put title while Brad Thomas of La Cueva is the clear the triple jump favorite. Pole vault has a true star in Clovis' Pacer Hill who sits at the 14ft mark.
A pair of champions return with La Cueva's Nicole Ihlein in the 800m and Eldorado's Laurynn Sisneros in the 1600m. The 3200m is left wide open with a handful of runners that could be favored.
Clovis' Jerrick Maldonado and La Cueva's Stevie Salas return defending their own respective state championships and could cross end up battling it out for 1600m.
The New Mexico Activities Association Board of Directors met today to discuss a return to sports and activities.
High school sports in New Mexico are set to begin competition on February 22nd with certain restrictions in place.
Adriana Tatum is the clear favorite in the 100m and 200m for good reason. Hurdles boast an interesting potential matchup with Sandia's Savanna Lawson and Sue Cleveland's Hannah Kiess while the 400m could see Aryanna Gomez against Erica Ihlein but Eldorado's Taylor Rittman has shown glimpses of title worthy potential as well.
Sue Cleveland's Nasir Hunter-Muhammed could be the next sprint star to come out of the land of enchantment leading the way in the 200m and 400m with stellar personal bests.
Albuquerque Academy's Sterling Glenn still has plenty of time to dominate 4A throws while Moriarty's Nicole Wells and Los Alamos Bailey Yost top the jumping events.
graduations from the past couple of years have 4A field events in rebuild mode. Bloomfield will look to utilize its jumping potential to separate from other schools while Lovington could show it has got throwers ready to launch huge personal bests.
Aisha Ramone, Grace Archibeck, and Alyx Mastor lead one of the most talented groups of distance girls that New Mexico has seen in recent memory. Every event could be determined by a lung at the finish line.
Proven 4A distance stars like Justin Hickey, Jesse Sanchez, Eric Scharton, Kieth Bridge, and Rafael Sanchez are just a few of the guys looking to capture greatness in 2021.
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