The Pagosa Springs High School Pirate track and field team hosted the Terry Alley Invitational on Saturday, May 2, and now head into the final week of the regular season.
“The meet was very small and Pagosa had probably 80% of the entries in the meet,” wrote coach Connie O’Donnell in an email to The SUN. “The weather was perfect and we were able to get some much needed personal records.”
The team also honored the seniors and their parents at the meet.
One of the biggest highlights of the meet was the 1,600-meter race, noted assistant coach Tim Taylor.
“It was a banner day for racers in the 1600 meter run, as almost all Pagosa runners recorded a personal best time,” wrote Taylor in an email.
On the girls’ side, Abigail Foss won the girls’ 100-meter dash with a time of 13.86 seconds. Molly Washburn placed third with a time of 14.07 seconds, Ahrianna Martinez placed fourth with a time of 14.38 seconds, Amber Snarr placed fifth with a time of 14.62 seconds, Katie Baker placed sixth with a time of 14.63 seconds, Bentley Briscoe placed eighth with a time of 14.91, Darria Fiorenza placed ninth with a time of 14.98 seconds, Hannah Stretton placed 11th with a time of 15.25 seconds, Nevaeh Evans placed 14th with a time of 15.35 seconds, Quinn Howard placed 17th with a time of 15.75 seconds, Mikaila Anderson placed 20th with a time of 16.30 seconds, Italia Pereyra placed 21st with a time of 17.21 seconds, and Samantha Abraham placed 22nd with a time of 18.68 seconds.
Nina Wood won the girls’ 200-meter dash with a time of 27.36 seconds, Lexi Campbell placed second with a time of 27.78 second, Foss placed fourth with a time of 28.52 seconds, Washburn placed fifth with a time of 28.80 seconds, Martinez placed sixth with a time of 29.35 seconds, Snarr placed seventh with a time of 29.96 seconds, Fiorenza placed 10th with a time of 31.49 seconds, Veda Deitemeyer placed 11th with a time of 31.76 seconds, Briscoe placed 12th with a time of 31.90 seconds, Evans placed 14th with a time of 32.25 seconds, Howard placed 15th with a time of 32.80 seconds, Anderson placed 17th with a time of 33.90 seconds, and Abraham placed 19th with a time of 39.16 seconds.
Corinna Galabota won the girls’ 400-meter dash with a time of one minute, 6.97 seconds, and Avery Book placed third with a time of 1:08.46.
Lily DeClark won the girls’ 800-meter run with a time of 2:39.37 and Dawson Iverson placed third with a time of 3:40.60.
DeClark won the girls’ 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:52.09, Madi Stretton placed second with a time of 5:54.64, Lucia Rivera placed third with a time of 6:21.83, and Clara Kurz placed fourth with a time of 6:30.09.
Madi Stretton won the girls’ 3,200-meter run with a time of 13:39.07 and Rivera placed second with a time of 13:54.50.
Annaliese Hinger placed second in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles with a time of 19.97 seconds.
Hinger placed second in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles with a time of 59.05 seconds.
Pagosa Springs had four relay teams compete in the girls’ 4x100-meter relay.
A team won with a time of 52.21 seconds, a team placed second with a time of 55.03 seconds, a team placed third with a time of 57.24 seconds and a team placed fourth with a time of 1:00.58.
The Pagosa Springs girls’ 4x200-meter relay team placed second with a time of 2:02.38.
The Pagosa Springs girls’ 4x400-meter relay team placed first with a time of 4:54.50.
Deitemeyer placed third in the girls’ high jump with a jump of 4 feet, 4 inches. Iverson placed fourth with a jump of 4-2.
Wood placed first in the girls’ long jump with a jump of 15-3, Book placed second with a jump of 14-11, Baker placed fifth with a jump of 13-9, Brynn Looper placed ninth with a jump of 12-4.5, and Howard and Hannah Stretton each placed 10th with jumps of 12-3.5.
Campbell placed first in the girls triple jump with a jump of 33-11, Galabota placed fourth with a jump of 27-11, and Iverson placed sixth with a jump of 24-1.
Malorie Morton placed first in the girls’ discus with a throw of 111-11, Liana Vega placed second with a throw of 103-5, Makaela Denton placed third with a throw of 83-1, Paisley Lister placed eighth with a throw of 64-9, Charlie Barraza-Haymaker placed 11th with a throw of 59-4, and Raleigh Iverson placed 15th with a throw of 48-9.
Vega won the girls’ shot put with a throw of 33-8, Morton placed second with a throw of 32-2.75, Lister placed fifth with a throw of 23-4, Raleigh Iverson placed seventh with a throw of 22-5.75, Denton placed 11th with a throw of 20-6.5, and Barraza-Haymaker placed 12th with a throw of 18-11.5.
On the boys’ side, Colton Lucero won the boys’ 100 with a time of 11.33 seconds. Johnny Baker placed second with a time of 11.86 seconds, Hudson Mazur placed third with a time of 11.98 seconds, Jammer Grigsby placed fourth with a time of 12.04 seconds, Truman Vasek placed fifth with a time of 12.07 seconds, Alex Pacheco placed sixth with a time of 12.09 seconds, Xavier Sanchez placed seventh with a time of 12.36 seconds, Jerry Su placed eighth with a time of 12.50 seconds, Cash O’Neal placed 10th with a time of 12.55 seconds, Jaycub Carter placed 13th with a time of 12.92 seconds, Eathon Dang placed 14th with a time of 13.49 seconds, Connor Kirkham placed 15th with a time of 13.86 seconds, and Javier Tinoco placed 16th with a time of 14.14 seconds.
Lucero won the boys’ 200 as well with a time of 22.93 seconds, Grigsby placed second with a time of 24.32 seconds, Sanchez placed third with a time of 25.23 seconds, Gage Sams placed fourth with a time of 25.56 seconds, Koen Pitcher placed fifth with a time of 25.63 seconds, Su placed sixth with a time of 26.50 seconds, Desmond Murphy placed seventh with a time of 26.57 seconds, Dang placed ninth with a time of 27.61 seconds, Zyan Souza placed 10th with a time of 27.99 seconds, O’Neal placed 11th with a time of 28.07 seconds, and Tinoco placed 12th with a time of 30.59 seconds.
Connor Thomas won the boys’ 400-meter dash with a time of 56.78 seconds, Chatwin Pickering placed second with a time of 58.88 seconds, Elijah Julian placed third with a time of 59.83 seconds, and Murphy placed fourth with a time of 1:01.73.
Rylan Ash won the boys’ 800 with a time of 2:09.23 and Eli Nehring placed fifth with a time of 2:45.28.
Ash won the boys’ 1,600 with a time of 4:41.15, Julian placed second with a time of 5:03.53, Thomas placed third with a time of 5:04.64, Kieran Kurz placed fifth with a time of 5:23.40, Isaac Hanto placed sixth with a time of 5:40.21, and Nehring placed seventh with a time of 6:15.34.
Jeremiah Jones won the boys’ 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.39 seconds, Carter placed fifth with a time of 19.18 seconds, Vincent Fish placed sixth with a time of 19.84 seconds, Jaiden Jones placed seventh with a time of 19.86 seconds, and Souza placed eighth with a time of 20.11 seconds.
Jeremiah Jones won the boys’ 300 hurdles with a time of 43.56 seconds, Carter placed third with a time of 47.91 seconds, Souza placed fourth with a time of 50.46 seconds, and Dang placed fifth with a time of 51.96.
One Pagosa Springs boys’ 4x100 team placed first with a time of 44.53 seconds and the other placed third with a time of 47.65 seconds.
One Pagosa Springs boys’ 4x200 team placed first with a time of 1:35.28 and the other placed second with a time of 1:40.55.
Jeremiah Jones won the boys’ high jump with a jump of 6-2, Sams placed third with a jump of 6-0, Pitcher placed sixth with a jump of 5-8, Vasek placed seventh with a jump of 5-8, and Milo Deitemeyer placed eighth with a jump of 5-6.
Jeremiah Dean won the boys’ long jump with a jump of 19-0.5, Mazur placed second with a jump of 18-4.5, Fish placed third with a jump of 18-2.5, Pickering placed fifth with a jump of 17-1, Pacheco placed sixth with a jump of 16-9, Sanchez placed seventh with a jump of 16-6, and Jaiden Jones placed ninth with a jump of 16-3.
Jeremiah Jones placed first in the boys’ triple jump with a jump of 40-6.25, Milo Deitemeyer placed second with a jump of 38-5.75, Pickering placed fourth with a jump of 34-8.5, and Kirkham placed fifth with a jump of 32-8.25.
Emile Schneider won the boys’ discus with a throw of 134-8, Aidan Vega placed second with a throw of 121-11, Lincoln Butler placed eighth with a throw of 85-0, Quintin Cheykaychi placed 10th with a throw of 78-9, and James Beaudry placed 11th with a throw of 74-0.
Schneider placed second in the boys’ shot put with a throw of 40-10, Aidan Vega placed third with a throw of 37-8.5, Butler placed sixth with a throw of 34-8.5, Cheykaychi placed 10th with a throw of 29-9, and Beaudry placed 13th with a throw of 26-1.
The Pirates are bringing about 20 athletes to the Friday Night Lights meet in Pueblo on Friday, May 8, as O’Donnell and her assistants give some athletes one last chance to qualify for states.
“I would say that while we are hoping for a few more individual qualifiers, we are focused on relays,” wrote O’Donnell. “Our handoffs need to be seamless in order to get the times we need to qualify.”
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