The Pagosa Springs High School Pirate track and field team hosted the eight-team Terry Alley Invitational on Saturday, May 3, with the team logging a number of personal records (PRs) and some breaking their own school records.
Now, the team is focusing on its last regular-season meet in Pueblo and qualifying for the state meet.
“I felt like we really lucked out on the weather on Saturday for our home meet,” coach Connie O’Donnell wrote in an email to The SUN. “Our meet was much smaller than usual because many local teams chose to travel to lower elevations to compete since we are so close to the end of the season. For the most part, we were our own competition in many events.”
Rylie Carr took first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.89 seconds. She was followed by Sienna Rose, who ran a time of 12.94 seconds to take second. Molly Washburn earned fifth with a time of 13.81 seconds. Amber Snarr took ninth in 14.44 seconds. Charity Domingo finished 11th in 14.63 seconds, with Nevaeh Evans following in 12th in 14.95 seconds and Darria Fiorenza in 13th in 15.24 seconds. Italia Pereyra finished 21st with a time of 17.52 seconds.
Carr also took first in the 200-meter dash, running a time of 27.03 seconds. Lexi Campbell finished third in 27.82 seconds. Washburn took sixth with a time of 28.77 seconds, and Snarr finished 14th with a time of 30.62 seconds. Evans finished 17th in 31.78 seconds. Fiorenza earned 19th with a time of 32.49 seconds. Pereyra finished 26th with a time of 37.83 seconds. Jennifer Gutierrez notched 27th in 42.53 seconds.
“Rylie Carr ran a season PR in both the 100 and 200,” the coach highlights. “She is now in the top 18 for the 100.”
Rose earned first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute, 0.97 seconds.
“Sienna Rose had a season PR in the 100 and was within a tenth of a second of her 400 season PR,” O’Donnell wrote. “She is still ranked in the top 18 in the event.”
Honestye Sweet finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:46.84. Madisen Stretton followed in fourth with a time of 3:02.86. Domingo took fifth with a time of 3:06.32.
Sweet earned second in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:16.26, and Stretton took fourth in 6:29.41.
O’Donnell highlights, “Honestye Sweet broke 3 minutes in the 800 with a PR of 2:46. She also ran a PR in the 1600. Her goal in Pueblo is to break 6 minutes.”
Eden Connor took second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 20.26 seconds and third in the 300-meter hurdles in 57.11 seconds.
The 4x100-meter relay team of Rose, Washburn, Campbell and Carr took first with a time of 51.26 seconds.
“The girls 4x100 significantly improved their time and we are looking forward to both of our sprint relays and the competition in Pueblo,” O’Donnell explains.
The relay team of Snarr, Fiorenza, Domingo and Evans finished fourth in the 4x100 in 57.34 seconds.
The 4x200-meter relay team of Rose, Washburn, Campbell and Carr notched first with a time of 1:51.82.
Carr took first in the high jump with a height of 4 feet, 4 inches, with Dawson Iverson taking second with the same height.
Evans finished sixth in the long jump with a jump of 12-1.
Campbell won the triple jump with a distance of 32-3.5. Stretton took sixth with a result of 27-7, and Iverson finished eighth with a distance of 24-6.5.
Abigail Nehring took first in the discus with a distance of 133-8. Malorie Morton followed in second with a throw of 112-2. Liana Vega finished third with a throw of 92-7. Makaela Denton finished seventh with a distance of 68-5.
Nehring also claimed first in the shot put with a throw of 34-6. Morton finished fourth with a distance of 26-6.5. Vega took seventh with a distance of 25-4.25, and Denton took 10th with a throw of 19-4.5.
A dozen Pirates ran in the 100 on the boys’ side, with Colton Lucero taking first with a time of 10.75 seconds. Tommy Nigro took second in 11.70 seconds, Alex Pacheco finished third in 11.82 seconds, Jonathan Baker finished fifth in 11.83 seconds, Jaxten Schiel finished sixth in 11.86 seconds, Gavin Carter followed in seventh in 11.87 seconds, Jeremiah Dean finished 10th in 12.08 seconds, Cash O’Neal finished 16th in 12.43 seconds, Jerry Su took 17th in 12.51 seconds, Vincent Fish notched 20th in 12.77 seconds, Jonathan Rodriguez finished 26th in 13.30 seconds and Connor Kirkham finished 29th in 13.99 seconds.
“Colton Lucero was able to PR in the 100 and improve his school record time,” O’Donnell wrote. “It was special to be able to do that on our home track with his teammates as his main competition. Tommy Nigro, Alex Pacheco, Jonny Baker, Jaxten Schiel and Gavin Carter all got PR’s in the 100 right behind Colton.”
Ten Pirates ran the 200, with Lucero again taking first, this time after running a time of 22.44 seconds. Baker followed in second in 23.87 seconds, Carter took third in 24.54 seconds, Gage Sams finished fifth in 25.65 seconds, Trevor Faber took eighth in 25.87 seconds, Su finished 12th in 26.56 seconds, O’Neal finished 14th in 26.74 seconds, Rodriguez finished 18th in 27.61 seconds, Sebastian Coba notched 19th in 27.99 seconds, and Evan Duncan finished 20th in 28.08 seconds.
“Jonny Baker is coming on strong in the 100 and 200 with PRs in both,” the coach highlights. “He is officially our 2nd fastest 200 runner behind Colton.”
Nigro won the 400 with a time of 55.59 seconds Dean ran a time of 56.03 to finish second, and Faber notched fourth with a time of 59.09 seconds. Duncan finished seventh in 1:02.81, with Merrick Tudor following in eighth with a time of 1:03.79. Coba finished 10th with a time of 1:04.10.
Weston Sweet finished third in the 800 with a time of 2:29.50, with Tudor following in fourth in 2:31.79.
Weston Sweet also took third in the 1,600, running a time of 5:30.07. Eli Nehring followed in fourth in 5:32.76.
Eli Nehring won the 3,200 with a time of 12:24.93.
Jeremiah Jones took first in the 110-meter hurdles with a run of 17.13 seconds. Tristan Frame finished sixth in 20.28 seconds.
Jones also took first in the 300 hurdles with a time of 44.94 seconds. Xavior Haynie finished fourth with a time of 46.73 seconds. Frame followed in fifth with a time of 49.20 seconds.
The 4x100 relay team of Lucero, Nigro, Pacheco and Creede Dozier took first in 44.01 seconds, and the team also took first in the 4x200 relay, running a time of 1:34.66.
Dozier won all three jumping events on the day.
Dozier won the high jump with a height of 6-2. Jones followed in second at 6-0. Sams finished sixth with a height of 5-8. Milo Deitemeyer finished ninth with a jump of 5-4.
Dozier took first in the long jump with a jump of 20-8. Lucero followed in second with a distance of 20-1. Schiel finished third with a jump of 20-0.5. Dean finished fourth with a result of 18-8. Haynie finished seventh with a jump of 17-9. Baker took ninth with a distance of 17-5. Fish finished in 11th with a jump of 17-4.5. Kirkham finished 18th with a jump of 15-1.5.
Dozier took first in the triple jump with a result of 39-5.75. Shield took second with a distance of 38-9.5. Jones followed in third with a distance of 38-3.5. Jacob Castaneda finished sixth with a distance of 35-7. Fish finished eighth with a jump of 33-8.75. Frame notched ninth with a distance of 33-5.75. Deitemeyer finished 10th with a distance of 31-11.5.
Aidan Vega took the top spot in the discus with a throw of 112-1, with Emile Schneider taking second with a distance of 109-11. Lincoln Butler finished eighth with a throw of 89-4. James Beaudry finished 12th with a throw of 74-4. Davian Coss and Jesus Serratos tied for 14th with a distance of 70-1. Quintin Cheykaychi finished 17th with a throw of 69-3.
Schneider finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 34-8. Aidan Vega finished ninth with a throw of 32-5.75. Coss followed in 10th with a distance of 31-8. With a throw of 30-11.5, Butler took 12th. Serratos finished 20th with a throw of 27-11. Cheykaychi notched 20th with a result of 26-10.
On Friday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m., the Pirates will take part in the 49-team Friday Night Lights meet hosted by Pueblo West — their last regular-season meet of the year.
O’Donnell indicates the team has several goals for the meet, with hopes of qualifying more athletes in more events for state and fine-tuning ahead of the season’s final competition.
“We are really trying to work on details like running form and handoffs,” she explains. “The weather this week makes it a bit tough for details, but we are going to just accept it and do the best we can since we can’t control the weather. Also, when we train in this weather and then it snows/rains at the state meet, then we will be better prepared.”
O’Donnell notes the Pueblo meet will be a chance for Carr to qualify for state in the 200, and adds Campbell will be focusing on getting back into the 33s in triple jump.
She also highlights that Abigail Nehring will be throwing against the girl who is ranked second in the state in discus.
“I believe that Abi will thrive on this competition in Pueblo,” she wrote.
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