The Pagosa Springs High School (PSHS) track and field team took part in the 15-team Ron Keller Invitational Monday in Durango after the event was rescheduled from Saturday due to inclement weather.
“Yesterday was really windy, but at least it wasn’t snowing. It was a good meet with some good competition, coach Connie O’Donnell wrote in a Tuesday email to The SUN. “We were missing about 11 athletes because of FBLA in Denver.”
The coach also notes the team ran more relays at the meet, “but seemed to struggle with handoffs. I’m not sure if that was because of the wind or if we were just off that day.”
Six Lady Pirates took part in the 100-meter dash, with Rylie Carr taking fifth overall with a time of 13.67 seconds. Molly Washburn finished 14th in 14.45 seconds. Marlowe Hedgecock followed in 16th in 14.50 seconds. Nevaeh Evans finished 30th in 15.31 seconds. Darria Fiorenza followed in 31st in 15.42 seconds. Italia Pereyra finished 48th with a time of 18.20 seconds.
The same number raced in the 200-meter dash, with Sienna Rose being the top Lady Pirate finished. Rose took fourth overall with a time of 27.92 seconds. Carr finished seventh in 28.01 seconds. Washburn took 18th with a time of 30.01. Amber Snarr finished 26th with a time of 30.60 seconds. Fiorenza finished 42nd with a time of 32.80 seconds and Pereyra took 55th with a time of 39.59 seconds.
Rose took the top spot in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute, 0.95 seconds.
“Sienna Rose took 3 seconds off of her season 400 time and I think it was because she had competition and was really being pushed down the home stretch,” O’Donnell highlights.
With a time of 3:05.53, Madisen Stretton finished 13th in the 800-meter run, with Honestye Sweet following in 14th with a time of 3:09.79.
Sweet took ninth in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:52.21.
Stretton notched eighth in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 14:25.29.
Eden Conner took 11th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 20.87 seconds and eighth in the 300-meter hurdles in 59.59 seconds.
The 4x100-meter relay team of Rose, Washburn, Lexi Campbell and Carr finished second with a time of 52.56 seconds.
The same crew of Lady Pirates took second in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:51.68.
Hedgecock finished 11th in the long jump with a distance of 13 feet, 5 inches.
Campbell notched a second-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 31-11.25. Stretton followed in sixth with a distance of 27-5.25.
Malorie Morton finished fourth in the discus with a throw of 99-6, with Liana Vega following in sixth with a distance of 89-1.
Morton finished third in the shot put with a distance of 28-2.75, with Vega taking seventh with a throw of 26-0.5.
On the boys’ side, six Pirates competed in the 100, with Colton Lucero taking first with a time of 11.24 seconds. Tommy Nigro finished 11th in 12.22 seconds. Alex Pacheco finished 23rd with a time of 12.61 seconds. Jeremiah Dean finished 31st in 12.89 seconds. Cash O’Neal followed in 34th with a time of 12.97 seconds. Trevor Faber finished 43rd in 13.17 seconds.
Jonathan Baker took ninth in the 200 with a time of 24.57 seconds, with Dean finishing 18th in 25.19 seconds.
Faber finished 17th in the 400 with a time of 59.33 seconds, and Jacob Castaneda following in 20th in 59.62 seconds.
With a time of 2:17.66, Connor Thomas finished ninth in the 800.Weston Sweet finished 27th with a time of 2:33.00. Eli Nehring followed in 28th with a time of 2:33.27.
Weston Sweet took 15th in the 1,600 with a time of 5:34.14.
Thomas took second in the 3,200 with a run that also landed him at No. 8 on PSHS’s top-10 list for the event, according to O’Donnell. Thomas ran a time of 11:19.98.
Nehring finished seventh with a time of 12:11.20.
Three Pirates raced in the 110-meter hurdles, with Jones finishing seventh with a time of 18.14 seconds, Tristan Frame finishing 10th in 20.30 seconds, and Xavior Haynie took 12th with a time of 20.43 seconds.
Four Pirates competed in the 300 hurdles. Jones finished ninth in 45.71 seconds. Jaxten Schiel followed in 10th in 46.28 seconds. Frame took 15th in 49.92 seconds. Haynie finished 17th with a time of 50.26 seconds.
The 4x100 relay team of Lucero, Nigro, Pacheco and Creede Dozier finished second with a time of 44.08 seconds.
The 4x200 relay team — Castaneda, Nigro, Pacheco and Baker — took third with a time of 1:39.43.
Jones garnered second in the high jump with a height of 5-11. Dozier followed in third with a height of 5-9. Koen Pitcher finished 11th with a height of 5-1.
Lucero took fourth in the long jump with a distance of 19-2.25, and Schiel followed in fifth with a jump of 18-10.75. Haynie finished eighth with a distance of 18-1. Dean followed in 10th with a jump of 17-7.25.
Dozier was the top finisher in the triple jump with a distance of 42-6.25.
“Creede Dozier added some inches to his triple jump,” O’Donnell wrote. “We know that he has more distance in him and he will get there in the next few weeks.”
Jones followed in third in the triple jump with a result of 37-6. Schiel took fourth with a distance of 36-11.75 Castaneda finished seventh with a distance of 35-1.75. Vincent Fish took 10th with a distance of 33-9. Pitcher finished 15th with a result of 32-0.25.
Five Pirates competed in discus, with Aidan Vega finishing eighth with a throw of 105-1, Lincoln Butler taking 14th with a distance of 79-10, Davian Coss finishing in 19th with a throw of 65-6, Jesus Serratos finishing 22nd with a throw of 59-6 and James Beaudry finishing 25th with a throw of 55-11.
Emile Schneider finished eighth in the shot put with a throw of 35-1.25. Aidan Vega followed in ninth with a distance of 32-5. Butler followed in 10th with a distance of 31-10. Coss finished 17th with a throw of 30-0.5.
This week, the team will be back in action in Bayfield for the Pine River Invitational, which will also serve as the Intermountain League (IML) meet.
“Winning your event at the IML meet is the only way to earn all-conference in track and field,” O’Donnell explains. “We plan on trying to enter our best athletes in as many events as they can handle. I know that we will be very competitive.”
Action is set to begin at 9 a.m.
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