Fred Loya Track and Field Invitational at Eastwood

Here are some noteable performances that didn't get into the paper Sunday from the Fred Loya Track and Field Invitational at Eastwood.

Just for context, Eastwood won with 161 points, followed by Chapin (93) and Hanks (86).

•Eastwood's Maegan Stires finished second in both distance races. First in both went to all-state cross country runner Brissia Montalvo, a senior, of Del Valle.

•For those unfamiliar with Kelsey Canavan, you'll be hearing about her a lot in the coming years. The 6-foot Hanks sophomore is not only an all-city basketball player but also a champion discus thrower. At this meet, she won the event with a mark of 105 feet, 9 inches. That ranks third in El Paso.

•Isabel Flores' high jump of 5-4 matched a personal best.

•Montwood sophomore Bianca Veal won her first varsity gold medal after holding off Fabens' Vivian Manzano in the 800 dash. Veal, normally a quarter-miler, won in 2 minutes, 31.57 seconds. Very few medals outside of regionals and state are as precious as that very first one.

•Hanks sophomore Brandi Wade placed second in both the 100- and 300-meter hurdles (personal-best 15.28; season-best 46.17). First-place went to Chapin sophomore Evonne Britton, who ran state-ranked times of 14.60 and 44.43, also personal-bests.

•Eastwood swept all three relays. Those runners were Jessica Ubanyionwu, Jessica Payne, Jessica Salazar, Isabel Flores and Amanda Almanza.

•Parkland went 1-3 in the 400-meter dash, led by freshman Nicole Dudley and junior Shirelle Givens. Dudley, the younger sister of Class 4A discus state champion Matt Dudley, won in 59.72 seconds. The time ranks second in El Paso.

•Hanks was without Kendra Chambers, who ranks first in El Paso in the 200- (26.03 seconds) and 400-meter dashes (59.36). The junior was being rested to alleviate back pain.

Comments

[Javi Vasquez]

Eastwood Junior Noah Munoz set the bar at 14 feet in the Pole Vault for the Varsity boys. Nice job!

[J Mylius]

Maegan placed 2nd in the 3200 at the Fred Loya Invitational, but Dara Mylius place 2nd in the 1600. Maegan was out of town during that 1600 race. Dara is the #1 frehman runner in El Paso.

[Ball Coach]

I do not even know where to put this since there is no heading for Carl Baily the big headed coach from the west side! Today there was an article about Tim Anderson and the great career he is putting together at Air Force, and I give him credit he is a great ball player. But, Carl baily has a bad memory or he just wanted to get some more quotes in on Tim's story. Carl I was at the game when Tim scored 45 not 47 and you did not take him out for the fourth quarter! He played untill just under 2 minutes left in the game! I won't say who I am but I can tell you thisI remember that game like it was yesterday because I thought to myself why is Carl leaving that kid in, He could get really hurt and if I was a kid playing in that game I would have cleaned his plow on one of those shots just because he was still in the game. One two passes and a shot. Yea Tim is a very good player but it was 45 and if you think I am wrong go check your old book, or ask Coach Brooks to check for you! And please if someone reads this let Carl know or print it out and give it to him!