Extra's from District 2-4A track and field meet

Here is a more in depth look at the District 2-4A track and field meet, hosted at Riverside High School on Friday night.

Your district champions were Canutillo on the boys side who finished with a commanding 182 points. Parkland came in second with 113, while Horizon was third with 97.

Canutillo got several points from the field events on the previous two days. Jesse Rose, Ibn Caraveo and Josh Silvas finished 1-2-3 in the shot put. Rose also won the discus with a throw 140-06. Chris Corral, who also won the 300-meter hurdles, got Canutillo big points by winning the triple jump and placing second in the long jump behind Ysleta's Michael Armendariz.

The Scorpions also did well in the field, with Richard Chavez winning the pole vault and Norberto Solis took home gold in the high jump.

On the track, no one showed dominance in the relay races. Mountain View won the 4x100, Del Valle won the 4x200 and Canutillo won the 4x400.

Mike Davis, who easily won the 100, and Leo Arroyo had a great duel in the 400, with Davis notching a 49.72 and Arroyo finishing at 49.87.

But it was Del Valle's Rudy Tueckmantel who came away from a closer race with a gold. He won the 110-meter hurdles with a 15.82, but second place Luis Carlos (Canutillo) and third place Tommy McCoy (Parkland) were not far behind with a 15.98 and 15.99.

"My coach always tells me to block out everyone, because that's one of my flaws," Tueckmantel said. "This time I just focused on the finish line."

Horizon was more than well-represented in the distance races. First Adrian Anaya, Rudy Flores and Daniel Flores went 1-2-3 in the 3,200, then Luis Fuentes wins the 1,600 with Anaya in second. Fuentes also finished third in the 800, but that race belonged to Canutillo's Miguel Garcia who out kicked Ysleta's Alonso Diaz in the end.

On the girls side, several athletes had double golds.

Del Valle's Monica Lopez won the long and triple jump, which she set a record in with a mark of 37 feet and four inches.

Meanwhile Mountain View's Adriana Arrieta won the shot put, was second in the discus and then went on to win the 300-meter hurdles, while teammate Patty Rodriguez took home the gold in the 100- hurdle and high jump. 

Also medaling in different events was Horizon's Adriana Jurado who won the pole vault and then struck the first blow in the "distance wars" between the Scorpions and Conquistadors, by winning the 3,200 meter run with teammate Vanessa Moreno in second, followed by Del Valle's Adriana Rosales in third.

Then in the 800 meter, Sonia Vasquez notched another victory for the Scorpions by defeating Maria Esquinca. Vasquez ran a 2:26.17 while Esquinca was close behind at 2:26.93.

Esquinca and the Del Valle runners got revenge in the 1,600. Esquinca won the race by pull ahead of Moreno and Jurado. But, two more Conquistadors would place top six.

Not to be overlooked in the 800 was Parkland's Nicole Dudley who placed third and then came back to win the 400 meter run. Her teammate Zuleika Hernandez edged out Del Valle's Lopez by .19 of a second in the 100.

Riverside's Rio Salazar had a breakthrough performance, taking the gold, with a smile, in the 200 meter run with a time of 26.52. She also anchored Rangers 4x200 relay team and passed three others on the curve to lead her team to victory.

Parkland, who finished second in the 4x200, won the 4x100 and then once again was runner-up in the 4x400 to Horizon.

However, that right there goes on to show how good of a night the Matadors had. While they may have not won several events, only three golds, they 13 medals and got back-points to win with 156 point total. Horizon win in the 4x400 propelled them to a second place finish, with 116 points, just ahead of Del Valle who had 113.

Overall, for a chilly night it was hot competition on the track and in the field during the two previous day. But when it came down to it, Parkland got it's amazing eight straight title and Canutllo got its second consecutive championship.

Congratulations to both. 

Comments

[Wayne]

Please post the times and distances of the winners.

[texball]

check out all the results on www.runnercard.com

[Fred Cordero Fan]

Congrats to Fred Cordero of Clint High School for winning District at Ft Stockton in the 3200 meter run, 1 mile run & 4 x 4 mile relay...Good Luck in Regional. Also Congrats to the Clint Boys Track Team for winning District! It sure would have been nice if you all had posted their information.

[Another Fred Cordero Fan]

FYI...I think this is the first year Fred Cordero runs High School Track...for him...What an accomplishment!!! Already getting ready to run at Regionals!! Congrats on your 1st place wins at District in Fort Stockton. Good luck to you at Regionals!!

[Annette Dudley]

We still have not seen the full results of the 2-4A track meet in the paper. Have the results been sent in to the El Paso times? Also, why did the Parkland girls not get any photos of their 8th straight District title?(team photo or anything) There has not been another team in the state of Texas that has ever done that!! They received one little paragraph up compared to Canutillo boys who have only won their second straight title. The reason you don't hear much about them in the early season is that they have to pull together girls from other sports, like soccer and basketball, after their season is over,to bring together a winning district team. Kudos to those girls for a job well done they ran and threw their hearts out.