Southwest Region Report
Results from multiple sources
Arizona
A trio of state-leading performances and announcement of the first ever Arizona High School Track & Field Meet of Champions share the spotlight.
The initial MOC is to be held Saturday, May 20, at 6 p.m. at Chandler High School. There will be eight competitors per event in the standard eight running events and six field events. No relays will be conducted this year. Qualifiers will be the winners of each event in the seven different AIA Conference/State championships with an eighth athlete to be the best non-winning performer. No doubling will be permitted, so an athlete qualifying in more than one event will choose which event to be in and a replacement(s) will be named according to who has the next best performance(s).
Chandler Rotary meet director Dave Shapiro, athletic director of host Chandler High School, is meet director.
The Tribune Invitational in Westwood Friday (4/21) produced seven Dyestat Elite qualifying marks and two Arizona-leading performances. Xavier junior Natalie Johnson stopped the auto timer at 2:11.62 to lower her own previous state best of 2:13.17. Jaci Perryman of Desert Vista equaled her state-leading 12-6 in the vault. Her fellow senior Laryssa Simpson moved into the second spot among distaff vaulters with a clearance of 11-7. Desert Vista junior Shea Kearney, state leader at 16-2, won the boys vault at 15-6. Corona Del Sol junior Phil Feinberg was a 6-9 winner in the high jump, an inch off the state lead he shares with two others, and Chandler junior Tyler Jordan took the lead in the boys discus with a winning spin of 173-05. Chandler's girls 4 x 100 improved from an earlier 48.21 to 48.14 in winning the one-lap relay.
Jaime Minor of Canyon Del Oro HS improved upon her previous best in Arizona triple jump by 19 inches, bouncing 39-2 in the marathon Mario Castro Invitational at Sunnyside HS in Tucson Friday. Fellow senior Martin Nevarez of Casa Grande moved up to #2 among Arizona pole vaulters with a clearance of 15-6. The 23-school meet took more than 12 hours to complete.
For Arizona Invitational results, state rankings, and more, please go to: http://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1128&CID=407665
Colorado
JT Scheuerman of Littleton is dominating the 100-400 in Colorado, according to state rankings compiled through April 20 by the Rocky Mountain News. The Baylor University-bound senior leads all 5A 100-meter runners by a margin of at least .31 with his season's best of 10.39. His 200 best of 21.26 is ,27 ahead of the next runner. And his 46.24 leads the next 400 runner by 1.78-seconds.
His 100 is a wind-aided mark, his best legal one being a snappy 10.48. There is no wind information on the 200. The 400 mark is second in the nation and was run at Arcadia, losing to Long Beach Poly sensation Bryshon Nellum who clocked 46.20.
For boys rankings please go to:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/prep_boys_track/article/0,1299,DRMN_115_4636150,00.html
And for girls rankings please go to:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/prep_girls_track/article/0,1299,DRMN_118_4636186,00.html
Nevada
Here is the Northern Nevada honor roll for 4A boys as of April 10 and 4A girls as of April 11.
http://www.nevadatrack.org/media/uploadedforms/NorthernHonorRoll443.htm
And here is the Southern Nevada honor roll as of April 25.
http://www.nevadatrack.org/index.php?menu=honorroll
For results of the April 25 Southwest Division meet, please go here:
http://www.nevadatrack.org/media/uploadedforms/SouthwestDivisionMeet450.htm
New Mexico
Albuquerque Academy flexed its considerable muscles Friday and Saturday (4/21-22) in defeating Highkland by an 88.5 to 68 margin to win the Richard Harper Memorial Invitational held on the AA track at 5,400-feet altitude. Highland got a 10.40, 49.80, 21-9 3/4 triple from Jerrell Miller as well as a zippy 1:54.63 win from Nicholas Arguelles in the two-lapper, but it wasn't enough to beat the home forces of Coach Adam Kedge.
El Dorado junior Matt Tebo ran 4:19.07, winning the 1,600 at altitude. Alex Umstead of Los Almos garnered a good weight double with 55-8 and 154-4. Full Results
Metro Albuquerque Top Ten List - List compiled by Fred Polich.
New Mexico State 5A qualifiers list to date:
http://www.directathletics.com/view_public_entries.html?sport=track&meet_hnd=3249
New Mexico State 4A qualifiers list to date:
http://www.directathletics.com/view_public_entries.html?sport=track&meet_hnd=3248
New Mexico State 3A qualifiers to date:
http://www.directathletics.com/view_public_entries.html?sport=track&meet_hnd=3247
New Mexico State 2A qualifiers to date:
http://www.directathletics.com/view_public_entries.html?sport=track&meet_hnd=3245
New Mexico State 1A qualifiers to date:
http://www.directathletics.com/view_public_entries.html?sport=track&meet_hnd=3246
Utah
Powerful Davis came up a double winner at Saturday's (4/22) Taylorsville Invitational, winning the girls competition easily, 133-58.5, over Fremont, and edging Viewmont for the boys title, 92.5-87.5.
Outstanding performances were turned in by the Fremont girls sprint medley team, running 4:14.76, and by Judge Memorial's Colin Boevers who blasted his way to an impressive 61-0/178-1 weight double.
For full results, see: http://209.90.122.252/runner/data/4400/674/result/Results%20T-ville%20Invite%2006.htm
Wyoming
Cody's Ben Peterson scored a big 16-2/6-6 pole vault/high jump double to highlight the L.A. Kohnke Invitational Saturday (4/22). Host Powell High School won the boys team title with 160 points, beating Torrington by 25. The Cody women were easy 140.5 to 81 winners over Laurel.
For full results, go to: http://209.90.122.252/runner/data/7287/702/result/Results.htm
Zack Bolger impressed with a horizontal jumps double of 45-2 3/4 and 21-10 for Natrona to highlight the Laramie Open Meet Saturday at Laramie High School.
For full results, go to: http://209.90.122.252/runner/data/7197/698/result/Results.htm
Pinedale's women scored a 143.5 to 104 victory over Thermopolis in Friday's Wind River Invitational in Pavillion.
For full results, go to: http://209.90.122.252/runner/data/11091/706/result/WindRiverGirlsResults.htm