Track squads run away with District 1A Championships

Leroy Chavez, for the Chronicle

CIMARRON — The Cimarron track teams used quality depth in all areas to capture the District 1A Championships in both the boys and girls divisions Saturday, May 3. The district tournament was held in Cimarron.
“The field event people put us in a position to win the championship, and the runners held their own,” said Ram coach Joe Giglia.
“This has been a tough year with injuries and all, and being able to win both championships was big for this team — we surprised a lot of people. State will be icing on the cake for us, as we’ll contend for individual championships in both divisions, but we do not have enough depth to compete for a team title.”

In the girl’s division, the Lady Rams scored 160 points to outdistance Roy at 138, Springer 55, Des Moines 27, and Maxwell 25. The championship is the eleventh consecutive title for the girl’s team and the 17th in 18 years.
“We continued the tradition and hope the win will give us momentum going into the state meet and into the 2009 season,” said Giglia.
“The boys won the district title for the first time since 2002 and have plenty of youth to be a force in years to come.”
The Ram boys scored 149 to outdistance Springer with 106 points, while Maxwell scored 58, Roy 46, Des Moines 28, and Wagon Mound 16.
Outstanding individual gold medal efforts were turned in by Ashley Long in the javelin, Renee Montoya in the 100-meter hurdles, Annie Stirling in the pole vault, Madison Coss in the shot, and Nadia Gonzales in the discus.
Gold medal efforts for the boys were delivered by Isaac Trujillo in the 800, Eddie Nelson in the pole vault and long jump, Daniel Pavletich in the high jump and discus, and Jake Arko in the shot and javelin.
“Almost every individual scored in one manner or another, so it was a total team effort,” Giglia said.
“Even our injured runners managed to score in some of the field events — everyone worked hard for the team and the results speak for themselves. I was very proud of everyone’s effort.”
Giglia also had kudos to all the volunteers that helped to make the district track meet and both home meets a big success.
The Running Rams will now travel to Albuquerque to compete in the State Class A championships scheduled for Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10 at the University of New Mexico Track and Field complex.

Individual Results (Girls):
First place: Renee Montoya, 100-meter hurdles 17.17; Madison Coss, discus 82’10”; Nadia Gonzales, shot 27’7.5”; Ashley Long, javelin 106’; Annie Stirling, pole vault 8’6”. Second place: Ashton Timberlake, 100 dash 13.72, 100-meter hurdles 17.20; Taylor Cottam, 200-meter run 27.84; Sonny Jeffers, 800-meter run 2:45.42, 1600-meter run 6:40.91; Emily LeBus, 3200-meter run 16:42.59; 4x200-meter relay team of Taylor Timberlake, Ashley Long, Renee Montoya, and Annie Stirling 2:07.95; Renee Montoya, discus 81’6”; Julia Schoepfle, pole vault 7’0”; Ashley Giglia, javelin 87’5”. Third place: Annie Stirling, 100 14.10; Ashton Timberlake, 200-meter run 28.21; Ashlee Giglia, 1600-meter run 7:16.49, 3200-meter run 16:43; Renee Montoya, 300-meter hurdles 61.53; 4x100-relay team of Renee Montoya, Taylor Cottam, Nadia Gonzales, Ashley Long 56.01; 4x400-meter relay team

of Sonny Jeffers, Annie Stirling, Emily LeBus, Ashley Long 5:09.94; Medley relay team of Taylor Timberlake, Ashley Long, Nadia Gonzales, Emily LeBus 5:42.42, Nadia Gonzales, long jump 13’6”; Ashton Timberlake, triple jump 30’6”, Fourth place: Taylor Cottam 100-meter dash 14.50; Julia Schoepfle, 400 74.41; Taylor Cottam, 100-meter hurdles 17.83; Emily LeBus, discus 75’5”, Taylor Cottam, long jump 13’3”; Nadia Gonzales, triple jump 29’2”. Fifth place: Madison Coss, shot 25’7”; Hanna Gray, discus 69’9”; Shalese Shell, javelin 58’5”; Taylor Timberlake, high jump 4’0”.

Individual Results (Boys):
First place: Isaac Trujillo, 800-meters 2:08.98; Jake Arko, shot 41’1.75”, javelin 109’9”; Eddie Nelson, pole vault 12’0”; Daniel Pavletich, high jump 5’8”. Second place: Eddie Nelson, 100-meter dash 12.09, 200-meters 24.19, 400-meters 56.02; 4x100-relay team of Billy Martinez, Joel Hogrefe, Ethan Buckman, William Ott 50.50; 4x200 relay team of Billy Martinez, Joel Hogrefe, Ethan Buckman, Daniel Pavletich 1:45.57; 4x400 relay team of Isaac Trujillo, Joel Hogrefe, Ethan Buckman, Billy Martinez 4:02.53; Medley relay team of Billy Martinez, Ethan Buckman, Justin Trujillo, Patrick Mulligan 4:46.25; Daniel Pavletich, javelin 106’0”; Chris Heck, pole vault 8’0”. Third place: Joel Hogrefe, pole vault 8’0”; Chris Heck, 400-meter run 60.14; Isaac Trujillo, 1600-meter run 5:25.12; David Gallegos, 3200-meter run 14:12; William Ott, 100-meter hurdles 18:58, 300-meter hurdles 47.49; Daniel Pavletich, shot 36’5”. Fourth place: Chris Heck, 100-meter dash 12.16; Patrick Mulligan, 800-meter run 2:24.37; Daniel Pavletich, javelin 106’; William Ott, high jump 5’2”. Fifth place: Chris Heck, 200-meter dash 25.00; Kyle Niemic, 3200-meter run 14:43; Joel Hogrefe, pole vault 8’0”. Sixth place: Joel Hogrefe, 100-meter dash 12.40; Justin Trujillo, 800-meters 2:52, 3200-meter run 14:45; David Gallegos, 1600-meter run 6:37.15.