By MARK MOLINA | THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD
The temperatures may have dipped, but the heat was on in the boys standings of the District 32-5A track & field meet.
In the end, it would be the Brownsville Veterans Memorial Chargers who would prevail as they rode five first-place finishes in the track finals to the District 32-5A crown Saturday night at Sams Memorial Stadium in Brownsville.
“It came down to two points and we had a bunch of guys pull through,” Brownsville Veterans head coach Michael Moore said. “We knew Mercedes was going to be a really good team; they’re tough. Last year, they beat us by eight points. I told the guys right before we got off the bus that it would come down to less than five points … so everyone needed to pull their weight and do their job.”
The Chargers got first-place finishes from Max Carmona in the 800-meter run (1 minute, 58.74 seconds) and Mauricio Garza in the 110 hurdles (16.32).
The Chargers also were victorious in all three relays.
The Chargers scored 156.50 points, just edging out the Mercedes Tigers, who placed second with score of 154.50.
Edcouch-Elsa (96), Donna (66), Lopez (59), Porter (40), Donna North (26) and Pace (22) rounded out the field.
For the girls, Edcouch-Elsa took home the team championship with 181 points.
The Mercedes girls placed second with 131 points, followed by Brownsville Veterans (131), Donna North (54), Donna (46), Pace (42), Lopez (31) and Porter (23).
The Lady Yellowjackets got wins from Vanessa Cerda in the 400-meter dash (1:01.21), Jayda Lee in the 300 hurdles (50.43) and won the 800- and 1600-meter relays.
“Everything just came together in the end,” Edcouch-Elsa head coach Juan Aguinaga said. “We knew it would be tough (competing) against Mercedes and (Brownsville) Veterans. The kids stepped up and we did what we needed to do. We won some races I wasn’t expecting to win, but we did it. We’ve been working with this group the past two or three years and it has paid off.”
The top four finishers advance to the 31/32-5A area meet on April 19 in Edcouch-Elsa.
In Thursday’s field events, Andres Bodden did his part for the Chargers, winning the shot put and discus. Bodden posted a distance of 49 feet, 8 inches in the shot put and 155-09 feet in the discus.
Other gold-medal winners from the Brownsville area included Porter’s Matthew Sandoval, who won the boys 100-meter dash with a time of 11.53. Lopez’s Jose Echavarria won the boys long jump (20-10.50).
For the girls, Brownsville Veterans’ Valeria Ruiz took home gold in the 110 hurdles (17.50). Ruiz also placed second in the 300 hurdles (50.10).
Lopez’s Carla Lopez won the girls triple jump with a distance of 34-03.25.
The Mercedes distance runners had a strong showing Saturday night, sweeping the 3200- and 1600-meter runs.
For the boys, Dominic Cavazos took home gold by posting a time of 9:28.51 in the 3200 and a 4:25.31 in the 1600.
On the girls side, Soledad Cruz won the 3200 with a time of 11:55.26 and the 1600 with a time of 5:32.58.
Another Mercedes runner winning multiple gold medals was Jazmine Flores in the girls 100- (12.88) and 200-meter dashes (26.57). Flores also won the girls long jump (34-05.25) on Thursday.
Matthew Ledesma won the boys 200-meter dash (23.25) and Isreal Alegria won the boys 300 hurdles (40.97).
District 32-5A Track and Field – 4/5/2018 to 4/7/2018
Sams Memorial Stadium
Girls 100 Meter Dash Finals
1, Flores, Jazmine, Mercedes, 13.06. 2, Cardenas, Bianca, Edcouch-Elsa, 13.36.
3, Davila, Carolina, Veterans, 13.64. 4, Garcia, Yizenia, Mercedes, 13.76. 5,
Chavez, Alexa, Veterans, 13.77. 6, Vasquez, Alyssa, Donna, 14.07.
Girls 200 Meter Dash Finals
1, Flores, Jazmine, Mercedes, 26.57. 2, Alvarado, Shana, Edcouch-Elsa, 27.21.
3, Toledo, Alondra, Veterans, 27.50. 4, Chavez, Alexa, Veterans, 27.54. 5,
Flores, Giselle, Mercedes, 28.24. 6, Medellin, Estrella, Porter, 28.38.
Girls 400 Meter Dash Finals
1, Cerda, Vanessa, Edcouch-Elsa, 1:01.21. 2, Medellin, Estrella, Porter,
1:02.19. 3, Leal, Giovanna, Veterans, 1:03.28. 4, Mata, Briana, Veterans,
1:03.70. 5, Perez, Lourdes, Veterans, 1:04.33. 6, Belcher, Samantha, Mercedes,
1:04.82.
Girls 800 Meter Run
1, Cerda, Vanessa, Edcouch-Elsa, 2:21.09. 2, Cruz, Soledad, Mercedes, 2:21.40.
3, Galvan, Roxanne, Donna North, 2:28.80. 4, Villalpando, Haley, Edcouch-Elsa,
2:30.24. 5, Gallegos, Teresa, Edcouch-Elsa, 2:33.49. 6, De la Garza, Yuliana,
Lopez, 2:36.93.
Girls 1600 Meter Run
1, Cruz, Soledad, Mercedes, 5:32.58. 2, Villalpando, Haley, Edcouch-Elsa,
5:35.19. 3, Gallegos, Teresa, Edcouch-Elsa, 5:39.53. 4, Cobos, Yaremi,
Mercedes, 5:42.70. 5, Huerta, Aylin, Donna North, 5:51.83. 6, Chacon,
Jennifer, Donna North, 5:54.10.
Girls 3200 Meter Run
1, Cruz, Soledad, Mercedes, 11:55.26. 2, Villalpando, Haley, Edcouch-Elsa,
12:04.52. 3, Cobos, Yaremi, Mercedes, 12:20.50. 4, Chacon, Jennifer, Donna
North, 12:27.76. 5, Gamez, Valeria, Veterans, 12:34.62. 6, Huerta, Aylin,
Donna North, 12:47.27.
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Finals
1, Ruiz, Valeria, Veterans, 17.44. 2, Lopez, Carla, Lopez, 17.47. 3, Vento,
Mika, Mercedes, 17.65. 4, Lee, Jayda, Edcouch-Elsa, 18.36. 5, Carillo, Crisol,
Veterans, 19.22. 6, Garces, Julianna, Edcouch-Elsa, 19.99.
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Finals
1, Lee, Jayda, Edcouch-Elsa, 49.85. 2, Ruiz, Valeria, Veterans, 50.10. 3,
Sanchez, Pamela, Veterans, 50.93. 4, Lopez, Carla, Lopez, 52.19. 5, Carillo,
Crisol, Veterans, 53.60. 6, Ruiz, Alexia, Pace, 54.53.
Girls 4×100 Meter Relay
1, Mercedes ‘A’ (Rodriguez, Keandra , Garcia, Yizenia , Flores, Giselle ,
Flores, Jazmine ), 50.61. 2, Brownsville Veterans ‘A’ (Davila, Carolina ,
Leal, Giovanna , Angeles, Maryela , Toledo, Alondra ), 50.66. 3, Edcouch-Elsa
‘A’ (Segovia, Marisol , Alvarado, Shana , Alvarado, Brianna , Cardenas, Bianca
), 51.18. 4, Donna ‘A’ (Gallegos, Ileane , Quesada, Brianna , Vasquez, Alyssa
, Contreras, Samantha ), 52.41. 5, Brownsville Pace ‘A’ (Soto, Karyme ,
Gonzalez, Ashlynn , Alvarado, Klarissa , Espinoza, Sofia ), 55.51. 6,
Brownsville Porter ‘A’ (Lara, Mary , Esparza, Ashley , Sulvaran, Karime ,
Trevino, Desiree ), 56.06.
Girls 4×200 Meter Relay
1, Edcouch-Elsa ‘A’ (Alvarado, Brianna , Alvarado, Shana , Segovia, Marisol ,
Cardenas, Bianca ), 1:48.92. 2, Brownsville Veterans ‘A’ (Davila, Carolina ,
Chavez, Alexa , Tostado, Mariana , Toledo, Alondra ), 1:49.95. 3, Brownsville
Pace ‘A’ (Rivera, Ingrid , Gonzalez, Ashlynn , Pena, Ashley , Soto, Karyme ),
1:52.93. 4, Donna ‘A’ (Gallegos, Ileane , Quesada, Brianna , Vasquez, Alyssa ,
Contreras, Samantha ), 1:53.62. 5, Mercedes ‘A’ (Rodriguez, Kassidie ,
Rodriguez, Keandra , Garcia, Yizenia , Flores, Giselle ), 1:53.84. 6,
Brownsville Porter ‘A’ (Lara, Mary , Esparza, Ashley , Sulvaran, Karime ,
Trevino, Desiree ), 1:59.61.
Girls 4×400 Meter Relay
1, Edcouch-Elsa ‘A’ (Lee, Jayda , Segovia, Marisol , Cavazos, Amethyst ,
Cerda, Vanessa ), 4:15.46. 2, Brownsville Veterans ‘A’ (Perez, Lourdes , Mata,
Briana , Leal, Giovanna , Ruiz, Valeria ), 4:19.14. 3, Donna ‘A’ (Estrada,
Jackeline , Gonzales, Larissa , Tamez, Savanna , Contreras, Samantha ),
4:25.35. 4, Brownsville Pace ‘A’ (Pena, Ashley , Rivera, Ingrid , Paz, Heidy ,
Bolanos, Jiluanne ), 4:25.89. 5, Donna North ‘A’ (Galvan, Roxanne , Vigil,
Maribel , Hurtado, Salma , Huerta, Aylin ), 4:30.81. 6, Mercedes ‘A’ (Ayala,
Reba , Foster, Myah , Agueros, Kalen , Belcher, Samantha ), 4:31.54.
Girls High Jump
1, Regalado, Damaris, Donna North, 4-11. 2, Garcia, Zyra, Mercedes, 4-10. 3,
Zepeda, Jessica, Mercedes, 4-08. 4, Rodriguez, Roslynn, Mercedes, J4-08. 5,
Lee, Jayda, Edcouch-Elsa, J4-08. 6, Espinoza, Sofia, Pace, 4-06.
Girls Pole Vault
1, Cardenas, Bianca, Edcouch-Elsa, 10-00. 2, Alvarado, Brianna, Edcouch-Elsa,
9-00. 3, Belmarez, Emerlad, Donna, J9-00. 4, Tamez, Savanna, Donna, 8-00. 5,
Segovia, Marisol, Edcouch-Elsa, J8-00. 6, Caldwell, Brianna, Donna, J8-00.
Girls Long Jump
1, Flores, Jazmine, Mercedes, 17-05.25. 2, Alvarado, Shana, Edcouch-Elsa,
16-10.25. 3, Cardenas, Bianca, Edcouch-Elsa, 16-07.75. 4, Lopez, Carla, Lopez,
16-02. 5, Cruz, Soledad, Mercedes, 15-09.25. 6, Medellin, Estrella, Porter,
15-09.
Girls Triple Jump
1, Lopez, Carla, Lopez, 34-03.25. 2, Medellin, Estrella, Porter, 34-00.50. 3,
Contreras, Ariana, Donna, 33-01. 4, Flores, Jazmine, Mercedes, 32-08. 5, Leal,
Giovanna, Veterans, 32-02.50. 6, De La Cruz, Ailynn, Veterans, 32-02.
Girls Shot Put
1, Contreras, Mackenzie, Edcouch-Elsa, 34-10. 2, Ruiz-Balli, Esmeralda, Pace,
32-05. 3, Cantu, Adalee, Donna North, 30-09. 4, Soto, Natalia, Donna North,
30-03. 5, Balderas, Aaliyah, Edcouch-Elsa, J30-03. 6, Guerrero, Clarrissa,
Porter, 30-01.50.
Girls Discus Throw
1, Soto, Natalia, Donna North, 116-09. 2, Ruiz-Balli, Esmeralda, Pace, 114-11.
3, Cantu, Adalee, Donna North, 103-05. 4, Guillen, Precy, Lopez, 102-05. 5,
Contreras, Mackenzie, Edcouch-Elsa, J102-05. 6, Moreno, Irlanda, Veterans,
98-07.
Boys 100 Meter Dash Finals
1, Matthew, Sandoval, Porter, 11.61. 2, Chavez, Marcos, Donna, 11.68. 3,
Ramos, Leonardo, Lopez, 11.76. 4, Trevino, Albert, Edcouch-Elsa, 11.95. 5,
Cardenas, Jay, Edcouch-Elsa, 11.98. 6, Benavidez, Sebatian, Lopez, 11.99.
Boys 200 Meter Dash Finals
1, Ledesma, Mathew, Mercedes, 23.25. 2, Galindo, Carlos, Veterans, 23.46. 2,
Sandoval, Matthew, Porter, 23.46. 4, Ledesma, Marc, Mercedes, 23.63. 5,
Salazar, Hector, Pace, 23.83. 6, Sosa, Eric, Veterans, 23.98.
Boys 400 Meter Dash Finals
1, Ibarra, Cosme, Donna, 50.92. 2, De Los Santos, Jirah, Edcouch-Elsa, 53.10.
3, Zarate, Joey, Veterans, 53.55. 4, Anabwani, Sherard, Porter, 53.99. 5,
Guerra, Robert, Donna, 54.82. 6, Delgadillo, Jesus, Porter, 56.11.
Boys 800 Meter Run
1, Carmona, Max, Veterans, 1:58.74. 2, Ibarra, Cosme, Donna, 1:59.98. 3,
Herrera, Brandon, Donna North, 2:00.03. 4, Cavazos, Dominic, Mercedes,
2:00.84. 5, Anabwani, Sherard, Porter, 2:02.65. 6, Zarate, Joey, Veterans,
2:02.82.
Boys 1600 Meter Run
1, Cavazos, Dominic, Mercedes, 4:25.31. 2, Rodriguez, Albino, Edcouch-Elsa,
4:30.48. 3, Fuentes, Julian, Mercedes, 4:32.60. 4, Reyes, Lupe, Mercedes,
4:38.91. 5, Martinez, Kristian, Edcouch-Elsa, 4:41.02. 6, Mora, Jesus, Donna
North, 4:41.86.
Boys 3200 Meter Run
1, Cavazos, Dominic, Mercedes, 9:28.51. 2, Rodriguez, Albino, Edcouch-Elsa,
9:40.41. 3, Reyes, Lupe, Mercedes, 9:41.66. 4, Fuentes, Julian, Mercedes,
9:45.91. 5, Ponce, Jorge, Donna North, 9:59.00. 6, Martinez, Kristian,
Edcouch-Elsa, 10:06.94.
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals
1, Garza, Mauricio, Veterans, 16.32. 2, Alegria, Isreal, Mercedes, 16.60. 3,
Hernandez, Arturo, Pace, 17.60. 4, Munivez, Eric, Veterans, 17.96. 5, Guzman,
Joe, Veterans, 18.49. 6, Hernandez, Jaime, Edcouch-Elsa, 18.61.
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Finals
1, Alegria, Isreal, Mercedes, 40.97. 2, Garcia, Michael, Donna, 40.98. 3,
Garza, Mauricio, Veterans, 41.03. 4, Hernandez, Arturo, Pace, 42.68. 5,
Munivez, Eric, Veterans, 43.18. 6, Rodriguez, Ethan, Donna, 43.38.
Boys 4×100 Meter Relay
1, Brownsville Veterans ‘A’ (Chapa, Cristian , Garza, Mauricio , Galindo,
Carlos , Martinez, Abel ), 43.16. 2, Mercedes ‘A’ (Ledesma, Mathew , Ledesma,
Marc , Ortiz, Ramiro , Cherisma, Wenslo ), 43.65. 3, Edcouch-Elsa ‘A’
(Cardenas, Jay , Barco, Marc , Gonzalez, John Michael , Trevino, Albert ),
44.57. 4, Brownsville Lopez ‘A’ (Ramos, Leonardo , Eschavarria, Jose , Reyes,
Chris , Benavidez, Sebatian ), 44.65. 5, Donna ‘A’ (Guerra, Robert , Chavez,
Marcos , Vela, Josiah , Garcia, Michael ), 44.77. 6, Brownsville Porter ‘A’
(David, Fernandez , Flores, Juan , Sandoval, Manny , Cervantes, Cesar ),
46.38.
Boys 4×200 Meter Relay
1, Brownsville Veterans ‘A’ (Galindo, Carlos , Sosa, Eric , Carrasco, Bobby ,
Martinez, Abel ), 1:32.38. 2, Mercedes ‘A’ (Ledesma, Mathew , Ledesma, Marc ,
Ortiz, Ramiro , Cherisma, Wenslo ), 1:32.68. 3, Brownsville Lopez ‘A’ (Reyes,
Chris , Pena, Jesus , Rivera, Alejandro , Ramos, Leonardo ), 1:34.00. 4,
Brownsville Porter ‘A’ (Anabwani, Sherard , Delgadillo, Jesus , Sandoval,
Manny , Sandoval, Matthew ), 1:34.08. 5, Edcouch-Elsa ‘A’ (Gonzalez, John
Michael , Cardenas, Jay , Barco, Marc , Trevino, Albert ), 1:35.17. 6,
Brownsville Pace ‘A’ (Solis, Illijah , Garza, Matthew , Salazar, Hector ,
Hinojosa, Baltazar ), 1:35.87.
Boys 4×400 Meter Relay
1, Brownsville Veterans ‘A’ (Zarate, Joey , Sosa, Eric , Carmona, Max ,
Carrasco, Bobby ), 3:29.48. 2, Donna ‘A’ (Guerra, Robert , Ibarra, Cosme ,
Chavez, Marcos , Garcia, Michael ), 3:30.22. 3, Mercedes ‘A’ (Jackson, Samuel
, Ortiz, Ramiro , Davila, Brandon , Cherisma, Wenslo ), 3:34.07. 4,
Edcouch-Elsa ‘A’ (De Los Santos, Jirah , Guerrero, Carlos , De Los Santos,
Jeremiah , Navarro, Nathaniel ), 3:39.15. 5, Donna North ‘A’ (Perez, William ,
Herrera, Brandon , Gomez, Aiden , Rodriguez, Rodrigo ), 3:39.45. 6,
Brownsville Lopez ‘A’ (Pena, Jesus , Gallegos, Osvaldo , Eschavarria, Jose ,
Guajardo, Jesus ), 3:39.75.
Boys High Jump
1, Arthur, Caleb, Mercedes, 5-10. 2, Gallegos, Osvaldo, Lopez, J5-10. 3,
Anabwani, Sherard, Porter, 5-06. 4, Maldonado, Christian, Edcouch-Elsa, J5-06.
5, Ortiz, Ramiro, Mercedes, 5-04. 5, Garza, Mauricio, Veterans, 5-04.
Boys Pole Vault
1, Guerrero, Carlos, Edcouch-Elsa, 14-06. 2, Morales, Orlando, Donna North,
12-00. 3, Madrigal, Irvin, Donna, 11-06. 4, Martell, Nathanial, Mercedes,
11-00. 5, Torres, Guadalupe, Donna, 10-06. 6, Garza, Raul, Veterans, J10-06.
6, Sosa, Eric, Veterans, J10-06.
Boys Long Jump
1, Eschavarria, Jose, Lopez, 20-10.50. 2, Garza, Michael, Veterans, 20-02. 3,
Hernandez, Luis, Edcouch-Elsa, 19-11.25. 4, Ledesma, Marc, Mercedes, 19-10.25.
5, Ledesma, Mathew, Mercedes, 19-09.50. 6, Carrasco, Bobby, Veterans, 19-07.
Boys Triple Jump
1, Ledesma, Marc, Mercedes, 42-06.50. 2, Zarate, Joey, Veterans, 42-03.50. 3,
Gracia, Jonathan, Lopez, 41-00. 4, Castillo, CJ, Donna North, 40-09. 5,
Gonzalez, John Michael, Edcouch-Elsa, 40-07.50. 6, Garza, Julian, Donna North,
39-02.50.
Boys Shot Put
1, Bodden, Andres, Veterans, 49-08. 2, Ibarra, Adolfo, Edcouch-Elsa, 46-03. 3,
Contreras, Jesse, Edcouch-Elsa, 43-01. 4, Lopez, Lupe, Veterans, 41-11. 5,
Melendez, Danny, Mercedes, 41-04. 6, Ramirez, Akim, Donna, 40-02.50.
Boys Discus Throw
1, Bodden, Andres, Veterans, 155-09. 2, Quintero, Jose, Pace, 149-05. 3, Diaz,
Pricilliano, Lopez, 136-09. 4, Salazar, Rey, Veterans, 127-05. 5, Contreras,
Jesse, Edcouch-Elsa, 125-11. 6, Smith, Bryan, Mercedes, 124-03.