School records fall as MHS track team warms up for home meet

The track and field team at Maricopa High School is preparing to host its Twilight Meet on Friday starting at 2:30 p.m. at Rams Stadium.

The Rams are coming off a strong performance at the Red Rock Invitational on April 2 in Sedona in what has been an up-and-down season.

“Although boasting a very young team we managed to show up big in the Sedona meet in the Freshman Sophomore Division as well as our few varsity (11th and 12th grade) athletes,” coach Sheldon Hutchinson said.

The Rams picked up personal and school records along the way. The boys placed second.

Among the boys at Sedona, sophomore Phillip (P.J.) Austin won the 100-meter dash in the F/S Division in 11:57 and also won the 200-meter dash with an MHS sophomore record of 23.29.

Sophomore Longman Pyne won the F/S 400-meter dash in 53.14. Sophomore Jose Villagran won the  F/S 800-meter run in 2:06.34. He was just ahead of sophomore Sam Coles in second with 2:08.48.

Sophomore Kyle O’Hare was second in the F/S 100 in 11.75 and third in the F/S 200 in 23.82. Senior Michael Herbig finished third in the varsity 400 in 53.50.

Devin Parady was third in the F/S triple jump competition with a jump of 38-2.

Junior Kenneth Oliver was eighth in the varsity triple jump with 39-7. Junior John Blodgett was eighth in the varsity 3200-meter run in 10:55.60, and freshman Alec Kramarczyk was eighth in the F/S 3200 in 11:06.14.

Among the girls, Jada Wright set an MHS senior record in the varsity 800 with a run of 2:25.11.

Junior Daniela Gracia-Rios set a school record in the 300-meter hurdles by bounding to a time of 53.62 and an eighth-place finish.

Megan Carr’s first-place performance of 12:32.40 in the F/S 3200-meter run set an MHS sophomore record. That was a full 20 seconds faster than her winning time in the previous meet.

Italy Brookshire was third in the high jump at 4-8, just below her freshman record.

“The team had other notable performance and PRs, but we are looking to break more school records this Friday at our Ram Twilight Meet,” Hutchinson said.

Maricopa team had its previous best finish of the season at the Becky Mathews Invitational in Phoenix on March 26.

The girls finished sixth, and the boys were eighth.

Carr won the 3200-meter run in 12:52.81, and Italy Brookshire tied for first in the high jump at 4-8.

Shannon Coutré ran third in the 400-meter dash in 1:03.56. Leilene Young was fourth in the shot put with a toss of 28-8.25.

On the boys’ side at the Becky Mathews Invite, Coles was second in the 800 in 2:08.93. He was also fourth in the 1600 (4:54.71) and tied for 11th in the pole vault (11-0).

Parady was third in the triple jump at 38-7. Kramarczyk was fourth in the 3200 in 11:12.40. Jesse Gaines was two slots behind him in sixth at 11:38.89.

Villagran was fifth in the 800. Gaines ran seventh in the 400. Pyne was eighth in the 100.

In the Nike Chandler Rotary Invitational March 19, Maricopa’s girls did not place as a team but had strong performances against challenging competition.

Mysia Hudson was eighth in discus, throwing 86-10. Wright ran 10th in the 800-meter run in 2:31.44. Coutré was 10th in the 400 in 1:02.85, and Hudson was 15th in the shot put in 29-3.

Among the boys, Pyne was sixth in the 400 in 52.6. Dakota Halverson was 10th in discuss at 110-2. Phillip Austin was 13th in the long jump at 18-11.

Maricopa’s boys finished 14th at the Rattler Booster Invitational to start the season March 5.  The girls were 21st in the team competition.

Red Rock Invitational, Sedona, April 2
Girls Varsity – Maricopa results
400-meter dash
28th, Megan Clayburn, 1:11.84
800-meter run
1st, Jada Wright, 2:25.11
17th, Amanda Macial, 2:48.08
34th, Tori Martin, 3:03.7
1600-meter run
23rd, Tori Martin, 6:51.43
100-meter hurdles
12th, Jennifer John, 18.79
17th, Daniela Gracia-Rios, 19.37
300-meter hurdles
8th, Daniela Gracia-Rios, 53.62
17th, Maria Gastelum-Parra, 1:04.92
4X400-meter relay
8th, 4:40.83
4X800-meter relay
6th, 10:56.17
Long Jump
15th, Aisawan Chanprahag, 13-9
Shot put
6th (tied), Leilena Young, 30-4.25
6th (tied), Mysia Hudson, 30-4.25
Discus
7th, Mysia Hudson, 85-0
12th Leilena Young 79-9

Girls Soph/Frosh – Maricopa Results
100-meter dash
2nd, Jakayla Shaw, 13.81
14th, Chalisse Bell, 14.52
200-meter dash
5th, Jakayla Shaw, 28.60
28th, Devyn Dutra, 31.84
400-meter dash
16th, Alondra Araujo, 1:15.14
1600-meter run
14th, Teresa Flores, 6:49.04
28th, Kimberly Vega-Sanchez, 7:49.14
31st, Alexandra Mask, 8:10.54
3200-meter run
1st, Megan Carr, 12:32.40
5th, Teresa Flores, 14:43.06
100-meter hurdles
17th, Maria Gastelum-Parra, 22.88
High jump
3rd, Italy Brookshire, 4-8
11th, Devyn Dutra, 4-0
Long jump
12th, Chalisse Bell, 13-2.5
17th, Maylee Von-Axelson, 12-8
Triple jump
9th, Maylee Von-Axelson, 28-1
Shot put
23rd, Rebekah Spencer, 15-10.75
Discuss
22nd, Rebekah Spencer, 43-10

Boys Varsity – Maricopa Results
100-meter dash
26th, Michael Herbig, 12.35
200-meter dash
15th, David Owens, 24.55
400-meter dash
3rd, Michael Herbig, 53.50
13th, David Owens, 55.18
19th, Marc Mwangi, 56.26
800-meter run
17th, Jesse Gaines, 2:11.39
20th, Marc Mwangi, 2:12.66
1600-meter run
7th, Sam Coles, 4;50.48
15th, Jesse Gaines, 5;09.55
18th, Geo Hernandez, 5;11.91
3200-meter run
8th, John Blodgett, 10:55.6
11th, Jayden Jensen, 11:19.86
13th, Geo Hernandez, 11:24.07
110-meter hurdles
11th, Kenneth Oliver, 18.43
28th, Darren Peecher, 22.89
4X800-meter relay
5th, 9:06.92
Long jump
5th, Phillip Austin, 20-5
7th, Kenneth Oliver, 20-4.25
29th, Joseph Ferland, 12-2
Triple Jump
8th, Kenneth Oliver, 29-7
23rd, Joseph Ferland, 29-0
Pole vault
12th, Sam Coles, 8-7
Shot put
15th, Dillon Cunningham, 36-2.5
19th, Nickola Carbajal, 35-2
28th, Dakota Halverson, 33-6
Discus
9th, Nickola Carbajal, 109-0
13th, Dakota Halverson, 104-7
14th, Charles Worden, 104-4

Boys Soph/Frosh – Maricopa Results                                        
100-meter dash
1st, Phillip Austin, 11.57
2nd, Kyle O’Hare, 11.75
14th, Jathan Washington, 12.44
200-meter dash
1st, Phillip Austin, 23.29
3rd, Kyle O’Hare, 23.82
400-meter dash
1st, Longman Pyne, 53.14
30th, Vincent Lebron, 1:03.58
800-meter run
1st, Jose Villagran, 2:06.34
2nd, Sam Coles, 2:08.48
1600-meter run
36th, Luke Stroschein, 5:59.67
3200-meter run
8th, Alec Kramarczyk, 11:06.14
24th, Matthew Malan, 13:41.21
110-meter hurdles
7th, Logan Taylor, 19.08
8th, Jonathan Childers, 19.38
24th, Lorenzo Childers, 23.31
300-meter hurdles
15th, Jonathan Childers, 50.91
23rd, Lorenzo Hernandez, 56.90
25th, Darren Peecher, 58.72
High jump
10th, Logan Taylor, 5-0
Long jump
6th, Jameson Henigan, 16-11
7th, Costas Miller, 16-10.5
29th, Adrian Bazzel, 14-0.75
Triple jump
3rd, Devin Parady, 38-2
11th, Jameson Henigan, 34-0.5
Shot put
12th, Reece Thompson, 30-9
25th, David Skelton, 28-7.75

Discus
9th, David Skelton, 84-1
23rd, Reece Thompson, 75-4