{"id":100550,"date":"2018-04-09T14:37:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T20:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-track-teams-hit-stride-in-ignacio\/"},"modified":"2018-04-09T14:37:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T20:37:39","slug":"m-chs-track-teams-hit-stride-in-ignacio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-track-teams-hit-stride-in-ignacio\/","title":{"rendered":"M-CHS track teams hit stride in Ignacio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Montezuma-Cortez High School track teams traveled to the Abel Velasquez Invitational in Ignacio on April 7 and produced their best results of the year.<\/p>\n

Senior Ashley Wood led the way for the girls, with top finishes in the 100-meter hurdles (17.15) and the 300-meter hurdles (49.74), and a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash (29.30).<\/p>\n

Also earning top finishes for the Lady Panthers were junior Aryelle Wright, who finished first in the 100-meter dash (12.83), and freshman Devon McHenry, who tied for first in the high jump (4 feet, 4 inches), and crossed the line fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (18.34).<\/p>\n

Freshman Ridley Dennison paced M-CHS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 distance runners with a third-place finish in the 800 (2:59.21), while junior Mandy McAfee finished fourth in the 1600-meter run (7:07.91), and freshman Cassandra McCully placed fifth in the 1600-meter run (7:48.23).<\/p>\n

Senior Taylor Willbanks earned a fourth-place finish in the shot put (29 feet, 3 inches), and sophomore Alyvia Matimba finished fifth in the discus (78 feet, 1 inch).<\/p>\n

Other M-CHS girls in the Top 10 in individual events were freshman Paige Yarbrough, who placed fourth in the high jump (4 feet, 2 inches), and freshman Elaina Short, who was fourth in the 100-meter dash (14.30). Sophomore Abigayle Gray was fifth in the 400-meter dash (1:14.25).<\/p>\n

M-CHS finished first in the 11-team meet with 117 points. Del Norte finished second with 84 points, and Durango High School was third with 74 points.<\/p>\n

The Panther boys were led by senior Sonny Boren, whose speed was on full display as he ran to top finishes in the 100-and 200-meter dashes, at 11.48 and 23.88 seconds.<\/p>\n

Fellow senior Trey Yarbrough placed second in the 400-meter dash (54.28) and fourth in the 200 (24.63), while sophomore Valentino Rodriguez enjoyed a career-best result in the 100-meter dash when he finished third overall (11.74).<\/p>\n

Others Top 5 finishers included sophomore Will Brown, third in the 110-meter hurdles (22.41) and fifth in the 300-meter hurdles (53.32), and sophomore Andrew Wood, fourth in the long jump (18 feet, 1 inch).<\/p>\n

M-CHS finished third in the 11-team field with 84 points, behind team champion Mancos High School (115 points), and second-place finisher Durango High School (106 points).<\/p>\n

Next up for the M-CHS track teams will be the Pine River Invitational, in Bayfield on April 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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