{"id":40869,"date":"2022-05-02T15:56:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-cortez-boys-finish-third-at-intermountain-meet\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:57:55","slug":"montezuma-cortez-boys-finish-third-at-intermountain-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-cortez-boys-finish-third-at-intermountain-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Montezuma-Cortez boys finish third at Intermountain meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Joel
Joel Priest\/Special to The JournalMontezuma-Cortez\u2019s Zander Cruzan, show in an archived photo, continued to expand his repertoire Saturday at the Abel Velasquez Invitational, topping the field in the triple jump with a debut mark of 41 feet, 7 inches.<\/span>Joel Priest\/Special to The Journ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

With the best track and field athletes in the Intermountain League on display, Montezuma-Cortez High School held its own in the Centauri Invitational.<\/p>\n

The boys team collected a number of high-end finishes Saturday in the invitational, which doubled as the IML championships, to take third. The girls finished fifth.<\/p>\n

Topping the all-league performances for the boys, junior Zander Cruzan consolidated his place on a short list of state title contenders, blowing away the field in 100-meter dash and achieving a personal best with a time of 10.89 seconds.<\/p>\n

Cruzan wasn\u2019t done. He also took the league crown in the long jump, dashing down the track and launching himself 20 feet, 11 inches.<\/p>\n

Freshman Tay Wheat also emerged with an all-league finish in the long jump, taking third with a leap of 18 feet, 11 inches. Junior Austin Wood hit a season best and matched the bronze finish in the other horizontal jump \u2013 the triple jump \u2013 with a mark of 38 feet, 1 inch.<\/p>\n

Senior Anon Plemons cleared 10 feet, 2 inches in the pole vault for second place, and the 4\u00d7800 relay team headlined three relays events, taking second in 9 minutes, 40.07 seconds.<\/p>\n

The Panthers were third in the 4\u00d7100 relay (45.25) and fourth in 4\u00d7200 (1:37.51).<\/p>\n

In the hurdles, the Panthers picked up points, with junior Raul Soto\u2019s seventh place in the 300-meter hurdles (49.12), just ahead of teammate Dawson Stubby (49.94). Stubby also took sixth in the 110 hurdles (21.23).<\/p>\n

Rounding out the Panthers scoring, senior Dallin Lanier ran to seventh place in the 100 meters (12.03), and junior Isaak Lewis took eighth in the 800 meters (2:22.30).<\/p>\n

M-CHS took third as a team behind league champions Alamosa and runner-up Centauri.<\/p>\n

\"Montezuma-Cortez
Montezuma-Cortez junior Sophia Shepard on Saturday took third in the triple jump and eighth in the 200 meters. (Ben Bradley\/Journal file photo)<\/span>Ben Bradley\/File photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

On the girls side, junior Sophia Shepard provided the highest Panthers finish, taking third in the triple jump (30 feet, 7 inches). She added an eighth-place mark in the 200 meters (29.47), as well.<\/p>\n

M-CHS earned solid finishes in the distance events, as sophomore Savannah Hasselroth ran to fifth place in the 800 meters (2:52.14), while senior Kalea Hunt was eighth in both the 800 (3:24.39) and 1,600 (7:22.57).<\/p>\n

Hasselroth also cleared 4 feet, 4 inches in the high jump for sixth place to wrap up the M-CHS scoring.<\/p>\n

M-CHS finished 10th in the meet and fifth among IML competitors. Alamosa ran away with the team title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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