Sharyland continues dominance at its Stark Relays

MISSION — The obvious goal for track & field athletes is to improve with every meet. Usually, athletes shave a few seconds off their times from week to week.

Sharyland distance runner Alyssa Guzman improved her time Friday at the Stark Relays at Rattler Stadium in Sharyland in the 3,200-meter run almost an entire minute from the last time she competed two weeks ago.

Guzman ran the two-mile race in 11 minutes, 28 seconds. Her previous best was 12:19.

“All my practicing and work are barley kicking in,” Guzman said. “It is just the start of a whole new level.”

Guzman also won the 1,600-meter run in 5:27. Her previous best in that event was a 5:44.

The senior was only one highlight in another dominating performance by the Sharyland girls track team, which won their event with 271 points.

“I don’t know what to say,” Lady Rattlers coach Sandra Guerrero said. “The girls work hard. They just want it. They are thinking about being able to compete at the regional level.”

As has been the case for most of this season, both Sharyland boys and girls track teams left nothing to chance early.

The teams held huge leads with a handful of events remaining, and for the fifth consecutive week Sharyland swept both the girls and boys meets.

Friday’s meet was a relatively small event with many school released for Spring Break but the domination of both teams has become somewhat staggering.

Second-place PSJA High Lady Bears (105) finished 166 points behind the Lady Rattlers. The boys won with 233 points. Second-place Mission High scored 155.

“We have a good group of football guys coming in right now,” Rattlers coach Tom Lee said. “They are really great leaders. The senior leadership is unbelievable for track. It makes a huge difference. … These kids want to do their best.”

The Rattlers set a school record in the 400-meter relay with a time of 42.39. The previous mark was 42.43. Lee was also pleased with his 800-meter relay and the 1,600-meter relay teams. Scottie Meyer competed in all three relays.

“We are striving to be the best in the Valley,” Meyer said. “We want to be the best in the Valley and not just our school.”

Of note, the Mission High boys mile-relay team showed it might just be the best in the Valley on Friday, beating the likes of Sharyland, Rio Grande City and McAllen Rowe in the final event of the evening with a time of 3:22.51.

Peter Rasmussen covers high school sports for Valley Freedom Newspapers. You can reach him at (956) 683-4448 or via e-mail at prasmussen@themonitor.com.

MISSION – The following are the results of the stark relays held Friday at Rattler Stadium in Mission

Girls

Team Results – 1, Sharyland, 271; 2, PSJA High 105, 3, Edinburg Economedes 76; 4, Rio Grande City 73; 5, Edinburg High 58; Mission High 55.

Field Events

Long Jump - 1, Gray, Maya, Pharr-San Ju, J17-05.50. 2, Green, Kendra, Pharr-San Ju, J15-09. 3, Longoria, Kayla, Edinburg Eco, J15-06.50. 4, De Los Santos, Brigitte, Mission Shar, J15-06. 5, De Luna, Jessica, Mission Shar, J15-05.25. 6, Escamilla, Felisha, Edinburg, J14-08.

Triple Jump - 1, De Los Santos, Brigitte, Mission Shar, 35-02. 2, Brown, Leigha, Edinburg Eco, 34-10.50. 3, Gray, Maya, Pharr-San Ju, 34-03. 4, De Luna, Jessica, Mission Shar, J33-07.50. 5, Silva, Karina, La Joya, J33-02.50. 6, Madden, Brittny, Mission, J31-05.50.

High Jump - 1, Sepeta, Lauren, Mission Shar, 4-10. 2, Brown, Leigha, Edinburg Eco, 4-08. 3, De La Pena, Kayla, Mission Shar, J4-08. 4, Salinas, Amanda, Mission Shar, J4-08. 5, Toscano, Mayra, Mission, J4-08. 6, Sauceda, Deissy, Edinburg Eco, J4-06.

Shot Put - 1, Pena, Alisha, La Joya, 36-09. 2, Gonzalez, Zyndee, Mission Shar, 34-10. 3, Acosta, Jennifer, Edinburg, 34-02. 4, Valdez, Amy, Mission, J33-09.50. 5, Camargo, Dalia, Mission, J31-11. 6, Gutierrez, Aryel, Pharr-San Ju, J31-10.

Discus - 1, Gonzalez, Zyndee, Mission Shar, 114-03. 2, Pena, Alisha, La Joya, 105-00. 3, Rodriguez, Laura, Rio Grande C, 100-05. 4, Lara, Cody, Rio Grande C, J100-04. 5, Valdez, Amy, Mission, J99-02.50. 6, Mancillas, Lisa, Pharr-San Ju, J96-03.

Pole Vault - 1, Pena, Destini, Mission Shar, 8-00. 2, Leal, Emmalinda, Edinburg Eco, 7-06.  3, Cuellar, Mirella, Mission, 7-00

Running Events

3,200-meter Relay – 1, Rio Grande City, 23.36; 2, Mission Sharyland, 24.35; 3, PSJA High, 10:38.93.

3,200-meter run -1, Guzman, Alyssa, Mission Shar, 11:28.24. 2, De La Rosa, Taylor, Mi ssion,  11:37.85. 3, Garza, Beatriz, Rio Grande C, 11:59.53. 4, Martinez, Ana, Pharr-San Ju, J12:06.96. 5, Antley, Savanna, Mission Shar, J12:35.37. 6, Mercado, Adriana, Mission Shar, J12:38.61.

400-meter relay - 1, Mission Sharyland 'A' J49.80. 2, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 'A' J50.45. 3, Edinburg Economedes 'A' J53.79. 4, La Joya 'A' J54.55. 5, Mission 'A' J54.76. 6, Rio Grande City 'A' J54.80.

800-meter run -1, Contreras, Stephania, Mission Shar, 2:22.93. 2, Galloso, Robin, Edinburg, 2:24.51. 3, Rodriguez, Valerie, Mission Shar, 2:25.32. 4, Trevino, Katherine, Rio Grande C, J2:26.26. 5, Galloso, Elizabeth, Edinburg, J2:27.23. 6, Mills, Caitlin, Mission Shar, J2:28.70.

100-meter hurdles - 1, De La Pena, Kayla, Mission Shar, 15.83. 2, Martinez, Clarissa, Edinburg, 16.89. 3, Sepeta, Lauren, Mission Shar, 17.05. 4, Sanchez, Jessica, Edinburg Eco, J17.53. 5, Koch, Elizabeth, Mission Shar, J17.78. 6, Sauceda, Deissy,  Edinburg Eco, J18.08.

100-meter dash - 1, Cole, Chelsea, Mission Shar, 13.17. 2, Nickelson, Paige, Mission Shar, 13.20. 3, Smith, Elise, Mission Shar, 13.23. 4, Perez, Beatriz, Pharr-San Ju, J13.60. 5, Clayton, Candice, PSJA High, J13.86. 6, Patino, Yoselin, La  Joya, J14.18.

800-meter relay - 1, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 'A' (Hinojosa, Carolina , Antonio, Melissa , Green, Kendra , Gray, Maya ), J1:46.56. 2, Mission Sharyland 'A' (Gonzalez, Zyndee , Cole, Chelsea , De Los Santos, Brigitte , De Luna, Jessica ), J1:48.46. 3, Edinburg Economedes 'A' (Longoria, Kayla , Leal, Emmalinda , Gonzalez, Adreean), J1:53.93. 4, Edinburg 'A' (Escamilla, Felisha , Salinas, Alexis , Pena, Itzel , Hernandez, Kristian ), J1:55.62. 5, Rio Grande City 'A' (Garcia, Darlynn , Lopez, Nelly , Rios, Priscilla , Coello, Jennifer ), J1:57.46. 6, Mission 'A' (Madden, Brittny , Toscano, Mayra , Cordova, Gabby, Rodriguez, Vanessa ), J1:57.77.

400-meter dash - 1, Trevino, Katherine, Rio Grande C, 59.49. 2, Contreras, Stephania, Mission Shar, 1:01.20. 3, Valadez, Bethany, Mission Shar, 1:01.35. 4, Rodriguez, Valerie, Mission Shar, J1:03.69. 5, Hernandez, Kristian, Edinburg, J1:04.27. 6, Muniz, Karla, Mission, J1:05.70.

300-meter hurdles - 1, De La Pena, Kayla, Mission Shar, 45.91. 2, Brown, Leigha, Edinburg Eco, 49.32. 3, Sepeta, Lauren, Mission Shar, 49.36. 4, Vasquez, Stephanie, Edinburg, J51.06. 5, Martinez, Clarissa, Edinburg, J51.92. 6, Koch, Elizabeth, Mission Shar, J53.60.

200-meter dash -1, Trevino, Katherine, Rio Grande C, 25.66. 2, Gonzalez, Zyndee, Mission Shar, 26.25. 3, De Luna, Jessica, Mission Shar, 26.47. 4, Rodriguez, Vanessa, Mission, 27.89. 5, Aldana, Ana, Mission, 28.47. 6, Escamilla, Felisha, Edinburg, 28.57.

200-meter dash -1, Guzman, Hunter, Mission Shar, 22.33. 2, Crespo, Edmundo, Mission Shar, 22.78. 3, Cavazos, Carlos, Mission Shar, 23.09. 4, Castro, Victor, McAllen Rowe, J23.37.

1,600-meter run - 1, De La Rosa, Taylor, Mission, 5:23.22. 2, Guzman, Alyssa, Mission Shar,  5:27.40. 3, Garza, Beatriz, Rio Grande C, 5:30.30. 4, Martinez, Ana, Pharr-San Ju, J5:33.07. 5, Galloso, Elizabeth, Edinburg, J5:41.68. 6, Herrera, Zabdi, Rio Grande C, J5:53.31.

1,600-meter relay - 1, Mission Sharyland 'A' (De La Pena, Kayla , Valadez, Bethany , Mills,  Caitlin , Contreras, Stephania ), J4:10.62. 2, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 'A' (Gray, Maya , Green, Kendra , Saldivar, Silvia , Hinojosa, Carolina ), J 4:14.01. 3, Edinburg 'A' (Escamilla, Felisha , Vasquez, Stephanie , Galloso, Robin , Hernandez, Kristian ), J4:18.04. 4, Edinburg Economedes 'A' (Leal, Emmalinda ,  Rivera, Joanna , Brown, Leigha ), J4:21.16. 5, Mission 'A' (Toscano, Yajaira , Muniz, Karla , Aldana, Ana , De La Rosa, Taylor ), J4:27.66.

Boys

Team Results – 1, Sharyland 233; 2, Mission High 155; 3, McAllen Rowe 88; 4, Rio Grande City 88; 5, Edinburg Economedes 56; 6, Edinburg High 38.

Field Events

Long Jump - 1, Garcia, Daniel, Edinburg Eco, J21-00. 2, Diaz, Bryan, Mission Shar, J20-07.50. 3, Hampton, Nelson, Edinburg Eco, J20-07. 4, Oviedo, Orlando, Rio Grande C, J20-04.50. 5, Sifuentes, Aaron, Edinburg, J19-04.50. 6, Castro, Adrian, McAllen Rowe, J18-10.

Triple Jump - 1, Hampton, Nelson, Edinburg Eco, J43-02.50. 2, Ortega, Mike, Mission Shar, J42-10. 3, Delgado, Joshua, Mission Shar, J41-05. 4, Bimpong, Jon, McAllen Rowe, J41-02.25. 5, Joel, Morales, Mission Shar, J39-06.50. 5, Fraire, Franco, Mission, J39-06.50. 7, Castro, Adrian, McAllen Rowe, J38-10.50.

High Jump - 1, Rodriguez, Martin, Mission, 5-10. 2, Benavidez, Rommel, McAllen Rowe,  J5-10. 3, Hernandez, Estevan, Mission Shar, 5-08. 4, Alanis, Delfino, La Joya, J5-08. 5, Flores, Jose, Mission Shar, J5-08. 6, Cavazos, Jerry, Mission Shar, J5-06. 6, Hernandez, Jon, McAllen, J5-06.

Shot Put - 1, Garza, Alex, Rio Grande C, 55-05.50. 2, Galvan, Joey, Edinburg, 48-07. 3, Ornelas, Pedro, Edinburg Eco, 48-02. 4, Lopez, Rodolfo, Mission, J47-09. 5, Garza, Mariano, Edinburg Eco, J44-02.50. 6, Albiro, Gabriel, McAllen Rowe, J43-03.50. 7, Garza, Honorio, Rio Grande C, J42-05. 8, Castillo, Juan, Mission Shar, J40-09.

Discus - 1, Garza, Alex, Rio Grande C, J157-02. 2, Lopez, Rodolfo, Mission, J137-05. 3, Garza, Mariano, Edinburg Eco, J129-03.50. 4, Vicinaiz, Victor, Mission Shar, J127-04. 5, Medina, Aldo, Rio Grande C, J126-10. 6, Trevino, Luis, Edinburg, J118-05.

Pole Vault - 1, Aikman, Ian, Mission Shar, 13-00. 2, Garza, Edgar, Mission, 12-06. 3, Alvarado, Manuel, Mission, J12-06. 4, Falcon, Ben, Rio Grande C, J12-00. 5,  Denham, Augustus, Mission Shar, J11-06. 6, Bartlick, Steven, McAllen Rowe, J11-06.

Running Events

3,200-meter relay - 1, Mission 'A' (Alfaro, Daniel , Rodriguez, Martin , Hernandez, Aaron , Davila, Eduardo ), J8:22.98. 2, McAllen Rowe 'A' (Rodriguez, Sergio , Zavala, Steven , Rodriguez, Robert , Aldape, Jose ), J8:24.09. 3, Mission Sharyland 'A' (Gabriel, Rodriguez , Von Sampson, Fredrick , Rodriguez, Roger , Roel, Rodriguez ), J8:43.04. 4, Edinburg Economedes 'A' (Leal, Roberto, Saavedra, Daniel , ), J8:50.84. 5, La Joya 'A' (Baza, Juan , Meza, Chris , Estrada, Joaquin , ), J8:56.43.

3,200-meter run - 1, Medrano, Michael, Mission Shar, 9:35.05. 2, Trujillo, Omar, Edinburg, 9:48.11. 3, Alaniz, Albert, Rio Grande C, 10:03.64. 4, Alaniz, Jorge, Rio Grande C, J10:05.56. 5, Alfaro, Daniel, Mission, J10:13.29. 6, Martinez, Jesse, Mission, J10:18.37.

400-meter relay - 1, Mission Sharyland 'A' J42.39. 2, Mission 'A' J43.55. 3, McAllen Rowe 'A' J43.80. 4, Rio Grande City 'A' J43.86. 5, La Joya 'A' (Munoz, Joey , Rodriguez, Randy , Alvarado, Jorge , Solis, Jorge ), J44.50. 6, Edinburg 'A' (Sifuentes, Aaron , Garza, Daniel , Gaytan, Cruz , Nino, Carlos ), J44.95.

800-meter run- 1, Rodriguez, Martin, Mission, 1:58.92. 2, Colion, Victor, Mission Shar, 2:00.03. 3, Castaneda, Jeremy, Edinburg, 2:00.13. 4, Zuniga, Chris, Mission Shar, J2:00.20. 5, Estrada, Joaquin, La Joya, J2:05.82. 6, Aldape, Jose, McAllen Rowe, J2:10.29.

110-Meter hurdles - 1, Hernandez, Estevan, Mission Shar, 15.85. 2, Martinez, Joseph, Mission, 16.47. 3, Gomez, John, Mission Shar, 16.60. 4, Lopez, Carlos, Mission Shar, J16.70. 5, Diaz, Erick, Rio Grande C, J16.90. 6, Falcon, Ben, Rio Grande C, J17.11.

100-meter dash- 1, Guzman, Hunter, Mission Shar, 10.81. 2, Cantu, Gus, Mission Shar, 10.95. 3, Cavazos, Carlos, Mission Shar, 11.24. 4, Fox, Andrew, Edinburg Eco, J11.33. 5, Gonzalez, Jaime, Rio Grande C, J11.76. 6, Oviedo, Orlando, Rio Grande C, J11.86.

800-meter relay- 1, Mission Sharyland 'A' (Abu-Hala, Zayed , Cantu, Gus , Guzman, Hunter, Meyer, Scottie ), J1:29.43. 2, McAllen Rowe 'A' (LaBreck, Felipe , Castro,Victor Zamudio, Derrick , Rodriguez, Sergio ), J1:31.17. 3, Rio Grande City 'A' (Oviedo, Orlando , Lopez, Fred , Chapa, Arnold , Zarate, David ), J1:31.49. 4, Mission 'A' (Hernandez, Aaron , Gonzalez, Gilberto , Gonzalez, Gumaro , Zamora, Luis ), J1:31.53. 5, La Joya 'A' (Martinez, Jesus , Alvarado, Jorge , Munoz, Joey , Arechiga, Joe ), J1:34.06. 6, Edinburg 'A' (Sifuentes, Aaron , Gaytan, Cruz , Garza, Daniel , Nino, Carlos ), J1:35.18.

400-meter dash - 1, Hernandez, Andres, Mission Shar, J50.15. 2, Benavidez, Rommel, McAllen Rowe, J50.62. 3, Gonzalez, Juan, Mission, J52.19. 4, Torres, Edgar, La Joya, J52.34. 5, Diaz, Bryan, Mission Shar, J52.78. 6, Oyervides, Julio, McAllen, J53.65.

300 hurdles – 1, Reynoso, Mike, Mission, 39.31. 2, Hernandez, Estevan, Mission Shar, 41.29. 3, Diaz, Erick, Rio Grande C, 42.44. 4, Trevino, Mike, Mission Shar, J42.55. 5, Gomez, John, Mission Shar, J42.93. 6, Lopez, Carlos, Mission Shar, J44.54.

1,600-meter run -1, Alfaro, Daniel, Mission, J4:34.22. 2, Trujillo, Omar, Edinburg, J4:36.18. 3, Martinez, Jesse, Mission, J4:36.56. 4, Rodriguez, Robert, McAllen Rowe, J4:37.23. 5, Alaniz, Jorge, Rio Grande C, J4:39.72. 6, Castaneda, Jeremy,  Edinburg, J4:41.46.

1,600-meter relay - 1, Mission 'A' (Gonzalez, Gumaro , Reynoso, Mike , Gonzalez, Juan , Rodriguez,  Martin ), J3:22.51. 2, Mission Sharyland 'A' (Medrano, Michael , Crespo, Edmundo , Abu-Hala, Zayed , Meyer, Scottie ), J3:24.19. 3, McAllen Rowe 'A' (Rodriguez, Sergio , Benavidez, Rommel , Ochoa, Jordan , LaBreck, Felipe ), J3:25.13. 4, Rio Grande City 'A' (Garcia, Jose , Lopez, Fred , Zarate, David , Degollado, Isabel ), J3:26.08. 5, Edinburg Economedes 'A' (Garcia, Daniel , Saavedra, Daniel , Hampton, Nelson ), J3:34.18. 6, La Joya 'A' (Carbajal, Jorge , Munoz, Joey , Arechiga, Joe , Torres, Edgar ), J3:35.02.