2004 Border Olympics
March 5-6, Laredo
The moon shone on a perfect Friday evening for track and field in Laredo.
Thanks to Nick Villareal for this report.
FAT timing.
Many photos are in the Photo Gallery.
The weather couldn't have been better for 73rd edition of this meet. Since it's beginning in 1932 as the International Frontier Olympics, the meet has long been a major early season competition for both high schools and colleges. Things like a new scoreboard with video of the events and a spirited announcer who made each event exciting play a role in making this a very unique and entertaining meet. After years of decline in the college division, the return of Texas A&M and the University of Texas to Laredo was a good sign in elevating this meet to the prominence it once held.
The Eagle Pass boys team was particularly impressive with a dominating team victory. Matthew Stall (Cuero) looked very good in winning the pole vault and Alex Vasquez (Del Rio) ran away with the 400 field.
Austin Westlake's girls squad was simply boring again -- same ol' Westlake, same ol' great team! The Lady Chaps were are strong in nearly every event as they are every year as they won by over 30 points. While the the Hearn sisters of St. Augustine swept the middle distance races, the most dominating performance of the meet was Daniela Esquivel's 30-meter win in the 400.
GIRLS
Teams: 1, Austin Westlake, 125½; 2, Rio Grande City, 95; 3, Corpus Christi King, 55; 4, Cuero, 50½; 5, Del Rio and St. Augustine, 46; 7, Alexander, 44; 8, United and Uvalde, 37½; 10, Martin, 34; 11, Corpus Christi Moody, 24; 12, Donna, 15; 13, Zapata and Nixon, 6; 15, Eagle Pass, 4; 16, Cigarroa, 1½; 17, United South and Laredo LBJ, 1; 19, Roma, ½
Shot Put: 1, Michelle Elizondo (Alexander) 40-8; 2, Tina Robinson (Moody) 33-2½; 3, Emalie Humphries (Alexander) 33-0½
Discus: 1, Leslie Petros (King) 122-10; 2, Tina Robinson (Moody) 108-11; 3, Ivette Glover (Rio Grande City) 101-5
Pole Vault: 1, Laura Hayner (Westlake) 9-0; 2, Elise Guerrero (Westlake) 8-0; 3, Elisa Santos (United) 8-0
High Jump: 1, Terry Contreras (Martin) 5-2; 2, Vanessa Gonzales (St. Augustine) 5-0; 3, Margot Wiedemann (Westlake) 4-10
Long Jump: 1, Kindra Alaniz (Rio Grande City) 16-0; 2, Ashley Jackson (King) 16-0; 3, Lacey McClare (King) 15-9¾
Triple Jump: 1, Terry Contreras (Martin) 34-0¾; 2, Lacy McClare (King) 33-5¾; 3, Kindra Alaniz (Rio Grande City) 32-10
3200: 1, Crystal Dickinson (Alexander) 12:19.07; 2, Lilly Jimenez (Donna) 12:22.51; 3, Daniela Prado (Nixon) 12:31.27
4x100 relay: 1, Rio Grande City, 50.31; 2, Cuero, 51.42; 3, Westlake, 51.44
800: 1, Frances Hearn (St. Augustine) 2:23.97; 2, Kathyrn Hearn (St. Augustine) 2:24.97; 3, Emily Mase (Westlake) 2:27.62
100 hurdles: 1, Katy Mallios (Westlake) 16.10; 2, Katie Moore (Uvalde) 17.08; 3, Mallory Pickrell (Westlake) 17.12
100: 1, Charlotte Young (United) 12.76; 2, Shante Wilson (Del Rio) 13.06; 3, Christina Barefield (Cuero) 13.09
4x200 relay: 1, Cuero, 1:50.08; 2, Rio Grande City, 1:50.31; 3, Westlake, 1:50.34
400: 1, Daniela Esquivel (Del Rio) 58.85; 2, Cassie Alvarado (Uvalde) 1:03.19; 3, Yenira Morales (Zapata) 1:04.11
300 hurdles: 1, Katy Mallios (Westlake) 46.04; 2, Charlotte Young (United) 46.77; 3, Ashley McElroy (Uvalde) 48.40
200: 1, Ashley Jackson (King) 25.88; 2, Charlotte Young (United) 26.77; 3, Fernanda Esquivel (Del Rio) 27.24
1600: 1, Frances Hearn (St. Augustine) 5:25.35; 2, Kathryn Hearn (St. Augustine) 5:27.68; 3, Emily Mase (Westlake) 5:28.57
4x400 relay: 1, Westlake, 4:09.39; 2, Rio Grande City, 4:13.25; 3, Del Rio, 4:13.86
BOYS
Teams: 1, Eagle Pass, 126½; 2, Austin Westlake, 88; 3, Del Rio, 84; 4, Cuero, 71; 5, Corpus Christi Moody, 36; 6, Economedes, 35; 7, Uvalde, 34; 8, Nixon, 30; 9, Corpus Christi King, 26; 10, Martin, 25½; 11, Alexander, 25; 12, Zapata, 18; 13, United, 16; 14, Cigarroa, 2; 15, United South, 1
Shot Put: 1Nick Serrano-Piche (Eagle Pass) 47-5; 2, Ricardo Hurtado (Moody) 47-1; 3, Abel Garcia (Del Rio) 46-9 pm
Discus: 1, Nick Serrano-Piche (Eagle Pass) 151-2; 2, Rochesley (King) 151-2; 3, Hurtado (Moody) 149-9
Pole Vault: 1, Matthew Stall (Cuero) 14-6; 2, Andrew Behrends (United) 14-0; 3, Patrick McNally (Westlake) 14-0
High Jump: 1, Jose Valdez (Eagle Pass) 6-2; 2, Hilario Flores (Eagle Pass) 6-2; 3, Chris Poth (Westlake) 6-0
Long Jump: 1, Hilario Flores (Eagle Pass) 20-11; 2, Javier Quiroz (Eagle Pass) 21-1; 3, Eduardo Garza (Economedes) 19-5¾
Triple Jump: 1, Joey Garcia (Zapata) 42-1; 2, Andy Morales (Martin) 41-5; 3, Jay Ybarra (Economedes) 40-6
3200: 1, Jaziel Christomo (Westlake) 9:45.46; 2, Andy Rangel (Del Rio) 10:02.96; 3, Roel Elizonde (Alexander) 10:03.21
4x100 relay: 1, Westlake, 43.71; 2, Cuero, 43.98; 3, Del Rio, 44.03
800: 1, Eric Pedrosa (Uvalde) 1:58.82; 2, Ari Perez (King) 2:00.44; 3, Garcia (Eagle Pass) 2:00.45
110 hurdles: 1, Zach Gomez (Cuero) 15.06; 2, Gino Ferrazzano (Nixon) 15.33; 3, Nunez (Alexander) 15.36
100: 1, Ryan Varner (Del Rio) 11.13; 2, Latreal Cooper (Cuero) 11.18; 3, Eddie Murillo (Nixon) 11.26
4x200 relay: 1, Westlake, 1:32.17; 2, Economedes, 1:32.65; 3, Nixon, 1:33.00
400: 1, Alex Vasquez (Del Rio) 49.78; 2, Eric Pedrosa (Uvalde) 51.54; 3, Adelric Moreno (Economedes) 52.18
300 hurdles: 1, Javier Jimenez (Eagle Pass) 39.20; 2, David Reyes (Moody) 40.78; 3, Trent Elrod (Uvalde) 41.46
200: 1, Ryan Varner (Del Rio) 22.53; 2, Montel Williams (Cuero) 22.73; 3, Rupert Flores (United) 23.12
1600: 1, Ari Perez (King) 4:31.00; 2, Jaziel Christomo (Westlake) 4:33.53; 3, Perez (Eagle Pass) 4:33.81
4x400 relay: 1, Eagle Pass, 3:27.98; 2, Cuero, 3:28.09; 3, Del Rio, 3:29.23