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Logan track and field star Haden Judd continued to excel at several events Saturday at the 18-team Fox/Vixen Relays at Fort Sumner.
Judd, a sophomore, won the 100-meter dash (0:11.39 seconds), 200-meter dash (0:23.01), 300-meter hurdles (0:40.51) and pole vault (12 feet). Judd also finished third in the triple jump (39-7 1/2).
Aydin Kotara also won the 400-meter dash in 0:53.47 for Logan, and he finished third in the 100-meter dash in 12 seconds flat.
Logan finished runner-up at the meet, as did the Lady Longhorns. Both of Melrose’s teams won the meet title.
In girls action, Logan’s Kaylee Williams won the triple jump (32-8 1/2). She also finished runner-up both in the 100-meter dash (0:13.44) and 200-meter dash (0:27.88). Logan’s 800-meter relay team also won in 1:53.48.
Tucumcari’s 1,600-meter relay team of Kylie’Ann Rincones, July Lafferty, Caylee Benavidez and Cambree Benevidez finished first in 4:29.27. Lafferty also won the javelin throw with an effort of 97-5.
The Tucumcari girls team finished seventh at the meet.
Other Logan boys who scored team points at the meet were:
— Christopher Lucero, third in 3,200-meter run (12:01.62);
— Christian Kotara, fifth in triple jump (36-10 1/2);
— Park Strong, fifth in shot put (39-10 1/4) and third in the discus (117-5 1/2);
— Brock Burns, fifth in the discus (113-7 1/2) and fifth in the javelin (129-3);
— Mason Wallin, sixth in the discus (111-10);
— Kaeden Stoner, second in the javelin (148-8);
— 400-meter relay team, third (0:46.23);
— 800-meter relay team, second (1:36.82);
— 1,600-meter relay team, fourth (3:50.45);
— 1,600-meter sprint medley relay team, fifth (4:07.09);
— 3,200-meter relay team, fourth (10:11.17);
Logan girls who scored team points were:
— Makinlee Judd, fourth in the 100-meter dash (0:13.66) and sixth in long jump (13-5 1/2);
— Haylie Bidegain, third in the 800-meter run (2:36.89);
— Abby Paris, fourth in discus (94-4);
— Aspen Casey, fifth in discus (83-8);
— 400-meter relay team, second (0:53.37);
— 1,600-meter relay team, sixth (4:41.06);
— 1,600-meter sprint medley relay, fifth (5:12.32);
— 3,200-meter relay team, second (11:59.75).
Other Tucumcari girls who scored team points included:
— Riley Knapp, fifth in the 400-meter dash (1:08.96);
— Kyla Lopez, fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (0:18.73) and third in the 300-meter hurdles (0:54.90);
— 400-meter relay team, fifth (0:54.34);
— 800-meter relay team, third (1:55.62).
The Rattlers finished 13th in the team standings. Alex Bueno de la O was the only Tucumcari boys athlete to score team points, finishing fourth in the 3,200-meter run (12:01.62).
House’s Cade Lee, who finished fifth in the pole vault with a height of 9-6, was the only athlete from the southern Quay County school to score team points.