Logan boys cruise to district track title

The Logan boys track team’s depth guided it to a relatively easy district championship during the District 6-1A meet Saturday at Melrose.

The Longhorns repeatedly saw two or three players finish in the top five at events, piling up team points.

Logan also swept all five relay events and broke school records in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200. The Longhorns finished with 184 points, well past runner-up Fort Sumner’s 108.

Because the top two finishers in each event automatically qualified for the state meet, that also meant a busload of 17 Logan boys athletes will go to the big event in Albuquerque on Friday and Saturday.

“Everybody performed well,” Logan coach Dwayne Roberts said.

The Logan girls team finished a close second at district, tallying 129 points to Melrose’s 145, despite Kaylee Williams winning five individual events for the Lady Longhorns and being the high-point girls athlete at the meet.

San Jon, which finished fourth in the girls standings and fifth in boys team points, also qualified several athletes for the state meet. House qualified one athlete for state.

The district champions for the Logan boys team:

— Hayden Bruhn, 400-meter dash (0:54.44);

— Christopher Lucero, 3,200-meter run (13:03.01);

— Haden Judd, pole vault (11 feet);

— Mason Wallin, discus (120-2 1/2);

— Kaeden Stoner, javelin (142-9);

— 400-meter relay team (0:45.55);

— 800-meter relay team (1:33.27);

— 1,600-meter relay team (3:32.45);

— 3,200-meter relay team (9:38.46);

— 1,600-meter sprint medley relay team (3:54.20).

Judd, who ran in most of Saturday’s relay races, also previously qualified for state in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, the 110- and 300-meter hurdle races, the long jump and the triple jump.

Second-place finishers for Logan who automatically qualified for state:

— Diego Sanchez, 100-meter dash (0:12.08);

— Devin Kotara, 400-meter dash (0:56.43) and 800-meter run (2:15.61);

— Lucero, 1,600-meter run (5:36.21);

— Connor Moore, 3,200-meter run (13:13.01);

— Stoner, 300-meter hurdles (0:44.60);

— Bruhn, high jump (5-8);

— Izaiah Kneitz, long jump (18-4);

— Christian Kotara, triple jump (36-5 1/2).

Brock Burns, Park Strong, Payson Nials, Bill DeLuca, Skyler DeLuca and Jace Jackson also placed in events to help compile points for the Longhorns.

For the Lady Longhorns, Williams captured district titles in the 100-meter dash (0:13.07); 200-meter dash (0:26.97); 400-meter dash (1:04.0); long jump (16-0) and triple jump (34-11).

Other district champs for the Lady Longhorns:

— Sadie Bruhn, 1,600-meter run (6:54.14);

— 400-meter relay team (0:54.80);

— 3,200-meter relay team (12:05.69).

Runner-up finishers for the Logan who automatically qualified for state:

— Makinlee Judd, 100-meter dash (0:13.44), 100-meter hurdles (0:17.72) and long jump (15-7);

— Haylie Bidegain, 800-meter run (2:43.41);

— 800-meter relay team (1:55.67);

— 1,600-meter relay team (4:38.12);

— 1,600-meter sprint medley relay team (4:57.83).

Other Lady Longhorns who placed and scored team points were Bailey McEwen, Reese Hastie, Desta Rose, Abby Paris and Aaliyah Lansdell.

For San Jon, Isidro Martinez finished second the 200-meter dash (0:25.74) and Alexa Becerra was runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles, sending both to the state meet.

Compiling points for the Coyotes were

For House, Cade Lee finished second in the pole vault (10-6) and qualified for state.