Huffman just misses breaking THS record

Tucumcari senior long-jumper Haisley Huffman came close to breaking the school record in that event but settled for first place instead during the six-team Tucumcari Quad meet at Rattler Stadium last Tuesday.

Huffman, a two-time Class 3A champion in the long jump, was hoping to surpass the THS record of 18 feet set by Sandy Fortner in 2002.

Huffman logged measured jumps of 18 feet, 5 inches and 18 feet, 8 inches but scratched during both attempts, thwarting her bid to break the school mark during her final meet at home.

Her one good jump - 17-5 - won the event by almost two feet.

Huffman, also a defending state champ in the triple jump, didn't compete Tuesday in that event. She already qualified for the state meet earlier in the season.

Huffman has three more chances to break the long-jump mark - the Wolverine Invitational at Texico on Tuesday, the district meet at Ruidoso on Friday and the state meet in Albuquerque on May 10.

The other winners for the Lady Rattlers at the meet were:

- July Lafferty, javelin, 100-2;

- Aubriana French, triple jump, 29-3;

- Kirksey Smith, shot put, 26-9;

- 1,600-meter relay (Riley Knapp, French, Lafferty, Caylee Benavidez), 4:34.23.

The winners for the Rattlers were:

- Fernando Ureste, 1,600-meter run, 5:08.69;

- Alex Bueno De La O, 3,200-meter run, 11:06.77.

In addition to Huffman, these Tucumcari athletes already have qualified for the Class 3A meet: Ureste in the 3,200-meter run, Lafferty in the javelin and 400-meter dash, Kyla Lopez in the high jump, French in the triple jump, the girls 400-meter relay team of French, Lopez, Lafferty and Huffman, the 800-meter relay team of Lafferty, Huffman, Benavidez and French, and the boys 400-meter and 800-meter relay teams of Alijah Martinez, Daymion Urioste, Luis Archuleta and Adan Diaz.

The Logan boys and girls teams each won team titles at the meet.

The Lady Longhorns breezed to the team title with 136 points, with Tucumcari finishing runner-up with 97. Other teams competing were Santa Rosa, Des Moines, Roy and Clayton.

Sarah Williams and Haden Judd each won two individual events for Logan.

The Logan boys totaled 137 team points, edging Santa Rosa's 133 1/2 points. Tucumcari finished third with 65.

The winners for the Lady Longhorns were:

- Sarah Williams, 400-meter dash, 1:07.29, and 200-meter dash, 0:28.56;

- Kaylee Williams, 100-meter dash, 0:13.09;

- Makinlee Judd, 100-meter hurdles, 0:17.73;

- Kyle Terry, 1,600-meter run, 7:05.89;

- Abby Paris, discus, 92-3;

- 400-meter relay, 0:52.30;

- 800-meter relay, 1:50.84;

- 1,600-meter sprint medley, 4:54.62;

- 1,600-meter relay, 4:34.23.

The winners for the Longhorns were:

- Haden Judd, 400-meter dash, 0:51.8, and triple jump, 41-2;

- Brock Burns, high jump, 6-0;

- Izaiah Kneitz, long jump, 18-8;

- 400-meter relay (Stratton Schoonover, Aydin Kotara, Kaeden Stoner and Diego Sanchez), 0:45.35;

- 800-meter relay (Schoonover, Aydin Kotara, Stoner and Sanchez), 1:34.43;

- 1,600-meter sprint medley relay, 4:03.21;

- 1,600-meter relay (Hayden Bruhn, Aydin Kotara, Devin Kotara and Sanchez) 3:44.26.

Santa Rosa Invite

The Tucumcari girls finished sixth and the Rattlers seventh in the 20-team Santa Rosa Invitational meet Friday.

The Lady Rattlers finished with 37 points. The Escalante girls team won the team title with 72 points, with Estancia runner-up at 60 points.

The Tucumcari boys tallied 30 points. Santa Rosa won the team crown with 101 1/2 points, far outpacing runner-up Pecos with its 60 points.

San Jon also competed, with the boys team finishing with 12 points and the girls with five.

Lady Rattlers who scored team points were:

- Haisley Huffman, first, long jump (16-7 1/2);

- Kirksey Smith, third, javelin (97-1), and fourth, shot put (27-10 1/2);

- July Lafferty, fourth, javelin (93-7);

- Shantel Lopez, fifth, shot put (26-8);

- Caylee Benavides, fifth, discus (75-0);

- 400-meter relay of Huffman, Aubriana French, Kyla Lopez and Lafferty, second (0:53.68);

- 800-meter relay of Huffman, French, Benavidez and Lafferty, second (1:54.17).

Tucumcari boys who scored team points were:

- 1,600-meter sprint medley relay, first (3:58.96);

- Luis Archuleta, third, triple jump (36-2), and third, high jump (5-4);

- Jordan Rincones, third, shot put (36-6 1/2), and fifth, discus (101-9 1/2);

- Joseph Page, sixth, shot put (33-7);

- Antonio Gonzales, sixth, javelin (111-0);

- Alex Bueno De La O, sixth, 3,200-meter run (11:13.27), and fourth, 1,600-meter run (5:18.85);

- Daymion Urioste, sixth, 100-meter dash (0:12.03).

Isidro Martinez of San Jon finished second in the pole vault (10-6), fourth in the 200-meter dash (0:25.27) and third in the long jump (17-5).

San Jon's Rayna Sena finished third in the 3,200-meter run (15:51.84) and sixth in the 1,600-meter run (7:20.40).