Rancho’s Teleda Williams and Gizelle Reid set the top two times in the state so far this season in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes and helped the Rams’ 400-relay team to another lopsided victory in the Skyhawk Invitational at Silverado.
Sarah Walters, Julia Ramirez and Hailee Thornley each won one individual event and ran on a winning relay team Wednesday to help host Virgin Valley’s girls track team defeat Sunrise Mountain and Cheyenne.
Emilia Puskas won one event and placed second in another to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls track and field team to victory in a three-team meet at Faith Lutheran on Tuesday.
Two Moapa Valley girls track athletes won two events Wednesday as the host Pirates rolled to victory in a four-team meet.
Angela Hammond won three state titles, one individual, and helped Cheyenne’s girls track team finish second at the Class 3A state championship at Foothill on Saturday, the best placement of any Southern Nevada school.
Cheyenne’s Angela Hammond won two individual events and ran on two winning relays Friday and Saturday to lead the Desert Shields to the Class 3A Southern Region girls track title in Overton.
The Miners are hoping to continue to show improvement this season.
Desert Pines capped the Division I-A state track and field meet in style Saturday at chilly Carson High, lowering its own meet record in the 1,600 relay on the way to the school’s first team title.
Desert Pines’ Amari Calvillo-Tatum topped teammate Artis McCoy in the boys 200- and 400-meter runs to help the Jaguars surge into first place after the opening day of the Division I-A state meet.
Teconna Dyer, Cjenna Heiden, Teleda Williams and Ariana Vega-Miranda each won two individual events Tuesday to help the Las Vegas girls track team to a 90-41 win at Canyon Springs on Tuesday.
State championships: None
State runner-up finishes: None
Individual state champions: Kapua Pulotu (2018, shot put and discus), Nina Carpenter (2015, high jump); Brittany Veal (2014, 300 hurdles)
Relay state champions: 2018 (400)
Region championships: None
Region runner-up finishes: 2018, 2015, 2014
2018 postseason: Finished third (58 points) at the Class 3A state meet.
Finished second (95 points) at the Class 3A Southern Region meet.
Program history
2018: Third in 3A state meet, second in 3A Southern Region meet
2017: 16th in 3A state meet, eighth in 3A Southern Region meet
2016: 10th in Division I-A state meet, fifth in I-A Southern Region meet
2015: Fourth in Division I-A state meet, second in I-A Southern Region meet
2014: Fourth in Division I-A state meet, second in I-A Southern Region meet
2013: Tied 10th in Division I-A state meet, fourth in I-A Southern Region meet
2012: Seventh in Sunrise Region meet
2011: Tied 22nd in 4A state meet, eighth in Sunrise Region meet
2010: 12th in Sunrise Region meet