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Thu Sep 26th, 2019

Up to the ‘Challenge’: Valdez fourth in Pagosa

Ignacio Middle School hosted the 2019 San Juan Middle School Meet, Tuesday, May; athletes from nine different schools competed. Nate Hendren runs for the finish line.

Fri May 24th, 2019

Mid-schoolers run and jump

Working his way through the pack, Ignacio’s Jonas Nanaeto (4) envisions catching Peyton’s Sammy Schuemann (6) as they negotiate the Jeffco Stadium track’s backstretch during the Class 2A boys’ 800-meter run at the 2019 CHSAA State Championships, May 16-18 in Lakewood. Nanaeto finished in sixth place.

Fri May 24th, 2019

Bobcats boast five top-ten times at State meet Garcia earns IHS-best fourth in the 1,600

All four state bound athletes: Jonas Nanaeto, Elco Garcia, Jr., Lexy Young and Charlize Valdez share a high five before leaving to the CHSAA State Championships in Lakewood, Colo. on Wednesday, May 15.

Fri May 24th, 2019

Athlete state send off

Ignacio’s Elco Garcia, Jr., and Jonas Nanaeto run side-by-side the 1,600-meter run during the San Juan Relays, hosted by IHS Tuesday, April 30. The duo placed 1-2, finishing the race less than a second apart. Both maintained high levels of long-distance performance at meets before and after in, respectively, Aztec, N.M., and Bloomfield, N.M.

Thu May 9th, 2019

Garcia finding more, more speed for ’Cats Junior eclipses school’s 1983 best in the 3,200

Fri Apr 26th, 2019

Bobcat boys run to tenth

BOBCATS GIRLS TRACK
Ignacio girls take tenth at the Ron Keller Invite

Sophomore Valdez involved in 18 of team’s 23 points

By Joel Priest
Special to the Drum

Recording one of the team’s finest moments yet in the 2019 Track & Field season, Ignacio’s 800-meter sprint medley relay of sophomore Vanessa Gonzales, sophomore Charlize Valdez, senior Kiana Valdez and freshman Lexy Young paced the Lady Bobcats to a tenth-place finish at 4A Durango’s Ron Keller Invitational on Saturday, April 20.
The speedy quartet’s time of 2 minutes, 4.07 seconds trailed only 3A Pagosa Springs’ 2:02.88, and earned IHS eight of its 23 team points. The hosting, personnel-blessed Lady Demons earned the meet championship with a dominating 205 points, while closest challengers 3A Montezuma-Cortez (129) and PSHS (94) were nowhere close.
Earning Ignacio five points, Young finished fourth in the 100-meter dash, with her 14.21-second time trailing the winning 12.56 posted by M-CHS’ Avery Wright. She also placed seventh in the 200 (28.86), and was just one-hundredth of a second from earning the Lady ’Cats at least one team point.
Earning ten points in the long-distance runs, Charlize Valdez took third in the 3,200 meters (13:37.01) and seventh in the 1,600 (6:02.19). Gonzales also ranked tenth in the 100 (14.61) while Kiana Valdez followed in 12th (14.83). She also finished ninth in the long jump (13’7.5”).
The Lady ’Cats will next venture to the April 26-27 Aztec, N.M., Invitational. The Friday portion of the meet is set to begin at 2 p.m., with the Saturday session starting at 9 a.m. IHS will then host the San Juan Relays on Tuesday, April 30, with action currently scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

Fri Apr 26th, 2019

Ignacio girls take tenth at the Ron Keller Invite

Ignacio freshman Lexy Young gains speed on the track between its second and third turns during the 200-meter dash Saturday, April 6, at IHS’ Abel Velasquez Invitational; Young won the event.

Thu Apr 11th, 2019

Young’s 200 win leads IHS girls at the AVI Younger Valdez earns fourth in the 1,600

Ignacio Track & Field boys’ head coach Alfonso ‘Ponch’ Garcia congratulates a spent Elco Garcia, Jr., after his win in the 1,600-meter run Saturday, April 6, at IHS’ Abel Velasquez Invitational.

Thu Apr 11th, 2019

Garcia pulls off distance double at the AVI Ignacio boys finish seventh at home meet

Vanessa Gonzales, left, and Elco Garcia, Jr., lead the Bobcats in stretches prior to practice Wednesday, March 20. IHS Track & Field will finally see action Saturday, March 30, in Bloomfield, N.M.

Fri Mar 29th, 2019

Ignacio Track & Field prepping for 2019 debut

Ignacio Track & Field boys’ head coach John Gurule (left) strategizes with recently graduated thrower Natoni Cundiff during the 2018 season. Coaching aids any athlete’s success, and IHS will welcome one at the end of July for a special jumper-oriented summer camp.

Wed Jul 18th, 2018

Elite-level athlete eager to instruct at IHS

Ignacio’s Natoni Cundiff releases the discus during Day 2 action at the 2018 CHSAA Class 2A State Track & Field Championships at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood, Colo. — Friday, May 18.

Fri May 25th, 2018

Cundiff, Nanaeto lead IHS boys at State

Fri May 25th, 2018

White wraps up breakout season at State

Fri May 11th, 2018

Boys’ Track fourth, girls sixth in Pagosa

Ignacio sophomore Aliyana White powers into her winning 35-foot, 11.5-inch throw of the shot during the recent Pine River Invitational, Saturday, April 14 inside Bayfield’s Wolverine Country Stadium. Though she didn’t compete in the Aztec, N.M. meet, she still placed there in the discus.

Fri Apr 27th, 2018

White manages IHS’ sole point in Aztec