Stories tagged with Elco Garcia Jr.

Concluding her first-ever athletic venture, D’Vondra Garcia, right, receives her first athletic letter and accompanying sport-specific pin from head coach Daniel Holley during last year’s end-of-season awards banquet inside IHS Auditorium. A preseason surgery this year will likely keep the eager junior out of the 2020 cross-country season’s early goings.

Fri Aug 14th, 2020

IHS harriers get green light from CHSAA

Men on a Mission: Ignacio High School seniors Jonas Nanaeto, left, and Elco Garcia, Jr. (right), mug for the camera Monday, Oct. 21, just five days before both were to help neighboring Bayfield contend for the Class 3A title at the 2019 CHSAA State Cross-Country Championships in Colorado Springs.

Fri Oct 25th, 2019

Sweet Repeat: IHS duo earns State XC return

IHS Homecoming 2019 Queen, Elizabeth Valdez (center) stands with King and fellow senior Elco Garcia, Jr., at left and father Johnny Valdez at right. As part of ceremonies held during halftime of Ignacio’s Oct. 18 football game versus Monte Vista. Valdez initially walked to midfield and met Garcia, wearing her father’s IHS letterman’s jacket — Circa 1985.

Fri Oct 25th, 2019

Homecoming: Crowning glory

Running for 3A Bayfield High School, Ignacio’s Jonas Nanaeto (160) charges towards the finish line ahead of 4A Widefield’s Asher Finch (74) during the 2019 Joe I. Vigil Open, Sept. 7 in Alamosa. Nanaeto placed 31st overall in 17:32.9; Finch followed in a 32nd-place 17:34.2.

Thu Sep 12th, 2019

WolverCat harriers shine at Joe I. Vigil Open IHS’ Garcia, Nanaeto help BHS earn eighth

Fri Jul 19th, 2019

Garcia one of USA’s best at Down Under Games

Southern Ute Tribal member, Ocean Hunter at SunUte Community Center. Hunter is headed to compete in a basketball competition in Australia as part of the Down Under Sport Program. The program fosters cultural exchange in athletes through spirited competition.

Fri Jun 28th, 2019

Ignacio athletes head Down Under

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

Gaston (Bird Red) and Lefou (Elco Garcia Jr.) mock Belle (Makayla Peterson) during the production of “Beauty and the Beast” on Thursday, April 18 at the Ignacio High School Auditorium.

Fri Apr 26th, 2019

Beauty and the Beast

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

As the Lafayette-based Peak to Peak Pumas plan strategy, Ignacio High School juniors Elco Garcia, Jr. (25), and Jonas Nanaeto (26) – both running in 2018 for nearby Bayfield – practice their tandem takeoff prior to the CHSAA State Cross-Country Championships’ opening Class 3A boys’ race Saturday morning, Oct. 27, in Colorado Springs. (Peak to Peak, coincidentally, would ultimately win the team title.)

Fri Nov 9th, 2018

Nanaeto cracks top-50 at State Cross-Country

Flanked by father Travis (left) and mother Sheila (right), Ignacio High Schoolers Avaleena and Jonas Nanaeto will both be competing at the CHSAA Cross-Country State Championships in Colorado Springs, Oct. 27. Avaleena will run for IHS in the Class 2A girls’ race, while Jonas (as well as fellow IHS athlete Elco Garcia, Jr.) will run in the 3A boys’ feature, being part of Bayfield High’s roster.

Fri Oct 26th, 2018

IHS to be well-represented at State XC!

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 11th, 2018

Boys’ Track fourth, girls sixth in Pagosa

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