Los Alamos Hilltopper Track & Field Teams Break Records At Richard Harper Memorial Invite In Albuquerque

Alex ‘Boom’ Pasulka broke a 37 year-old LAHS Record in the 400 m prelim, and then broke it AGAIN in the 400 m final! In addition, Boom was part of the 4×100 m and 4×400 m relay teams, which both set new LAHS Records. Photo by Blake Wood

Colette Bibeault and Dani Trellue on their way to placing 1st and 3rd, respectively, in the 100 m hurdles. In addition, Bibeault won the pole vault and 300 m hurdles, placed 4th in the high jump, and was part of the winning 4×400 m relay. Trellue won the triple jump and placed 3rd in the pole vault. Photo by Blake Wood

By BLAKE WOOD
Assistant Coach
LAHS Track & Field

The Los Alamos High School Hilltopper Girls and Boys Track & Field teams continued their winning and record-breaking ways Friday and Saturday at the highly competitive Richard Harper Memorial Invite at Albuquerque Academy.

The ‘Topper Girls doubled runner-up Albuquerque Academy’s score, 123-61, while the Boys beat 5A powerhouse Cleveland 105-82. In the process, the Girls set two and the Boys set five new LAHS School Records!

Friday started with Jaiya Daniels adding yet another LAHS School Record to her tally, when she leaped 19’ 5-1/2” to win the long jump. Already this season she has set new school records in the triple jump and 200 m.

Then senior Alex “Boom” Pasulka pulled off the first of a double, breaking a 37 year-old LAHS School Record by finishing the 400 m prelims with a time of 48.67 seconds. In the 400 m finals on Saturday, Boom broke his own record (and won the event) with a time of 48.61 seconds. 

Also on Friday, the Boys 4×800 relay team of Grafton Urbatsch, Andy Enriquez, Benjamin Sanchez, and Gus Ovaska broke the LAHS School Record in that event with a time of 8:09.98. 

But wait, there’s more!  The team of Akim Leija-Sanchez, Alex Pasulka, Daniel Kim, and Melaki Gutierrez won the 4×100 m relay final on Saturday in an LAHS School Record of 41.70 seconds.

And in the final event of the meet, the 4×400 m relay team of Melaki Gutierrez, Grafton Urbatsch, Julian Singell, and Alex Pasulka set a new LAHS School Record of 3:16.81. 

In addition to those new school records, two other performances deserve particular attention: Grace Montoya set a new LAHS Freshman Record of 5:15.24 in the 1600 m run, and senior Anna Wetteland won the 800 m run in an LAHS #2 all-time 2:13.50, only 0.15 seconds behind her older sister Kelly’s school record from two years ago.

Many other athletes posted marks that qualified them for the State Championship in three weeks.

Girls achieving these excellent performances included:

  • Colette Bibeault, who won the pole vault, 100 m hurdles, and 300 m hurdles, placed 4th in the high jump, and was part of the winning 4×400 m relay.
  • Dani Trellue, who won the triple jump and placed 3rd in both the pole vault and 100 m hurdles. 
  • Jaiya Daniels, who in addition to her long jump record, won the 100 m.
  • Grace Montoya, who in addition to her record (and 4th place finish) in the 1600, placed 5th in the 3200, and was part of the winning 4×800 m relay. 
  • Anna Wetteland, who in addition to her 800 win, was part of the winning 4×200, 4×400 m, and 4×800 m relays.
  • Syana Sanchez, who placed 7th in the 100 m, 3rd in the 200 m, and was part of the winning 4×200 m relay. 
  • Meredith Brown, who placed 7th in the 400 m, and was part of the winning 4×200 m and 4×400 m relays.
  • Ensley Jorgensen, who placed 5th in the 1600, 6th in the 3200, and anchored the 800 m leg of the 1600 m medley relay. 
  • Siena Rolfe, who placed 4th in the pole vault.
  • Rebecca Beaux, who was part of the winning 4×800 m relay. 
  • Lucy Kelley, who was part of the winning 4×800 m relay.
  • Evangelina Gutierrez, who was part of the winning 4×200 m relay. 
  • Margaret Steinkamp, who was part of the winning 4×400 m relay.
  • Jenna Montoya, who placed 3rd in the long jump.
  • Allie Holland, who placed 6th in the long jump. 

Boys who achieved State Qualifying marks included:

  • Melaki Gutierrez, who won the 100 m and 200 m, and was part of the school record 4×100 m and 4×400 m relays.
  • Alex “Boom” Pasulka, who in addition to his 400 m records, was part of the school record 4×100 m and 4×400 m relays.
  • Grafton Urbatsch, who won the 800 m, and was part of the school record 4×400 m and 4×800 m relays.
  • Daniel Kim, who won the 300 m hurdles, placed 2nd in the 110 m hurdles, and was part of the school record 4×100 m relay.
  • Matt Brousseau, who placed 2nd in the shot put and 4th in the discus.
  • Akim Leija-Sanchez, who was part of the school record 4×100 m relay, winning 4×200 m relay, and 2nd place 1600 m medley relay.
  • Benjamin Sanchez, who placed 5th in the 1600 m, and was part of the winning 4×800 m relay.
  • Gus Ovaska, who placed 8th in the 1600 m, and was part of the winning 4×800 m relay and 2nd place 1600 m medley relay.
  • Andy Enriquez, who was part of the school record 4×800 m relay and placed 9th in the 800 m. 
  • Rocco Quintana, who ran qualifying times in the 100 m and 200 m prelims, and was part of the winning 4×200 m relay and 1600 m medley relay.
  • Lyas Eidenbenz, who ran a qualifying time in the 400 m prelim, and was part of the winning 4×200 m relay and 2nd place 1600 m medley relay. 
  • Haiden Jorgenson, who ran a qualifying time in the 200 m prelim, and was part of the winning 4×200 m relay.
  • Julian Singell, who was part of the school record 4×400 m relay. 
  • Jayden Ramirez, who placed 3rd in the pole vault.
  • Aiden Manzanares, who placed 5th in the pole vault. 

Next up for the Hilltopper Track & Field teams is the Larry Baca Memorial Invite (aka Home Meet) at Sullivan Field Saturday, May 4.                                                                                                                        Akim Leija-Sanchez completes the handoff to Rocco Quintana in the winning 4×200 m relay. In addition, Leija-Sanchez was part of the school record 4×100 m relay, and Quintana ran State Qualifying times in the 100 m and 200 m prelims. Both were part of the 2nd place 1600 m medley relay. Photo by Blake Wood                                                 Freshmen Grace Montoya and Ensley Jorgenson on their way to placing 4th and 5th, respectively, in the 1600.  Montoya’s time of 5:15.24 was an LAHS Freshman Record. In addition, Montoya placed 5th in the 3200, and was part of the winning 4×800 m relay, and Jorgenson placed 6th in the 3200, and anchored the 800 m leg of the 1600 m medley relay. Photo by Blake Wood                                                                                                                                   Daniel Kim winning the 300 m hurdles. Kim also placed 2nd in the 110 m hurdles, and was part of the school record 4×100 m relay. Photo by Blake Wood                                                                                                                                 Syana Sanchez completes the handoff to Anna Wetteland in the winning 4×200 m relay. In addition, Sanchez placed 7th in the 100 m, and 3rd in the 200 m, and Wetteland won the 800 m and was part of the winning 4×400 m and 4×800 m relays. Photo by Blake Wood

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