MHS Girls Roll To Fourth Title of 2006 With Championship At Sandhills Relays
    By Randy Hogan - Staff Writer, The Monahans News, March 21, 2006

The day looked to leave competitors wet at the 48th Annual Sandhills Relays, but Mother Nature allowed the day to conclude without interruption, and the Lady Loboes poured it on in the Division III field to win their fourth consecutive team championship in 2006.

The Ladies easily defeated San Angelo Lakeview by 64 points to continue an impressive string of team titles that include the Comanche Relays, West of the Pecos Relays, West Texas Relays, and Sandhills Relays.

Monahans scored 199 points on their home turf, as Lakeview came in second place with a total of 135 points.  Pecos finished third with 70 points, followed by Big Spring (62), Kermit (47), Seminole (38), Presidio (29), Midland Christian (22), Monahans and JV (11), Lakeview JV (4), and Big Spring JV (2).

Alison Miller gave MHS a big advantage in the field events, winning the gold medal in the discus and shot put events to kick-start the Green to a huge day.

Miller tossed the first place throw of 115-1 in the discus to defeat rival Chantell Mazone of Pecos.  Kim Wilson added a fourth place finished with a throw of 98-10.50 in the event.

Chelsea Cartwright added a gold medal in the long jump by leaping 16-0.50 for the individual title.  Jordan Latham followed with a third place jump of 15-3.50 to add to the MHS medal count.

Monahans made it 4 for 4 in gold medals when Crystal Madrid won the triple jump.  Madrid soared 34-9.75 to win the title, and Chelsea Cartwright followed with a silver medal jump of 34-8 to push Monahans to a commanding lead in the overall point totals.

Jordan Latham fell just short of the long jump title but nailed down the silver medal by clearing 4-10.  Catherine Cutbirth claimed fourth place in the event with a jump of 4-8.

Bree Williams took third place in the pole vault for MHS by clearing 9 feet. Kelsi Hays finished in fifth with a vault of 8 feet.

Daisy Zamarripa concluded the morning's onslaught of points by the Lady Loboes as she finished in fourth place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 13:18.75.

The Monahans sprint relay team of Chelsea Cartwright, Amanda Hernandez, Crystal Madrid, and Kim Madrid won the 4X100-meter relay with a time of 50.09.

The MHS JV team of Danica Hicks, Ashley Pedraza, Angie Sauceda and Eureka Roy finished in fifth place with a time of 54.62 in the event.

In the 800-meter run, Catherine Cutbirth finished in second place with a time of 2:31.87.  Cutbirth used a strong push in the final lap to close the distance and secure the silver medal.

Monica Ortega finished fifth with a time of 2:38.08 in the event.

Chelsea Cartwright missed the Sandhills meet record in the 100-meter hurdles but left no doubt that she was the best in 2006 with an impressive first place time of 14.96. Yazmin Valenzuela finished in sixth place with a time of 18.59.

Cartwright followed with a gold medal run in the 100-meter dash, clocking a time of 12.25 in the event.  Danica Hicks finished in sixth place for the MHS JV with a time of 14.09.

The Monahans 4X200-meter relay team of Amanda Hernandez, Jordan Latham, Crystal Madrid and Kim Madrid ran away from the field and won the title with a time of 1:47.43.

Catherine Cutbirth added a fifth place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:05.96 to help distance the Green in overall point totals in the team competition.

Kim Madrid blasted the field in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 46.91, just shy of the Sandhills meet record of 46.34 set last year.

Angie Sauceda finished fourth in the event with a time of 52.72 for the MHS JV.

Jordan Latham took home the silver medal in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.22.  Amanda Hernandez finished fourth in the event with a time of 28.02.

Monahans senior Daisy Zamarripa claimed third place in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:45.44, bypassing the previous MHS record time of 5:53.18 set by Michelle Azuaje in 2005.

The Ladies 4X400-meter relay team finished in second place behind San Angelo Lakeview with a time of 4:21.65.  The Lady Lobo JV clocked a time of 4:40.70 for sixth place in the event.

Monahans will compete in the Wildcat Relays in Wink on Friday.

Keyed by Melissa Ramirez, Senior