DIVISION II GIRLS

The North Canyon girls captured their fourth state team championship in a row (2020 was canceled) after holding off Williams Field 90 to 80 at the Division II state championships held at Perry High School this past week.

 

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Agua Fria freshman sprinter Stacey Onyepunuka won the 200 and 400 meter runs.

Catalina Foothills sophomore Taylor McCue won the 1600 and 3200 meter runs.

Cactus Shadows sophomore Gloriah Hussey won the high jump and the triple jump.

 

TEAM SCORES

1 North Canyon 90

2 Williams Field 80

3 Casteel 59

4 Campo Verde 57

5 Cactus Shadows 53

6 Agua Fria 44

7 Sunrise Mountain 38

7 Centennial 38

8 Catalina Foothills 38

 

STATE CHAMPIONS

100: Ella Escobar, North Canyon (12.05)

200: Stacey Onyepunuka, Agua Fria (24.20)

400: Stacey Onyepunuka, Agua Fria (55.15)

800: Kaitlyn Kaye, Sunrise Mountain (2:17.18)

100 Hurdles: Saira Prince, Williams Field (14.25)

300 Hurdles: Joy Moorer, North Canyon (41.69)

1600: Taylor McCue, Catalina Foothills (5:01.16)

3200: Taylor McCue, Catalina Foothills (11:03.11)

High Jump: Gloriah Hussey, Cactus Shadows (5-4)

Triple Jump: Gloriah Hussey, Cactus Shadows (37-0.75)

Pole Vault: Olivia Dillon, Casteel (11-3)

Long Jump: Joy Moorer, North Canyon (19-1)

Discus: Harlie Medrano, Verrado (120-5)

Javelin: Ais Martinez-Pompa, Cienega (130-6)

Shot Put: Bridget Mullings, Greenway (37-0.50)

 

RELAYS

400: Casteel (Kierney Murphy, Nathalie Lewis, Aria Cain, Morgan Lewis) 47.60

1600: North Canyon (Ella Escobar, J'neya Hill, Treasure Rinaldi, Riley Patera) 3:52.98

3200: Desert Mountain (Kaitlyn Giali, Ashley Hovendon, Elise Short, Kaylin Lacher) 9:40.14

 

DIVISION II BOYS

Casteel won the boys state title for the first time since moving up to Division III. The program brought home a championship competing in D-III in 2018 and the team took second in in D-II in 2019.

 

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Casteel senior Dayton Carlson swept the 800, 1600 and 3200 meter runs one month after he was named the 2021 Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year.

Centennial senior Dominick Brister brought home the 100 and 200 meter runs.

Marana Mountain View junior Sam Halaufia won the discus and the shot put.

 

TEAM SCORES

1 Casteel 121

2 Desert Mountain 45

3 Horizon 40

4 Ironwood Ridge 39

5 Millennium 33

6 Sunrise Mountain 31

7 Canyon Del Oro 28

8 Centennial 27

 

STATE CHAMPIONS

100: Dominick Brister, Centennial (10.60)

200: Dominick Brister Centennial (21.54)

400: Donovan Castillo, Horizon (48.17)

800: Dayton Carlson, Casteel (1:52.34)

1600: Dayton Carlson, Casteel (4:08.07)

3200: Dayton Carlson, Casteel (9:13.82)

110 Hurdles: Amir Smith, Desert Edge (14.95)

300 Hurdles: Ethan Seppala, Canyon Del Oro (38.32)

High Jump: Eli Mackowski, Desert Mountain (6-4)

Pole Vault: Dallin Clark, Casteel (13-6)

Long Jump: Quinton Patterson, Desert Mountain (23-5)

Triple Jump: Malachi Marshall, Sunrise Mountain (45-5)

Discus: Sam Halaufia, Marana Mountain View (160-2)

Shot Put: Sam Halaufia, Marana Mountain View (52-4.50)

Javelin: Jayce Knutsen, Casteel (175-0)

 

RELAYS

400: Buckeye (DJ Rhymes, Jaelon Richardson, Timothy Croskey, Antonio Johnson) 41.61

1600: Horizon (Donovan Castillo, Anthony Lorenzo, Javon Burton, Charles Ratliff) 3:18.30

3200: Millennium (Tyler Rafferty, Jaedyn Carpenter, John Weston, Alexander Rafferty) 7:55.66