Girls Track and Field

Ledgerwood leads the pack on the track, in the classroom

BY BRIAN WILLIAMS, SUN STAFF WRITER

Stephanie Ledgerwood is a frontrunner - be it in the classroom or athletics. The Kofa senior is No. 1 in her class with a 4.6 GPA. On the track, the long distance runner won every race in 2009 except for the one time she came in second. The Kings... Full story

YC boys second; 1,600 relay team state champs

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Yuma Catholic boys track and field team had its highest-ever finish at the 2A State Championships, taking second to Valley Christian, and the 1,600-meter relay team avenged last year's disqualification by winning the state title. The... Full story

Baker, Monroe, Nieves state runners-up

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Yuma High's JC Baker used his final jump of the day to surpass his best triple jump of the year by nearly a foot and finished second at the 5A-II State Track and Field Championships late Saturday night at Chandler High School. Baker, who was... Full story

Ledgerwood, Rojano medal at state

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Five athletes from three Gila Valley Region schools won medals on the first day on the 5A-II State Track and Field Championships at Chandler High School. Kofa's Stephanie Ledgerwood was fourth in the 3,200-meter run (11 minutes, 38.93 seconds),... Full story

Next stop: state

Four local athletes take top seed times, marks into state meets

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

If Lex Black, JC Baker, Rod Ford and Paul Corona's competitors weren't already aware of the crop coming from the Yuma area, they are now. The four local track and field athletes from Yuma, Kofa and Yuma Catholic have the top seed times and... Full story

Corona, Ford big YC winners at Regionals

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Yuma Catholic had a handful of athletes and both teams qualify for state at the 2A Regionals Saturday in Chandler. Paul Corona stole the show for the Shamrocks by winning the pole vault with a height of 14 feet, 9 inches. The vault beat his... Full story

Yuma teams take early lead at region track

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

With the Gila Valley Region title already in his back pocket, Cibola pole vaulter Chad Plymale wanted to take three more stabs at breaking the school record. The Raider junior knocked off the bar on all three attempts to clear 11 feet, 10... Full story

Yuma wins four-way

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Using the meet as a tune-up according to coach Curt Weber, the Yuma High boys still won a four-way meet at Carver Park on Wednesday. Weber said he used different athletes in events they're not accustomed to, and rested other runners. The... Full story

Hawks girls, Raider boys win meet

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Gila Ridge girls and Cibola boys track teams came away with victories in Wednesday's dual at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Hawks won 93-43 in the girls events, while the Raiders boys won 87-54. Sophia Cole was the only multi-event... Full story

Yuma boys, Kofa girls win at dual

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Yuma boys track team won 12 of the 15 events at the Yuma/Kofa dual meet for a 93-39 win Wednesday.  Three Criminals were multiple event winners for the boys. Gabe Torregrosa won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs with times of 2 minutes, 7... Full story

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