BY RANDY HARRISON / JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR
Cleveland’s boys and Albuquerque Academy’s girls won team titles Friday night at the Albuquerque Metro Track and Field Championships at Nusenda Community Stadium.
The Storm, led by the meet’s high-point athlete, Nic Trujillo (17½ points, including the high jump title Friday), easily outdistanced rival Rio Rancho (100-66). The Chargers beat La Cueva 97-64.
Here are three of the most impressive individual performances from the two-day meet:
1. DIVERSITY: Albuquerque Academy has a long and well-established tradition as one of New Mexico’s best schools for distance runners. This is true of the Chargers in the fall in cross country, and it is true in the spring in the 2-mile and 1-mile races on the track.
But on Friday, the Academy did something unique: It swept the 4×100-meter relay finals at the metro meet.
Talked to Albuquerque Academy’s Gigi Galles on Friday after she added the triple jump title to her long jump win on Thursday: pic.twitter.com/nXeNy8bpIn
— James Yodice (@JamesDYodice) April 29, 2023
