Lowry’s Nomar Aguirre throws the shot put at the Battle Mountain Invitational.
A pair of young men on the Lowry High School track and field team continue to impress and are showing they will be tough to reckon with in the postseason in May.
Nomar Aguirre, who swept the shot put and discus at the 2023 state championships, continued his victorious ways winning both events at the Big George Invitational in Minden on Saturday.
He tossed a personal best in the shot put at 54 feet, 1.50 inches to win by nearly six feet.
The closest 3A thrower from a 3A school was 13th at 39-3. Aguirre won the discus with a toss of 149-2 to beat Elko’s Nathan Gwyn by nearly 10 feet.
Brent Kenison, who is just a sophomore, has shined all year and won the high jump with a personal-best mark of 6-3, knocking off Spanish Springs’ Shane Stewart by an inch.
Kenison took home the top spot in the triple jump by nearly three feet with a mark of 43-4.25.
He placed third in the pole vault at 12-0 and was ninth in the long jump with a leap of 18-6.75 but was second among 3A competitors.
Shane Gilliland (10-6) and Ira Wadsworth (10-0) were sixth and 10th in the pole vault, with sophomore Ryder Huitt finishing eighth in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 17.57 seconds.
Jonathan Moser set a personal best in the shot put (34-7) and a season best in the discus (106-10) and Quade Altman set a personal best in the 100 meters at 12.00
On the girls side, junior Ashlyn Bottoms ended the day with a personal best in the pole vault at 8-6 and was 20th in the 300-meter hurdles (58.36) and 21st in the 100-meter hurdles (20.66).
Kepa Hilbish continued her stellar season, finishing fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 27.43. She set a personal best in the 100-meter dash at 13.32. Douglas’ Grace Strabala won the 100 meters at 12.83.
Sophomore Kiana Head placed fifth in the pole vault, clearing the bar at personal best 8-0. She earned a top-10 finish in the high jump, clearing the bar at 4-8, was 11th in the triple jump (30-8.75) and 12th in the 400 meters with a season-best time of 1:06.23.
Freshman Amya Betes made it into the top 10 in the high jump, placing ninth as she cleared the bar at 4-6. Sophomore Kylee Wilkinson finished 12th in the triple jump (29-5.25) and 13th in the high jump (4-4).
Caryn Sanchez finished 13th in the discus for the Buckaroos with a throw of 80-10, with teammate and freshman Hailee Gibson setting a personal best in the shot put (26-5) to place 18th.
Freshmen Alyla Thomas and Ava Swensen set personal bests in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters to finish 11th and 12th, respectfully in both events.
Thomas had a time of 5:55.20 in the 1,600 meters, followed by Sensen at 5:57.27 and in the 3,200 meters, Thomas stopped the watch at 13:34.65 and Swensen was at 13:36.91.
Tarina Weatherspoon placed 19th in the 100 meters at 13.92 and Mackenzie Chiaratti finished 19th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 20.34.
The 4x100 relay of Adajah Milam, Weatherspoon, Hilbish and Allia Novi placed fifth with a time of 53.56 and the 4x200 relay of Milam, Damiena Mentaberry, Kaitlin Messmer and Kalani Arriola were fifth at 1:58.60, but led the way among 3A schools.
The Lowry boys finished sixth in the team standings but were first among the small schools. The Lady Bucks finished eighth.
Lowry will split up its teams this week, sending a group to Eureka on Friday and another to Fernley on Friday.