Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission | Seite 14

Photo courtesy of Milton Lau Photography
Photo courtesy of Milton Lau Photography
CHASE NAILS TWO NICE PB’S
AND MOVES TO #8 ALL TIME
Photo courtesy of Milton Lau Photography
Parmoon Moves Up to
#5 All-Time
Last year at the MLK Invitational
junior Ben Parmoon (St. Pius,
ABQ, NM) ran the 600 meters
for the first time, and clocked
a 1:23.30. By the end of the
season, he had gotten that time
down to 1:20.68 which had him
ranked #7 all-time. Coming into
the 2019 season with one more
year of strength development, and
aerobic power he looked for much
more. Going out in 24.6 for the
first 200 meters, he maintained
that cadence racing to a 24.6 sec-
ond lap, coming through the 400
meters in 51.0. To put that into
perspective, as a redshirt froshie
in 2017 Ben had a best of 51.03
for the outdoor 400! Going into
the third and final lap Ben began
to make up ground on the athletes
in the event, and coming around
the final bend he closed well, and
as the picture to the left shows,
he made a run at the leader, just
coming up slightly off. Still, his
1:20.10 time is a new PB, and
moves him into the fifth fastest
600 meter man in Lobo history.
Also grabbing a PR was junior
Bryan Cutler (LaCueva, ABQ,
NM) who clocked 1:24.51.
Senior/Junior Ryan Chase (Capi-
tal, Olympia, WA) pictured to the
left began his MLK weekend by
competing in the Long Jump. RC
who came into the meet with an
indoor all-time best of 23’ 10 3/4”
which he got almost exactly two
years ago nearly took that down
on his first attempt as he scaled
23’ 10 1/4”. On his second jump he hit 23’ 9 1/2” and then on
his third and final leap he sailed way out to a new PB of 24’
3 1/2” winning the competition. That leap comes within 1/4”
of taking over the Mountain West Conference seasonal lead.
He also gets on the NCAA ranking at #34. Then on Satur-
day in the 60 Hurdles Ryan, who came into the season with
a best of 8.60, equalled that in the prelim, and then roared
to a new PB of 8.52, which also just happens to move him
to #8 all-time. The picture on the next page shows Ryan
on the far outside lane. Backing up Ryan in the Long Jump
with his second place effort was junior Tanner Battikha
(San Diego, CA). Tanner pictured below has an indoor PB of
23’ 11 3/4” and came tantalizing close with his best of 23’
10 3/4” which moves him into #3 in the MWC rankings.
Photo courtesy of UNM Media Relations