Tularosa Track & Field: Girls Place 13th, Boys Tie for 21st at Buffalo Relays in Melrose

Melrose, NM — The Tularosa High School track and field teams competed Thursday, April 2, 2026, at the Buffalo Relays hosted by Melrose High School. The Tularosa girls finished 13th in the team standings, while the boys tied for 21st.

Despite the modest overall team placements in a competitive field, the Wildcats delivered several strong individual and relay performances, with standout efforts in the throwing events and middle-distance relays.

Girls Division Highlights (Tularosa 13th)

Alivya Young powered the throwing events for Tularosa:

• Discus — Alivya Young 1st (104-9)

• Shot Put — Alivya Young 3rd (32-1)

• 1600 Sprint Medley Relay — 5th (5:10.42)

• 4x200 Relay — 8th (2:02.73)

• 4x100 Relay — 12th (57.75)

• 400m — Veronica Blazer 14th (1:12.85)

• 800m — Desie Munn 15th (2:58.01)

• 100 Hurdles — Julianna Vasquez 11th (20.97)

• Long Jump — Julianna Vasquez 14th (13-3)

• 100m — Veronica Blazer 26th (14.89)

• 200m — Veronica Blazer 26th (31.40)

Boys Division Highlights (Tularosa T-21st)

Key contributions came from the relays and field events:

• Shot Put — Aidan Jaramillo 8th (38-2.5)

• Javelin — Brooks Montoya 13th (108-4)

• 3200m — Brennan Tso 12th (22:08.06)

• Discus — Aidan Jaramillo 17th (111-7)

• Long Jump — Chris Carper 32nd (16-1.5)

• 4x100 Relay — 14th (49.34)

• 4x200 Relay — 14th (1:47.21)

• 1600 Sprint Medley Relay — 10th (4:25.62)

• 100m — Tristan Olivas 58th (14.13)

• 200m — Zander LaPaz 41st (28.41)

• 400m — Chris Carper 45th (1:08.23)

• 800m — Solon Elksilver 38th (3:45.06)

Full results are available here: https://nm.milesplit.com/meets/730398-buffalo-relays-2026/results

Up Next

The Tularosa Wildcats will be back in action quickly, competing at the Ruidoso Invitational this coming Friday.

Congratulations to all Tularosa athletes and coaches on their efforts at the Buffalo Relays. The early-season meets continue to provide valuable experience as the team builds toward the district and state meets.

Coverage by 2nd Life Media AlamogordoTownNews.org & KALHRadio.org

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