2009 Navajo Times Track and Field All-Area All-Stars
State champions top 2009 All-Area All-Star selections
By Manuel Jesus
Special to the Times
WINDOW ROCK, June 11, 2009
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(Times photos - Paul Natonabah)
TOP: Tuba City's Ryan Yazzie edges Snowflake's Brian Duncan at the finish line in the 3,200-meter run May 1 at the Winslow Invitational. Yazzie later won state championships in the 3,200-, 1,600- and 800-meter runs and as a member of the Warriors' 4x800 relay team to earn the Navajo Times' male track athlete of the year honor.
BOTTOM: Gallup's Jordan Brown finishes as the state champion in the Class 5A 3,200-meter run May 21 in Albuquerque. Brown is the Navajo Times' female track athlete of the year.
Four student-athletes with state titles are among the top selections for the 2009 Navajo Times All-Area All-Star Track and Field team.
The All-Area All-Star athletes of the year include Ryan Yazzie of Tuba City, Tevin Renfro of Winslow, Jordan Brown of Gallup and Melanie Keslop of Kirtland Central.
Selected as coaches of the year are Sal Hernandez of Winslow and LeLand Adair of Kirtland Central.
Yazzie, a junior, won four Arizona 3A state titles in the 3,200-meter run, the 1,600, 800 and as a member of the Warriors' 4x800 relay team. For these honors, he is the male track athlete of the year.
Renfro, a junior, won two Arizona 3A state titles in the high jump and the triple jump and placed fourth in the long jump. For these honors, he is named the athlete of the year in field events.
Winslow coach Hernandez and the Bulldogs' track and field team placed third at the Arizona 3A state meet. But the state title was not decided until the final day when Blue Ridge edged out runner-up Snowflake and Winslow. Hernandez is the boys' coach of the year.
Brown, a senior, is the female track athlete of the year. She finished her high school career with her first Class 5A state title in the 3,200-meter run. She also placed fifth in the 800-meter run.
Heslop, a junior, is the female athlete of the year in field events. She won the Class 4A state title in the shot put and placed third in the discus.
KC's Adair coached the Lady Broncos to a fourth place team finish at the state meet, earning him girls' coach of the year honors.
Navajo Times All-Area All-Stars
Boys Track and Field Athletes of the Year
- Track: Ryan Yazzie, 11, Tuba City
- Field events: Tevin Renfro, 11, Winslow
Boys Track and Field Coach of the Year
- Sal Hernandez, Winslow
Track and Field All-Area All-Stars
- Billy Orman, 10, Tuba City
- Herschel Lester, 11, Tuba City
- Matthew Murray, 9, Tuba City
- Stacey Berg, 12, Winslow
- Mathew Smith, 12, Winslow
- Johnny Montoya, 12, Winslow
- Thomas Martinez, 12, Navajo Pine
- Samuelson Sandoval, 10, Navajo Pine
- Kevin Hardy, 8, Navajo Pine
- Deon Leonard, 11, Many Farms
- Rydell Tom Chee, 12, Newcomb
- Russell Kamps, 12, Rehoboth
- Isaiah Baca, 12, Rehoboth
- Brett Cherney, 12, Rehoboth
- Daniel Jaquez, 11, Rehoboth
- Matthew Woody, 12, Ramah
- Chris Chischilly, 12, Page
- Justin Secakuku, 10, Hopi
- Ronald Laban, 11, Hopi
- Thomas Zunie, 12, Zuni
- Matthew Williams, 11, Window Rock
- Dustin Walthal, 12, Thoreau
- Kenny Whitehair, 12, Whitehorse (Utah)
- Michael Williams, 12, Monument Valley (Kayenta)
- Lane Cowboy, 12, Monument Valley (Kayenta)
- Nathan Begay, 10, Rock Point
- Evan Bekes, 10, Bloomfield
- Austin Johnson, 9, Bloomfield
- Stetson Slivers, 12, Ganado
- Andre Sample, 12, Ganado
- Tyrel Long, 12, Kirtland Central
- Wesley Whipple, 12, Kirtland Central
- Ryder Hathaway, 10, Kirtland Central
- Jake Espinosa, 11, Aztec
- Trevor Hammargren, 12, Aztec
- Eli Finch, 12, Piedra Vista
- Aaron Burbank, 10, Chinle
- Rex Self, 12, Holbrook
- Olin Jones, 12, Holbrook
- Nic Creighton, 12, Payson
- Cody York, 12, Payson
- Cody Wells, 12, Snowflake
- Justin Butler, 12, Show Low
- Cody Bell, 11, Show Low
- Matt Boyd, 12, Blue Ridge
- Jonathan Fields, 11, Gallup
- Lawrence Bailey, 11, Gallup
- Chandler James, 12, Gallup
Girls Track and Field Athletes of the Year
- Track: Jordan Brown, 12, Gallup
- Field events: Melanie Heslop, 11, Kirtland Central
Girls Track and Field Coach of the Year
- LeLand Adair, Kirtland Central
Track and Field All-Area All-Stars
- Tiara Starkovich, 10, Gallup
- Farah Hood, 10, Gallup
- Kourtni Ashcroft, 10, Kirtland Central
- Amanda Kerr, 11, Kirtland Central
- Taylor Duncan, 10, Kirtland Central
- Rolando Jumbo, 9, Chinle
- Marie Lupe, 11, Alchesay
- Chelsea John, 11, Holbrook
- Chantel Hunt, 11, Navajo Pine
- Tamara Hardy, 12, Navajo Pine
- Lindsey Brown, 10, Navajo Pine
- Shelby Lee, 8, Navajo Pine
- Allison Bedonie, 12, Eldorado
- Nicole Crisp, 12, Navajo Preparatory
- Monique Ironshell, 12, Navajo Preparatory
- Rachelle Panteah, 12, Zuni
- Kiraly Kinlecheenie, 12, Winslow
- Melody Gonzalez, 11, Winslow
- Crissandria Jackson, 12, Winslow
- Nicole Williams, 9, Monument Valley (Kayenta)
- Kierston Miller, 12, Monument Valley (Kayenta)
- Erin Churchill, 12, Monument Valley (Kayenta)
- Candice Hubbell, 11, Ganado
- Noemy Sandoval, 11, Gallup Catholic
- Rebecca Ellefson, 11, Gallup Catholic
- Summer Jake, 10, St. Michael
- Tara Postma, 12, Rehoboth
- Brooke Hamilton, 9, Rehoboth
- Jennifer Schell, 10, Rehoboth
- Angelena Small, 11, Rock Point
- Shelby Capitan, 12, Tohatchi
- Maddie Nosek, 11, Payson
- Jenna Robertson, 12, Payson
- Kayla Morgan, 12, Payson
- Jessica Ryberg, 12, Blue Ridge
- Emerald Raney, 12, Blue Ridge
- Rebecca Brewer, 11, Show Low
