Big-school state track records fall on busy Day 1
One of the things that is sometimes easily overlooked about the state track and field meet is that state records don’t necessarily have to be set in a final. Nobody had to tell Sandia High School sprinter Chigekwu Nwagbo. There wasn’t much fanfare, but the Matadors’ senior broke the New Mexico state record in the sport’s highest profile event, the 100-meter dash, finishing in 10.
47 seconds during his heat Friday morning at the Class 5A meet at the University of New Mexico Track and Field Complex. “Pretty amazing,” he said. Two of the metro area’s all-time famous prep athletes, Highland’s Bobby Newcombe (1997) and Manzano’s Jordan Byrd (2018) had co-shared the overall record, at 10.
50 seconds. Nwagbo ran 10. 49 at the elite Richard Harper meet at Albuquerque Academy last month, and Friday’s running conditions — hot and still — were ideal for him to go even lower.
And Nwagbo will have another chance to break the record in the final on Saturday. “It feels good, just need to do it again (Saturday) so I get that gold medal,” Nwagbo said. His was not the only 100-meter record-breaking run on Friday.
Albuquerque Academy junior Grace Erinle broke the 4A girls’ 100-meter state record. Her time of 11. 93 seconds in prelims bettered the mark of 11.
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