Arizona Milesplit Photo.
Over the last 3 weeks of the state qualifying season teams pull out all the stops and athletes define their standing in the overall top 24. At the Mario Castro Invitational on Friday, twenty-nine teams from Southern Arizona got together a put up marks that cannot be ignored.
The most outstanding race of the day went to the well-known and often mentioned Carlos Villarreal of Rio Rico. On his soon-to-be home track at Drachman Stadium, Carlos lifted and pumped his way to a national US #1 time of 4:09.06. It is not out of the question to watch if Carlos makes a bid for the Arizona state 1600m record come May 8th. His other race of the day shows his commitment to bettering his team by anchoring the 4x400m relay to a meet win and a Division 3 #2 time of 3:29.23. Carlos was not the only Rio Rico Hawk committed to flexing the strength of their program on Friday as Allie Schadler opted not to run any open events, yet help both the 4x400 and 4x800 get their season ...
