De Santiago sets three Pahrump Valley High School records
Ben De Santiago put his name on the Pahrump Valley High School record board three times, a rare haul that rewrote the Trojans’ sprint legacy.
One Trojan changed the Pahrump Valley High School record board three times, and that kind of footprint is unusual anywhere in Nye County athletics. Ben De Santiago, a Class of 2026 senior, now has his name listed on the PVHS track and field board in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters, a sign that his final high school season reshaped more than one corner of the program.
The numbers show how the rise built over time. De Santiago ran 23.66 in the 200 meters and 51.28 in the 400 meters at the Dave Butler Memorial Invitational on March 13, 2025, then followed with 2026 outdoor bests of 11.30 in the 100, 22.21 in the 200 and 48.67 in the 400, according to Athletic.net. He also logged relay work in the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 and 4x800, a wider range than most sprinters ever touch.
That breadth matters for Pahrump Valley High School because school records are part of a program’s memory. A single athlete usually claims one mark, maybe two if the season breaks right. De Santiago’s three-record showing suggests a senior who was not just fast, but durable and adaptable enough to score in multiple places for the Trojans.
The record-setting season also fit into the school’s spring calendar. De Santiago was among the seniors honored before the Trojans’ third home meet of the season on April 16, 2026, a recognition that came in the middle of a year when the school’s track program, led by coach Dan Nagle and athletic administrator Kristin Baker, was already seeing its record board rewritten.
For PVHS, the immediate question is no longer whether De Santiago belonged in the conversation. It is how far those marks carry next, whether in the postseason after the regular season or in whatever college track path follows a senior year that left three permanent entries on the board. That is the kind of season that changes how a program measures its next class of sprinters.
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