Pahrump Valley track and field defends Small Schools title at Boulder City Invitational

Pahrump Valley kept its Small Schools grip on the Boulder City Invitational by doing more than stacking a few wins. The Trojans left Boulder City High School on Friday, May 1, with both team titles, 163 boys points and 185 girls points, a margin that showed how far the program’s depth carried it across a field of 13 boys teams and 13 girls teams.

The early signal came in the 4x800 relays. Jace Wulfenstein, Logan Tilley, Daniel Thompson and Joaquin Flores won the boys race in 8:51.74, and Ava Bowers, Rosie Miller, Alexis Clouser and Addi Nelsen followed with a first-place girls finish in 10:48.97. Flores added another strong marker in the 1600 meters, where he ran 4:34.30. Those kinds of doubled-up efforts are what separate a title contender from a one-race team.

The Trojans also spread the load through the hurdles and sprints. Ulisses Alvarez led the boys 110-meter hurdles, Diona Nixon won the girls 100-meter hurdles, and Ben De Santiago finished third in the boys 100-meter dash. Manny Dupart and Ella Odegard added personal bests, evidence that the meet was not just about placing high but about athletes improving in ways that still matter when the postseason arrives.

Jayden Crisler was the clearest individual headliner. He earned the Men’s Top Performer Award and carried a season profile that already stretches across the 300-meter hurdles, pole vault, long jump and triple jump. His listed 2026 bests include 12.45 in the 100, 23.20 in the 200, 56.60 in the 400, 41.99 in the 300 hurdles, 11 feet 6 inches in pole vault, 20 feet 4 inches in long jump and 44 feet 6.5 inches in triple jump. Crisler, who started track as a freshman after not competing in middle school, has already signed to continue at Indiana Tech, a rise that underscores how quickly Pahrump Valley has developed athletes into college-level prospects.

Jules Ondrisko was named the Women’s Top Performer, another sign that the Trojans were getting top-end production on both sides. More important for Nye County was the pattern underneath it all. Pahrump Valley won the same Boulder City Small School Invite in 2025, and at the 2026 state meet the boys 4x800 relay took fourth in 8:14.10 while Crisler placed second in the boys triple jump at 43 feet, 6.25 inches. That is the profile of a program that keeps showing up in the same place at the top, and in Pahrump Valley’s case, it now looks less like a surge than a standard.