Pahrump Valley track closes season with strong state meet finishes
Pahrump Valley left Sparks with three podium finishes, two fifth-place relays and a season that showed the Trojans were deeper than a few standout results.
Pahrump Valley High School’s track and field team closed its season with a state-meet showing that went well beyond a few fast times. At the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Class 3A State Championships at Proctor R. Hug High School in Sparks, the Trojans put athletes into contention across relays, sprints, hurdles, distance races and the triple jump, finishing with three podium-level performances and several top-six marks that reflected how much the program had grown.
The boys 4x800 relay opened the meet with a fifth-place finish in 8:29.23, missing the podium by less than two seconds. The girls 4x800 also took fifth in 10:42.60. Those relay results mattered because they showed Pahrump Valley could stay near the front in events that depend on four athletes working in sync, not just one star carrying the load.
Ben De Santiago delivered the Trojans’ biggest individual points haul. He placed third in the boys 100 meters in 11.46, then came back to finish second in the 400 meters in 48.67. Jayden Crisler added another high-end result with a second-place finish in the boys triple jump at 44-4.75, and the boys 4x200 relay took fourth in 1:34.42. Ulisses Alvarez also lined up in the boys 110-meter hurdles and ran 19.45, adding another event to Pahrump Valley’s spread of state qualifiers.
The girls side also gave the program balance. Julianna Ondrisko placed sixth in both the 800 and 1600 meters, while Anjolina Mercado finished sixth in both the 100 and 200. With those results, Pahrump Valley had scoring threats in middle distance and sprint races as well as the relays, a sign that the team’s success was not concentrated in one area.
That depth built on momentum from the NIAA 3A Southern Region meet, which Pahrump Valley hosted May 8 and 9 at Pahrump Valley High School. With top-four regional finishers earning state berths, the Trojans advanced multiple athletes after posting personal records and podium-level regional performances from De Santiago, Crisler and the boys 4x800 relay. The program also entered 2026 with recent state experience, after sending 18 qualifiers to the 2025 state meet at Moapa Valley High School and collecting podium finishes there as well.
This season gave Pahrump Valley a clearer benchmark heading into next year: not just getting athletes to state, but placing them among Nevada’s best in more than one event group.
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