Guymon competes in deep regional field at Hugoton track meet
Guymon’s boys and girls tested themselves against a packed Kansas-Oklahoma field in Hugoton, with top marks from Adrian Herrera, Mauricio Ortiz and Guymon’s high jumpers.
Guymon’s track teams left Hugoton with a clear read on where they stand in the Panhandle race, as the 2026 Hugoton HS Invitational brought together a deep field from southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle on Friday, May 1. In a meet that drew Liberal, Ulysses, Holcomb, Stanton County, Lakin, Syracuse, Southwestern Heights and Guymon, the Wildcats found themselves measured against one of the region’s strongest late-season lineups.
Guymon’s girls finished ninth with 32 team points, while the boys scored 8 points in a meet won by Holcomb on the boys side and Liberal on the girls side. With OSSAA regional weekend set for May 2, the Hugoton meet doubled as one of the final pressure tests for Oklahoma athletes before the postseason begins to sharpen into view.
Several Guymon boys delivered marks that matter heading into that stretch. Adrian Herrera ran 12.30 in the 100 meters, Mauricio Ortiz followed at 12.47, and Luke Tracy crossed in 12.67 in the same sprint race. In the high jump, Alamayu Lire and Damian Ozaeta both cleared 5-10, giving Guymon two athletes with marks that stand out in a crowded regional field and signal postseason potential if they hold steady.
The meet also showed the kind of depth Guymon needs to stay competitive across a longer spring schedule. The girls’ 32 points came in a field large enough to separate teams quickly, and that total kept Guymon in the mix with established programs from across the border. Guymon Public Schools had already listed the boys-girls track meet against Hugoton on its May 1 calendar, underscoring how central the trip was to the season’s final push.
For Texas County families, the significance went beyond a single afternoon in Hugoton. A meet like this gives Guymon coaches a hard postseason benchmark against schools they will not see again until later stages, if at all. It also showed which names are carrying the load when the competition gets heavier: Herrera in the sprints, Ortiz and Tracy right behind him, and Lire and Ozaeta in the high jump, all against a field that was deep enough to make every point count.
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