The 2025 4A Wesco Championships took place at Arlington High School on May 14 and May 16. These championship games were drenched in victory and quite a few unfortunate events for the track team. “Wesco this year was really eventful. For sprints, it was the most competitive that it’s been in a while. There are multiple people going sub-11 in the 100m dash. I did pretty well in the 100m. I came in first place, running 10.71, which allowed me to auto-qualify for districts. I hadn’t run the 100m much all season, and this was my chance to really show up to an event that’s been calling my name. And I did just that by setting a new season record,” Mateo Ganje said.

The boys’ 4x100m did not go as planned, as they were almost disqualified from moving on to districts. “When it came to the relays, even they were competitive too. We came in second place overall in our 4x100m relay. And speaking of relays, we had an extremely close call with one of our last handoffs that almost got us disqualified. Thankfully, we just barely handed off in the exchange zone and snagged a spot to qualify for districts,” Mateo Ganje said.

Isaiah’s season was riddled with a growing hip agitation that finally poked its head out during Wesco. “Wesco for me was really troublesome since I’ve been dealing with a hip injury. It’s mainly just agitation in my hips, but it makes it really hard to run since there is a sharp pain in my hips every time I try to lift my legs,” Isaiah Owens said.

Thankfully, he persevered through all of his adverse conditions, even though he didn’t get the results he wanted, he still qualified for districts in all of his events. “Despite that, I still had to run because if I decided not to run one event, that would take me out of all my other events. I also just refuse to give up on myself like that. So, I ran the 100m, 200m, and 4 by 100m all on agitated hips. I didn’t perform how I’d wanted to, but honestly, I didn’t do too bad. In the 100, I ran 10.91 and came third, which is only .1 off of my personal record. I ran my leg fine in the 4 by 1 and handed off well. But by the 200, my hip was hurting bad, and I thought about jogging it. But I wouldn’t let myself go out like that. So, I ended up running it fully and ran 22.36, which is .02 off of my personal record. It really goes to show how much work I put in and the success of my coach’s training to be able to run so well while injured and qualify for districts in all of my events,” Isaiah Owens said.