Holbrook High School hosted the Division III and Division IV sectional qualifying meets last Friday afternoon at Hidden Cove Golf Course.
Fifteen Division III teams competed for the right to advance to the state meet slated this weekend in the Valley.
Page took the top spot as a team with 50 points. Chinle was in second place with 56, followed by Tuba City with 74; Prescott, 78; Coconino, 135; Window Rock, 198; and Winslow, 209. All five teams qualified for state.
Individually, the top 25 overall runners also qualified for the state tournament. Bowen Martin of Page took first place with a time of 16:18.8. Josiah Tsosie from Chinle was second just five seconds behind the leader. Tsosie’s teammate Isaiah Honyumptewa finished third. Dorian Daw of Page and Matthew Bradley of Prescott rounded out the top five.
Holbrook’s top runner was Diyanii Yazzie, who finished in 20th position. Winslow’s Landon Hendricks was 22nd.
The remaining runners for the Roadrunner team were Damien Johnson in 41st place; Michael Begaii, 53rd; Emmanuel Yellowhair, 77th; Hayden Mike, 78th; Kyen Attakai, 88th; and Ryan Martin, 90th.
Snowflake’s team was led by Keaton Flake in 37th place with a time of 18:42.25. Scott Bloomfield was 44th; Tanner Austin, 47th; Ryan Kay, 52nd; Kaden Clark, 54th; Britton Ballard, 65th; and Russell Baker, 67th. Ninety-one runners completed the 3.1-mile race.
In the Division III girls’ race, Ganado took the top spot with 61 points. Window Rock followed with 85. Chinle and Coconino tied for third with 92 each. Prescott wrapped up the top five with 110 points. Snowflake finished in eighth position with 289, while Holbrook wound up 12th with 316 points.
Janaya McIntosh of Ganado won the event with a time of 1:52.22, seven seconds ahead of Window Rock’s Taylor Murphy. Makenna Bray of Prescott placed third. Jayla McIntosh of Ganado was fourth and Alisia Honyumptewa of Chinle placed fifth.
Holbrook’s top runner was Ciara Spencer, who placed 44th with a time of 22:37.12. Kiah Demuth was close behind in 46th position. Ellie Smith placed 66th; Anna Smith, 76th; Jordan Platero, 89th; Rebecca Smith, 90th; and Faith Tsosie, 94th.
Snowflake’s Mignon Ritz finished 28th in the 99-runner field with a time of 21:54.79. Hope Bateman was 50th; Ciara Despain, 69th; Anna Greenwood, 70th; Rebekah Gresko, 77th; Faith Rogers, 85th; and Julia Rogers, 86th.
In the Division IV races, Hopi claimed first place on the boys’ side with 51 points. Northland Prep was second with 57, followed by Alchesay with 79; Many Farms, 99; and Joseph City, 182. On the girls’ side, Northland Prep won with 36 points, followed by St. Michael with 60; Hopi, 72; Alchesay, 95; and Valley Sanders, 108.
Joseph City’s Talon Smith won the boys’ race with a time of 16:30.52. Jacob Bushman was 23rd in the 94-runner field; Kovascics Kinlicheenie, 49th; Kaden Moss, 55th; Seth Hutchens, 67th; and Rex Ballew, 92nd.
Maya Smith of Northland Prep took the girls’ individual title with a time of 18:11.19.
Joseph City’s top runner was Kaylie Gardner, who placed 34th with a time of 23:47.6. Katrina Heaton finished 41st and Kayla Parra was 49th in the 63-runner field.
