The Lady Lobo’s team placed first, easily outdistancing second place Alchesay. Snowflake scored just 28 team points with Alchesay following with a distant 75 in second. Valley had 77; Winslow, 78; and Mingus Union finished with 98.
For the ladies team, Mignon Ritz won the race with a time of 20:23.69, Hallie Nichols was third; Maggie Shumway, fifth; Alyssa Hall, 10th; Caitlyn King, 15th; Rachel Pitts, 16th; and Hope Bateman was 17th.
Snowflake boys team finished second in the Dave Conatser Invitational meet held at McHood Park near Winslow on Friday afternoon. Winslow won the boys team crown with 52 points.
Snowflake was close behind in second with 60; Alchesay had 63; Show Low, 89; Mingus Union, 112; and Valley placed sixth with 126.
On the boys side, Kaden Clark paced Snowflake finishing in fifth place with a time of 17:35.94. Keaton Flake was ninth; Ryan Kay, 10th; Heber Espinosa, 23rd; Noah Fish, 24th; Scott Bloomfield, 25th; and Daniel Peterson was 29th.
Both Lobo squads will be in Holbrook this Friday to compete in the Holbrook Invitational Meet, which is the final meet prior to the sectional events.
