Jacob Anson qualified for the Division III State Cross Country meet with his 25th-place performance at the AIA sectional race held in Page on Wednesday last week. The senior Lobo is the only Snowflake runner to advance to this weekend’s state race.
Jacob finished the sectional race with a time of 18:21.18. Teammate Cody Potter placed 35th with a personal best time of 18:48.51. Talmage Flake was 43rd; Carter Fish, 44th; John Young, 59th; Brayden Bentley, 62nd; and Jamon Hatch finished 63rd.
As a team, the Lobos finished ninth out of the 12 full teams in the field with 203 points. Page took the top spot with 50, followed by Chinle, Tuba City, Winslow and Ganado as the teams that advanced to the state meet.
The Lady Lobos failed to have any individual runners qualify for the state meet. Brielle Reidhead paced the team with a 52nd-place finish, crossing the line in 26:08.76. Elena Di Tullio was 62nd; Taryn Tso, 73rd; Bekah Frost, 74th; and Jobie Benally placed 75th.
Chinle took the top team spot with 59 points. Ganado was a close second with 62, and Alchesay was near the top with 66 points. Window Rock had 87, and Winslow rounded out the top five with 140.
