Competing at the large Peaks Invitational meet held in Flagstaff last weekend, Holbrook was paced by Melcomh Chee, who finished in fourth place overall in the Ascent Division of the meet. Running against 96 other runners, Chee’s time over the tough 3.1-mile course was 18:26. Holbrook’s team of seven runners placed sixth overall in the 15-team field. Prescott took first, followed by Dobson, then Kingman.
Holbrook’s team consisted of Gregory Begay, who placed 22nd in 19:19; Mark Clark, 33rd in 19:53; Caleb McClellan, 37th in 20:04; Theriot Yazzie, 38th in 20:06; Tristan Zahne, 40th in 20:10; and Miles Begay, 66th in 21:44.
Kyle Chee paced the Roadrunners in the boys’ junior varsity race finishing in 26th place with a time of 20:39. Marcos Clark was 47th; Jimrail Manygoats, 68th; Dylan Hill, 133rd; Michael Haungooah, 154th; Logan Tsinijinnie, 161st; and Brody Yazzie, 246th. Holbrook’s junior team placed 13th in a field of 19 teams. The race drew 260 runners.
Holbrook had just two girls compete in the varsity race, where Col’Bi Nez finished in sixth place overall out of 98 runners with a time of 22:37. Jimenesha Manygoats finished in 54th place with a time of 26:10.
In the junior varsity race, Holbrook’s Miya Tom placed 19th and Charmayne Yazzie was 109th in the 164-runner field.
The Holbrook teams will compete at the Chinle Invitational meet on Saturday, then have a week off to train for a return trip to Flagstaff to run in the Four Corners Invitational.
