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Holbrook High School’s boys and girls cross country teams are coached by Lelia Demuth this season and through their first two meets of the year, they have performed well. Artie Yazzie is assisting Demuth with the team.
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Competing in the Peaks Invitational meet held in Flagstaff on Saturday the Roadrunners were paced by sophomore Abigayle Nez who finished fourth overall in the Ascent (Varsity) division. As a team Holbrook finished in sixth place with 156 team points. Coconino won the girls team title with 41 points followed by Page with 48, Glendale Prep with 125, Ironwood with 132 and Many Farms in fifth with 149. Ten teams competed in the race.
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Nez’s time of 22:18 was less than a minute behind the winning time of Andrea Suciu from Greenway. Sara Billy was 38th; Ellie Smith, 53rd; Talynn Spencer, 64th; Dezbah Yazzie, 72nd; and Shandelaria Footracer finished 85th in the 90 runner field.
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In the open division race Jade Sulu was 78th and Zandrian Lutse placed 86th for Holbrook.
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In the boys’ division, Holbrook finished in 14th position in the 21-team field. Basis School from Flagstaff won the team crown with 129 points. Winslow was second, Greenway third, Monument Valley fourth and Dysart placed fifth.
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Damian Clark paced the Holbrook unit finishing in 21st place with a time of 19:56. Namath Gene was 27th; Kaleb Smith, 73rd; Zeke Begaii, 87th; Loren David, 90th; Myles Williams, 98th; and Van Dewey finished 108th. A total of 145 runners finished the event.
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In the boys’ open event, Brandon Tapaha placed 139th; Jeff Goldtooth, 203rd; and Reid Nez was 341st. There were 393 runners that competed in the open division race.
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Competing in their initial meet of the season at the Hopi Invitational held on Sept. 3, Holbrook placed 10th in the girls division and 12th in the boys division. Ganado won the girls team crown, followed by Tuba City in second and Coconino was third. For the boys, Page took the team crown, followed by Zuni and Hopi.
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Holbrook’s top female runner was again Abigayle Nez who finished 11th with a time of 23:40. Ellie Smith was 53rd; Janae Todacheenie, 65th; Sara Billy, 75th; Talynn Spencer, 94th; Zandrian Lutse, 95th; Dezbah Yazzie, 98th; Shandelaria Footracer, 131st; Jade Sulu, 139th; and Samathay Billie was 140th. There were 180 runners competing in the race.
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Holbrook’s boys were paced by Namath Gene who finished 35th with a time of 20:14; Jonathan Black was 52nd; Damien Clark, 53rd; Loren David, 82nd; Kaleb Smith, 113th; Myles Williams, 120th; Kalub Trujillo, 145th; Zeke Begaii, 146th; Jeff Goldtooth, 155th; Cordell Begay, 162nd; Eliase Rockwell, 168th; and Reid Nez was 172nd.
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