Both the boys and girls Lobo cross country teams will be headed to the Division III state meet this Saturday held at Cave Creek Golf Course. The girls team qualified by finishing third at the North Sectional meet held at Hidden Cove on Friday afternoon. Snowflake’s 71 team points was just four behind second place Ganado. Chinle cruised to the sectional title with only 48 points.
Individually Addison Craner paced the girls team finishing third overall in the 83-runner field with a time of 20:28. Evalyn Perez was sixth in 20:55; Alesyia Barlow, ninth in 21:06; Ryleigh Smith, 13th in 21:48; Anna Lancaster, 42nd in 23:44; Abigail Williams, 47th in 24:07; and Kaja Brimhall finished in 51st position with a time of 24:12.
Jade Reid from Page crossed the line in 19:41 to win the individual honor.
Snowflake’s boys team also finished third with 102 total team points. Page won the team title with 45 team points. Holbrook finished second with 83, and the Lobos had 102. Ganado was fourth, Prescott fifth, and Chinle also qualified for state with a sixth place finish.
Trey Flake led the team with an overall eighth place finish, crossing the line in 17:12. Trevin Flake was 19th in 17:48; Andrew Kupfer, 24th in 18:08; Conner Willis, 27th in 18:21; Tate Lunt, 29th in 18:27; Drason Farnsworth, 34th in 18:44; and Logan Taylor was 58th with a time of 19:55.
