It was rough going for the Snowflake boys when they hosted their invitational cross country meet last Saturday, as they placed seventh in the seven-team varsity field with 162 team points. Many Farms took the team crown with just 34 points. Blue Ridge placed second with 58, followed by Alchesay with 69, Agua Fria, 117, and Valley Sanders and Show Low, 126 each. Zhariff Lee of Many Farms took the individual crown with a time of 17:05.
Snowflake’s top runner was John Lunt, who placed 11th in the 52-runner field with a time of 18:32, followed by Tim Rose, 38th in 21:04; McKay Flake, 40th in 21:08; Manasseh Flake, 41st in 21:11; Kadyn Davis, 45th in 22:10; Reese Harris, 48th in 22:47; and Hunter Damms, 50th in 22:57.
In the junior varsity race, which drew 30 runners, Abe Flake placed 21st, Brendan Isaacs was 26th and Kyle Tucker was 27th.
Six varsity teams and 41 runners competed in the girls’ varsity race, which was won by Dannelle Crandell of Show Low with a time of 21:24. Many Farms took the team crown with 54 points, followed by Agua Fria with 66, Show Low, 67, Valley Sanders, 79, Alchesay, 80, and Blue Ridge, 140.
Snowflake had just three girls compete in the race, thus not qualifying for a team score. Talia Shumway finished 21st with a time of 24:16, Christine Kjaer was 25th in 24:33 and Meeka Bateman placed 41st with a time of 31:32.
