Holbrook’s cross country teams opened their season this past week, competing in two meets. Wednesday, they ran in the Rick Baker Invite hosted by Hopi, then Saturday the runners were in Flagstaff competing in the Peaks Invitational.
Holbrook joined 17 other teams in Hopi for the initial meet of the season. This is the first year in quite a while that Holbrook has enough female runners to qualify for a girls’ team score. The ladies finished eighth out of 12 scoring teams with 216 points. Coconino won the meet with 28, followed by Hopi with 63 and Ganado with 102.
Individually, Holbrook was paced by Ariel Begay’s 12th place overall finish, with a time of 25:46.19. Hannah Nez was 35th; Kylie Dashee, 54th; Mollie Larson, 75th; and Haylee Kabinto finished 125th. One hundred thirty-eight runners completed the varsity event. Coconino’s Laney Scott won the event with a time of 23:01.46.
Holbrook’s boys’ team placed sixth in the 14-team field with 172 team points. Hopi won their own event with 33 points, followed by Tuba City with 93, Ganado with 94, Coconino with 110, and Alchesay was fifth with 113.
Holbrook’s team was paced by Tyler Begay’s 19th-place finish, with a time of 19:41.22. Anthony Moyte placed 32nd; Ethan Nez, 48th; Daman Nez, 54th; Brayden Smith, 65th; Gerad Belin, 69th; Dylan Smith, 79th; Dillon Dougi, 106th; Carter Chiquito, 124th; Trace Attakai, 130th; and Devin Goldtooth was 146th in the 180-runner field.
Jaiden Tsedah from Page won the event with a time of 14:42.48.
Saturday, both Holbrook teams were at Buffalo Park in Flagstaff competing in the large Peaks Invitational. Sixty-one schools competed across 12 different events throughout the morning and early afternoon.
Holbrook’s boys’ team ran in the Ascent Varsity 1 race, where Tyler Begay again paced the team, finishing 21st with a time of 20:04.2. Anthony Moyte was 22nd; Daman Nez, 41st; Ethan Nez, 42nd; Gerald Belin, 60th; and Brayden Smith placed 62nd in the 83-runner field.
In the women’s Ascent varsity race, Hannah Nez placed 30th with a time of 26:07.9. Kylie Dashee finished 69th. Ninety-eight runners finished the race.
This week the teams will compete on Saturday at the Canyon De Chelly Invitational hosted by Chinle High School.
