The Roadrunners’ cross country teams were in action at the Canyon de Chelly Invitational meet held on Saturday near Chinle. Page took the boys team crown with 24 points. Navajo Pine was second with 64 and Chinle placed third with 96. Holbrook didn’t have enough runners complete the varsity meet to post a team score.
The Lady Roadrunners did have enough runners, which combined to place ninth in the 10-team field. Chinle took the Ladies team crown with 61 points. Coconino followed closely in second with 69 and Ganado was third with 82.
Freshman Abigayle Nez once again paced Holbrook’s girls team finishing 17th in the 63-runner field, with a time of 23:02.52. Kiah Demuth finished 34th; Ellie Smith, 45th; Talynn Spencer, 52nd; Dezbah Yazzie, 54th; and Jordan Platero, 55th.
For Holbrook’s boys team Diyanii Yazzie finished as the top team runner with a time of 19:26.54, which placed him 27th in the 66-runner varsity field. Hayden Mike was 50th; Damian Clark, 52nd; and Ethan Denetso, 56th.
In the Open Division races Kaleb Smith was 26th; Nicholas Begay, 38th; Kalub Trujillo, 60th; Camryn Smith, 62nd; and Shane Halwood, 67th.
Holbrook’s Ciara Spencer won the girls Open Division race with a time of 24:17.26. Leilah Tsosie was 41st.
