Competing at the 37th annual Ray Wherely Invitational last Saturday in Prescott, the Holbrook boys’ cross country team placed 17th out of 21 teams competing in the varsity race. Page placed first, followed by Brophy Prep in second and Red Mountain in third.

Mesquite’s Tyler Day was the top individual finisher with an impressive time of 14:57.

Holbrook’s top runner was Marco Clark, who finished 14th with a time of 16:21. Marcel Young was 31st in 17:02; Ryan Keyonnie, 92nd in 18:20; Ryan Martin, 124th in 19:08; Ryan Bia, 133rd in 19:22; Weston Williams, 151st in 20:43; and Kody Joe, 152nd in 20:50. One hundred sixty-one runners competed in the varsity race.

In the boys’ open, or junior varsity, division race, Elliot Pete finished ninth overall with a time of 18:45. Jayden Johns was 69th, followed by Kyle Baldwin in 79th place; Derrick Joe, 90th; Chance Yazzie, 113th; and Kobe Black, 114th. There were 120 runners in the lower level race.

The Lady Roadrunners didn’t compete in the varsity race, but did have five runners in the open division. Miya Tom finished third with a time of 21:07, followed by Dakota Dick in fifth place in 21:58; Morgan Zahne, 17th in 24:29; Saun Rae Nez, 39th in 26:29; and Latanya Lano, 49th in 27:42. Seventy-eight runners were in the open division contest.