By Greg Perkins Hosting their own invitational meet on Friday afternoon at Hidden Cove Golf Course, Holbrook’s cross country teams finished 12th in the boys team points, and sixth in the girls team point totals. Flagstaff won the boys team crown with an impressive 25 points. Northland Prep was second with 49, followed by Winslow with 108. Holbrook scored 331 to place 12th. On the Ladies side of the ledger, Coconino took the team crown with 44 points. Flagstaff followed with 68, and Snowflake was third with 79. Holbrook finished sixth with 160 and Winslow was seventh with 179. The boys varsity race was won by Chinle’s Isaiah Honyumptewa with a time of 16:44. Micah Stanton from Northland Prep was six seconds behind in second place. Flagstaff then took places three through seven. Winslow’s Nolan Begay placed eighth. Holbrook’s top runner was Hayden Mike who finished in 48th position with a time of 18:54. Diyanii Yazzie was two seconds behind in 49th position. Jonathan Black finished 59th; Damian Clark, 88th; Kaleb Smith, 89th; and Nicholas Begay placed 91st in the 102-runner field. Flagstaff’s Hana Hall won the girls individual title with a time of 18:25. She was well ahead of second place Alisia Honyumptewa from Chinle. Precious Robinson from Pinon was third, Woodlyn Smith from Coconino was fourth, and Mignon Ritz from Snowflake finished fifth. Holbrook’s top runner was Kiah Demuth who placed 15th with a time of 22:19. Abigayle Nez was 25th; Ciara Spencer, 37th; Cierra Long, 45th; Ellie Smith, 48th; Talynn Spencer, 62nd; and Jordan Platero finished 71st in the 74-runner event. Holbrook’s teams will now be off for nearly two weeks as they prepare for the AIA sectional meet, which will also be held at Hidden Cove in Holbrook on Nov. 2.
