Snowflake’s cross country teams represented the school well at the Division III State Championship meet held in Cave Creek on Saturday. The boys team finished 10th in the 32-team field with a total of 346 points. The Lady Lobo team placed 11th in a field of 27 teams with a team score of 341 points.
Individually Kaden Clark paced the Lobo boys team finishing in 37th position with a time of 17:54. Keaton Flake was 62nd in 18:18; Scott Bloomfield, 81st in 18:40; Heber Espinosa, 103rd in 18:57; Russell Baker, 111th in 19:02; Ryan Kay, 114th in 19:06; and Noah Fish finished 129th with a time of 19:23. Two Hundred thirty-six runners competed in the race.
Page’s Bowen Martin took the top honor with a time of 16:02. His team mates Morgan Fowler and Trent Holiday finished second and third. The Sand Devils easily claimed the overall team crown with an impressive 35-point total. Prescott was a distant second with 114, and Salpointe Catholic was third with 152.
Mignon Ritz led the Lady Lobo unit with a 23rd overall place finish. She crossed the line with a time of 21:00. Alyssa Hall was 59th in 22:20; Hallie Nichols, 85th in 22:45; Maggie Shumway, 102nd in 23:12; Caitlyn King, 105th in 23:14; Hope Bateman, 125th in 23:45; and Rachel Pitts finished in 141st position with a time of 24:23.
Two hundred-three runners completed the race, which was won by Rio Rico’s Samantha Schadler with a time of 18:01. Alisia Honyumptewa from Chinle was second and Zoey Delgado of Salpointe Catholic placed third.
Salpointe Catholic took the Division III team crown with 66 points. Prescott was second with 129, and Ganado placed third with 145.
