The Cross-Country high school teams traveled to Stillwater for the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree on September 18. Head Coach Cale Eidson said the Jamboree did not have many small teams.
“It was mostly larger schools at the Jamboree, with us being one of the smaller teams on the field,” Eidson said.
There was close to forty teams in each race, both boys and girls. The high school girls took twenty second overall with the teams’ top runner, senior Isabel Sanchez taking forty sixth (22:19.70). Other runners included: freshman Yvette Ariciaga (24:43.70); sophomore Korlee Cunningham-Martin (25:42.40); senior Joslyn Stumblingbear (25:50.20); senior Carol Moreno (25:50.80); sophomore Esperanza Hernandez (26:17.20); senior Nathali Ibarra (26:39.40); freshman Kaia Henry (26:48.10); junior Mercedes Stumblingbear (27:18.70); senior Jaslyn Grimaldo (27:58.60); freshman Codie Shaw (29:02.60); Junior Camila Hernandez (29:09.00). The boys’ race was just as difficult as the girls, with senior Anthony Sanchez taking eighty eighth place (18:52.50). The remaining times were: sophomore Armando Gonzalez (21:04.60); Sophomore Jared Gallegos (22:08.60); Freshman Jayden McCain (22:09.80); freshman James Valadez (22:11.40); sophomore Benjamin Hernandez (22:41.40); junior Saulo Castro (23:08.40); a nd junior Cesar Moreno (25:03.80).
“Competition was very tough,” said Eidson. “The course was the site of 2021 D1 NCAA Cross Country Championships in March.”
The high school traveled to Edmond for Pre-State at Edmond Santa Fe High School on September 25. Eidson said this run was a good precursor to an upcoming competition.
“This gives our runners a chance to prepare for our state meet,” said Eidson. “We had tough competition.”
The girls team took sixth overall with Isabel Sanchez winning third place (12:37.90). The rest of the roster’s teams are as follows: freshman Yvette Ariciaga (14:03.76); Joslyn Stumblingbear (14:35.34); Mercedes Stumblingbear (14:46.32); Korlee Cunningham-Martin (14:53.63); Kaia Henry (15:08.50); Nathali Ibarra (15:19.98); Esperanza Hernandez (15:28.78); Kaytleigh Davis (15:37.20); Camila Hernandez (15:59.98); Jaslyn Grimaldo (16:24.86); Yailin Serrano (18:27.41); and Tarah Wiese (19:35.95).
The boys team took nineteenth overall. Their times were: Anthony Sanchez (18:14.95); Jayden McCain (20:33.48); James Valadez (20:45.87); Armando Gonzalez (21:05.11); Benjamin Hernandez (21:24.47); Kye Salazar (22:08.73); Saulo Castro (22:09.08); Cesar Moreno (23:29.91); and Jared Gallegos (24:05.44).