San Juan boys win team divisional, Nez wins individual race as girls take third
The San Juan Bronco boys cross country team won the 2A divisional on their way to qualification at the 2A state meet on October 14 at Lakeside Park in Orem, Utah.
In addition to the boys putting six runners in the top 10 the lady Broncos Sincere Nez won the girls divisional.
The San Juan boys won the divisional title led by Cannon Kartchner who finished in first place with a time of 16 minutes, 29.2 seconds. Despite running 3.1 miles the race ended in a photo finish with teammate Platte Lyman running having his time listed the exact same time at 16:29.2 to be the divisional runner-up.
Peter Lyman was next across the line for San Juan running his race in 16:50 to finish fourth. Jack Kartchner ran his race in 17:24 to finish seventh.
The fifth and final scoring runner across the line for the Broncos was Keegan McCullough who finished ninth in a time of 17:31. Right behind him was teammate Jeraden Hurst who earned a top-10 finish with a time of 17:44. The Broncos seventh runner also posted a great time with James Gosney finishing in 18:08 to earn 15th place.
San Juan won the team title with a low score of 23, well ahead of 2nd place Enterprise who scored 72.
In the girls divisional San Juan finished third as a team.
The lady Broncos were led by Sincere Nez who won her divisional race in a time of 19:19.
Teammate Ada Lyman finished 11th with a time of 21:56. Ava Duke was next across the line for San Juan finishing 20th with a 23:01 mark. Harmony Oshley was 28th in a time of 24:19 with Braylyn Eddie finishing 34th to round out scoring runners for San Juan in a time of 25:23. Sariah Sweeten finished 44th for San Juan with a time of 26:32 and Delilah Tahy was 56th posting a 34:16.
All 2A cross country teams competed in one of two divisionals to determine qualifiers for the state meet.
Both boys and girls teams for San Juan will compete at the state meet.
The Utah 2A State Cross-Country meet will be held at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City on October 28.