Whitehorse girls, Monticello boys earn Region 19 cross country titles

The Monticello Buckaroo boys team and the Whitehorse Raiders girl teams won the Region 19 title at Huntington State Park on October 14.

In the girls race top 10 finishers were Maria Yellowman for Whitehorse won the region title in a time of 20:46, Allie Carling for Monticello was runner-up with a time of 20:56, and LaKyara Begay of Whitehorse finished third with a time of 21:27.

Finishing in fourth place was Summer Atene of Monument Valley with a time of 21:40, Monticello’s Latalia O’Harra was fifth with a time of 22:26.

Jerzey Howell finished sixth for Pinnacle Canyon Academy, Laylah Benally of Whitehorse was 7th, Xymenah Alvarado for Monticello was 8th, Kaitlyn Mitchell for Whitehorse was ninth and Brenna Baxter of Monticello rounded out the top 10 individual finishers.

The Raiders four runners' score of 1, 3, 6, and 8 totaled 18 for the low score of the meet, making Whitehorse the region champions in back-to-back seasons. Also running for the Raiders were Mikey Little (finished in 16th), Brandilyn John (17), and Emily Bahe (21).

Monticello were runner ups with their top 10 runners scoring 22.

Murryn Suttlemyre (13) and Mikaylah Gillette (15) also ran well for the lady Buckaroos.

Monument Valley’s Kaleigha St. Germaine finished 12th, lacking four total runners the Cougars did not record a team score.

On the boys side the Buckaroos won the team title with Pinnacle finishing as runner-up, Whitehorse third and Monument Valley fourth.

The boys race saw Monticello’s Eli Carling win the region title with a time of 16:18. Mateo Corrado of Whitehorse was the runner-up with a time of 17:10.

Monticello had the third and fourth place runners with Charlie Welch finishing in a time of 17:24 and Linden English in a time of 17:35.

Pinnacle's first runner across the line was Aleihs Hayes who finished fifth in a time of 18:52. Hyatt Thomas of Whitehorse was sixth with a time of 18:53.

Gabe Long of Monticello finished seventh with a time of 19:07. Monument Valley’s first runner across the line was Darnell Benally who finished in a time of 19:37.

Monticello’s Christian Hunt was ninth with a time of 19:42 and Pinnacle’s Isaiah Hayes rounded out the top 10.

Monticello’s low score of 15 was enough to win the region title. Also running for the Buckaroos was Adrian Boone (who finished 20th), Bohdi Christenson (24) and Alejandro Austin (26).

The Raiders were just three places behind Pinnacle to finish third. In addition to Corrado and Thomas, runners for Whitehorse included Braxton Kinsel (17), Harley Jim (18) Hunter Tsinigine (19), Aiden Smith (22), Brayden Kinsel (25), and Jacob Dedman (28).

Monument Valley’s fourth place finish was led by Benally along with Memphis Black (11), Alexander Hicks (14), Jake Deswood (15), and Caleb Cly (16).

The Utah 1A State Cross-Country meet will be held at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City on October 28.