Before their regional preview at Delta on Friday, the Montezuma-Cortez cross-country team traveled to Monticello last Wednesday for the Loyd\u2019s Lake Classic.<\/p>\n
Sonny Boren led the boys, finishing in eighth place with a final time of 18:36. He was closely followed by Reid Littlefield in 11th (18:45). Blair Rice and Riley Whiteskunk rounded out the varsity team with 23:45 and 27:17 finishes.<\/p>\n
The top finisher for the varsity girls was transfer student Emma Thissen, who crossed the finish line in 19th place with a time of 25:14. Corinne Damore and Rachel Zetts finished 24th (26:20) and 25th (26:20.5), with Judy Ha closing out the group in 34th (28:26).<\/p>\n
Lynda LaPaz, Erica Wilson and Taryn Wilson represented the Panthers junior varsity team, and all three finished in the top 12. LaPaz was 5th (29:15), Erica Wilson finished 7th (30:04) and Taryn Wilson in 12th (35:03).<\/p>\n
The junior varsity boys also finished close together, with Kyle Talley in 34th (28:03), Keland Billie 36th (31:03) and Tristen Harris finishing 40th (32:36).<\/p>\n
After the race on Wednesday, the Panthers traveled to Delta on Friday for their regional preview, and every runner improved their time from the previous meet.<\/p>\n
Boren again led the boys, finishing in under 18 minutes and in 19th place at 17:50, followed by Littlefield in 21st (17:54) and Rice and Whiteskunk in 91st (22:23) and 94th (24:08).<\/p>\n
Thissen also set the pace for the girls team in their second meet, finishing 41st (22:54). Damore (24:13), Zetts (24:54) and Ha (26:27) finished 55th, 59th and 68th.<\/p>\n
The Panthers\u2019 next meet is Friday, Sept. 11 in Durango.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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