Socorro’s Cross Country team battled steep hills again at the Nick Martin Memorial Invite hosted by East Mountain High School.
According to coach Beth Cadol, it’s a two-loop course with a very long, steep hill that runners must battle twice before they finish.
Deemed not a course for setting records, it was another test of the Socorro runners’ hill work.
Varsity Cross Country
- Robinson Ford, 21:08.
- Luther Richardson, 23:30.
- Keller Ford, 25:47.
- Daniel Bowles, 26:17.
- Rylan Timmons, 28:03
- Andrew Moellenbrock, 33:58.
Cadol had praise for her middle school runners, too.
“The middle school team competed in the Open/Community race held before the varsity races began,” she said. “For the first time this season, the middle schoolers had to run a full 5k on the same hard, hilly course as the high school runners. They did very well for their first hard 5k of their competitive careers. Socorro had the first two female finishers overall.”
Girls (out of 26 middle school girls)
- Katerine Escalona 26:58
- Abby Cadol 26:59
- Kathleen Johnson 33:14
- Niki Planck 36:56
- Estella Candelaria 36:58
Boys (out of 48 middle school boys)
- Timur Aitbayev 30:30
- Liam Demorest 31:46
- Riley Sewell 33:14