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Las Cruces-area runners closed out the cross country season with several strong performances at the Class 5A State Championships, highlighted by the Centennial High School boys earning third place as a team, along with standout individual finishes from Centennial and Organ Mountain.
Centennial’s boys scored 127 points to finish third in Class 5A, behind state champion Cleveland with 56 points and runner-up Rio Rancho with 81. The Hawks averaged 16:36 among their five scoring runners and had just one minute, two seconds separating their first and fifth scorers.
Organ Mountain was also represented by a full boys team, finishing eighth with 186 points. Senior Ryu Medina delivered one of the best individual performances from southern New Mexico, placing third overall in 15:42.30.
Junior Liam Macmanus led Centennial across the line, placing 13th overall in 16:10.60. Senior Keller Ford was close behind in 16th at 16:15.10, followed by senior Mason Dean, who placed 20th in 16:20.70.
Junior Landon Hines finished 43rd in 17:00.70, and senior Odin Ceballos placed 49th in 17:13.10 to complete Centennial’s five scoring positions. Juniors Jude Gibson and Brody Boyle rounded out the Hawks’ State lineup, finishing 74th in 17:59.10 and 83rd in 18:17.80, respectively.
Junior Beaux Beasley gave Organ Mountain another top-20 finish, taking 18th in 16:19.20.
Organ Mountain’s remaining runners were Noah Dominguez, 51st in 17:13.80; Emyr Sida, 60th in 17:32.50; Eli Evaro, 71st in 17:51.50; Elias Alarcon, 102nd in 18:59.60; and Hezekiah Vigil, 104th in 19:27.90.
Mayfield senior Joshua Bernal represented the Trojans individually, finishing 40th in 16:56.00. Las Cruces High was represented by senior Waylon Yerxa, who placed 81st in 18:09.40, and sophomore Lance Castelein, who finished 103rd in 19:13.90.
Local girls make their mark
On the girls side, Organ Mountain and Centennial finished back-to-back in the Class 5A team standings. Organ Mountain placed seventh with 195 points, edging Centennial, which finished eighth with 219 points.
Organ Mountain sophomore Ashley Galaz recorded the area's highest individual girls finish, placing 11th overall in 18:50.20. Centennial junior Allyson Magallanes followed just two places later, taking 13th in 18:57.20.
Centennial eighth-grader Isabella Carpio added another strong performance for the Hawks, finishing 21st in 19:23.90.
Centennial’s remaining finishers were junior Zoe Oates, 54th in 21:31.50; freshman Jaylee Elliss, 72nd in 22:23.50; freshman Elizabeth Kealy, 87th in 23:26.60; senior Emma Lazar, 94th in 23:48.50; and freshman Addyson Morales, 103rd in 24:52.60.
For Organ Mountain, sophomore Jaymie McBroom finished 41st in 20:37.40, followed by senior Paetyn Goodman, 52nd in 21:28.50; sophomore K-Lee Martinez, 53rd in 21:30.10; junior Isabella Barlow, 57th in 21:39.90; junior Jocelyn Torres, 90th in 23:32.40; and senior Raylan Ortiz, 96th in 23:59.80.
Las Cruces High had two individual finishers in the girls race. Senior Brooklyn Pfaender placed 55th in 21:38.50, while freshman Harper Winter finished 93rd in 23:47.30.
Mayfield senior Rose Florez also represented Las Cruces at State, placing 95th in 23:48.70.
