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Miners’ Medalists: Carlos Salas, James Duarte, Patrick Lopez, Andrea Castaneda, Tylo Montes. Not pictured: Juan Ortega. Maria Lopez | Submitted
Rebecca Messing running after teammate Yesenia Arcienega in last week’s San Manuel X Country Invitational. Maryssa Sanchez | SMHS
Juan Ortega works hard to reach the finish line in last week’s San Manuel X Country Invitational. Maryssa Sanchez | SMHS
San Manuel Miner
A total of ten teams competed at the 26th Annual San Manuel Cross Country Invitational. Both Miners’ teams finished in fourth place at the meet. Safford finished first in the girls’ competition and San Carlos won the boy’s competition.
Varsity medalists for the Miners included Patrick Lopez (8th), Juan Ortega (12th), James Duarte (14th), and Andrea Castaneda (9th).
Junior varsity medalists for the Miners included Tylo Montes (4th) and Carlos Salas (6th).
A total of 50 boys’ runners ran in the race with four more Miners placing: Colton Stratton (23rd), Jared Gonzales (39th), Michael Sanchez (42nd), and Andres Rodriguez (46th).
There were 42 girls’ runners with another four Miners placing: Jessica Lopez (22nd), Diana Median (26th), Rebekah Messing (29th), and Yesenia Arcienega (31st).
The Miners next meet is September 20 in Tucson at the Old Pueblo Invitational.
Andy Luberda (1149 Posts)Andrew Luberda began writing for Copper Area News Publishers (CANP) in February 2013 after working 15 years in Healthcare Financial Management.
Andy covers sports for 11 high schools. His stories are published in Copper Basin News, San Manuel Miner and Superior Sun, in addition to the San Tan Valley Daily PRSS and CopperArea websites. Additionally, he has written human interest stories and business profiles.
In May 2012, he earned an AAS in Sports Management at Central Arizona College before graduating with a BS in Communication from Arizona State University in 2014.
He and his wife, Kelli, have three sons – AJ, Kyle, and Kade.
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