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By Frank Smith

The Miner boys and girls cross country team finished up their season competing at the Sectional Meet Saturday at Marana High School. (Maria Lopez photo)

The San Manuel High School Cross Country competed at the sectional meet on October 27^th, along the way the Miners blazed several trails throughout southern Arizona.

In the Globe Meet on September 26^th , the Miners had a strong showing with the boys team finishing in second place.For the boys team Patrick Lopezfinished in 4^thplace with a time of20:04.0, placing 12^thwas Nathaniel Lopezwith a time of21:14.9, placing 13^th James Duarte waswith a time of21:17.9, placing 14^th was Jared Gonzales with a time of 21:24.5, placing 21^st was Marty Rodriquezwith a time of22:42.1, placing in 22^nd was Colten Strattonwith a time of 22:52.4, and placing in 23^rd was Armando Sierra with a time of23:17.0.

For the girls team, placing 6^th was Maritza Estrada with a time of 28:55.2, placing 9^th was Selena Duarte with a time of 32:56.0, placing 14^th was Jessica Lopez with a time of 35:26.7, and placing 17^th was Annastasia Burrola with a time of 36:30.8.

In the Willcox Meet on October 13^th , the boys team placed 9^th with Jared Gonzales placing 26^th with a time of 21:25.4, placing 29^th was Patrick Lopez with a time of 21:34.9, placing 33^rd was Nathaniel Lopez with a time of 22:06.8, placing 36^th was Marty Rodriguez with a time of 22:11.5, placing 52^nd was James Duarte with a time of 23:54.9, placing 57^th was Armando Sierra with a time of 24:53.1, and placing 60^th was Colton Stratton with a time of 25:26..6.

For the girls team, placing 23^rd was Maritza Estrada with a time of 30:25.5, placing 35^th was Selena Duarte, placing 37^th was Diana Medina with a time of 32:18.4, and placing 44^th was Jessica Lopez with a time of 35:06.5.

At the Safford Invitational on October 10^th, the boys team had an impressive showing by finishing in 5^th place. Placing for the boys team was Jared Gonzales with a time of 19:16, Nathaniel Lopez with a time of 20:00, Patrick Lopez with a time of 20:19, Colton Stratton with a time of 20:20, Marty Rodriguez with a time of 21:17, James Duarte with a time of 21:17, and Marco Salas with a time of 22:29.

The girls team also had a great showing as they placed4^th in the Invitational, placing for the girls were Annastasia Burrola with a time of 26:54, Selena Duarte with a time of 28:01, Maritza Estrada with a time of 28:38, Diana Medina with a time of 29:05, and Jessica Lopez with a time of 36:48.

The Boys JV team got into the action, placing for the Miners was Tyler Yazzie with a time of 22:08, Breyden Main with a time of 23:03, and Omar Gallego with a time of 26:20.

On October 17^th, the Miners hosted a meet with the girls team placing in the first top five spots, placing 1^st with a time of 28:21.45 was Annastasia Burrola, placing 2^nd with a time of 28:24.76 was Selena Duarte, placing 3^rd with a time of 28:28.49 was Martiza Estrada, placing 4^th with a time of 28:32.37 was Diana Medina, and placing 5^th with a time of 32:29.64 was Jessica Lopez.

The Boys Team also took the top spots, placing 1^st with a time of 19:58 was Nathaniel Lopez, placing 2^nd with a time of 20:34 was Jared Gonzales, placing 3^rd with a time of 20:41 was James Duarte, placing 4^th with a time of 20:42 was Patrick Lopez, placing 5^th with a time of 20:47 was Wayne Newman, placing 6^th with a time of 21:01was Marty Rodriguez, and placing 7^th with a time of 21:16 was Colten Stratton.

The JV Boys team got another chance to compete, placing 1^st with a time of 22:37 was Marco Salas, placing 2^nd with a time of 24:25 was Carlos Salas, placing 3^rd with a time of 24:44 was Tyler Yazzie, and placing 4^th with a time of 27:08 was Omar Gallego.

On October 27^th at the Section Meet, the boys team finished in 9^th place out of 12 teams.The top runner for the boys was Jared Gonzales.The girls did not have a team score because they only had four girls.The top runner for the girls was Selena Duarte.

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