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By Frank Smith
The San Manuel Miners cross country team hosted the San Manuel Invitational meet on Sept. 12, 2012, with several competitive schools taking part.
Miner runners taking part were for boys’ varsity, Wayne Newman took seventheenth place with a time of 20:20.8, Jared Gonzales eighteenth place 20:21.4, Nathaniel Lopez twenthy-third place 20:49.7, Patrick Lopez thirtieth place 21:23.0, Marty Rodriguez thirty-third place 21:31.7, and Colton Stratton thirty-seventh place 22:24.1.
For the boys Junior Varsity, James Duarte took third place with a time of 21:53.0, Tyler Yazzie ninth 23:09.7, Marco Salas twelfth 23:55.3, Breyden Main, sixteenth 24:54.2, Carlos Salas twentieth 26:21.1, and Omar Gallego 27:34.7.
For the Girls’ Varsity, Maritza Estrada placed twenty-second with a time of 28:38, Selena Duarte twenty-third 28:48, and Jessica Lopez thirty-third 32:10.
The Miners competed at the Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Meet on Sept. 19 the boys varsity placed fifth out of eight teams.
Competing for the Boys Varsity, Jared Gonzales 19:39, Wayne Newman 19:54, Nathaniel Lopez 19:56, Patrick Lopez 20:23, Marty Rodriguez 20:51, James Duarte 21:26, and Colton Stratton 22:26.
Running for the Boys JV, Armando Sierra 21:18, Breyden Main 23:10, Marco Salas 23:11, Carlos Salas 25:31, and Omar Gallego 26:35.
Competing for the Girls Varsity team were Selena Duarte 29:06 and Maritza Estrada 30:42.
Running for the Girls JV team were Diana Medina 28:40 and Jessica Lopez 30:21.
The Miners Cross Country team will be on the road to Globe for a 3:30 start time.
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