San Juan cross country teams mop up, Monticello and Whitehorse get strong performances in busy week

by David Boyle
News Director
It was a busy week for San Juan, Monticello, and Whitehorse cross country teams with multiple races over the past week.
San Juan boys and girls teams won both races and had the first overall individual runner in three of the four varsity races, that one exception for an individual winner was interrupted by Monticello.
On Wednesday September 9 both Monticello and San Juan attended a meet hosted by South Sevier with five teams competing.
The San Juan girls took first overall at the meet. Sincere Nez led the way winning the race with a time of 20:38, teammate Ada Lyman was third with a time of 22:20. Finishing in 13th was Harmony Oshley with a time of 27:09 and Braylyn Eddie in 14th with a time of 27:21, Delilah Tahy rounded out varsity scoring for the Broncos finishing in 24th place with a time of 38:34 to help the Broncos win the meet.
The Monticello girls were runner-ups at the meet. Monticello was led by Allie Carling who finished in 4th place with a time of 22:48. Teammates Xymenah Alvarado and Murryn Suttlemyre were 8th and 9th with times of 25:48 separated by a half second each. Brenna Baxter was 15th with a time of 28:31 Mikaylah Gillette was 20th with a time of 31:14 to round out scoring runners for the Buckaroos.
The San Juan boys also finished in first place overall at the South Seveir meet with another individual champion. Cannon Kartchner came in 1st place overall with a time of 17:25. Jeraden Hurst was next for the Broncos finishing 4th with a time of 18:29 while Jack Kartchner was 5th with a time of 18:39. Keegan McCullough was 11th with a time of 19:28 and James Gosney was 15th with a time of 19:57 to round out scoring runners for the Broncos.
The Monticello boys runners finished fourth as a team and were led by Eli Carling who finished 2nd overall in a time of 17:44. Coming in next was Charlie Welch in 9th place with a time of 19:19 and teammate Linden English in 17th with a time of 20:13. Christian Hunt was 29th with a 22:34 time and Adrian Boone was 34th with a time of 26:55 to round out scorers for the Bucks.
On Monday September 14 San Juan, Monticello and Whitehorse were all at the Stewart Foster Invitational in Huntington.
In the girls race San Juan County teams went 1, 2, 3 in the field of seven teams.
San Juan girls won the race with Sincere Nez again finishing first overall with a time of 20:27 and teammate Ada Lyman was second with a time of 21:57. Ava Duke was 10th with a time of 24:09 and Harmony Olshey was 14th with a 25:02 to round out San Juan’s scoring.
The Whitehorse lady Raiders were 2nd overall at the meet led by LaKyara Begay who was 4th with a time of 22:37, teammate Maria Yellowman was 5th with a time of 23:02. Laylah Benally finished 11th with a time of 24:31 and Kaitlyn Mitchell was 18th in a time of 26:26 to round out scoring for the Raiders.
Monticello girls finished third and were led by Latalia O’Harra who was 7th in a time of 23:17 while teammate Murryn Suttlemyre was 8th with a time of 23:22. Xymenah Alvarado was 12th with a time of 24:53 while Brenna Baxter was 13th with a time of 25 even to round out Monticello’s scoring.
San Juan boys once again won the team title with the Broncos top five runners placing second through sixth place. San Juan was led by Platte Lyman who finished with a time of 17:13, Cannon Kartchner with a time of 17:20.6 and Jeraden Hurst with a time of 17:20.8, Keegan McCullough with a time of 17:41, and Jack Kartchner with a time of 17:52. James Gosney also finished in ninth place for the Broncos with a time of 18:28.
The Monticello boys were second at the meet, led by Eli Carling who finished first overall with a time of 16:40. Charlie Welch was 7th with a time of 18:03 and Linden English was 8th with a time of 18:19. Gabe Long finished 20th with a time of 20:05 to round out Monticello’s scorers at the meet.
Whitehorse boys were sixth place with runners scoring 31-34. Jayvier Coggeshall led the way with a time of 22:32, Hyatt Thomas with a time of 22:39, Braxton Kinsel with a time of 23:49 and Harley Jim with a time of 24:05.
Monticello’s Carling twins also competed at the Border Wars race in Taylorsville on Saturday September 12.
Eli Carling finished in 8th at the boys varsity race with a time of 16:41, while Allie Carling was 74th with a time of 22:05 in the girls varsity race.