SLV teams attend State Cross-Country

Alamosa senior Elijah DeLaCerda coasts to the finish. DeLaCerda finished fourth overall helping the Moose to a 4th place team finish.

3A State Results

Boys

  4.   149  Alamosa         (17:26.8  1:27:13.7   1:39.8)

  1      4  Elijah DeLaCerda SR             16:28.4     

  2     17  Josh Lopez JR                       17:08.3      

3     33  Kason Smith SR                      17:41.9     

4     38  Josh Medina SO                      17:46.9

5     57  Cole Schwiezer JR                   18:08.2

6   ( 79) Chris Blinzinger SR                 18:31.4

7   (108) Maximo Salazar SR                   19:05.5

Girls

11.   287  Alamosa      (21:32.6  1:47:43.0   3:50.0)

  1     13  Lilly Lavier JR                     19:40.1     

  2     22  Alliyah Molina JR                   20:20.7   

  3     43  Emily Lavier SO                     21:14.3     

  4     97  Rachel Sucharski SR                 22:57.8

  5    112  Sariaha Lopez SO                    23:30.1

  6   (116) Cheyenne Brock SR                   23:36.9

7   (135) Amanda Parkins JR                   25:39.0

Alamosa's Lilly Lavier splashes through the creek on the home stretch. Lavier placed first for the Moose and 13th overall.

2A State Results

Boys

7.    96  Centauri       (18:54.7    56:44.1   1:33.8)

1     15  Bo Cormier JR                              18:13.1    

  2     26  Derek Van Berkum JR                 18:44.1     

  3     55  Cimarron Mestas SR                  19:46.9

  4   ( 72) Breck Guymon JR                     20:18.8

  5   ( 88) Zach Sandoval SR                    21:26.1

6   ( 91) Andrew Ross FR                      21:35.9

14.   118  Sargent           (19:12.5    57:37.4   1:14.4)

  1     24  Riley Kenison SO                    18:41.4    

  2     36  Andres Villa SO                     19:00.2

  3     58  Nigel Cortright JR                  19:55.8

  4   ( 60) Micheal Peterson JR                 19:59.3

Del Norte 

   1   50  959 Logan Cestone  SO              19:12.0

Girls

9.    90  Centauri              (22:36.2  1:07:48.5   0:46.2)

  1     23  Lizzy Valentine SO                  22:12.0     

  2     30  Kelcee Coombs SO                    22:38.3

3     37  Brenna McDaniel SO                  22:58.2

13.   127  Sargent             (23:42.2  1:11:06.5   7:28.4)

  1     10  Kendra Sears JR                     21:03.7    

  2     15  Heather Prevette JR                 21:30.7

  3    102  Katherine Sewell FR                 28:32.1

Sargent's Heather Prevette (738) follows the Farmers team leader Kendra Sears (739). Sears took a tenth overall finish.

Centauri sophomore Lizzy Valentine (660) focuses on her pace. Valentine finished 23rd overall on Saturday.

Centauri's Bo Cormier (933) and Derek Van Berkum (938) stay in a cluster with Sargent's Riley Kenison (1025). Cormier and Kenison finished first for their respective teams. (Courier photos by Stephen Jiron)