ENMU-Ruidoso Cross Country Women’s 5K, Men’s 8K Home Meet Results
ENMU-Ruidoso Men’s Cross Country Team Takes First Place at Home Meet
The ENMU-Ruidoso Cross Country Teams hosted the second annual Cross Country Meet on Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, Mescalero. The meet brought in four college teams from ENMU-Ruidoso, University of the Southwest (USW) from Hobbs, Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) from Espanola, and New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) from Roswell.
The first race was the Women’s Teams, who ran 5k or 3 miles. The top ten finishers were Terry Kipingo, NMMI, 24:02; Katlyn Washburn, USW, 24:49; Elianna Saenz, USW, 25:06; Ashtyn Walter, ENMU-Ruidoso, 25:51; Chyenne Marrufo, ENMU-Ruidoso, 32:56; Taylianna Castillo, NNMC, 34:56; Maliyah Lee, NNMC, 39:51; Nadia Randall, NNMC, 40:10; Tana Lopez, NNMC, 41:00; and Paulina Lopez, NNMC, 40:28. Each of the top ten received carved wooden medals. The Top Individual overall Women’s Cross Country runner was Terry Kipingo of New Mexico Military Institute, with a time of 24:02; she won a carved wooden bear trophy.
Northern New Mexico College earned the Top Women’s Team award and won a carved wooden bear team trophy.
The second race of the meet was the Men’s Teams, who ran 8k or 5 miles. The top 15 finishers were Jayvn Frank, ENMU-Ruidoso, 30:27; Simon Vasquez, ENMU-Ruidoso, 31:43; Michael Dominguez, USW, 31:44; Gavin Castillo, ENMU-Ruidoso, 33:10; Jack Wisdom, ENMU-Ruidoso, 33:32; Tristan Rodriguez, USW, 33:35; Chris Espino, USW, 33:46; Cole Hanshew, ENMU-Ruidoso, 35:10; Robbie Yazzie, USW, 35:59; Jerimy Williams, ENMU-Ruidoso, 35:46; Brayden Rocha, ENMU-Ruidoso, 36:19; Adam Pirkl, USW, 36:50; Jaime Cano, USW, 37:08; Adam Montoya, NNMC and Robert Muniz, ENMU-Ruidoso.
ENMU-Ruidoso earned the Top Men’s Team award, winning a carved wooden bear trophy. The Top Individual overall winner of the Men’s Cross Country Division was Jayvn Franks of ENMU-Ruidoso with a time of 30:27.
There are only two meets left this season. Friday, Oct. 16, will be the New Mexico Junior College Thunderbird Open at the Harry McAdams Park in Hobbs, and the Regional Tournament will be held in Hobbs on Friday, Oct. 30.
Left to right: 10th place Paulina Lopez, NNMC; 9th place Tana Lopez, NNMC; 8th place Nadia Randall, NNMC; 7th place Maliyah Lee, NNMC; 6th place Taylianna Castillo, NNMC; ENMU-Ruidoso Assistant Cross Country Coach Shane Ashbury; 5th place Chyenne Marrufo, ENMU-Ruidoso; 4th place Ashtyn Walter, ENMU-Ruidoso; ENMU-Ruidoso Cross Country Head Coach Micah Bray; 3rd place Elianna Saenz, USW; 2nd place Katlyn Washburn, USW; and 1st place winner Terry Kipingo, NMMI.
Top Women’s team from Northern New Mexico College.
Left to right: 10th place Jerimy Williams, ENMU-Ruidoso; 9th place Robbie Yazie, USW; 8th place Cole Hanshew, ENMU-Ruidoso; 7th place Chris Espino, USW; ENMU-Ruidoso Assistant Coach Shane Ashbury; 6th place Tristen Rodrigues, USW; 5th place Jack Wisdom, ENMU-Ruidoso; ENMU-Ruidoso Head Cross Country Coach Micah Bray; 4th place Gavin Castillo, ENMU-Ruidoso; 3rd place Michael Dominguez, USW; 2nd place Simon Vasquez, ENMU-Ruidoso; 1st place winner was Jayvn Franks, EMNU-Ruidoso.
Left to right: Head Cross Country Coach Micah Bray, Men’s Cross Country Team Members Robert Muniz, Hagerman; Brayden Rocha, Mescalero; Jack Wiseman, Capitan; Gavin Castillo, Mescalero; Jayvn Frank, Bloomfield; Cole Hanshew, Lubbock, Texas; Jerimy Williams, Ruidoso; Simon Vasquez, Ruidoso; and Assistant Cross Country Coach Shane Ashbury.
