Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
Cross Country
Franklin had the fastest time among boys over two races, racing through the 3.1-mile course in 16 minutes, 0.4 seconds. Felix had the fastest girls time, at 18:31.8.
Shadow Ridge placed seven runners among the top 10 finishers Wednesday and won a boys cross country race at Faith Lutheran.
Boulder City placed four runners among the top nine to win a six-team girls cross country meet at Hemenway Park on Wednesday.
Claire Rawlins trailed Basic’s Raquel Chavez for much of the race, but stayed within striking distance to the end. She then raced past Chavez and held off Sierra Vista’s Sarriah Brown to win the 3.1-mile race in 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
Centennial had the top three finishers and four of the top six Thursday to easily win a boys cross country race at Floyd Lamb Park.
Foothill had the top three finishers and four of the top six on Thursday to win a five-team girls cross country meet at Cornerstone Park.
Green Valley’s boys and Coronado’s girls won the Class 4A Sunrise regional cross country team titles on Friday morning at Veterans Memorial Park.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams led at the front of a pack of five runners early. Eventually, he managed to hold off PahrumpValley’s Bryce Odegard and Centennial’s Alexander Miller in the final quarter mile, putting in a good finishing kick to cross the line in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
Isabella Davis finished Tuesday’s 3.1-mile race in 24 minutes, 1 second to finished first at the girls cross country meet at Tech.
Coronado’s boys cross country team took four of the top five spots Tuesday to win a five-team meet at Sonata Park.
The Sundevils return four lettermen and hope to continue to improve.
Shadow Ridge’s girls cross country team had four of the top six finishers on Tuesday to win a four-team meet at Sierra Vista.
Nathan Cromwell finished first in a 2.8-mile race at Sonata Park on Tuesday to lead Coronado’s boys cross country team to victory in a five-team meet.
Centennial’s girls cross country team had the top four runners and nine of the top 11 to win a six-team meet at Floyd Lamb Park on Wednesday.
