The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2015 All-State Girls Cross Country team.
Girls Cross Country
Centennial junior Karina Haymore won just two cross country meets all season.
Fortunately for Haymore, the second win came in the biggest race of the year.
Green Valley’s girls hoped Friday would be their day.
Even the Gators couldn’t have expected anything quite this good.
Green Valley’s Austin Rogers has been aiming all season long to run a 3.1-mile course in less than 16 minutes. The senior finally got his wish Saturday morning in a tune-up for the postseason.
It didn’t take long to determine which team would win the Lake Mead Invitational’s girls large-school cross country race Saturday.
Pahrump Valley’s Bryce Odegard recorded the day’s fastest time en route to winning the boys sophomore race of the Bud O’Dea Frosh-Soph Finals at Palo Verde on Tuesday.
Basic’s boys cross country team had four of the top five finishers Wednesday to win a cluster meet at Cornerstone Park with 22 points.
Erica Williams continued her outstanding cross country season Saturday.
The Centennial girls cross country team is a dominant force.
Basic’s boys cross country had four of the top six finishers, including race winner Steven Birch, on its way to victory in a Southeast League meet at Foothill on Wednesday.
Palo Verde’s girls cross country team isn’t ready to concede a state title to rival Centennial this season.
Nathan Cromwell won a 2.5-mile race in 14 minutes, 14.1 seconds Wednesday to help Coronado’s boys cross country team to victory in a six-team meet at Foothill.
With six letter winners returning, the team is primed to again compete for a state meet berth.
Centennial”s Jake Portaro fought through injuries as a sophomore and junior. The senior middle infielder has become one of the top hitters in the Division I Sunset Region and recently signed a letter of intent with Utah.
Blaine Thompson, the longtime track and field, and boys cross country coach at Green Valley known for his straw hat and bulging vein in his forehead, was remembered as an inspirational leader during a candlelight vigil at the school Monday night.