The Bishop Gorman boys and Desert Oasis girls claimed their first cross country state championships at the Class 4A meet Friday.
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.
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.
Nathan Carlin pulled away from the field Tuesday and helped Foothill’s boys cross country team capture the freshmen race of the Bud O’Dea Classic at Desert Breeze Park.
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.
Coronado placed its five scoring runners in the top eight Tuesday to win an eight-team boys cross country meet at Sonata Park.
Arbor View’s boys cross country team grabbed six of the top seven spots, including the top three overall, as the Aggies easily won an eight-team race at Shadow Ridge on Wednesday.
Puskas surged to the lead entering the final mile and held off the rest of the field to finish the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 25.7 seconds, for her biggest cross country win of a still-young prep career.
Alexander Miller led the Centennial boys to victory in the season-opening Red Rock Running Company Invitational meet with a first-place finish in the newly reconfigured Mountain Region at Floyd Lamb Park on Saturday.
State championships: 1998, 1996, 1992, 1988, 1987
Recent state runner-up finishes: 1999, 1997
Recent state meet appearances: 2016 (sixth), 2015 (fifth), 2014 (sixth), 2004 (sixth), 2003 (fourth), 2002(seventh), 2001 (eighth), 2000 (seventh), 1999 (second), 1998 (champion), 1997 (second), 1996 (champion)
Individual state champions: Pat Hubbard (1988, 1987)
Region championships: 2003
Region runner-up finishes: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000
2017 postseason: Finished seventh (210 points) at the Class 4A Sunrise Region meet.
Last 10 seasons
2017: Seventh in Sunrise Region meet
2016: Sixth in 4A state meet, second in Sunrise Region meet
2015: Fifth in Division I state meet, second in Sunrise Region meet
2014: Sixth in Division I state meet, second in Sunrise Region meet
2013: Eighth in Sunrise Region meet
2012: Sixth in Sunrise Region meet
2011: 10th in Sunrise Region meet
2010: Fifth in Sunrise Region meet
2009: Third in Sunrise Region meet
2008: 11th in Sunrise Region meet