Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Runners carve new personal bests
The Socorro High School cross country team ran at the Santa Fe Indian School Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 4. The meet featured more than 20 schools from northern New Mexico, a region known for its running programs.
Socorro placed 15th in the boys varsity division despite missing two varsity runners. The course and weather were perfect for running and every Socorro runner ran a personal best.
Leading the boys was Tim Abeyta, with a time of 18:55 over the 3.1 mile dirt course. Team captain Trey Thunborg, a junior, also dipped under 20 minutes with a time of 19:04. Isaiah Vigil and Jaron Martinez recorded times of 20:39 and 20:51 respectively.
On the girls side, only Ellen Aster made the trip, and she finished in a time of 20:36 and placed 16th out of 105 runners.
"I'm proud to have (everyone) run personal records despite a tough week of practice," coach Steven Montoya said in an e-mail to the Chieftain. "A couple of weeks ago, I remember when only two kids ran our 7-mile run. Last week we had more like 10 kids finishing it."
Socorro's core group of runners continue to work hard and push each other in practice and in the races, Montoya said.
"These kids are tough and will be around for a while," Montoya said. "I can't imagine what they'll be running as juniors and seniors; they should be scary fast and inspiration to the young runners that take their place."
On Saturday, Oct. 11, Socorro travels to Oñate High School. It will be the first trip that Socorro will have a bus available to them, which will allow them to field full varsity and junior varsity boys teams.
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