DHS runners come in second at tri-meet

By Bruce Whetten

Douglas Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 2:48 PM MDT


Douglas High School’s cross country teams were back in action last week running in a triangular meet in Tucson with Empire and Sabino.


In the boys race Empire came in first with 30 points while Douglas and Sabino tied for second with 48. The Bulldogs won the tiebreaker when their No. 6 runner finished ahead of Sabino’s No. 6 runner.

There were 27 runners in the race and Sabino’s Sawyer Sprung was the overall winner finishing with a time of 17:39.

Ricky Larez led Douglas finishing fifth overall with a time of 19:10.37; Ricky Melendez was sixth with a time of 19:19.53; Gustavo Melendez was ninth with a time of 19:38; Jesus Loreto, 12th with a 19:49.48; Alonso Sodari was 18th with a time of 21:31 and Manny Acedo’s 21st place finish gave the Bulldogs second place as he finished with a time of 21:51.

In the girls race which featured 17 runners, Sabino was first with 24 points while Empire was second with 49 and Douglas did not score.

Sabino’s Jaclyn Sampson was the overall winner finishing with a time of 21:47. Emeri Melendez led Douglas finishing third overall with a time of 24:14. Karla Loreto followed in fourth place with a time of 24:25 and Laura Hurtado was fifth with a time of 24:28.

The DHS runners were in Tombstone this past Tuesday running at the Justin Prevatte Invitational.

 

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