Los Alamos High School Topper XC Boys And Girls Teams Both Achieve Perfect Scores At District Championship!

District Champion ’Topper Boys with a perfect score! From left, Ryan Aldaz, Keith Bridge, Rafael Sanchez and Wakei Hettinga. The Topper boys led the race as a pack from the start. Photo by Blake Wood

District Champion ’Topper Girls with a perfect score! From left, sophomore Emma Montoya, junior Norissa Valdez, senior Hannah Gartz, sophomore Hailey McDowell, and senior Mabel Pyle. Photo by Blake Wood 

SPORTS News:

Both the Los Alamos High School Boys and Girls Cross Country teams achieved a perfect score at Friday’s District Championship at the Los Alamos Golf Course, placing all five of their runners ahead of any other runner from another team. 

Rafael Sanchez and Norissa Valdez were individual District Champions with times of 17:28 and 21:01, respectively for the hilly 5k course.

Both teams advance to next Friday’s State Championship, where their main competition, as usual, will be Albuquerque Academy.

Junior Wakei Hettinga was District Runner-Up. Photo by Blake Wood

Senior Adrian Will rounded out the ‘Topper sweep. Photo by Blake Wood

A half mile from the finish, junior Ryan Aldaz is closely followed by junior Keith Bridge. Photo by Blake Wood

Individual District Champion Norissa Valdez at the start of the race, followed by teammate Hannah Gartz. Photo by Blake Wood

Mabel Pyle and Hailey McDowell, a half mile into the race. Photo by Blake Wood

Emma Montoya was individual District Runner-Up. Photo by Blake Wood

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