Carson High’s Alex Miner hits a short straightaway during the 5A North regional cross country meet last weekend. Miner finished 21st overall in the 5A boys state race.
Photo by Carter Eckl.
Carson High School boys cross country took sixth as a team at Saturday’s Class 5A state cross country meet at Rancho San Rafael Park.
Senator junior Sawyer Macy led the charge for Carson, taking ninth as an individual in 17:24.
Sophomore Sean Thornton was 17th in 17:52, finishing right at the top of a pack of runners.
Junior Alex Miner was one second off Thornton’s pace (17:53), but crossed the line in 21st.
Nate Freed was 53rd in 18:51 while Ivan Romeo and Quinn Kuchnicki were 72nd and 73rd, respectively, in 19:41 and 19:43.
Romeo’s time was 20 seconds quicker than his regional time a week prior on the same course.
Mark Walther was the final Carson boys runner to cross the finish line, taking 79th in 20:40.
Dayton, Sierra Lutheran compete at state
Dayton High School’s Allison Hoffman made a solid improvement from her sophomore year to her junior year in terms of results at state.
After taking 30th as a sophomore, Hoffman was 21st as a junior on Saturday, coming into the finish in 24:10.
Along with nearly cracking the top 20, Hoffman bested her regional meet time from a week prior by more than 80 seconds (25:31).
In the Class 2A state meet, Sierra Lutheran senior Aidan Concannon was a medalist, taking seventh place in 18:38.
It was his second medal in as many weeks after finishing fourth during the 2A North regional championships last week.
Freshman Noah Sever got his first taste of a state meet, taking 21st in 19:53.
Sever was able to knock 19 seconds off his regional time (20:11) Saturday.
(Allison Hoffman of Dayton High School hits the dirt stretch of the Class 3A state cross country course at Rancho San Rafael Park on Saturday. Hoffman was 21st overall in 24:10. Carter Eckl / Nevada Appeal)
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