Deming runners compete at state

By Billy Armendariz Headlight Staff Deming High’s runners held their own on Saturday at the state’s largest race on the biggest stage at Academy High School in Albuquerque. Senior Carolina Tafoya and junior Erik Morrow led the ’Cats running teams to a respectable finish among more than 100 runners in each of the Class 4A site championship races. The Wildcats finished two team spots out of making the Top 10, in 12th place in the team standings. There were 18 schools competing. The top five schools in the boys’ race were St. Pius X, Los Alamos, Taos, host Academy and Kirtland-Central. The Lady Wildcats finished 14th out of 15 in the team standings. The top five schools in the girls’ race were Los Alamos, Gallup, host Academy, St. Pius X and Taos. Tafoya closed out her Lady ’Cat career in 53rd place out of 119 runners. Her time checked in at 22:04.10.

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