<body><div>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. She was followed by junior Allisson Reyes in 80th at 23:15.80, junior Bianca Galicia, 102nd in 25:48, sophomore Genesis Gutierrez in 113th in 27:37, and eighth grader Audrey Herrera finished 115th in 27:43.DHS Coach Sanford Walker will shift gears to head the DHS track and field program, but his thoughts at this time is on the future of the Lady ’Cat cross country program moving forward. Reyes, Galicia, Gutierrez and Herrera could carry the torch in 2027 if they stick with the program.Morrow was the top finisher for DHS in 35th place. He registered a time of 17:24.60 among a field of 141 runners.Morrow was followed by senior Anthony Duran, who checked in at 39th place in a time of 17:39.10. Senior Oscar Pacheco finished 62nd in a time of 18:12.20.Freshman Jackson Williams placed 94th, in a time of 19:18.80. He was followed by sophomore Michael Richmond in 110th place at 19:51.80. Rounding out the Wildcat runners was freshman Anthony Gentile, who placed 139th in a time of 25:41.60.Williams, Richmond and Gentile are the future of Wildcat cross country, and should form a strong team with Morrow at the front for next season.Junior Erik Morrow finished 35th in the Class 4A State Cross Country Championship Race.(Headlight File Photo by Billy Armendariz)<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Pm94O_1H55w8Bk00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Pm94O_1H55w8Bk00" width="1118" height="1280" ></figure>Senior Carolina Tafoya placed at the Class 4A State Cross Country Championship Race.(Headlight File Photo by Billy Armendariz)</div></body>

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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.

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