Day: November 6, 2024

Every Wednesday, El Paso Running will utilize a point system to highlight El Paso’s top girls cross country runners.

The system is as follows: In a race of less than 150 runners, first place gets 10 points, second gets 9 points all the way down to 10th place which gets 1 point. For meets with between 150 to 300 runners, double points will be rewarded meaning 20 points for first, 19 for second all the way down to 1 point for 20th. For every additional 150 runners, another 10 runners will be included in the points.

For those who like raw times, we also list the Top 25 girls race times and the meets and dates that they occurred.

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Top 10

1. Franklin: The Cougars ended the season one spot away from qualifying for its fifth trip to state in the past six years, finishing fifth at the Region 1-6A championship in Lubbock. Junior Emily Orr advanced to state after placing seventh in 18:20.1. Orr ended her season with a 10^th-place All State performance, finishing in 18:12.7 in Round Rock. Other top 50 regional runners were freshman Sophia Barraza (37, 19:45.3), junior Abigail Pinon (44, 19:57.1) and senior Sophia Keiser (46, 19:57.8).    

2. Eastwood: The Troopers finished eighth at the Region 1-6A championship in Lubbock. Senior Adelynn Rodriguez was sixth in 18:05.7 and advanced to state where she finished ninth in 18:06.4 to pick up All State honors.

3. Americas: The Trailblazers were eighth at the Region 1-5A championship in Lubbock. Senior Lexee Salas was 10^th in 19:28.3 and advanced to the state championship where she was 55^th in 19:47.5. At regionals, two runners finished in the top 50 – sophomore Carli Day was 39^th in 20:56.1 and junior Gisele Abascal was 46^th in 21:08.6.

4. Chapin: The Huskies move up two spots after finishing 10^th at the Region 1-5A championship in Lubbock. It’s top two runners – senior Rebecca Duran (15^th, 19:57.0) and sophomore Jocelynne Diaz Torres (18^th, 20:03.6) – qualified to state where Duran was 34^th in 19:27.0 and Diaz Torres was 64^th in 19:54.3.    

5. Hanks: The Knights dropped one spot its 12^th place finish at the Region 1-5A championship in Lubbock. Hanks had two runners in the top 50 – senior Elizabeth Aguirre (36^th, 20:46.5) and junior Ashlyn McMillan (47^th, 21:09.4).

6. Socorro: The Bulldogs finished 19^th in the Region 1-6A Championship in Lubbock. It’s top runner was freshman Crystal Delgado who was 73^rd in 20:30.5.

7. Pebble Hills: The Spartans finished its season in fourth at the District 1-6A Championship.

8. Eastlake: The Falcons season ended at district. However freshman Vitalia Hernandez advance to the Region 1-6A Championship in Lubbock and finished 30^th in 19:25.2.

9. El Paso High: The Tigers finished the season 19^th at the Region 1-5A Championship in Lubbock. Its top runner was sophomore Sofia Speer was 72^nd in 22:03.4.

10. Riverside: Riverside was 16^th at the Region 1-4A Championship in Lubbock. Its top runner was sophomore Dana Gonzalez who was 60^th in 13:48.0 (two-mile).

Dropped out: San Elizario.

On the brink: None.

Top Times (3 mile or 5K)

1, Adelynn Rodriguez, Eastwood, 17:15.60 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

2, Emily Orr, Franklin, 17:46.70 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

3, Sophia Barraza, Franklin, 18:48.90 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

4, Sophia Keiser, Franklin, 19:11.50 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

5, Vitalia Hernandez, Eastlake, 19:14.20 (Veterans Park, 9/14).

6, Abigail Pinon, Franklin, 19:17.00 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

7, Rebecca Duran, Chapin, 19:27.00 (Old Settlers Park 11/1).

8, Lexee Salas, Americas, 19:28.3 (Mae Simmons Park, 10/21).

9, Alexia Martinez, Fabens, 19:31.69 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

10, Natalia Gomez, Eastwood, 19:34.8 (Desert Twilight, 9/27).

11, Paulina Estrada, Eastwood, 19:40.31 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

12, Carlee Caraveo, Eastwood, 19:40.55 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

13, Emyreth Chaparro Chavez, Franklin, 19:53.80 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

14, Mia Hairston, Montwood 19:52.52 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

15, Crystal Delgado, Socorro, 19:52.82 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

16, Jocelynne Diaz Torres, Chapin, 19:54.3 (Old Settlers Park, 11/1).       

17, Tessa Gibbons, Franklin, 19:55.40 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

18, Mireyda Samper, Franklin, 19:58.90 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

19, Carli Day, Americas, 20:00.65 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

20, Laila Morales, Americas, 20:03.83 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

21, Isabella Campa, Franklin, 20:09.50 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

22, Madison McGuire, Eastwood, 20:14.57 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

23, Dayanara Gonzalez, Mt. View, 20:14.81 (Mary Frances Keisling Park, 9/14).

24, Elizabeth Aguirre, Hanks, 20:21.2 (Desert Twilight, 9/27).

25, Aubrey Arsenault, Pebble Hills, 20:23.23 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

Power Rankings

1, Alexia Martinez, Fabens, 100 (5).

2, Adelynn Rodriguez, Eastwood, 88 (5).

3, Emily Orr, Franklin, 69 (2).

4, Crystal Delgado, Socorro, 60.

5, Angel Quinonez, Fabens, 54.

5, Rebecca Duran, Chapin, 54 (3).

7, Natalia Gomez, Eastwood, 50 (1).

8, Mia Hairston, Montwood, 48.

9, Lexee Salas, Americas, 42.

9, Dayanara Gonzalez, Mt. View, 42.

Elizabeth Aguirre, Hanks, 40.

Jocelynne Diaz Torres, Chapin, 39.

Paulina Estrada, Eastwood, 37.

Carlee Caraveo, Eastwood, 34.

Ashlyn McMillan, Hanks, 34 (1).

Vitalia Hernandez, Eastlake, 33 (1).

Ayana Le Tanh, Coronado, 24 (1).

Calista Sakellakos, El Paso, 21 (1).

Venus Jimenez, Eastwood, 21.

Carli  Day, Americas, 20 (1).

Aubrey Cameron, Montwood, 19.

Evelyn Hernandez, Fabens, 19.

Sophia Keiser, Franklin, 18.

Marielle Rubio, Eastlake, 17.

Addy Carbone, Socorro, 17.

Laila  Morales, Americas 17.

Abigail Pinon, Franklin, 16.

Sofia Speer, El Paso, 16.

Clarissa Castillo, El Paso, 16.

Madison McGuire, Eastwood, 15.

Danika Sifuentes, Eastwood, 14.

Sophia Barraza, Franklin, 14.

Mailelani Ahia, El Dorado, 14.

Gisele Absscal, Americas, 13.

Nadine Villasana, Socorro, 12.

Sofia Perez, Eastwood, 12.

Emma Guevara, El Paso, 11.

Aubrey Arsenault, Pebble Hills, 11.

Maria Garcia, Tornillo, 11.

Alina Caballero, Socorro, 11.

Mireya Galindo, Harmony, 11.

Karyssa Duarte, Eastwood, 10.

Hilda Urena, Irvin, 10 (1).

Karime Gonzalez, Eastwood, 9.

Ava Dennis, Chapin, 9.

Nevaeh Escobedo, Canutillo, 9.

Angela Sigales, Austin, 9.

Tessa Gibbons, Franklin, 8.

Damaris Estrada, El Dorado, 8.

Lauren Orantia, Canutillo, 8.

Vanesa Vasquez, El Dorado, 7.

Dana Gonzalez, Riverside, 7.

Denise Echeverria, Jefferson, 7.

Camila Gomez, Harmony, 7.

Isabella Campa, Franklin, 6.

Samantha Tarango, Bowie, 6.

Dana Gonzalez, Riverside, 6.

Nina Ruiz, Horizon, 6.

Mireyda Samper, Franklin, 5.

Adrianna Boyd, Canutillo, 5.

Annika Mier, Coronado, 5.

Arielle Beltran Del Rio, Harmony, 5.

Yvonne Delariva, San Elizario, 5.

Emily Zarate, Socorro, 4.

Alyssa Fino, Hanks, 4

Kim Castro, Riverside, 4.

Victoria Perez, Socorro, 4.

Keilah Valenzuela Garcia, Burges, 4.

Danika Rivera, San Elizario, 4.

Camila Garcia-Rocha, Harmony, 4.

Claudia Ferret, El Paso, 3.

Ivy Torres, Pebble Hills, 3.

Ivonne De La Riva, San Elizario, 3.

Lyanna Morales, San Elizario, 3.

Regina Perez, Harmony, 3.

Johanna Castro, LPI, 2.

Lila Najera, Pebble Hills, 2.

Emma Sassenfeld, Coronado, 2.

Eileen Carrasco, Tornillo, 2.

Elizabeth Bustillos, Eastlake, 2.

Abigail Sanchez, Chapin, 2.

Sophie Padilla, Harmony, 2.

Alexandria Renteria, Young Women’s Academy, 2.

Alina Verdugo, DaVinci, 1.

Isabelle Bolly, Americas, 1.

Sienna Zarate, Franklin, 1.

Andrea Caro, Eastwood, 1.

Taylor Carrillo, Coronado 1.

Danielle Coronado, Ysleta, 1.

Ashley Saenz, Ysleta, 1

Sophia Cromwell, Irvin 1.