High School Boy’s Cross Country Poll: Final

Every Thursday, El Paso Running will utilize a point system to highlight El Paso’s top boy’s 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 boys race times and the meets and dates that they occurred.

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Top 10

1. Eastwood: After finishing second at the Regional 1-6A Championship, the Troopers marched on to the UIL State Cross Country Championship and placed fourth, 14 points short of a bronze team medal. Senior Danny Torres was fourth at regionals (15:14.8) and tenth at state (   15:19.6) to earn All Region and All State honors. Top 30 state runners were senior Marcos Madrid (17^th, 15:46.6), sophomore Noah Loweree (21^st 15:54.0), junior Job Desantos (24^th, 15:57.4) and senior Luke Cruz (31^st, 16:03.6).

2. Franklin: The Cougars’ season ended at the Region 1-6A Championship, placing seventh. Its top runner was junior Sebastian Mendez (30^th, 16:22.6). Other top 50 runners were junior Fransisco Medina (39^th, 16:34.8) and junior Jacob Martinez (48th, 16:45.5).

3. Coronado: The T-Birds finished 11^th at the Regional 1-6A Championship. Its top runner was junior Humberto Serna who was 29th in 16:22.1 Other top 50 runners were junior Rodrigo Pinales (41^st, 16:37.8) and  Zyler Garnica (45th, 16:40.4).

4. Burges: The Mustangs finished sixth at the Class 5A Class 5A UIL State Championship. Burges had a top 20 state runners – senior Malin Arnoldussen who was 19^th in 16:06.6 – and a top 35 runner, senior Jacob Yeager who finished 34^th in 16:19.7. At regionals, Arnoldussen was 12^th in 16:31.5, Yeager was 24^th in 16:56.0, senior Carlos Chavez was 30^th in 17:04.6 and senior Isais Gaytan was 39^th in 17:22.0.

5. San Elizario: The Eagles missed out on another trip to state, falling five points short of advancing. San Elizario finished fifth at the Regional 1-4A Championship with 161 points, however, junior Antonio Arreola did qualify to state, placing fourth at regionals in 16:15.1. He went on to earn All State, finishing 14^th in 16:07.2. Other top runners at regionals were sophomore Jorel Miramontes was 29^th in 17:11.8, freshman Angel Richarte finished 41st in 17:33.9 and freshman Daniel Maese was 44^th in 17:36.8.

6. Pebble Hills: The Spartans finished the season at district.

7. Austin: The Panthers moved up a spot after its sixth-place finish at the Region 1-4A Championship. Austin had two top 15 regional runners – senior Pedro Jimenez (10th, 16:36.4) and junior Eirik Arredondo (13^th, 16:44.6) – which qualified them to state. Arredondo finished 34^th in 16:41.3 and Jimenez was 39^th in 16:45.2 at the Class 4A state championship.

8. Chapin: The Huskies return to the top 10 after finishing 12^th at the Region 1-5A Championship. Senior Braulio Torres finished ninth in 16:22.2 and earned All Region honors a state berth. He ended up 21^st at state in 16:08.3. Freshman Andrew Truax was 33^rd in 17:12.8 at regionals.

9. El Paso High: The Tigers drop two spots after finishing 14^th at the Region 1-5A Championship. Senior Miles Westbrook was second in 15:51.3 to advance to state where he earned the bronze medal and All State honors in 15:39.2.

10. Hanks: Hanks ended its season 16^th at the Region 1-5A Championship. It’s top runner was freshman Mateo Diaz who was 54^th in 17:37.1.

Dropped out: Americas.

On the brink: None.

Top 25 times (3 mile or 5K)

1, Danny Torres, Eastwood, 14:40.61 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

2, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 14:55.26 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).     

3, Noah Loweree, Eastwood, 15:18.18  (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).    

4, Diego Romero, Americas, 15:18.85 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

5, Humberto Serna, Coronado, 15:21.20 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

6, Marcos Madrid, Eastwood, 15:30.57 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

7, Luke Cruz, Eastwood, 15:31.03 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

8, Jacob Yeager, Burges, 15:34.50 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

9, Job DeSantos, Eastwood, 15:44.81 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

10, Ulysses O’Rourke, El Paso, 15:46.54 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

11, Jesus Gastelum-Bustamante, Burges, 15:48.88 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

12, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 15:55.9 (Desert Twilight, 9/27).

13, Pedro Jimenez, Austin, 15:57.21 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

14, Sebastian Mendez, Franklin, 16:06.10 49 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

15, Antonio Arreola, San Elizario, 16:07.2 (Old Settlers Park, 11/1).

16, Braulio Torres, Chapin, 16:08.3 (Old Settler’s Park, 11/1).

17, Jacob Martinez, Franklin, 16:08.40 (Eastside Sports Complex, 8/23).

18, Fransisco Medina, Franklin, 16:09.50 52 (Southlake Carroll, 9/7).

19, Max Sandhu, Coronado, 16:11.52 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

20, Rodrigo Pinales, Coronado, 16:13.14 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

21, Erick Gutierrez, Pebble Hills, 16:17.47 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

22, Ameen Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 16.21.10 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

23, Elias Alcocer, Eastwood, 16:21.74 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

24, Jorge Soto, Pebble Hills, 16.23.82 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

25, Gavin Cottle, Pebble Hills, 16:34.59 (Canutillo Middle, 8/17).

Power Rankings

1, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 117 (4).

2, Danny Torres, Eastwood, 113 (4).

3, Antonio Arreola, San Elizario, 93 (1).

4, Diego Romero, Americas, 91 (4).

5, Pedro Jimenez, Austin, 62 (2).

6, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 56.

7, Humberto Serna, Coronado, 55 (3).

7, Noah Loweree, Eastwood, 55.

9, Marcos Madrid, Eastwood, 52.

10, Luke Cruz, Eastwood, 45.

Job DeSantos, Eastwood, 43.

Braulio Torres, Chapin, 43.

Eirik Arredondo, Austin, 43.

Rodrigo Pinales, Coronado, 42.

Max Sandhu, Coronado, 42.

Jesus Gastelum-Bustamante, Burges, 41 (1).

Ulysses O’Rourke, El Paso, 36.

Jonah Herd Jr., Eastwood, 30.

Elias Alcocer, Eastwood, 27.

Alexander Cano, San Elizario, 26.

Sebastian Mendez, Franklin, 26.

Jacob Martinez, Franklin, 25 (1).

Fransisco Medina, Franklin, 22.

Jordan Diaz, Del Valle, 22.

Jacob Yeager, Burges, 23.

Julian Franco, Montwood, 18.

Damien Espinoza, Del Valle, 18.

Mateo Diaz, Hanks, 17.

Ameen Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 15.

Zerach Hernandez, Hanks, 15.

Adrian Chavez, Eastwood, 14.

Luis Pereda, Austin, 14.

Angel Boccanegra, San Elizario, 13.

Nathan Arreola, Eastwood, 13.

Isais Gaytan, Burges, 13.

Bryant Standage, Franklin, 12.

Jorge Soto, Pebble Hills, 12.

Christian Baca, Burges, 11.

Terrance Burnell, Chapin, 10.

Carlos Chavez, Burges, 10.

Jorel Miramontes, San Elizario, 10.

Sebastian Camacho, Franklin, 9.

Andrew Truax, Pebble Hills, 8.

Iskander Vargas, Burges, 8.

Austin Garza, Americas, 8.

Erick Gutierrez, Pebble Hills, 7.

Angel Richarte, San Elizario, 7.

David Retana, Harmony, 7.

Angel Bocanegra, San Elizario, 7.

Jorge Mendez, Socorro, 7.

Aiden Ochoa, Harmony, 6.

Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 6.

Daniel Maese, San Elizario, 6.

Yael Lira, Bel Air, 6.

Andrew Hernandez, El Paso, 5.

Damian Hernandez, San Elizario, 5.

Edgar Rodriguez, Austin, 5.

Eric Martinez, Franklin, 5.

Omar Mesta, Austin, 5.

Cesar Cardoza, Austin, 5.

Jesse Ortiz, Fabens, 4.

David Luchenbill, El Paso, 4.

Jacob Del Real, Hanks, 4.

Aiden Aguirre, Canutillo, 3.

Teo Quinonez, Fabens, 3.

Adrian Cisneros, Pebble Hills, 3.

Gavin Cottle, Pebble Hills, 3.

Darian Hernandez, Hanks, 3.

Jozaih Paiz, San Elizario, 3.

Victor Hernandez, Harmony, 2

Jordan Gonzalez, Coronado, 1.

Adan Ceniceros, Eastwood, 1.

Cesar Chavez, Austin, 1.

Armando Jalil, Clint, 1.

Noah Arias, Hanks, 1.

Jose Granados, Franklin, 1                    

Nathan Martinez, Pebble Hills, 1.