Los Alamos Repeats, Hope Christian Upsets 4A

Hope Christian after winning first state title (photo by Jaren Brooks)

Hope Christian takes down Goliaths of 4A 

In a year where surprises and the unexpected should be commonplace, The Huskies of Hope Christian taking down the best of 4A on a late March afternoon in 2021. They were a team that had been building under head coach Shane Cleveland for the past few seasons but this was the year where everything came to fruition.  Straight out the starting box Hope's Rendon Kuykendall, Eric Scharton, and Cade Martin zoomed into the lead position and would not let up.  The Husky trio coasted their way into the stadium single file as Kuykendall earned his first state title as a Sophomore while Scharton claimed runner-up and Martin in 3rd. Evan Stewart's 12th place finish would secure the win for Hope and the youngster of the group, eighth-grader Brady McGahie would round out the squad. Albuquerque Academy's Justin Hickey would claim 4th place on his home course while Wakei Hettinga and Rafael Sanchez would go 5 -6 for the Hilltoppers. Hope Christian won 4A with a stellar 18 points to Los Alamos 28 and Academy's 37.

4A Boys Results

4A BOYS 5000 METER RUN FINALS	
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	POINTS
1	Rendon Kuykendall	10	Hope Christian High School	15:17.84	
2	Eric Scharton	12	Hope Christian High School	15:28.37	
3	Cade Martin	12	Hope Christian High School	15:43.19	
4	Justin Hickey	12	Albuquerque Academy	16:00.53	
5	Wakei Hettinga	11	Los Alamos High School	16:10.56	
6	Rafael Sanchez	12	Los Alamos High School	16:14.96	
7	Joaquin Deprez	11	Albuquerque Academy	16:17.50	
8	Ryan Aldaz	11	Los Alamos High School	16:36.01	
9	Adrian Will	12	Los Alamos High School	16:44.91	
10	Tayan Benson	11	Miyamura High School	16:49.71	
11	Brian Armijo	12	Albuquerque Academy	16:50.64	
12	Evan Stewart	12	Hope Christian High School	16:51.89	
13	Israel Garcia	10	Del Norte High School	17:07.87	
14	Demitrrius Young	12	Shiprock High School	17:08.75	
15	Mauricio Toledo	12	Bloomfield High School	17:14.61	
16	Jesse Sanchez	12	Albuquerque Academy	17:23.84	
17	Orye Franklin	11	Shiprock High School	17:26.44	
18	Logan Pioche	10	Shiprock High School	17:30.24	
19	William Weinstein	10	Albuquerque Academy	17:31.89	
20	Andres Campos		Santa Teresa High School	17:37.05	
21	Derick Castellanos	10	Lovington High School	17:41.73	
22	Juan Branch	12	Espanola Valley High School	17:51.55	
23	Aidan Trujillo	12	St. Pius X High School	18:04.82	
24	Brady McGahie	8	Hope Christian High School	18:04.89	
25	Eddie Duran	12	Taos High School	18:11.95	
26	Kendon Augare-Deal	9	Gallup High School	18:15.32	
27	Benjamin Mcmurtrey	12	Moriarty High School	18:16.08	
28	Edgar Rodriguez	12	Ruidoso High School	18:21.89	
29	Henry Schuett	11	Moriarty High School	18:24.01	
30	Ryan Segura	11	Ruidoso High School	18:31.92	
31	Jordon Murillo	12	Del Norte High School	18:33.11	
32	Jaden Avalos	11	Ruidoso High School	18:35.50	
33	Justin Bitsilly	12	Shiprock High School	18:35.51	
34	George Piestewa	11	Miyamura High School	18:35.79	
35	Daniel Sanchez		Espanola Valley High School	18:36.75	
36	Matthais Deherrera	11	Bloomfield High School	18:36.97	
37	Samuel Buershen	10	St. Pius X High School	18:43.97	
38	Sebastian Solis		Santa Teresa High School	18:48.27	
39	Alexander Villasenor		Lovington High School	18:56.70	
40	Ricky Padilla	11	Espanola Valley High School	19:05.93	
41	Jose Castro	11	Espanola Valley High School	19:06.29	
42	Brian Kalb	10	St. Pius X High School	19:13.36	
43	Adam Phillips	11	Shiprock High School	19:18.84	
44	Ian Simpson	11	Ruidoso High School	19:20.82	
45	Diamond Carter		Lovington High School	19:23.18	
46	Shance Johnson-Hood	11	Miyamura High School	19:28.79	
47	Moises Flores-gonzalez		Highland High School	19:37.71	
48	Sergio Chavarria	11	Miyamura High School	19:41.55	
49	Ismael Martinez	10	Lovington High School	19:43.83	
50	Colton Sellers	12	Lovington High School	19:43.95	
51	Michael Castro		Santa Teresa High School	19:54.56	
52	Blaze Sheets	10	Belen High School	19:56.96	
53	Michael Young	11	Goddard High School	20:00.66	
54	Joshua Helfenbein	9	Miyamura High School	20:06.72	
55	Evan Carbajal		Portales High School	20:10.86	
56	Tristan Jiron		Del Norte High School	20:11.06	
57	Keith Bridge	11	Los Alamos High School	20:11.21	
58	Matias Padilla		Belen High School	20:17.99	
59	Damian Jacovo	12	Portales High School	20:23.51	
60	Alexis Quintero		Chaparral High School	20:24.05	
61	Jonathan Smith	10	Goddard High School	20:24.73	
62	Diego Martinez		Belen High School	20:27.57	
63	Kevin Barragan	11	Santa Teresa High School	20:32.33	
64	Julio Flores	12	Goddard High School	20:48.55	
65	Liam Johnson		Del Norte High School	21:01.62	
66	Cody Webster	10	Portales High School	21:23.88	
67	Adrian Quintero		Chaparral High School	21:30.94	
68	Zachary Salazar	11	Espanola Valley High School	21:36.09	
69	German Jr Baca		Highland High School	21:36.54	
70	Ezra Rabourn	9	Ruidoso High School	21:53.88	
71	Nixon Reyes		Del Norte High School	22:09.06	
72	Nick Fresquez		Belen High School	22:15.55	
73	Santos Sisneros	11	Belen High School	22:45.47	
74	Traise Cain	12	Portales High School	23:03.28	
75	Landon Grawrock		Portales High School	25:21.77

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