New Mexico Girls Cross Country Countdown: #24 Ramah


The New Mexico Cross Country Countdown breaks down the top 25 New Mexico boys and girls teams returning this fall. These rankings will include projected top runners and weighing how each team may do in their respective districts and state competitions. Changes to class alignments and adaptions to state championship format have been taken into consideration. These rankings are based on past two seasons of performances and do not include teams that did not compete last year due to a lack of athletes and team information. All top returning runners are only projections and may include athletes no longer on the team due to transfer or out-of-state relocation.

#24 Ramah Mustangs

Well, the next team on our list is similar to Tohatchi in the fact they bring back a very young squad this fall. The 5th place Mustangs lose Shamika Maria to graduation but retain their top finisher, Keena Turney. Also considering that ATC and Pecos have been dominating A/2A for the past few years, competing in the biggest classification in terms of teams per district just making it to the state meet is a challenge any given year. This past year saw schools like Laguna Acoma sit out cross country who easily could have competed for the state title. Ramah will look for their 5th runner and could see another consecutive top-five finish in 2021 as graduations will affect the rest of A/2A. This fall will qualify more to the state meet so if runners like Aleeya Lambson and Lydia Lambson can pull off a top 25 finish they will be in contention for a trophy. Sophomore Penelope Maria rounds out the top 4 as the Mustangs look promising going into fall 2021 season.

Photo by Jaren Brooks

A/2A Girls

2020 State finish: 5th

State titles: 0

Individual State Champions: 0

2021 Ramah Rankings 

New Mexico Ranking

24th
A/2A Ranking3rd
District 1-A/2A1st


Top Returning Runners

NameGradePersonal best (5k)Best state finish

Keena Turney

Fr22:5018th

Aleeya Lambson

So23:2025th

Lydia Lambson

Fr23:3127th

Penelope Maria

So29:32114th