New Mexico Cross Country Countdown Series

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.

#23 Crownpoint Eagles

One of the few schools at the moment returning enough runners to make a projected top-five, Crownpoint is led by Sophomore Tyra Tsosie who finished 11th at the state meet this spring. For a team that finished fifth last season and returns such a solid group, it's hard to put them as a projected 5th best 3A team. It's only the fact that the rest of 3A is also expected to bring back plenty of talent across the board that the Eagles land lower on this list. District 1-3A is there for the taking but what might we expect from a state meet that will include teams that sat out including Navajo Prep, Wingate, Santa Fe Indian, Santa Fe Prep, and West Las Vegas. Key contributors to the success Crownpoint has this fall will fall on runners like senior Kaleigh Shorty, freshman Analisa Yazzie, juniors Janaya Tom, and Jalynn Lucario.

3A Girls

2020 State finish: 5th

State titles: 1986,1987, 1993

Individual State Champions: Jodie Michaelyn (1986) Karletta Hannah(1993)

2021 Crownpoint Rankings

New Mexico Ranking	23rd
3A Ranking	5th
District 1-3A Ranking	1st

Top Returning Runners

Name	Grade	Personal best (5k)	Best state finish
Tyra Tsosie	So	19:38	11th
Kaleigh Shorty	Sr	21:13	25th
Analisa Yazzie	Fr	25:08	26th
Janaya Tom	Jr	20:45	17th (2018)
Jalynn Lucario	Jr	26:25	34th
Iinanibah Johnson	So	32:45	N/A