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.

#22 Cimarron Rams

Cimarron will look to stay on for another podium finish after claiming 3rd last spring led by Lee Kenneke who landed among the top ten. They will need to replace two key contributors to that 2020 season effort with Jonathan Gonzales(8th) and David Gonzales (44th) among the departures. They are among others within A/2A that will take a step back by losing crucial scoring runners as well. This race truly is a tossup for any of those top five finishing schools last season but also teams that sat out and didn't make the trip to state. Junior Joseph Gonzales is hoping to better his 33rd place finish while sophomore Joaquin Alcon will need to crack the 20-min barrier to see an improvement on his 37th place finish.

A/2A Boys

2020 State finish: 3rd

State Titles: 2012

Individual State Champions: N/A

2021 Cimarron Rankings

New Mexico Rankings	22nd
A/2A Rankings	3rd
District 2-A/2A Ranking	2nd

Top Returning Runners

Name	Grade	Personal best	Best state finish
Lee Kenneke	Sr	17:33	7th
Joseph Gonzales	Jr	19:11	33rd
Joaquin Alcon	So	20:47	37th