South Shore high schools do well in NIAA State Cross Country Races

Submitted by paula on Sat, 11/08/2014 - 7:17pm

South Tahoe High's Boys cross country team is bringing home a Division 1-A fifth place finish from the 2014 NIAA State Cross Country Championships in Las Vegas. Their counterpart across the state line, Division III Whittell High School, is also bringing home fifth place honors from the tournament.

South Tahoe's highest finisher was Dillon Lemons who finished 18th. He was followed by Orion Maxwell (21st), Paul Mutz (25th), Mario Mangiaracina (33rd), George Freeman (42nd), Paul Hoefer (45th) and Chase Stalter (52nd). Their top five finishers ended up with a total time of 1:31:27.1.

Whittell's Cole Snyder led the Warrior's state showing with a 4th place finish in the state. The sophomore was just 13 seconds behind the winner. The other Warrior finishers were Gabe Rusk (25th), Julio Loera Hernandez (27th), Nick Petty (34th), Sam Berry (40th), Scott Harrison (45th) and Gabe Aguilar (48th). Their top five finishers had a total time of 1:40:46.8.

For the girls, South Tahoe had two girls finish, Ally Sullivan was 4th and Riley Rettig was 32nd. They are bringing home the NIAA Academic State Championship for Division 1-A.

Whittel had one girl finish at state, Mary Sanchez, who crossed over the 39th.