Los Alamos Invitational
October 21st, 2005
Los Alamos Golf Course, Los Alamos, NM

By Regional Editor Steve Lurie


Notes: The meet looks to be a preview of the 4A state championship race to be held in 2 weeks at Red Rock State Park. The top-3 teams from 2004 were all in attendance. 2004 state results: Academy 29, Los Alamos 37, Capital 95. 12 of the top-20 individuals from last year’s state meet were in the race.

In 2004: The Hilltoppers (Los Alamos) used a 1-2-3 overall finish to hand Academy one of their 4 losses (23 – 42) to their friendly rivals.

In 2005: This year their same top-3 went 1-4-7 to outscore SW#3 Albuquerque Academy 12 to 15 points in the initial standings. However, after that the depth of the Chargers proved to be too much for Los Alamos to handle; placing 7 men ahead of their #4. Academy's 16:50.0 5-man average was :20.4 seconds better then last year’s 17:10.4.

Comments: Late in the year many teams chose to rest their top kids or shy away from top competition prior to state. Both Academy and Los Alamos prefer to face the toughest opponents you can find. Thus far Academy and Los Alamos have squared off five times at the biggest meets in the area. Those teams have seen each other at the highly competitive meets of U. New Mexico, Liberty Bell, Curtis Williams Invite (Gallup), and both team’s home invite. Each time Academy sees Los Alamos they seemingly get better and better.

BOYS RESULTS:

Elevation: 7344 feet - Rolling hills
Weather: 58 degrees
Distance 4827 meters = 3.0 miles

Individuals: Boys:

15:57 Ryan McNiff (Los Alamos course record)
16:05 Ben Johnson - Academy
16:25 Dustin Martin - Academy
16:31 Simon Gilna - Los Alamos
16:44 Nick Arguellas - Highland
16:47 Luis Chavez - Capital
16:50 Nathan Romero - Los Alamos
16:51 Steve Duran - Manzano
16:57 Matt Jones - Manzano
17:03 Kyle Cooper - Academy
17:06 Isaac Phillups - Highland
17:11 Jeremy Chavez - Capital
17:14 Brandon Coriz - Highland
17:15 Cal Armerding - Academy
17:16 Pat Ortiz - Pecos
17:19 Laurence Bustos - Taos
17:22 Harland Pietz - Academy
17:29 Carlton Salt - Highland
17:30 Sam Mellon - Highland
17:33 Kelvin Dunn - Academy

Teams:

Albuquerque Academy - 46
Los Alamos - 63
Highland - 66
Manzano - 112
Capital - 118
Albuquerque High - 174
Pojoaque - 182
Pecos - 200
Santa Fe - 294
Taos - no score

 

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