SantaFeToday.com Santa Fe’s Hometown News
By Arnie Leshin
The Santa Fe Indian School cross country runners are trying to turn bad news into good news in these times of the coronavirus pandemic.
With their girls and boys program under head coach Joe Calabaza scratched this season because of tribal rules, it spoiled not only a chance for the boys to claim the top spot in the state 3A team championships, but also senior Chris Humetewa’s turn to finish first after two sparkling bids of placing third in back-to-back years.
As a team, the Braves ran second to Zuni in the 2018 final at the Rio Rancho High School course, losing 42-46, but in 2019, it was all Zuni leaving the field way behind, including whooping runner-up Indian School, 23-92, by taking first, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth, with all seniors except for its harrier who came in 20th.
And Humetewa had almost identical times, clocked in 16:42.45 his sophomore year and 16:42.20 as a junior.
