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Rams' Riess earns second-place finish at Carlsbad

CARLSBAD — Portales High junior Michael Riess posted a second-place finish in boys competition on Saturday in the Carlsbad Invitational cross country meet.

Riess covered the 5-kilometer course in a time of 17 minutes, 31.36 seconds, trailing only Alamogordo’s Celso Garcia (16:47.50).

Alamo captured team honors with 58 points to 72 for Hobbs. Clovis High was seventh in the 10-team field with 157 points, while PHS did not field a full squad.

Freshman Sammy Fuentes posted the Wildcats’ top time, coming in 14th in the 80-runner field at 18:52.04.

Odessa High took team honors in girls competition, featuring seven full squads, with 47 points. CHS was seventh at 156, while Portales did not have a full team.

Senior Jazlyn Salazar led the Lady Wildcats, posting a time of 25:04.35, good for 34th place.

Portales coach Laura McNeill said several of her runners were unable to compete for a variety of reasons.

“We had some good times,” she said. “It was a hard course; Carlsbad has a bridge that’s kind of unforgiving.

“We’re getting stronger. We’re looking forward to some bigger meets ahead.”

Portales is in action on Saturday in the Rio Rancho Jamboree. Both squads will be in action on Oct. 2, with Clovis in the Canyon Invitational and Portales going to the Ruidoso Invitational.

 
 
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