Jerrick Maldonado (Right) photo by Jaren Brooks
The New Mexico Cross Country Countdown breaks down the top 25 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.
#22 Clovis Wildcats
The Wildcats have been on an upward trend in cross country for the past few seasons. Not a traditional powerhouse and perhaps the sport of choice in southern New Mexico will always be football, but teams like Clovis are proving to be a challenge going forward. The best runner from 5A is Jerrick Maldonado who leads a team still looking for team success. Maldonado took it down to the wire last season when he almost captured the 5A title from Piedra Vista's Triston Charles. Clovis needs to find a rhythm for the rest of this squad if they have any hopes of breaking into the top 5 contentions at state. The next lowest returner is Kyle Richardson who places 76th in 2019. Making up the rest of the pack are Hayden Levy, Nehemiah Gonzales, and Sage Spade. What the Wildcats could really use this season is some depth perhaps from the younger ranks if necessary. In district 4-5A Clovis is relatively secure in locking up one of the two qualifying spots with Hobbs probably most likely to challenge for #1. In 5A, it will be a long road ahead for a team where Clovis is at right now to get beyond the heavy hitters in the classification but Clovis is known for seeing its athletes making huge strides between offseasons and having the top individual runner on your team sure can boost team confidence.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam pellentesque et arcu pharetra pretium. Mauris sagittis mi ac ultricies efficitur. Vivamus id diam quis sem luctus vestibulum. Ut sit amet pharetra neque. Aliquam vel dolor sed metus facilisis mollis vehicula eu purus. Nulla id leo enim. Nullam venenatis ac quam non interdum. Nunc placerat scelerisque elementum. Integer vel libero ornare, vulputate dolor ut, gravida odio. Donec eros ex, molestie ut molestie eget, scelerisque sit amet felis. Donec nec ultricies sapien, a pulvinar dui. Nullam sollicitudin pretium turpis, imperdiet facilisis sem dapibus ac. Integer tristique odio posuere nisi condimentum egestas quis quis mi. Suspendisse non tristique arcu, vel varius lacus. Donec varius turpis nec purus cursus rhoncus.
Donec hendrerit velit mi, at ultricies sapien ornare sed. Sed neque sapien, hendrerit ac facilisis at, faucibus eu urna. Vivamus malesuada risus porttitor augue condimentum, non venenatis urna malesuada. Mauris mattis, risus eget venenatis fringilla, sem magna convallis augue, at placerat mi augue ut purus. Proin a odio orci. Cras quis auctor magna, fringilla convallis magna. Quisque sed arcu enim. Nullam sed aliquet nisi. Morbi aliquet neque tortor, ac sodales purus pharetra sed. Maecenas viverra ex nec ante pretium, eu accumsan neque sodales.
Aenean vel mi leo. Cras in massa suscipit, blandit libero sit amet, finibus lacus. Ut scelerisque aliquet odio sollicitudin efficitur. Vivamus viverra arcu eu purus venenatis dictum. Proin varius nisl at facilisis ultricies. Maecenas eleifend enim sit amet ante tempor rhoncus. Curabitur vulputate nulla id nibh blandit, ac ullamcorper elit facilisis. Pellentesque sollicitudin et sapien facilisis molestie.
Phasellus vitae nunc suscipit erat convallis gravida. Morbi id neque maximus, rutrum arcu at, placerat orci. Pellentesque vel erat mollis, ullamcorper dui egestas, fringilla nisi. Sed vel venenatis mauris. Proin finibus eu dui vitae efficitur. Maecenas fermentum magna quis leo maximus scelerisque. Fusce vehicula, dui nec porta volutpat, odio tellus posuere orci, at tincidunt ex nulla vel sapien.
