Greyhounds Edge #1-Ranked Adams State to Win New Mexico Highlands Cross Country Jamboree
Zias Finish Women's Race in Third Place

PORTALES, N.M. — The Eastern New Mexico University men's cross country team defeated the #1-ranked team in NCAA Division II, as the Greyhounds finished one point ahead of Adams State College at the New Mexico Highlands University Cross Country Jamboree, Sept. 24 in Las Vegas, N.M. The Greyhounds recorded a team score of 43 to edge Adams State, which scored 44. Jason Garcia (So., Alamogordo, NM/Alamogordo HS) led the charge for ENMU, earning a sixth-place finish (5th place among scorers) with a time of 26:14 over the 8-kilometer course.

Garcia was one of four Greyhounds in the top 15 finishers and top 10 scorers. Derek Henio (Fr., Pine Hill, N.M./Pine Hill HS) was 9th (7th among scorers in 26:41), while Mike Thomas (Fr., Shiprock, N.M./Kirtland HS) took 10th (8th) in 26:47 and Orlando Sanchez (Sr., Los Lunas, N.M./Los Lunas HS) was 12th (10th) in 26:48. In the women's race, ENMU took third place as a team. Joyce Doan (So., Kent, WA/Pacific Lutheran Univ.) led the Zias with a 14th place finish (11th among scorers), as she completed the 5-kilometer event in 20:09.