Alamogordo Girls Win Dust Devil Dash Title; Area Teams Tune Up for District

ALAMOGORDO — The Alamogordo girls cross country team claimed the team title at Friday's Dust Devil Dash, putting five runners in the top 10 on their home course as area teams made their final tune-up before next week's district championships.

Aurora Van Beusichem led the Tigers with a fourth-place finish in 22:31.32, followed closely by Alex Simmons in fifth (22:39.42). Adalynn Chavez (8th, 23:28.24), Jocelyn Pittman (9th, 23:42.04) and Kassidy Wright (10th, 23:55.85) rounded out a tightly packed scoring group, with Nizhoni Castillo (12th) and Kyra Schuler (14th) adding depth.

Cloudcroft's girls finished fifth as a team, led by Gena Davis in 18th (26:07.42) and Adelyn Tompkins in 24th (27:05.20). Mescalero Apache was paced by Lariah Comanche, who placed 22nd in 26:45.67.

On the boys side, Alamogordo placed fourth as a team behind Zachary Swayzee, who finished ninth in 18:54.27. Hayden Miller was 14th in 19:11.76, edging Cloudcroft's Fin Abel by less than half a second. Abel, 15th in 19:12.10, led the Bears to a sixth-place team finish.

Mescalero Apache's boys placed ninth, led by Shywin Chaffins in 30th (21:05.17).

Up next

Alamogordo competes at the District 3-5A Championship in Las Cruces next Saturday. Mescalero Apache and Cloudcroft head to the District 3/4-2A Championships in Roswell, also next Saturday.

Full results: Dust Devil Dash 2026 on MileSplit

Team results

Boys: Alamogordo 4th, Cloudcroft 6th, Mescalero Apache 9th

Girls: Alamogordo 1st, Cloudcroft 5th

Area individual results

Girls

Alamogordo: Aurora Van Beusichem 4th (22:31.32); Alex Simmons 5th (22:39.42); Adalynn Chavez 8th (23:28.24); Jocelyn Pittman 9th (23:42.04); Kassidy Wright 10th (23:55.85); Nizhoni Castillo 12th (24:21.31); Kyra Schuler 14th (23:03.57); Siena Cass 23rd (26:54.66); Eliza Osborne 30th (27:43.52); Ashtyn Bird 32nd (27:47.56); Melody Wiggins 37th (29:11.86); Gizelle Medrano Misquez 44th (32:33.33); Sofia Ramirez 48th (34:48.82)

Cloudcroft: Gena Davis 18th (26:07.42); Adelyn Tompkins 24th (27:05.20); Bella Johnson 36th (28:46.21); Brisa Johnson 45th (32:23.67); Alyssa Singer 47th (33:36.71)

Mescalero Apache: Lariah Comanche 22nd (26:45.67); Ellie Gallerito 27th (27:24.38); Verbena Comanche 28th (27:29.98); Stephie Prins 31st (27:44.36)

Boys

Alamogordo: Zachary Swayzee 9th (18:54.27); Hayden Miller 14th (19:11.76); Nicholas Spataro 26th (20:29.64); Austin Amberson 29th (20:41.31); Kellan Casebolt 38th (21:48.94); Jonathan Clark 41st (20:04.45); Keagan Reese 43rd (22:06.52); Calvin Khan 49th (22:25.98); Ryan Woods 56th (23:17.40); Nickolas Starkovich 61st (23:44.77); Elias Pike 66th (24:42.66); Chase Bailey 69th (24:51.48); Bryan Sepndlove 78th (26:28.18); Clayton Nevin 83rd (29:18.02)

Cloudcroft: Fin Abel 15th (19:12.10); Jadon Myers 32nd (21:12.90); Ryder Kempf 48th (22:25.53); Tyler Meszler 50th (22:26.49); Forrest Odom 51st (22:52.94); Cailan Marte 54th (23:16.46); Hakan Kefeli 57th (23:17.86); Raine Langford 64th (24:23.80); Rafael Pulido 75th (25:15.29); Alex Dunn 79th (27:22.28)

Mescalero Apache: Shywin Chaffins 30th (21:05.17); Damien Valdez 55th (23:16.92); Kanin Fernando 58th (23:22.29); Ricardo Uzos 73rd (25:14.11); Isiah Comanche 74th (25:14.91)

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