Former NAU standout Ali Upshaw resets Narbona Pass women’s 10K course record, Zuni Pueblo’s Kameron Eustace three-peats
Navajo Times | Quentin Jodie
Former NAU standout Ali Upshaw eyes the finish line in the Narbona Pass Classic 10K race on Sunday morning. Upshaw reset the women’s course record with a winning time of 40:38.09.
NARBONA PASS, N.M.
A pair of collegiate runners captured the 10K titles at the 46th Annual Narbona Pass Classic on Sunday morning.
Winners of the grueling 10K race were Northern Arizona running great Ali Upshaw and Colorado State University Pueblo phenom Kameron Eustace as that race registered 342 participants.
Navajo Times | Quentin Jodie
Zuni Pueblo runner Kameron Eustace keeps his pace during the 10K race at the 46th Annual Narbona Pass Classic on Sunday morning. Eustace captured his third consecutive crown by clocking in at 37:32.68.
Eustace netted his third straight men’s crown on the Chuska Mountain with a 37:32.68 effort while Upshaw beat the women’s course record by 12 seconds with a winning time of 40:38.09.
“This race is so hard, and I’m really happy with what I did,” Upshaw said. “I had the record in mind, but I didn’t think I was going to get it this year. It was a big surprise that I was within range.”
The NAU graduate student got the record by chasing four male runners ahead of her with Eustace leading the way. Fort Lewis College soon-to-be sophomore Dathan Esson came in second at 39:00.65 followed by Window Rock High graduate Bearren Kee (40:24.84) and Monument Valley graduate Dylan Johnson (40:31.79).
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