USATF National Cross Country Champions AAT's Isla and Gianna
Congratulations to all our athletes that ran in the 2022 USATF National XC Meet!
At the 2022 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships held at Bryan-College Station, TX Albuquerque Athletics Track team had 2 athletes win their individual cross country race, sisters Isla and Gianna Rahmer. Isla won the 9-10 girls 3K age group race in a time of 11:17.30. There were 283 athletes in Isla's race. Her sister Gianna won her 11-12 girls 3K age group race in a time of 10:25.00 . There were 349 athletes in Gianna's race. This is the first national championship for both sisters, Gianna's 5th USATF All American award in cross country and Isla's 2nd. Both sisters finished the 2022 USATF JO XC season undefeated. Last year their only loss came with their 6th place finishes at the national meet. AAT had 8 athletes compete in this years national meet with two athletes winning individual national championships and earning USATF All American awards. Gianna is a 7th grader at Hoover Middle School, Isla a 4th grader at John Baker.
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Gabriel Ball
Congratulations to Gabriel Ball on his 5th place finish in Men's 17-18 high jump at this years National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships in Sacramento, California with a jump of 1.95 meters (6' 4-3/4"). This was Gabriel's 2nd USA Track & Field All American award in this event and his 3rd and final trip to the National JO meet. In 2016 Gabriel was the national runner up in the 11-12 Boys age group division (1.55m 5'-1") and a 12th place finish in 2014 in the 9-10 Boys age group (1.20m 3' 11-1/4). Gabriel joined AAT in 2013 and has been competing in the high jump since 2014. This spring Gabriel won the NMAA 5A state high jump title and graduated from Eldorado. Gabriel will attend Cornel University this fall and will compete in the high jump for their track team.
