
By Jay Leon Guerrero
Hundreds of spectators witnessed the 2021 Middle School All-Island Cross Country Meet held Monday afternoon at the Harvest Christian Academy School Campus. The Island’s top IIAAG Middle School runners gathered in one location for their season finale with the boys running first followed by the girls.
Jadyel Rink, an 8th grader representing the McCool Seahawks, finished first overall with a time of 8 minutes and 39 seconds. Allie Beckenhauer from the Andersen Middle School Dragons took the individual honors in the girl’s division with a time of 9 minutes and 54 seconds.
“I saw the amount of people here today and felt some pressure to do well. But I’ve been having success so far this season and just tried my best,” said Rink.
The crowd did not seem to get to Rink as he started off the race in a fast pace and maintained his lead. Rink said that with every meet he saw improvement in his PR (personal record) times.
“With every race I was doing better, I actually broke my PR by 20 seconds today,” stated Rink.
Coming in second place was Rink’s teammate Talan Farrington who also managed to clock in before the 9-minute mark. A pair of Andersen Dragons followed with Clay Martin and J.C. Garcia coming in a respectable 3rd and 4th place.
Back-to-back championBeckenhauer was the only female runner to clock in under 10 minutes with a time of 9 minutes and 54 seconds. Beckenhauer, an eighth grader, said she wanted to get this victory before she moves off-island.
“I woke up this morning and told myself that this race was going to be good no matter where I finished or what my time would be,” said Beckenhauer.

“I’m leaving in June of next year. This team is like family to me, I made many friends on this team and my best friend is also on this team. Last year, many of my teammates moved off-island and we got some new teammates. We really made the best out of it,” said Beckenhauer.
Coming in a respectable second place in the girl’s division was St. John’s runner Hayden Wilson with a time of 10:25. Andersen Dragons occupied the rest of the top five positions with Jordynn Crandell, Addison White and Julianna Regalado finishing third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
After the meet, there was a presentation for the team champions and the Dragons celebrated a double victory, winning both team championships.
Boy’s Team champions:
1st place: Andersen Dragons
2nd place: McCool Seahawks
3rd place: Harvest Eagles
Girl’s Team Girls
1st place: Andersen Dragons
2nd place: Santa Barbara
3rd place: Harvest Eagles
Top 10 Girls
1. Allie Beckenhauer (AMS) – 9:54
2. Hayden Wilson (SJS) – 10:25
3. Jordenn Crandell (AMS) – 10:40
4. Addison White (AMS) – 10:49
5. Julianna Regalado (AMS) – 10:52
6. Donna Entera (SBCS) – 11:00
7. Hazel Wilson (SJS) – 11:05
8. Bekah Tavarez (HCA) – 11:07
9. Sarah Denzer (AMS) – 11:08
10. Azariah Fair (MEMS) 11:19
Top 10 Boys
1. Jadyel Rink (MC) – 8:39
2. Talan Farrington (MC) – 8:57
3. Clay Martin (AMS) – 9:08
4. J.C. Garcia (AMS) -9:32
5. Micah Elwell (HCA) – 9:33
6. Sean Halehale (BBMS) – 9:34
7. Chase Cobb (AMS) – 9:39
8. Rai Flores (SJS) – 9:41
9. Gabriel Dixon (HCA) – 9:43
10. Race Baden (SJS) – 9:44


GPS Sports Calendar
March 2023
- SU
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for February
28th
Events for March
2nd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINALS
Events for March
3rd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
ISA GIRLS SOCCER FINALS
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS
Events for March
4th
35th RAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN 3.5 MILER
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE FINALS
Events for March
5th
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 3
Events for March
5th
Events for March
6th
Events for March
7th
Events for March
9th
Events for March
11th
GSPN PRESEASON BOYS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT DAY 1
Bank of Guam Block Party 5K
Events for March
12th
Events for March
13th
Events for March
14th
Events for March
15th
Events for March
17th
World Athletics Indoor Championships
IIAAG BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Events for March
18th
PAY-LESS KICK THE FAT 5K/10K
World Athletics Indoor Championships
Events for March
19th
Events for March
21st
Events for March
25th
MARIANAS OPEN PRO JAPAN TOURNAMENT
IIAAG BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Events for March
26th
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 4
Events for March
28th
ISA GIRLS SOFTBALL
IIAAG BOYS VOLLEYBALL
ISA BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Events for March
30th
ISA GIRLS SOFTBALL
IIAAG GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Events for March
31st
IIAAG BOYS VOLLEYBALL
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Jiu-Jitsu
ATOS BRINGS BACK 44 MEDALS FROM JAPAN

Volleyball
TIYAN DROPS SET FOR FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS

MMA/Boxing
BENAVENTE BRINGS RARE SKILL TO FIGHT GAME

MMA/Boxing
BENAVENTE BRINGS RARE SKILL TO FIGHT GAME

Volleyball
EAGLES HOLD OFF WARRIORS IN 5 SETS

Jiu-Jitsu
MARIANAS OPEN TO TAKE OVER TOKYO
COMING SOON …
- 4th Quarter Sports
QUICK HITS
——————————————
Guam MTB National Championship: Edward Oingerang and Jennifer Camacho are your 2023 MTB national champions. Oingerang finished the course in 1:13:24 while Camacho won her second straight title in 54:08.