Congrats to the Belen Jesuit boys competing under the club name of Miami Havana on their 14th place finish with 347 points and a 37 second top 5 spread at the Team Nationals on Saturday in Portland, Oregon.
This was the second time that a Belen Jesuit squad has qualified for nationals while bettering their 20th place showing from their first team nationals appearance in 2011.
The 6-time defending 3A state champions were led by an 8th grader too in Marcelo Mantecon (68th, 15:58) with a stellar individual race. Mantecon was followed in by teammates junior Joshua Ruiz (99th, 16:14), sophomore Tiago Socarras (109th, 16:19), senior Matthew Calero (133rd, 16:33), junior Joseph Ruiz (137th, 16:35), junior Evan Torres (157th, 16:46), and senior Alec Torricella (195th, 17:45) into finish.