The state's returning Gatorade Runner of the Year, the 5-foot-6 junior won her second straight Class 6A state meet title this past season with a time of 18:20.55, breaking the tape 24.4 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Storm to a third-place finish as a team. Unbeaten against in-state runners for a second consecutive year despite having her appendix removed just before the start of the 2016 season, Mayoral finished 33rd at the Nike Cross Nationals Southwest Regional championships and 78th at the Foot Locker West Regional championships.
Mayoral has maintained a 3.0 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
An accomplished violinist, Mayoral has volunteered locally as part of fundraising campaigns to benefit breast cancer research and on behalf of multiple community-service initiatives through her church youth group. "Amanda is a class athlete who is respected by all competitors and coaches," said Chokri Dhoudi, head coach of Eldorado High. "She is the best runner in New Mexico right now."
