Gallup Navajo woman coaches Albuquerque men’s rugby club
Timaris Montaño is a Gallup woman who fell in love with a sport that is often associated with men.
It was her husband’s passion for rugby that got things rolling.
When the family moved to Arizona, Chee Montaño got active with a Phoenix Rugby club from 1999-2005. When they moved back to Gallup, Timaris’ oldest son, then in eighth grade, asked her to organize a rugby club, so he could play rugby like his dad.
Montaño contacted New Mexico Youth Rugby and said they welcomed her with open arms.
“I believe I was the fifth team in New Mexico to start,” she said.
She thinks that was around 2007.
“You need 15...