Cross Country Shiner Invitational Results

The East Bernard Cross Country Teams competed at the Shiner Invitational this past weekend. The Varsity Boys team came away with their first win of the season placing 1st in the 3A-5A Division  ahead of Lockhart in 2nd and Sealy in 3rd, with 12 teams competing. All six of the boys competing placed in the top 20 to earn medalist honors.  Caleb Moseley was the first EB runner in, placing 3rd overall, followed by Jacob Muniz in 7th, John Failla in 10th, Brian Barta in 11th, Blaine Whitley in 13th, and Michael Zapalac in 16th with 105 boys competing in the race. The boys ran well with all of the harriers finishing within a 1:12 of each other.  The Varsity Girls  came away with their 2nd championship of the season.  The girls placed 1st  overall with Goliad earning 2nd place, and Lockhart 3rd.  There were 14 teams competing in the 3A-5A Division. Jessica Rabius was the 1st runner in overall to win the top spot.  She was followed by Liz Guerra in 3rd place Jill Hlavinka in 7th, AJ Navarro in 9th, Kasey Kretszchmar in 11th, MacKensie Muzik in12th, Corrina Navarro in 16th to all earn medalist honors. Carson Swoboda was 22nd overall and Angie Cruz 34th  with 185 girls competing in the race.  In the JV races, East Bernard did not field a complete team, but had individuals competing.  In the JV girls race, Lexi Atkinson earned medalist honors placing 8th overall.  In the JV boys race,Isaac Aguilar was the 1st East Bernard runner in placing 28th, Stephen Castillo placed 44th, Jacob Wondrash placed 45th, and  Anthony Gil finished in 55th place with 65 runners competing.  The Jr. High girls team placed 9th with Aracely Acevedo placing 10th overall and Alyssa Schulte 18th to both earn Medalist honors. Amber Suarez placed 72nd, Kendall Douthit 84th, and Abby Sellers 96th with 123 girls competing in the Jr. High race.  The Jr. High boys won the team championship edging out Lockhart by 3 points to come away with the win.   Reagan Whitley was the first harrier in to win the top overall position coming in 15 seconds ahead of the next runner.  Joey Stearman was the next EB runner placing 8th, followed by AJ Lazo in 10th,  Issac Ortiz in 12th, Grady Prazak 14th, and  Jackson Barta 17th to all earn medalist honors. Alex Lopez placed 25th, Bo Badger 30th, Keith Atkinson 48th, Ben Sandoval 57th, Angel Zavala 69th, and Jared Hlavinka 88th to complete the East Bernard runners.  There were 115 boys running in the Jr. High boys race.  Congratulations to all the runners.  The Shiner course is a challenging course, with a steep 400m meter hill near the end of the race. All the runners competed hard to help their team finish strong.