The Boys and Girls Cross Country teams competed in the St. Thomas Episcopal Cross Country meet this past Saturday morning against pretty stiff competition.
For the Varsity boys, Wyatt Kieler came in 1st overall for the 5th meet in a row, to help the Varsity Boys team place 2nd behind the host school, St. Thomas Episcopal, who has won the State Championship the last 3 years in the 3A Private School Division. Daniel Garza also earned medalist honors coming in 10th, followed by Jacob Muniz, Caleb Moseley, Brian Barta, John Failla, and Blaine Whitley.
The JV Boys were the championship team with Chris Dickson coming in 1st, Russell Zahradnik 4th, Joey Ortiz 7th, Ishmael Blacwood 9th, and Michael Zapalac 13th to all earn medalist honors. Blake Hlavinka, Dadrian Hemphill, and Shane Kresta all contributed to the winning effort.
The Varsity Girls earned the Championship spot with Liz Guerra coming in 1st overall for the 3rd week in a row, followed by Carson Swoboda in 6th, AJ Navarro in 13th, and Cassidy Mica in 20th, Katelyn Walters 21st, and Kasey Kretzschmar 23rd, and Lexi Atkinson in 31st.
The JV girls did not field a complete team, but the 4 who did compete came in the top 4 spots. Angie Cruz 1st, Corrinna Navarro 2nd, Emily Barboza 3rd, and Lissa Blackert 4th.
The Jr. High Boys also competed with AJ Lazo earning medalist honors in 13 place, followed by Alex Lopez, Joey Stearman, Isaac Ortiz, Stephen Castillo, Patrick Hlavinka, Zach Vasek, Grady Prazak, Jonathan Boettcher, and Jared Hlavinka. These boys earned 3rd place overall against 22 teams and 244 runners.
Congratulations to all the runners!
