Cross Country athletes braved chilly temperatures on Thursday morning to compete at the District 3-5A meet that was held at Rick Klein Park on Thursday morning.
Lubbock ISD was dominant during this meet with the Frenship Tigers and and Frenship Memorial Lady Panthers taking home the team championships. The Frenship boys team won with 59 points holding off Lubbock Monterey (78). The Frenship Memorial boys team also advanced with 89 points. On the girls’ side, Memorial scored 45 points to outlast Amarillo High (80) and Lubbock High (103).
Leading Amarillo High to a second place finish was Kinley Davis. Davis finished sixth individually with a time of 18:46.61. Caprock’s Aubrie Pena placed 10th with a time of 19:21.16 to punch a ticket to regional as an individual. Lubbock High standout Amelia Anderson was the individual district champion thanks to a winning time of 13:32.68.
Lubbock Monterey’s Kasen Castillo was the individual boys champion. Castillo was able to edge Lubbock Coronado’s Ellis Jackson (15:06.9), by six seconds clocking a time of 15:00.5. Palo Duro’s Fatah Farey was the only AISD competitor in the top 10 and will head to regional as an individual after getting sixth overall (15:28.79).
The regional ross country meet is set for Oct. 26-27 at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock.
District 1-2A
The Gruver Lady Hounds are the midst of an unprecedented run capturing a ninth straight district championship Tuesday during the District 1-2A cross country meet at Boys Ranch. The Lady Hounds had all seven varsity competitors place in the top seven to score a perfect 15 points. Winning the individual championship was Paisley Quirk for Gruver. Quirk ran a 12:52 which was eight seconds faster than teammate McRhea Cudd, who took silver with a 13:00.3.
The Gruver Greyhounds helped make it a team sweep as the boys team won the District 1-2A title for a second straight year. Brody Quirk led Gruver by placing fourth overall (18:50.7). Sunray’s Mateo Barragan was the individual district champion getting a time of 17.47.7.
District 2-2A
The Highland Park Hornets and Wellington Lady Skyrockets were able to nab District 2-2A championships. The Hornets scored 44 points to win the team title. Clarendon’s Tristen Ybarra was the individual district winner pacing the field with a time of 18:11.8. The Lady Skyrockets won the league title with 23 points as Taytum Kane won the individual title running a 12:36.4.
District 3-2A
For a second straight year, the Farwell Lady Blue won the District 3-2A championship on Tuesday at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock. Farwell standout long distance runner Alexis Wade left the field behind to win the individual title and punch a ticket back to regional thanks to an impressive 12:30.3. On the boys’ side, Olton was the team champion highlighted by Casimiro Villarreal, who won the individual district championship clocking a time of 18:18.2.
District 1-1A
It was the Follett Lady Panthers and Booker Kiowas coming away with district titles last week at Darrouzett. The Kiowas have now won three straight District 1-1A titles. Gael Alvarez paced the field to win the individual championship with a time of 16:30. In girls’ action, Follett’s Keyla Olguin was the district champion running a 16:00.
District 2-1A
The White Deer Bucks and Does made it a team sweep during the District 2-1A meet. The Bucks scored 21 points to claim the team title. Tyler Howard of Lefors was the individual district winner with a strong race time of 17:33. The Does won the team championship with 23 points, however, Izzy Moon of Claude was the individual winner running a time of 14:21.
District 3-1A
Hartley has kept up a strong cross country season by winning the District 3-1A championship at Boys Ranch on Tuesday. The Tigers tallied 30 points with Asher Jennings leading the way. Jennings won the individual championship clocking a 19:23.5. On the girls’ side, Texline was the team champion scoring 17 points. Samantha Young (13:40.2) highlighted the Lady Tornadoes effort with an individual district title.
District 4-1A
At the District 4-1A race in Plainview earlier this week, it was the Happy Cowboys and Nazareth Swiftettes winning the team district titles. The Swiftettes scored 47 points to claim the championship. Happy’s Kyla Slaughter was the meet winner with a time of 12:46.9. Happy ran away with the boys title with 23 points. J’Lond Ferguson sparked the Cowboys with the district win running a 17:40.4.
