Boys team (from left): Michael Simcho, Nicolas Fernandes, Timou Toure, Charlie Gardner, Shea Whatley, Reed Brown, Michael Waugh
The Southlake Carroll Boys andbrGirls Cross Country teams earned second place finishes at the Class 6A StatebrChampionship in Round Rock, Texas, over the weekend. Despite rain, wind and mudbrmaking the already difficult course at Old Settler's Park even morebrchallenging, both the boys and the girls came away with a podium finish.
Head Cross Country CoachbrJustin Leonard said in a press release, “Our boys and girls ran as hard as theybrpossibly could today and came up a little short of our goal. Even though webrdidn't reach our goal, I'm still proud of the way they competed and theirbrstrong finish to the season. Our goal is to work hard and aim high and we willbrregroup and get ready to come back next season and leave it all on the coursebragain. I would like to thank our seniors for the leadership and dedication tobrthe program over the past four years.”
After earning fourbrconsecutive state championships, the Dragon boys came away with second thisbryear, just behind The Woodlands. Junior Reed Brown came in fourth overall,brjunior Charlie Gardner finished next for the Dragons in 29th place. Nicholas Fernandes was the next scoringbrDragon, coming in 31st place followed by Timou Toure grabbing 44thbrand Shea Whatley taking 58th to finish out the scoring positions. MichaelbrWaugh came in 66th place and Michael Simcho took 78th,brcompleting the varsity team.
The Lady Dragons came in secondbrplace just behind Marcus by only nine points. Their team was led by senior KaylibrJones who took 12th place, followed by Cate Tracht grabbing 25th,brAllison Esparza came in 28th, Gillian Mortimer was 30th and TigbrArcher was 32nd, finishing out the scoring positions. Sarah Odnealbrwas 45th and Olivia Arriaza came in 60th, to complete thebrvarsity team.
See below for the Texas 6AbrState Championship results:
Boys Girls
4th – Reed Brownbr(16:28) 12thbr– Kayli Jones (19:02)
29th – CharliebrGardner (17:09) 25thbr– Cate Tracht (19:09)
31st – Nicholas Fernandes (17:11) 28thbr– Allison Esparza (19:10)
44th – TimoubrToure (17:22) 30thbr– Gillian Mortimer (19:11)
58th – SheabrWhatley (17:30) 32ndbr– Tig Archer (19:11)
66th – MichaelbrWaugh (17:34) 45th – Sarah Odnealbr(19:18)
78th – MichaelbrSimcho (17:42) 60th – OliviabrArriaza (19:26)
Click here for our coverage of the Dragon Cross Country teams' journey to State.
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Boys team (from left): Michael Simcho, Nicolas Fernandes, Timou Toure, Charlie Gardner, Shea Whatley, Reed Brown, Michael Waugh
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