Varsity girls heading to regionals (from left): Sarah McCabe, Sofia Santamaria, Angie Riera, Cate Tracht, Ali White, Ari Lopez, Gillian Mortimer
For the sixthbrconsecutive year, all four Carroll Cross Country teams placed first in the districtbrmeet, giving the Varsity teams a spot in the regional meet in Lubbock onbrOctober 29. Both the Varsity and JV teams dominated the field, with all fourbrteams obtaining very low scores in this tremendously competitive new district.brThe top three schools advance to the regional meet.
“We arebrextremely happy with our runners’ performances at the District 6A – 5 meet. Ourbrkids came ready to compete and put forth a solid effort. To be able to sweepbrthis strong district speaks volumes about the depth and determination of thisbrgroup,” said head coach Justin Leonard. “We will regroup with our Varsity teamsbrand get ready for the remainder of our season heading into regionals. Our goalbris still yet to be accomplished.”
The VarsitybrLady Dragons all finished within the top 12 spots and scored a very low scorebrof 31. Senior Gillian Mortimer finished in first place with a time of 18:02. Nextbrcrossing the line was Ali White (18:32) in fourth place, Catherine Tracht wasbrnext in seventh place (18:45), Sofia Santamaria took ninth (18:49)brand Ari Lopez finished the scoring positions, coming in 10th atbr19:13. Angie Riera and Sarah McCabe also competed for the Lady Dragon team,brfinishing 11th and 12th respectively.
The VarsitybrDragon Boys also dominated their race with four of the runners placing in thebrtop 10 and the team scoring only 35 points. Senior Reed Brown led the boys’brteam and took first place with a time of 15:05. Charlie Gardner took fourth placebrrunning a 15:44, Nicolas Fernandes came in fifth with 15:58, Connor Rutledgebrcame in eighth with a time of 16:13 and Evan Dunkel finished out the scoringbrpositions in 17th place, running 16:33. Enzo Mortimer and Drew Bliss alsobrcompeted, taking the 19th and 28th places respectively.
JV Dragons Reign Supreme
The JV Dragon boys showedbrhow deep their talent goes by taking six of the top 10 spots and scoring only 28brpoints. They were by freshman Nate Lannen taking first place, Vishnu Nair fourth,brTyler Coleman fifth, Everett Kolto sixth and David Archer placed 12thbrto finish out the scoring positions. Lucas Levant (13th), HaydenbrColeman (17thth), Matthew Sims (19th), Steven Torres (20th)brand Henry Gardner (21st) completed the top 10 spots.
The JV Lady Dragons also hadbran impressive low score of 18 and had 10 of the top 20 spots and seven out ofbrthe top 10. Junior Lauren Esparza took the first-place spot, Kelley-AnnebrRichards second, Christina Canal fourth, Rima Toure fifth and Reagan Reilley tookbrsixth place, rounding out the scoring positions. Paige Loehding took seventh, DelaneybrDrefs (10th), Callie Colvin (11th), Madalyn Wardin (12th)brand Caitlin Mertz (17th) completed the top 10 spots.
The Southlake CarrollbrCross Country Varsity teams will compete on October 29 at Mae Simmons Park inbrLubbock in the highly competitive regional meet.