Championship Boys Team (from left top): Reed Brown, Connor Rutledge, Evan Dunkel, Enzo Mortimer, Juan Arcilla, Charlie Gardner, Nicolas Fernandes
The boys and girlsbrSouthlake Cross Country & Track Club teams both took first place at thebrNike Cross Regional meet, earning the girls their 11th trip and the boys' theirbr10th trip to the Nike Cross Nationals meet in Portland, Oregon, onbrDecember 3. The Nike Regional meet includes teams from five states and only thebrtop two teams from each region qualify for the Nike Nationals meet.
“We are so proud of ourbrteams' performance yesterday. Our kids responded to the challenge and were ablebrto perform and secure a spot at nationals,” said head coach Justin Leonard. “Ourbropen race runners ran extremely well and this will help with the future of ourbrprogram. This will be our 21st time to qualify (11 times for girlsbrand 10 for boys) out of 13 years of existence.”
The championship girlsbrteam were led by Cate Tracht who came in ninth place followed by GillianbrMortimer who captured 12th place, Sofia Santamaria came in 19thbrplace, Ali White took 24th place and Angie Riera came in 42ndbrto round out the scorers. Sarah McCabebrand Ari Lopez also competed for the Southlake Girls team.
The championship boysbrteam was led by Reed Brown who came in second, narrowly missing the top spot bybrone second. He was followed by CharliebrGardner who came in 19th place, Nicolas Fernandes in 24th,brConnor Rutledge in 61st and Evan Dunkel finished out the scoringbrpositions coming in 63rd. Enzo Mortimer and Juan Arcilla rounded outbrthe top seven runners for the Southlake team. br
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Championship Boys Team (from left top): Reed Brown, Connor Rutledge, Evan Dunkel, Enzo Mortimer, Juan Arcilla, Charlie Gardner, Nicolas Fernandes