The 12th annual SouthlakebrInvitational kicked off Saturday at Bob Jones Park beneath stormy skies. Thebrrace, which has become one of the state's supreme events, marked the secondbryear for runners to compete at the new venue. Some of Carroll's top boy andbrgirl runners had a scheduled week off and did not compete. Varsity Girls took fourthbrplace and Varsity Boys took 10th.
“We would like to thankbrall of our volunteers, the Southlake Parks and Recreation department and all ofbrthe participants/coaches for their help with this event,” says head coachbrJustin Leonard. “This was a great meet for us and allowed us the opportunity tobrrun some of our JV runners in the varsity division, which will help us in thebrfuture. We were really proud of the way our kids competed.”
Dragon Varsity Girls Take Fourth Place
The Varsity Girls werebrled by freshman Rima Toure in 34th place (20:13), sophomore RileybrLackey in 41st (20:21), sophomore Kelley-Anne Richards followed inbr49th place (20:36), freshman Lydia Lo placed 55th (20:46)brand freshman Delaney Drefs took 61st place (20:51) to complete the 5brscoring positions. A total of 184 varsity girl runners participated.
Dragon Varsity Boys Take 10th Place
The Varsity Boys teambrtook 10th, led by freshman Nate Lannen 52nd with a timebrof 17:06, sophomore Henry Gardner was 53rd (17:07), sophomore VishnubrNair took 71st place (17:22), senior David Archer came in next forbrthe Dragons with a 88th place finish (17:35) and sophomore HaydenbrColeman took the 95th spot (17:39) to complete the top five Carrollbrrunners out of 232 varsity boys participants.
JV Dragon Girls & JV Boys Both Take Fourth Place
The JV girls team was ledbrby Jordan Fleming who took 13th place (21:38) and the JV boys teambrby Wyatt Packard in 15th place (18:28).
The Carroll Cross Country Varsity teams will be competing in Norco, California, this weekend at thebrWoodbridge XC Classic.
Southlake Invitational Top 10 Results
Boys Varsity
52nd – NatebrLannen – 17:06
53rd – HenrybrGardner – 17:07
71st – VishnubrNair – 17:22
88th – DavidbrArcher – 17:35
95th – HaydenbrColeman – 17:39
117th –brEverett Kolto – 17:50
118th –brJackson Felkins – 17:51.29
121st – BrettbrNaughton – 17:51.88
124th –brChristopher Duffy – 17:52
125th –brNicholas Arriaza – 17:53
Boys JV
15th – WyattbrPackard – 18:28
20th – DimitribrDesjardins – 18:34
27th – EricbrRose – 18:41
29th – BradleybrHeidebrecht – 18:45
42nd – ChasebrFisher – 19:01
43rd – BrettbrGilley – 19:02
44th – MatthewbrEsparza – 19:03
51st – KieranbrBeirne – 19:15
73rd – GrantbrAnderson – 19:36
90th – NoahbrSmith – 19:51
Girls Varsity
34th – RimabrToure – 20:13
41st – RileybrLackey – 20:21
49th –brKelley-Anne Richards – 20:36
55th – LydiabrLo – 20:46
61st – DelaneybrDrefs – 20:51
79th – MadalynbrWardin – 21:14
87th – CalliebrColvin – 21:27
91st – CaitlynbrMidkiff – 21:35
95th – AudreybrKwentus – 21:41
96th –brKatherine Hosler – 21:42
Girls JV
13th – JordanbrFleming – 21:38
19th – ShreyabrVeeravelli – 21:54
25th – LaurenbrStewart – 22:09.05
26th – AverybrMartin – 22:09.79
29th – LaurenbrLangenberg – 22:13
36th – AlexabrKarmis – 22:34
40th – SarahbrCreech – 22:43
41st –brElizabeth Fata – 22:44
44th – HaidanbrScarborough – 22:51
56th – AverybrPotts – 23:11
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