Dragon CX Advances to State

The Carroll Girls andbrBoys advance to the State Championship after wining the Class 5A Region I Meetbrin Lubbock on Saturday, November 2.  The girl’s teambrhas won six consecutive Regional Titles and the Carroll boys have won 3brconsecutive 1^st place titles. brThe weather was clear in the higher altitude of Lubbock at the MaebrSimmons Park, which is known for its steep hills, gravel, dust and tight turnsbron the 3-mile course.

“They came out hard,brand it was a great team performance,” said Coach Justin Leonard. “We’re goingbrto try to come away with some hardware at the State Meet.  That’s the ultimate goal, and it’s going tobrbe tough.  You add Region II and RegionbrIII, and the competition will be challenging, but this is our goal every year.”

In a field of nearlybr200 regionally qualified runners, Carroll Girls had two top ten finishers, SambrYoung (5^th) and Tig Archer (6^th). Senior Katie Burnhambrkept the fast pace and grabbed 14^th, Moriah Dadson 21^st,brsealing the first place title was Kayli Jones 37^th place finish andbrcompleting the seven runners was Ari Lopez 52^nd and Haley McFaddenbr(58^th).  The Southlake CarrollbrGirls team scored 70 points, Flowermound 76 and Hebron 89 points, and willbradvance to the State Meet. 

In the Boys race,brJacob Pickle took the individual Gold and Connor Hendrickson came home with thebrSilver.  “They are both seniors, and forbrthem to have finished first and second at their last regional meet was a goodbrthing to see,” said Leonard. Eli Canal finished 13^th, senior BrentbrAydon 38^th, Ansel Richards 41^st, Johnny Kemps 70^thand Luke Lanham 79^th for the Carroll Boys. The team scored 89brpoints, Timber Creek 98 and Keller 110 and will compete in Round Rock onbrNovember 9.  More results can be found at TX Running and Southlake Running.

Girls

5^thPlace – Sam Young (17:56)

6^thPlace – Tig Archer (18:06)

14^thPlace – Katie Burnham (18:32)

21^stPlace – Moriah Dadson (18:50)

37^thPlace – Kayli Jones (19:21)

52^ndPlace – Ari Lopez (19:38)

58^thPlace – Haley McFadden (19:50)

Boys

1^stPlace – Jacob Pickle (14:52)

2^ndPlace – Connor Hendrickson (15:00)

13^thPlace – Eli Canal (15:28)

38^thPlace – Brent Aydon (16:04)

41^stPlace – Ansel Richards (16:06)

70^thPlace – Johnny Kemps (16:29)

79^thPlace – Luke Lanham (16:39)