The Southlake Carroll Cross Country teams ran away with big wins at the Marcus I Invitational meet inbrDenton’s North Lakes Park on Saturday with five of the six Southlake teamsbrplacing first. All teams stepped up to meet the challenge of their first 5K ofbrthe season. Between the boys and girls teams, 11 finished as National Elites*.
“We had some really goodbrteam and individual performances today. Marcus I is always our first 5K race ofbrthe season, and it's an opportunity for our team to gauge their level ofbrfitness early in the season,” says coach Justin Leonard. “We were really proudbrof our effort and the way our teams performed in all eight races. We will continuebrto progress, work hard and keep our on eye on the end goal.”
The Varsity Boys Elitebrteam came out strong, beating the next closest team by 121 points. Reed Brownbrled the Dragons, taking first overall with a time of 15:14, followed bybrNicholas Fernandes grabbing seventh place at 15:40, Juan Arcila in 14thbrplace running 15:56, Connor Rutledge placing 15th coming in at 16:02brand Charlie Gardner in 24th at 16:20 to finish out the top five.
The Varsity Boys Openbrteam also had an impressive first-place finish with a score of 75 points. GarrettbrGabriel took first for the Dragons and seventh overall with a time of 17:00. JackbrMyers was next to cross the line with an eighth-place finish and a time ofbr17:07, followed by Drew Bliss coming in 15th at 17:18, then TylerbrColeman taking 19th with a 17:24 and Everett Kolto finishing out thebrtop five coming in 28th with a time of 17:34.
The Varsity Girls Elitebrteam had an impressive showing as well coming in second place lead by GillianbrMortimer with an 7th place finish and a time of 18:14. Next was CatebrTracht taking 9th place running a 18:30, Ali White secured 12thbrplace with an 18:46, Ari Lopez was 26th running a 19:20 and AngiebrRiera in 33rd place with a 19:32 to round out the top 5 scoringbrpositions.
The Varsity Girls Openbrteam took 1st and scored just 46 points and was lead by Sophia Santamaria taking 3rd place with abrtime of 19:36, followed by Lauren Esparza taking 8th running a 20:06, Regan Reilley snagged 12thbrrunning a 20:17, Jenna Holland was right behind in 13th place with abr20:19 and Kate Reppeto finished the top 5 with an 14th place finishbrat 20:35.
Southlake Carroll alsobrdominated the JV Elite division, taking first place for both boys and girls.brThe boys scored an impressive 19 points and the girls' score of 20 was equallybrimpressive, taking the first, second, third, sixth and eighth place spots.
Dragon runners will bebrhosting the Southlake Invitational meet Saturday, September 10 at Bob JonesbrPark in Southlake.
*National ElitebrStandards: Boys – 16:30 or below; Girls – 19:45 or below
-Reed Brown, NicholasbrFernandes, Juan Arcila, Connor Rutledge, Charles Gardner, Gillian Mortimer,brCatherine Tracht, Ali White, Arianna Lopez, Angie Riera, Sofia Santamaria
Boys Elite Varsity
1st – ReedbrBrown – 15:14
7th – NicholasbrFernandes – 15:40
14th – JuanbrArcila – 15:56
15th – ConnorbrRutledge – 16:02
24th – CharliebrGardner – 16:20
33rd – EvanbrDunkel – 16:31
60th – EnzobrMortimer – 16:54
Boys Varsity Open
7th – GarrettbrGabriel – 17:00
8th –JackbrMyers – 17:07
15th – DrewbrBliss – 17:18
19th – TylerbrColeman – 17:24
28th –brEverrett Kolto – 17:34
42nd – HenrybrGardner – 17:47
58th – DavidbrArcher – 17:57
Girls Elite Varsity
7th – GillianbrMortimer – 18:14
9th – CatebrTracht – 18:30
12th – AlibrWhite – 18:46
26th – AribrLopez – 19:20
33rd – AngiebrRiera – 19:32
42nd – SarahbrMcCabe – 19:54
44th –brChristina Canal – 19:56
Girls Varsity Open
3rd – SophiabrSantamria – 19:36
8th – LaurenbrEsparza – 20:06
12th – ReganbrReilley – 20:17
13th – JennabrHolland – 20:19
14th – KatebrReppeto – 20:35
19th – RileybrLackey – 20:55
41st – LydiabrLo – 21:29
Boys Elite brJV - Finishers in the Top 10
2nd – Nate Lannen – 17:26
3rd – HaydenbrColeman – 17:29
5th – VishnubrNair – 17:45
6th – NicholasbrArriaza – 17:45
8th – MatthewbrSims – 18:06
9th – BrettbrNaughton – 18:06
Girls Elite JV br- Finishers in the Top 10
1st – RimabrToure – 20:43
2nd –brKelley-Anne Richards – 20:46
3rd – DelaneybrDrefs – 21:10
6th – MadalynbrWardin – 21:34
8th – AudreybrKwentus – 21:35
9th – CalliebrColvin – 21:37
For full Marcus I meetbrresults, visit tx.milesplit.com.