What: Region 1 Cross Country Championship.
When: Monday – (All times MST) 4A girls, 9:30 a.m.; 4A boys, 10 a.m.; 6A girls, 11 a.m.; 6A boys, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday – 3A boys, 10 a.m.; 5A girls, 11 a.m.; 5A boys, 11:30 a.m.
Where: Mae Simmons Park, MLK Blvd. and 24th Street in Lubbock.
At stake: Top four teams and top 10 individuals not on a qualifying team advance to the UIL Cross Country State Championship, Saturday Nov. 3 and 4 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
Who’s running?
The following girl’s teams and runners have advanced:
Class 6A: Franklin, Eastwood, Socorro. Also, Vitalia Hernandez, Eastlake.
Class 5A: Chapin, El Paso, Burges, Americas, Hanks and El Dorado. Also, Denise Echeverria, Jefferson; Lauren Orantia, Canutillo, Nevaeh Escobedo, Canutillo and Nima Ruiz, Horizon.
Class 4A: Harmony, Austin, Irvin, San Elizario, Fabens and Riverside. Also, Samantha Tarango, Bowie; Dayanara Gonzalez, Mt. View; Alexandria Renteria, Young Womens Leadership and Ashley Saenz, Ysleta.
The following boy’s teams and runners have advanced:
Class 6A: Eastwood, Franklin and Coronado.
Class 5A: Burges, El Paso, Chapin, Hanks, Americas, Del Valle. Also, Yael Lira, Bel Air.
Class 4A: Harmony, Austin, Irvin, San Elizario, Clint, Fabens.
Thirty teams – 15 boys and 15 girls – along with nine girls competing as individuals, are headed to Lubbock for the Region 1 Class 6A, 5A and 4A regional championships Monday and Tuesday at Mae Simmons Park.
The top four teams and top 10 individuals not on a qualifying team advance to the UIL Cross Country State Championship, Nov. 1 and 2 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
The district cross country meets for Class 4A, 5A and District 1-6A took place Oct. 10 at the Horizon Golf Course. The top three teams and runners from each district who finished in the top 10 and not on a qualifying team advance to the Region 1 Championship.
Girls
Class 6A
Franklin, ranked No. 9 in Texas, won its seventh straight championship placing five runners in the top nine, good for 27 points.
Junior Emily Orr finished second in 19:04.39. Freshman Sophia Barraza was fourth (20:35.30), senior Sophia Keiser was fifth (20:38.55) junior Abigail Pinon was seventh (20:53.09) and senior Tessa Gibbons was ninth (21:28.85).
The team is seeking its fifth trip to state in six years.
Eastwood senior Adelynn Rodriguez won her third straight individual District 1-6A title in 18:57.1, leading the Troopers to another regional championship. The team finished second in district with 50 points. Freshman Natalia Gomez was sixth in 20:45.38 and freshman Carlee Caraveo was tenth (21:33.23).
Also advancing to regionals are the Socorro Bulldogs who finished third at district. Freshman Crystal Delgado was the lone top 10 runner, finishing eighth in 21:27.5.
Eastlake freshman Vitalia Hernandez finished third at district in 20:04.6 and advanced to regionals.
Class 5A
The Chapin Huskies defended its District 1-5A District title with 32 points as did senior Rebecca Duran who won the individual title in 21:10.58. Sophomore Jocelynne Diaz Torres was second in 21:23.91 and sophomore Abigail Sanchez was ninth in 23:41.87.
Chapin is seeking its second straight state appearance.
Americas placed four runners in the top six – including the top three spots – to win District 2-5A crown with 22 points. Sophomore Carli Day won her first race of the season, leading the pack in 21:06.63. Senior Lexee Salas was second in 21:18.45, junior Gisele Abascal was third in 21:37.79 and senior Laila Morales was sixth in 22:26.57.
The Knights finished second in District 2-5A with 44 points. Senior Elizabeth Aguirre placed fourth in 21:41.26, junior Ashlyn McMillan was fifth in 22:15.22 and sophomore Alyssa Fino was seventh in 22:29.90.
El Paso High is also advancing, finishing second in District 1-5A. The Tigers had three runners in the top six including junior Calista Sakellakos who was third in 22:46.37, sophomore Sofia Speer was fourth (22:50.41) and junior Clarissa Castillo was sixth (22:59.21).
Also advancing to regionals are Burges, who is led by senior Keilah Valenzuela-Garcia who finished seventh at district in 23:37 and El Dorado who had two runners in the top 10 – junior Mailelani Ahia (ninth, 22:57.2) and senior Damaris Estrada (tenth, 22:59.2) – at the District 2-5A Championship.
Jefferson sophomore Denise Echeverria finished fifth in 22:53.0, Canutillo senior Lauren Orantia was eighth in 23:38.4 and Canutillo junior Nevaeh Escobedo was tenth in 23:49.6 at the District 1-5A Championship and Horizon junior Nima Ruiz was eighth (22:53.1) in District 2-5A and advanced to regionals.
Class 4A
The Eagles won its third straight District 2-4A Championship, placing three runners in the top 8, for 53 points and advanced to regionals.
Senior Ivonne De La Riva was sixth in 14:43.23 (2-mile race), sophomore Danika Rivera was seventh in 14:49.36 and sophomore Lyanna Morales was eighth in 14:54.08.
Harmony Science Academy defended its District 1-4A Championship, placing six runners in the top 10 for 28 points.
Leading the way as sophomore Mireya Galindo who completed the 2-mile course in 15:51.2, good for third place. Junior Camila Gomez was fourth in 15:51.6, junior Arielle Beltran Del Rio was sixth in 16:23.2, junior Camila Garcia-Rocha was seventh (16:33.1), sophomore Regina Perez was eighth (16:36.4) and freshman Sophie Padilla was ninth in 16:38.7.
Fabens sophomore Alexia Martinez won her second District 2-4A individual championship in 13:17.3. 3. Her sophomore teammates – Angel Quinonez (fifth, 14:19.3) and Evelyn Hernandez (tenth, 14:39.7) also had top 10 finishes to lead the Wildcats to a second-place district finish.
Martinez and Quinonez reached the state championship last year.
Riverside sophomore Dana Gonzalez was fourth in 14:33.2 to help the Rangers to regionals.
Austin and Irvin also advanced.
Four runners – junior Dayanara Gonzalez, Mountain View; Bowie sophomore Samantha Tarango, Young Womens Leadership junior Alexandria Renteria, and Ysleta freshman Ashley Saenz – advanced as individuals.
Boys
Class 6A
Eastwood, ranked No. 5 in the state, defended the District 1-6A championship placing six runners in the top 9, including taking the top four spots for 16 points, almost perfect score.
Senior Danny Torres won his first district title in 16:17.32 followed by sophomore Noah Loweree (16:35.20), senior Marcos Madrid (16:37.07) and senior Luke Cruz (16:38.77). Junior Job DeSantos was sixth in 16:58.78 and sophomore Elias Alcocer was ninth in 17:19.42. This is Eastwood’s 13th district championship in 14 years.
Franklin, which was second with 48 points, had three runners in the top 10 – junior Fransisco Medina was fifth in 16:49.45, junior Jacob Martinez was seventh in 17:08.76 and junior Sebastian Mendez was tenth in 17:23.86.
Eastwood and Franklin earned state berths last year.
Coronado is also advancing to regionals, finishing third with 82 points.
Junior Humberto Serna who was eighth in 17:13.90 and junior Rodrigo Pinales was 11th in 17:31.1.
Class 5A
New team champions were crowned at the District 1-5A and 2-5A races.
Burges had six runners in the top 10 to win the District 1-5A Championship with 31 points.
Senior Malin Arnoldussen who was second in 16:53.98, senior Carlos Chavez was fifth (17:37.56), senior Christian Baca was seventh in 17:59.91 followed by senior Jacob Yeager (eighth, 18:10.04), senior Jesus Gastelum-Bustamante (ninth, 18:11.34) and senior Isais Gaytan (tenth, 18:23.50).
Also advancing out of District 1-5A are El Paso and Chapin.
El Paso High Senior Miles Westbrook won his third individual title, racing to a 16:00.67 and senior Ulysses O’Rourke was third in 17:26.51. The Tigers were second with 46 points. El Paso earned a state berth last year.
Chapin had two senior runners – Terrance Burnell (fourth, 17:37.5) and Braulio Torres (sixth, 17:55.2) – in the top 10. The team score was 66.
The Hanks Knights won the District 2-5A Championship. Hanks runners finished in sixth through tenth place. Freshman Mateo Diaz was sixth in 18:40.46, junior Jacob Del Real was seventh in 18:50.55, junior Darian Hernandez was eighth in 18:51.71, junior Zerach Hernandez was ninth (18:56.70) and senior Noah Arias was tenth in 18:56.93
Americas senior Diego Romero won the individual district championship in 16:29.62 and sophomore Austin Garza was third in 18:21.32. The Trialblazers finished second with 54 points.
Del Valle finished one point behind Americas but still advanced to regionals.
Its top runners were senior Damian Espinoza (second, 18:11.1), sophomore Jordan Diaz (fourth, 18:25.5) and senior Evan Tovar (13th, 19:26.4).
Bel Air sophomore Yael Lira also advanced to regionals after finishing fifth in 18:33.6
Class 4A
San Elizario runners finished 1-6 and won its 12th consecutive District 2-4A Championship with a perfect score of 15.
Junior Antonio Arreola won his first district title in 17:08.13, followed by junior Alexander Cano (second, 18:09.51), sophomore Jorel Miramontes (third, 18:34.30), freshman Angel Bocanegra (fourth, 18:41.01), freshman Daniel Maese (fifth, 18:47.95), junior Damian Hernandez (sixth, 19:03.30) and junior Jozaih Paiz (eighth, 19:09.51).
San Elizario, which is ranked No. 10 in the state, will seek its eleventh straight state appearance. In the past ten years, San Elizario has won six state championships and finished third three times.
Fabens, which advanced to regionals, had two runners in the top 10 – junior Jesse Ortiz (seventh, 19:06.0) and senior Teo Quinonez (ninth, 19:15.7).
Clint freshman Armando Jalil was tenth in 19:44.9, helping the team advance to regionals.
In District 1-4A, Austin defended its title, placing all seven runners in the top 10.
Senior Pedro Jimenez also defended his individual title, winning in 17:31.13. Junior Eirik Arredondo was second in 17:58.40, junior Luis Pereda was third in 17:59.03, senior Cesar Cardoza was sixth in 19:05.81, senior Edgar Rodriguez was seventh (19:40.13), junior Omar Mesta was eighth (19:45.54) and sophomore Cesar Chavez was tenth in 20:36.77.
Jimenez was a state qualifier last year.
Harmony Science Academy finished second with three runners, all sophomores, in the top 10.
David Retana was fourth in 18:16.8, Aiden Ochoa was fifth in 18:46.6 and Victor Hernandez was ninth in 19:47.5.
Irvin was third in district and advanced to regionals.
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