LUBBOCK, TX — The Irion County and Wall girls brought home team titles Tuesday from their regional cross country meets, while Menard’s Danni Ruiz won an individual championship.
The Irion County Lady Hornets won the Region II-1A Meet at the Rolling Hills Soccer Complex in Fort Worth with 40 points, beating runner-up Menard, which had 79.
Menard’s Ruiz, who has placed third at the state meet the last two years, won her first regional cross country title by finishing the two-mile course in 11 minutes, 53 seconds.
She was 22 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Irion County was led by Presley Parker, who was third place in 12:41. She was followed less than a second behind by Faryn Callaway, who was fourth, and Madeline Skelton, who was fifth in 13:07. Natilee Hernandez was 14th in 13:33, Reese Rey was 51st in 15:00, and Bradie Garza was 90th in 16:16.
Menard’s other runners were Taytum Chambless (6th, 13:18), Channing Chambless (18th, 13:37), Makenzie Wright (28th, 14:05), Isabelle Devine (37th, 14:27) and Aerie Meddaugh (75th, 15:45).
The top four teams qualified for the state meet, along with the top 10 individuals not on qualifying teams. Eula was third and Buena Vista fourth to earn the other team spots.
Other individual qualifiers from our area included Eden’s Rylinn Robinson (13th, 13:33), Sterling City’s Brooklyn Oleksuiki (17th, 13:37) and Blackwell’s Addison Dove (23rd, 13:49).
Other Concho Valley teams competing at regionals included Blackwell (5th), Eden (6th), Garden City (7th), Water Valley (12th) and Lohn (21st).
The Wall Lady Hawks won their meet at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock with 38 points, well ahead of runner-up Holliday’s 117.
Wall had remarkable consistency with six girls in the top 16. Keller Batla led the way in second place (12:02), followed by Allison Baird (6th, 12:37), Heaven Jackson (10th, 12:49), Emma Reel (12th, 12:51), Amelia Taylor (15th, 12:58), Brailey Beam (16th, 12:59) and Dailyn Beam (46th, 13:43).
Holliday’s Sarah Spears won the individual title in 11:50. Whitesboro was third and Peaster was fourth in the team standings.
Garden City, Irion County Boys Earn Trips to State
Numerous Concho Valley boys also punched their tickets to state, including the teams from Garden City and Irion County at the Region II-1A meet.
Garden City was third with 112 points, while Irion County was fourth with 134 points. Rankin won the meet with 97 points, just ahead of Eula with 98.
Roby’s Camden Lummus won the individual title by finishing the 5,000-meter course in 16:17.
Garden City was led by Thomas Hillger, who was sixth in 17:38. Other Bearkats included Kannon Flores (16th, 18:32), Korbin Cervantes (20th, 18:48), Cooper Baker (41st, 20:00), Clayton Hillger (68th, 21:14), Cade Baker (97th, 22:32) and Rene Cano (111th, 23:26).
Irion County was led by Parker Kramer (2nd, 16:50), George Sanchez (25th, 18:56), Aiden Aldrete (34th, 19:31), River Braddock (36th, 19:39), Nathan Garcia (76th, 21:38), Landen Aldrete (94th, 22:26) and Zane Jackson (113th, 23:30).
Other individual qualifiers from our area included Bronte’s Colton Bilyeu (4th, 17:13), Veribest’s Michael Beavers (12th, 18:08) and Eden’s Jorge Mendez (13th, 18:16) and Joseph Clark (14th, 18:20).
Other Concho Valley teams competing at regionals included Eden (5th), Veribest (7th), Lohn (11th) and Panther Creek (20th).
At the Region 1-3A meet, Wall’s boys were ninth, while TLCA San Angelo was 19th.
Crane won the meet with 131 points, followed by Peaster (143), Jim Ned (145) and Valley View (157).
Wall’s top runner was Zechariah Cuevas in 20th. TLCA was led by Xavier Constancio in 64th.
Peaster’s Cole Bettger won the individual title in 15:39.
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