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Varsity Girls Place 1^st at Chile Pepper Festival

Varsity Boys Place 2nd

JV Girls Take 1^st at Falcon Fast Invitational

JV Boys Place 2nd

Fayetteville, AR and Keller, TX (Oct. 3, 2015) – The varsity Dragons traveled to the 27^th Annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, AR where 120 high school teams competed in one of the country’s premier running events. The JV Dragons competed at the Falcon Fast Invitational in Keller, TX.  All 4 Dragon teams finished in the top 2 places.

Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival - Varsity

The varsity girl’s team placed 1^st at the Chile Pepper Festival, outscoring the 2^nd place team by 150 points.  Alison Esparza led the Lady Dragons coming in 4^th place with a time of 18:13, followed by Gillian Mortimer in 6^th place at 18:23, next was Tig Archer in 9^th place with a 18:38, coming in 12^th was Ari Lopez at 18:38 and Sarah Odneal completing the top 5 with a 15^th place finish and time of 18:47.

The varsity boys team came away with a 2^nd place win and a score of 78 points. They fought hard in this extremely competitive race. They were led by Reed Brown who took 1^st place with an impressive 15:06, followed by Charlie Gardner in 12^th place at 15:32, next was Michael Simcho in 19^th place with a 15:47, coming in 29^th was Shea Whatley at 15:58.55 and rounding out the top was Nic Fernandes in 30^th place with a 15:58.72.

Head Cross Country Coach Justin Leonard commented, “We are very proud of how our runners have progressed from top to bottom this season.  Our varsity teams had a great performance at the Chile Pepper Festival against some national caliber teams. The girls dominated the field and the boys came in second.  Reed Brown won the race with the 10^th fastest time in Chile Pepper history.  We are so proud of the JV teams for perfect scoring the girls race and coming in second for the boys.  They are the future of our program and I’m so excited for them.”

Falcon Fast Invitational – JV

The JV girls took 1^st place perfect scored their race.  Sophia Santamaria led the lady dragons taking 1^st with a time of 19:45, followed by Isabelle Dominquez taking 2^nd place at 19:53, next was Regan Reilley coming in 3^rd with a 20:17, followed by Lauren Thompson in 4^th place at 20:31 and Cristina Canal completing the top 5 in 5^th place with a time of 20:33.

The JV boys came in 2^nd place with a low score of 48.  Everett Kolto led the boys with a 4^th place finish and a time of 17:25, followed by Blake Hosler in 8^th place at 17:37, next was Christopher Duffy in 9^th

place with a 17:41, Ryan Sanders took 11^th at 17:53 and Wyatt Packard took 16^th with a time of 18:07.

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Varsity Boys

1^st – Reed Brown – 15:06                                                           86^th – Chase Haddock – 16:37                                 

12^th – Charlie Gardner – 15:32                                                  112^th – David Archer – 16:54

19^th – Michael Simcho – 15:47                                                   162^th – Sam Kemps – 17:11

29^th – Shea Whatley – 15:58.55                                                  173^rd – Tyler Coleman – 17:14.25

30^th – Nic Fernandes – 15:58.72                                               174^th – Henry Gardner – 17:14.45

45^th – Michael Waugh – 16:08                                                    176^th – Garrett Gabriel – 17:14.67

51^st – Juan Arcila – 16:12                                                            212^th – Enzo Mortimer – 17:26

55^th – Connor Rutledge – 16:19

Varsity Girls

4^th – Alison Esparza – 18:13                                                                         31^st – Olivia Arriaza – 19:20

6^th – Gillian Mortimer – 18:23                                                   57^th – Angie Riera – 19:48

9^th – Tig Archer – 18:38.49                                                         65^th – Sarah McCabe – 19:53

12^th – Ari Lopez – 18:38.87                                                        72^nd – Laurn Esparza – 19:57

15^th – Sarah Odneal – 18:47                                                        108^th – Cate Tracht – 20:18

16^th – Ali White – 18:48                                                               113^th – Micah Dadson – 20:21

22^nd – Kayli Jones – 18:58                                                           126^th – Gabi Bigalke – 20:28

JV Boys

4^th – Everett Kolto – 17:25                                                          31^st – Jared Stewart – 18:32

8^th – Blake Hosler – 17:37                                                           34^th – Nicolas Arriaza – 18:35

9^th – Chris Duffy – 17:41                                                             35^th – Greyson Mitchell – 18:42

11^th – Ryan Sanders – 17:53

16^th – Wyatt Packard – 18:07

25^th – PJ Rebeil – 18:22

30^th – Brett Walker – 18:31

JV Girls

1^st – Sophia Santamaria – 19:45                                                7^th – Lauren Stewart – 20:44

2^nd – Isabelle Dominquez – 19:53                                              9^th – Lexi Sorenson – 21:06

3^rd – Regan Reilley – 20:17                                                          10^th – Jordan Fleming – 21:08

4^th – Lauren Thompson – 20:31                                                12^th – Callie Colvin – 21:13

5^th – Cristina Canal – 20:33                                                         13^th – Whitney Woods – 21:19