Carroll Cross Country Hosts the Southlake Invitational
Varsity Dragon Girls 1st Place
Varsity Dragon Boys 2nd Place
Twelve Varsity Runners Qualify for the National Silver Team
JV Girls Place 1st & JV Boys Place 2rd
Grapevine, TX (September 7, 2013) – The Tenth Annual Southlake Invitational took place Saturday at Meadowmere Park in Grapevine, Texas. The meet kicked off just as the sun was rising on this spectator-friendly course. Varsity and JV Dragon girls took 1st place spots and the Varsity and JV Dragon boys both took 2nd place.
Seven Dragon varsity boys and five Dragon varsity girls finished with qualifying times for the National Silver Team. Times for boys must be sub-16:30 and girls must be sub-19:45 to qualify for this prestigious team.
Carroll Cross Country Head Coach Justin Leonard said, “First we would like to thank everyone that helped with the Southlake Invitational this year. The meet had over 2600 runners and it wouldn’t have been possible without all of our volunteers.”
He added, “We were very pleased with the way our boys and girls performed and progressed this week in racing. We had a lot of PR’s (personal records), which is what we can control. It’s a long season and we know that we have to stay grounded and consistent with our training in order to reach our full potential. We are looking forward to a good training week and we’ll get back to racing action on September 20th.”
Dragon Varsity Girls Take 1st at Southlake Invitational
The Varsity Girls were led by junior Sarah Odneal in 9th place (19:02), junior Kayli Jones 14th (19:18), senior Rianna Randolph followed in 21st (19:29), sophomore Gillian Mortimer placed 27th (19:36:23) and junior Allison Esparza took 28th place (19:36:49) to complete the 5 scoring positions. There were a total of 311 varsity girl runners.
The Varsity boys team took 2nd led by senior Eli Canal placing 4th with a time of 15:30, 13th place went to senior Ansel Richards (15:47), senior Johnny Kemps grabbed 17th place (15:51), junior Shea Whatley came in next for the Dragons with a 19th place finish (15:58) and sophomore Reed Brown took the 20th spot (16:01) to complete the top five Carroll runners out of 360 varsity boys participants.
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JV Dragon Girls Show Depth with 1st place and JV Boys Place 2rd
The JV Girls team was led by Amy Riera who took 3rd place (21:16) and the JV Boys team by Chase Haddock in 7th place (17:39).
The Carroll Cross Country Team has next week off and will resume racing on September 20th in Kingsville, TX at the Javelina XC Invitationall.
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Southlake Invitational Top Ten Results
Boys Varsity
4th – Eli Canal 15:30
13th – Ansel Richards 15:47
17th – Johnny Kemps 15:51
18th – Shea Whatley 15:58
19th – Reed Brown 16:01
24th – Charlie Gardner 16:05
43rd – Eric Karl 16:26
49th – Eric Vetere 16:33
65th – Garrett Gabriel 16:52
87th – Tanner Dotson 17:07
Boys JV
7th – Chase Haddock 17:39
12th – Enzo Mortimer 17:58
13th – Jeremy Gonzales 17:59
19th – Jospeh Zapinski 18:05
23rd – Tyler Coleman 18:19
25th – Connor Rutledge 18:25
27th – Michael Simcho 18:29
27th – Grant Autry 18;30
34th – Evan Dunkel 18:36
37th – Chris Duffy 18:38
Girls Varsity
9th – Sarah Odneal 19:02
14th – Kayli Jones 19:18
21th – Rianna Randolph 19:29
27th – Gillian Mortimer 19:36:23
28th – Allison Esparza 19:36:49
31th – Sarah McCabe 19:45
47th – Isabel Dominquez 20:06
51st – Ari Lopez 20:13
58th – Sophie Watson 20:20
86th – Natalie Owens 20:44
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Girls JV – A
3rd – Amy Riera 21:26
7th – Gabrielle Bigalke 21:27
9th – Lexi Sorensen 21:35
11th – Maria Ramirez 21:42
14th – Lauren Esparza 21:46
17th – Regan Reilley 21:54
18th Hannah Welday 21:55
19th – Elizabeth Fata 21:57
22nd – Ali White 22:00
24 – Stacey Young 22:07
Pictured: Kayli Jones and Ansel Richards