Carroll Cross Country Hosts the Southlake Invitational

Varsity Dragon Girls 10^th Place

Varsity Dragon Boys 12^th Place

JV Girls Place 2^nd

JV Boys Place 9^th  

Southlake, TX (September 9, 2017) – The 13th Annual Southlake Invitational was held Saturday at Bob Jones Park in Southlake, Texas. This has become one of the state’s supreme races, hosting teams from around the state as well as teams from California, Oklahoma and Louisiana.  Some of Carroll’s top boys and girls had a scheduled week off and did not compete. Varsity Girls took 10^th place and Varsity Boys took 12^th.

Carroll Cross Country Head Coach Justin Leonard said, “We would like to thank all of our volunteers/parents for helping us put on the Southlake Carroll XC Invite. We are proud of the way our kids competed in the races.  We were able to give our younger runners an opportunity to run in the varsity races so they could gain some much needed experience.  We are looking forward to the rest of the season.” 

Dragon Varsity Girls Take 10^th Place

 The Varsity Girls were led by Junior Shreya Veeravelli coming in 46^th overall (19:29), next was Sophomore Katherine McElaney in 55^th (19:40), then Juniors Madalyn Wardin in 58^th (19:47), Audrey Kwentus in 66^th (19:53) and rounding out the top 5 was Junior Sarah Creech in 71^st (19:56).  There were a total of 253 varsity girls running.

 Dragon Varsity Boys Take 12^th Place

 The Varsity Boys team took 12^th, led by  Junior Nick Arriaza in 64^th with a time of 16.33, followed by Senior Chris Duffy, 74^th (16:41), Junior Duncan Brown, 84^th (16:46), Sophmore Tim McElaney, 88^th (16:48), and Junior Bradley Heidebrecht taking 102^nd place (16:58) to complete the top five Carroll runners.  There were 295 varsity boys competing.

 JV Dragon Girls Take 2^nd Place and the JV Boys take 9^th Place

 The JV girl’s team was led by Caitlyn Midkiff finishing in 7^th place overall with a time of 20:30.  Leading for the JV boys’ was Brett Gilley finishing 29^th overall (17:44).  There were 379 girls competing and 516 boys in the JV races.

The Carroll Cross Country Varsity Teams will be competing at the Woodbridge XC Classic in Irvine, CA next Saturday.

 Southlake Invitational Top Ten Results

Boys Varsity (12^th)

64^th – Nick Arriaza – 16:33

74^th – Chris Duffy – 16:41

84^th – Duncan Brown – 16:46

88^th – Tim McElaney – 16:48

102^nd – Bradley Heidebrecht – 16:58

110^th – Grant Anderson – 17:02

120^th – Chris Tract -- 17:08

132^nd -- Chase Fisher – 17:14

149^th -- Ryan Odneal 17:25

151^st -- Michael McCabe – 17:26

Boys JV (9^th)

29^th – Brett Gilley – 17:44

45^th – Oliver Arandia – 18:01

46^th – Miguel Espana – 18:01

51^st – Matthew Hetrick – 18:04

54^th -- Kirby Spraggins – 18:06

65^th – Jake Booher -- 18:18

68^th – Nile Barfield -- 18:21

75^th -- Ryan Hurrell – 18:26

82^nd -- Moritz Proell – 18:37

84^th -- Samuel Schafer – 18:42

Girls Varsity (10^th)

46^th -- Shreya Veeravelli – 19:29

55^th – Katherine McElaney -- 19:40

58^th -- Madalyn Wardin 19:47

66^th – Audrey Kwentus – 19:53

71^st – Sarah Creech 19:56

74^th – Grace Williamson – 19:58

77^th – Jenna Holland – 20:03

79^th -- Caitlin Mertz – 20:08

87^th -- Abigail McIlvain – 20:16

89^th -- Kate Hosler – 20:18

Girls JV (2^nd)  

7^th -- Caitlyn Midkiff – 20:30

8^th – Regan Reilley – 20:33

9^th – Avery Potts – 20:34

11^th – Erin Fritz – 20:37

17^th -- Haiden Scarborough – 20:53

25^th – Kara Kushwaha – 21:15

33^rd – Serena Young – 21:32

37^th -- Sarah Schelling – 21:43

40^th -- Lauren Stewart – 21:51

40^th -- Grace Harshaw – 21:51

For full results please visit: mychiptime.com