Carroll Cross Country Weekend Meets Recap

Dragon Elite Varsity Girls Take 2^nd & Boys Take 3^rd

In the McNeil Invitational

Varsity Boys Place 2^nd & Girls Take 5^th

JV Girls and Boys Take 1^st

In the Wildcat Prowl in the Park

Round Rock, TX and Denton, TX (September 29, 2018) – The Elite Dragon Varsity Teams raced at the state meet site at Old Settler’s Park competing against hundreds of teams from around the state.  Both teams came away strong with the boys grabbing a 3^rd place finish and the girls placing 2^nd in their race.  In Denton, the Varsity boys placed 2^nd while the girls placed 5^th with a predominately freshman team.  Both the JV boys’ and girls’ teams grabbed the top spots in their races.   

McNeil Invite (Round Rock) – Varsity Elite Teams

The Dragon boys team placed 3^rd with Junior Nate Lannen finishing 17^th overall at 15:22.  Next in for the boys was Antonio Florcruz in 46^th (15:48), followed by Steven Torres in 74^th (15:58), Lucas Levan in 75^th (15:58) and rounding out the scoring positions was Tim Mcelaney in 83^rd at 16:01.  Grant Anderson, 87^th (16:05) and Jack Myers 93^rd 16:07 completed the top seven.

The Lady Dragon girls’ team came away with a 2^nd place finish, with Senior Sofia Santamaria leading the Lady Dragons taking 20^th place overall at 18:16.  Next in line was Lydia Lo in 31stst (18:34), Kate Reppeto in 41^st at 18:41, Lauren Langenberg in 75^th at 19:01 and Katherine Mcelaney rounded out the scorers for the team in 76^th at 19:02.  Grace Williamson 82^nd (19:06) and Payton Wichman in 85^th (19:10) completed the team’s seven. 

Wildcat Prowl (Denton) – Varsity and JV Teams

The Varsity boys team finished 2^nd with Brett Gilley leading the team and finishing 13^th (15:52), Jayden Chambless 14^th (15:53), Chase Fisher 17^th (15:59), Dimitri Desjardins 25^th (16:10) and Noah Castro in 27^th (16:11), completing the top 5.  The Varsity Lady Dragons finished 5^th with Freshman Kristin Mader leading in 10^th (19:13), Kaylie Cox in 19^th (19:45), Gabby Dugger 21^st (19:49), Caitlyn Midkiff 28^th (20:05) and Brynn Floreano in 31^st (20:18).

The JV Boys finished in 1^st with just 21 points, led by Matthew Varriale finishing 1^st overall (16:16), Devin Aydon 3^rd (16:33), Jack Meyer 4^th (16:35), Luke Darrah 6^th (16:45), and Isaac Chavez in 7^th (16:49).  The JV Lady Dragons also nabbed 1^st with 37 points led by Audrey Kwentus in 3^rd (20:08), Stephanie Smith 5^th (20:17), Kara Kushwaha 8^th (20:36), Elizabeth Cravens 10^th (20:37) and Karley Beall 11^th (20:46).

Head Cross Country Coach Justin Leonard commented, “We are extremely proud of the effort that our runners put forth this weekend in their last pre-district competition. Some of our runners had the opportunity to preview the State Meet course and gain some valuable insight which hopefully pays dividends later in the season. Words can’t express how proud we are of our runners that competed in the Wildcat Prowl in the Park Invite. We were able to split our teams into two meets and still come away with four top five Varsity finishes and two 1^st place team performances in the JV division. This speaks volumes about our team depth and the amount of effort and dedication they exhibit on a weekly basis.”

Dragon Varsity Elite Top Boys and Girls Results (Round Rock)

3^rd Place                                                                                                        2^nd Place

17^th -- Nate Lannen 15:22                                                       20^th -- Sofia Santamaria 18:16

46^th -- Antonio Florcruz 15:48                                               31^st -- Lydia Lo18:34

74^th – Steven Torres 15:58                                                      41^st – Kate Reppeto 18:41

75^th – Lucas Levant 15:58                                                       75^th – Lauren Langenberg 19:01

83^rd – Tim Mcelaney 16:01                                                     76^th – Katherine Mcelaney 19:02

87^th -- Grant Anderson 16:05                                                      82^nd -- Grace Williamson 19:06

93^rd -- Jack Myers 16:07                                                               85^th -- Payton Wichman 19:10

Dragon Varsity and JV Top Results (Denton)

Varsity Boys (2^nd) and Girls (5^th)

13^th Brett Gilley 15:52                                                                  10^th Kristin Mader 19:13

14^th Jayden Chambless 15:53                                                      19^th Kaylie Cox 19:45

17^th Chase Fisher 15:59                                                               21^st Gabby Dugger 19:49

25^th Dimitri Desjardins 16:10                                                     28^th Caitlyn Midkiff 20:05

27^th Noah Castro 16:11                                                                31^st Brynn Floreano 20:18

35^th Brian McCarthy 16:17                                                          32^nd Sarah  Chen 20:19

37^th Ryan Odneal 16:23                                                               38^th Madalyn Wardin 20:34

JV Boys (1^st) and Girls (1^st)

1^st Matthew Varriale 16:16                                                         3^rd Audrey Kwentus 20:08

3^rd Devon Aydon 16:33                                                                5^th Stephanie Smith 20:17

4^th Jack Meyer 16:35                                                                     8^th Kara Kushwaha 20:36

6^th Luke Darrah 16:45                                                                  10^th Elizabeth Cravens 20:37

7^th Isaac Chavez 16:49                                                                 11^th Karley Beall 20:46

Next week the Dragons will prepare for the District meet on October 11^th at Bob Jones Park in Southlake, TX.

All meet results can be found at TXMileSplit.com