Elite Varsity Dragon Teams Compete in California

Elite Girls Finish 5^th & Elite Boys Take 6^th

Varsity Girls Take 2^nd  

Norco, CA  (September 15, 2018) – The top runners of the Southlake Carroll Cross Country teams traveled to Norco, CA to compete at the 38^th Annual Woodbridge Cross Country Classic, a fast 3-mile race held under the lights at night. The elite boys and girl’s teams faced tough competition from around the country and came away with some outstanding performances.

Head Coach Justin Leonard commented, “Our boys and girls teams competed hard in California against some of the best teams in the nation. We love having the opportunity to compete against national level competition. These types of races and experiences will pay dividends for our team and runners during the championship portion of our season.”

The Elite Varsity Dragon girls took 5^th place in California and were led by junior Lydia Lo who came in 44^th with a time of 17:17:20. Sofia Santamaria was right behind her in 45^th place (17:17:40), Tatum Foreman came in next in 60^th place (17:34), Grace Williamson came in 74^th (17:47) and Payton Wichman rounded out the scoring positions with 85^th place (17:54). Jenna Holland (18:08) and Kate Reppeto (18:09) completed the elite 7 runners for the Dragon girls. 

The Elite Varsity Dragon boys faced tough competition and came away with a 6^th place finish led by Junior Nate Lannen who took 17^th overall and ran a 14:31. Next to cross the line for the Dragons was Drew Bliss in 40^th place (14:48), Antonio Florcruz  in 71^st  place (15:03), Henry Gardner was 85^th (15:08) and Jack Myers completed the scoring positions with a 108^th place finish (15:20). Vishnu Nair also competed and came in 154^th (15:42).

The Varsity Dragon girls captured an inspiring 2^nd place and were led by Riley Lackey in 23^rd place, Abigail McIlvain was right behind 26^th , Lauren Langenberg followed in 28^th, Katherine Mcelaney in 33^rd and Kaitlyn Rodysill finished in 41^st.  Rachel Nguyen (71^st ) and Laurel Hook (75^th) also competed.  

The Varsity Elite and Varsity Dragons will use this next week off to train hard and prepare for the McNeil XC Invitational on Saturday the 29^th in Round Rock, TX.  The JV teams will split up next week and on Saturday the 22^nd will either compete in Corpus Christi, TX at the Islander Splash or at the Coppell Invitational in Irving, TX.