Varsity Elite & Varsity Dragon Teams Compete in California

Elite Varsity Girls Finish 4^rd & Boys Take 5^th

Varsity Girls Place 1^st & Boys Finish 9th

Norco, CA  (September 16, 2017) – The top runners of the Southlake Carroll Cross Country teams traveled to Norco, CA to compete at the 37^th Annual Woodbridge Cross Country Classic, a fast 3-mile race held under the lights at night. Both the boys and girl’s teams faced tough competition from around the country and came away with some outstanding performances including a 1^st place finish in the girls’ varsity race.

Head Coach Justin Leonard commented, “Our teams ran some great races against some of the toughest competition in the nation. All of our teams stepped up and represented our program well in California. It was a great weekend and hopefully this will help propel our runners into the rest of the season."

The Elite Varsity Dragon girls took an impressive 4^rd place in California and were led by senior Cate Tracht who captured 21^st place with a time of 16:43.3.  Next in line for the Dragons was Sofia Santamaria with a 41^st place finish (17:13.2), Sarah McCabe came in next in 56^th place (17:30.9), Lauren Esparza was 72^nd (17:53.2) and Cristina Canal rounded out the scoring positions with a 75^rd place (17:54.3) finish. Angie Riera (18.08.9) and Kate Reppeto (18:35.7) completed the elite 7 runners for the Dragon girls’ team. 

The Elite Varsity Dragon boys faced tough competition and came away with a 5^th place finish led by senior Enzo Mortimer in 37^th place (14:47.8).  Right behind him in 38^th place was Jack Meyers (14:48.0).  Next to cross the line for the Dragons was Jackson Felkins in 42^nd place (14:49.9), Drew Bliss in 67^th place (14:59.1) and rounding out the boys scoring positions was Vishnu Nair in 82^nd (15:08.0).  Completing the boy’s elite team were Juan Arcila in 93^rd (15:16.9) and Connor Rutledge in 112^th (15:23.9).

The Varsity Dragon girls took 1^st place and were led by Sophomore Jenna Holland coming in 10^th (17:30), Lydia Lo finished right behind in 14^th (17:32), Payton Wichman in 34^th (18:10), Rima Toure in 43^rd (18:20) and Tatum Foreman in 48^th (18:23).  Completing the girls’ team was Vy Nguyen in 63^rd (18:35) and Shreya Veeravelli in 65^th (18:37). 

The Dragon Varsity boys came away with a 9^th place finish and were led by Nate Lannen in 32^nd (15:12), followed by Everrett Kolto in 56^th (15:28), Lucas Levant in 62^nd (15:31), Noah Castro in 63^rd (15:32) and Nick Arriaza in 77^th (15:38).  Rounding out the boy’s team was Antonio Florcruz in 86^th (15:42) and Henry Gardner in 141^st (16:16).  

The Elite and Varsity Dragons will use this next week off to train hard and prepare for the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, AR on September 30th.  The JV teams will split up next week and compete in Corpus Christi, TX at the Islander Splash and in Grapevine, TX at the Coppell Invitational.

Southlake Carroll Dragons Show Depth

At the Marcus I Invitational

Varsity Boys Elite and Varsity Boys Open Finish 1^st  

Varsity Girls Elite Take 2^nd / Varsity Girls Open Take 1st

JV Elite Boys Take 1^st/ JV Open Finishes 2^nd

JV Elite Girls Take 1^st /JV Open Finishes 4th

Denton, Texas (September 2, 2017) – The Southlake Carroll Cross Country teams ran away with big wins at the Marcus I Invitational meet in Denton’s North Lakes Park on Saturday with 5 of the 8 Southlake teams placing 1st.  All teams stepped up to meet the challenge of their first 5k of the season. Between the boys and girls teams, 15 finished as National Elites*.

Coach Justin Leonard commented, "We are extremely proud of the effort our kids put into all the races at the Marcus 1 invite.  We ran in a total of 8 races and our kids competed really well. We told our runners their performances in the Marcus meet are a reflection of the amount of work they put in over the summer.  Now it's up to them to progress from this point on leading into the district, regional & state meet.  District & State medals weren't given out yesterday."

The Dragons took 1^st place in the Varsity Boys Elite race with Jackson Felkins leading the team taking 5th overall with a time of 15:48, followed by Jack Meyers grabbing 9^th place at 15:52, Connor Rutledge in 10^th place running 15:53, Enzo Mortimer placing 14^th coming in at 16:01 and Juan Arcila in 15^th at 16:05 to finish out the top five.

The Varstiy Boys Open team also had an impressive 1^st place finish with a low score of 25  points.  Noah Castro took 1^st for the Dragons and 3rd overall with a time of 16:34.  Nate Lannen was next to cross the line with a 4^th place finish and a time of 16:36, followed by Everett Kolto in 5^th at 16:41, then Antonio Florcruz taking 6th with a 16:46 and Nick Arriaza finishing out the top 5 coming in 7^th with a time of 16:46.

The Varsity Girls Elite team had an impressive showing as well coming in 2^nd place led by Cate Tracht with a 6^th place finish and a time of 18:12. Next was Sofia Santamaria taking 20^th place running a 18:38, Angie Riera placed 30^th with an 19:05, Christina Canal was 32^nd  running a 19:09 and Sarah McCabe in 33^rd place with a 19:10 to round out the top 5 scoring positions.

The Varsity Girls Open team took 1^st and scored just 34 points and was led by Rima Toure taking 3^rd place with a time of 19:28, followed by Vy Nguyen taking 6^th running a 20:00, Payton Wichman was right behind in 7^th place running a 20:00, Jenna Holland was right behind that in 8^th place with a 20:00 and Tatum Foreman rounded out the top 5 with a 10^th place finish at 20:16.

 Southlake Carroll also dominated the JV Elite division, taking 1^st place for both boys and girls. The boys scored a low 41 points while the girls scored just 25 points, taking the 2^nd, 3^rd, 5^th, 6^th, and 9^th place spots.

The Dragon runners will be hosting the Southlake Invitational meet next Saturday, September 9^th at Bob Jones Park in Southlake.

*National Elite Standards: Boys – 16:30 or below; Girls – 19:45 or below

-Jackson Felkins, Jack Meyers, Connor Rutledge, Enzo Mortimer, Juan Arcila, Vishnu Nair, Drew Bliss, Cate Tracht, Christina Canal, Angie Riera, Sofia Santamaria, Sarah McCabe, Kate Reppeto, Lauren Esparza, Lydia Lo

  Boys Elite Varsity  (1^st)                                                       Boys Varsity Open (1^st)

5^th  – Jackson Felkins – 15:48.11                                      3^rd -- Noah Castro – 16:34.15                                           

9^th – Jack Meyers --  15:52.41                                           4^th – Nate Lannen – 16:36.89

10^th  – Connor Rutledge – 15:53.69                                 5^th – Everett Kolto – 16.41.4

14^th – Enzo Mortimer – 16:01.55                                     6^th – Antonio Florcruz – 16:46.18

15^th – Juan Arcila – 16:05.24                                             7^th – Nick Arriaza – 16:46.67

20^th  – Vishnu Nair – 16:10:26                                          9^th  – Lucas Levant – 16:52.35

21^st – Drew Bliss – 16:10.69                                              22^nd – Chris Duffy – 17:20.83

 Girls Elite Varsity (2^nd)                                                         Girls Varsity Open (1^st)

6^th – Cate Tracht – 18:12.69                                              3^rd – Rima Toure – 19:28.97

20^th – Sofia Santamaria – 18:38.26                                   6^th – Vy Nguyen – 20:00.03

30^th – Angie Riera – 19:05.21                                           7^th – Payton Wichman – 20:00.39

32^nd – Christina Canal  -- 19:09.45                                    8^th – Jenna Holland – 20:00.91

33^rd – Sarah McCabe – 19:10.33                                      10^th – Tatum Foreman – 20:16.83

37^th -- Kate Reppeto – 19:16.66                                       11^th -- Shreya Veeravelli – 20:18.94

39^th – Lauren Esparza – 19:17.21                                     20^th – Madalyn Wardin – 20:38.3

Boys Elite JV (1^st) – Finishers in the Top 10                    Boys JV Open (2^nd) – Finishers in the Top 10

4^th – Grant Anderson – 17:19.54                                      4^th – Matthew Hetrick – 19:05.25

6^th – Steven Torres – 17:20.65                                         6^th – Sam Schafer – 19:12.76

7^th – Chase Fisher – 17:29.16                                           

9^th – Bradley Heidebrecht – 17:39.91

 Girls Elite JV (1^st)– Finishers in the Top 10                      Girls JV Open (4^th) – Finishers in the Top 10

2^nd – Grace Williamson – 20:28.85                                   2^nd – Jenna Laverock – 22:41.05

3^rd – Sarah Creech – 20:46.87                                          3^rd – Sarah Schelling – 22:47.71

5^th Audrey Kwentus – 20:58.76                                       

6^th – Caitlin Mertz – 21:18.67                                           

9^th – Riley Hrenko – 21:27.07

For full Marcus I meet results go to my-finish.com

Check out the Southlake Carroll Cross Country Teams' Opening Weekend Meet Results