By james art Three cross country runners from Lubbock ISD qualified for the UIL state meet, including two on the girls side.
Monterey’s Sydney Smothers placed ninth in Tuesday’s Region I-5A meet in 19 minutes, 26.9 seconds to return to Round Rock. She placed 55th at state as a junior last year.
Coronado’s Zanashia Harris also earned an individual state berth. She ran 19:52.70 to finish 14th in the region. This will be Harris’ third trip to the state meet, missing just his sophomore year. She ranked 15th as a freshman and 70th last season.
In the boys race, Lubbock High’s Arturo Rodriguez finished 11th in 16:24.80. This helped the Westerners place 10th as a team. Monterrey, whose top finisher was Antonio Rodriguez in 53rd place, remained eighth in the team standings.
The Class 5A state meet will be Nov. 2 at Old Settlers Park.
Region I-3A: Brownfield duo, Roosevelt advance to state
Kate Hesse and Kanyon Cantrell will represent Brownfield at state.
Sophomore Hessen finished third in the Region I-3A meet with a 2-mile time of 12:14.30. She also qualified for state last year, placing 53rd in Round Rock.
Cantrell ran a 17:09.80 to earn an individual berth. He finished 12th. Before him, Judge Jackson placed ninth to carry Roosevelt back into the state.
The Eagles took the fourth and final team spot with 159 points. That was six points ahead of Bowie.
Jackson clocked 16:55.50. Teammates Billy Bond (21st), Blake Castillo (25th), Kobe Mireles (54th) and Jose Valdes (56th) rounded out the scoring.
Region I-1A: O’Donnell, Lazbuddie, Nazareth qualify as teams
South Plains also had several advance from the Region I-1A competition.
Eduardo Cedillo was runner-up to power O’Donnell’s boys to the final team finish. Sands’ Carlos Plata followed in third.
Lazbuddie and Nazareth finished third and fourth on the girls side to advance to state. Hope McLain of Kress placed second to qualify as an individual.
REGION I COUNTER MEETINGS
Tuesday at Mae Simmons Park
Note: The top four teams and the top 10 individual teams not on the qualifying teams advance to the UIL state meet.
* — Lubbock-area individual qualifier
AREA I-1A
BOYS (5K)
Team standings — 1. Booker 70; 2. Boys Ranch 129; 3. Texline 132; 4. O’Donnell 134; 5. Petersburg 135 … 7. Sands 162 … 9. Wellman-Union 264.
Individual results — 1. Adrian Rosales, Booker, 16:55.60; 2. Eduardo Cedillo, O’Donnell, 17:23.70; 3. Carlos Plata, Sands, 17:26.90; 4. Brance Ferguson, Happy, 17:43.90; 5. Micah Holman, Boys Ranch, 17:44.40; 6. Carter Esteban, Boys Ranch, 17:55.30; 7. Aidan Beversdorff, Petersburg, 18:00.50; 8. Julian Barton, Booker, 18:05.90; 9. Will Clay, Texline, 18:13.10; 10. J’Lond Ferguson, Happy, 18:14.00 … 17. *David Pantoja, Wilson, 18:50.20 … 21. *Cam Arendall, Wellman-Union, 18:53.60.
GIRLS (2 miles)
Team ranking — 1. Texline 101; 2. Lenora Grady 117; 3. Lazbudi 119; 4. Nazareth 147; 5. Sands 153; 6. Petersburg 258 … 8. Borden County 293; 9. Springlake-Earth 305.
Individual results — 1. Makayla Chaney, White Deer, 12:45.70; 2. Hope McLain, Cress, 12:50.80; 3. Melody Rampley, Silverton, 12:53.30; 4. Shealy Brannon, Claude, 13:17.90; 5. Christy Young, Texline, 13:20.60; 6. Haley Connell, Sands, 13:23.30; 7. Hartley Batty, Turkey Valley, 13:26.20; 8. Jada Clay, Texline, 13:29.00; 9. Sophia Haston, Sands, 13:31.80; 10. Lynndee Foster, Guthrie, 13:33.40 … 12. *Aabriella Villanueva, Springlake-Earth, 13:34.90 … 16. *Jaityn Mires, O’Donnell, 13:41.00.
DISTRICT I-3A
BOYS (5K)
Team standings — 1. Holliday 70; 2. Eastland 146; 3. Tuscola Jim Ned 150; 4. Roosevelt 159; 5. Bowie 165.
Individual results — 1. Noah Stroman, Holiday, 15:17.20; 2. Kenny Pritchard, Jim Ned, 16:02.70; 3. Hatfield Cason, Alpine Hill, 16:09.50; 4. Ryder Stroman, Holliday, 16:13.60; 5. Jacob Moheski, Odessa Compass, 16:16.70; 6. Andrew Hicks, Eastland, 16:41.90; 7. Isaac Renteria, Bowie, 16:53.50; 8. Chance Stewart, Breckenridge, 16:55.10; 9. Justice Jackson, Roosevelt, 16:55.50; 10. Joseph Dominguez, Canada, 16:58.30 … 12. *Canyon Cantrell, Brownfield, 17:09.80.
GIRLS (2 miles)
Team standings — 1. Holliday 31; 2. Dalhart 96; 3. Wall 169; 4. Canadian 179; 5. Roosevelt 216 … 8. Shallow Water 277.
Individual scores — 1. Kenley Atwood, Holiday, 11:36.80; 2. Connor McClendon, Canada, 11:52.40; 3. Kate Hesse, Brownfield, 12:14.30; 4. Avie Mauldin, Holiday, 12:15.00; 5. Sarah Spears, Holiday, 12:16.70; 6. Rylan Raschke, Iowa Park, 12:24.30; 7. Ella Thiele, Comfort, 12:31.90; 8. Heart Johnson, Dalhart, 12:34.20; 9. Skye Farris, Clyde, 12:34.40; 10. Mackenzie Lopez, Stena, 12:35.90.
DISTRICT I-5A
BOYS (5K)
Team standings — 1. Grapevine 83; 2. Colleyville Heritage 107; 3. Aledo 141; 4. El Paso Burgess 151; 5. Fort Worth Arlington Heights 180 … 8. Monterey 294 … 10. Lubbock Heights 311.
Individual results — 1. Diego Romero, El Paso Americas, 15:47.10; 2. Miles Westbrook, El Paso High, 15:51.30; 3. Abdirisak Saidgurhan, Amarillo Palo Duro, 15:52.00; 4. John Alcantara, Abilene High, 15:55.60; 5. Tyler Connelly, Aledo, 16:14.50; 6. Jack Fink, Aledo, 16:17.90; 7. Isaiah Cox, Birdville, 16:19.10; 8. Andrew De Young, Grapevine, 16:21.50; 9. Braulio Torres, El Paso Chapin, 16:22.20; 10. Eduardo Estrada, Mount Mansfield, 16:23.30; 11. *Arturo Rodriguez, Lubbock High, 16:24.80.
GIRLS (5K)
Team standings — 1. Aledo 51; 2. Colleyville Heritage 85; 3. Abilene High 101; 4. Vine 148; 5. North Richland Hills Birdville 185.
Individual results — 1. Sophia Phillips, Birdville, 18:18.10; 2. Molly Garrison, Aledo, 18:22.40; 3. Ella Magallan, Burleson Centennial, 18:49.40; 4. Zoe Vann, Abilene High, 18:53.20; 5. Natalie Velasquez, Colleyville Heritage, 19:09.80; 6. Mason Murray, Abilene High, 19:16.20; 7. Micah Neal, Aledo, 19:18.70; 8. Mikel Murray, Aledo, 19:19.80; 9. Sydney Smothers, Monterey, 19:26.90; 10. Lexi Salas, El Paso Americas, 19:28.30 … 14. *Zanashia Harris, Coronado, 19:52.70.