Both distance teams qualify for regional competition

October 17, 2017

Jessenia Balderas
Best in district– Freshman Hailey Davis sprints the final stretch to take the district championship on Oct. 12 in Lubbock. Davis ran the two-mile course in 12:43.83.

Both the Maiden and Indian cross country teams qualified for region competition after the Maidens took first and the Indians took third in the district meet on Oct. 12 at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock. Mae Simmons is also the site of the regional meet on Oct. 23.

Freshman Hailey Davis took the individual women’s championship, running the two-mile course in 12 minutes, 44.83 seconds. Of the seven runners for the Maidens, five of them finished in the top 10 as individual region qualifiers including freshman Itzel Quinonez in second, freshman Rani Allain in sixth, freshman Azalia Contreras in seventh, and junior Amanda Villalva in 10th.

The Indian team took third behind Levelland and Brownfield, with two Indian runners qualifying as individuals in addition to the team. Freshman Micah Smith took sixth and sophomore Joey Neudorf took ninth.

 Results of District Meet

Varsity

Maidens–First place team

Individually–1. Hailey Davis–12:44.83, 2. Itzel Quinonez–13:04.79, 6. Rani Allain–13:23.70, 7. Azalia Contreras–13:24.66 10. Amanda Villalva–13:36.27 11. Dayana Busanes–13:36.84 28. Emily Johnson–15:58.20

Indians–Third place team

Individually–6. Micah Smith–18:00.08 9. Joey Neudorf–18:21.57 12. Antonio Arreola Lechuga–18.45.63 17. Jude Gomez–19:12.72  23. Frank Neudorf–19:49.09 24. Noah Flores–19:53.56 34. Mateo Hernandez–21:31.49

Junior Varsity

Maidens–Third place

Individually–2. Sky Reyes–14:48.72  11. Alexis Alvidrez–16:41.76 13. Alysia Espinoza–16:52.02 21. Taylor Harvey–18:29.31 22. Rylan Garcia–18:30.80 27. Madison Petty–19:51.06 28. Kalyna Garcia–19:57.08 29. Bethani Bearden–20:00.14 34. Katie Lopez–25:37.37 35. Desiree Suniga–27:57.20 36. Kayde Rouse–29:19.30

Indians–Second Place

Individually–5. Jesus Reyes–20:08.20 8. Earl Neufeld–20:54.11 9. Bryan Gonzales–21:25.11 10. Carter Johnson–21:39.60 11. Easton Franco–21:40.18 12. Landon Curtis–22:04.15 15. Justyn Sales–23:03.33 17. Clayton Medlin–23:23.37 18. Javier Enriquez–23:28.44 19. Kross Carter–23:35.93 20. Caleb Decker–23:44.55 21. Parker Freeman–23:49.85 23. Luis Arreola–24:07.29 24. Mark Gutierrez–24:11.23 26. Anthony Moncayo–24:29.48 27. Jesus Perez–24:30.19 28. Caden Cottrell–24:51.43 29. Blake Hamblin–25:14.12 30. Carter Laramore–25:16.18 34. Jaydee Reimer–25:53.43 36. Jayme Delarosa–26:05.65 38. Josh Lashaway–26:35.20 39. Alex Harms–26:37.09 40. Ryan Stimmel–26:39.70