By Joel Langton
The 830 Times
The Buena Vista Elementary Longhorns ran wild during the 20th Annual Elementary Cross Country Meet held at Walter Levermann Stadium Tuesday that pitted Del Rio’s elementary schools against each other on the track.
Texas Community Bank and Amistad Tri Ventures sponsored the event while the Del Rio High School Cross Country team organized the event.
Although much of the competition was based on group participation, with the first 25 runners getting points for their schools based on finish. The higher your finish, the fewer points you earned, with the lowest scores winning.
The BVE team won 8 out of 10 categories. Of those 10 categories, they could only compete in 8 of them.
Kindergarten through 1st Grade Girls
Buena Vista
North Heights Elementary
Roberto “Bobby” Barrerra Elementary
Kindergarten through 1st Grade Boys
BVE
NHE
Lonnie Green Elementary
2nd and 3rd Grade Girls
BVE
NHE
LGE
2nd and 3rd Grade Boys
BVE
LGE
RBE
4th Grade Girls
BVE
LGE
NHE
5th Grade Girls
BVE
NHE
Lamar Elementary
5th Grade Boys
BVE
LGE
Lamar
Since the 6th graders are housed on one campus, their competition was between physical education classes.
6th Grade Girls
Coach Fernandez
Coach Rios
6th Grade Boys
Coach Suarez
Coach Fernandez
Coach Nieto
Buena Vista coach Walter “Dutch” Wardlaw said his winning formula is pretty simple.
“When we run the mile, I remember who the fast kids are and make sure they come out to the meet,” he said.
However, he said it was more than bringing the fastest kids. “We have great parent support. Not only in this, but University Interscholastic League as well,” Wardlaw said. “It’s a lot of hard work but a big thanks to the parents for their support who make it happen.”
Winning the award for highest percentage of students running in the event was St James Elementary in the private school category and Buena Vista Elementary in the large school category. North Heights won in the small school category.
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Editor’s Note: Story was edited to correct sponsors of the event.
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