By Brian Argabright
The 830 Times
Del Rio’s runners made an early statement in this year’s cross country schedule, sweeping all the races at this year’s Del Rio High School Invitational Cross Country Meet.
Saturday morning’s meet drew just three schools – Del Rio, Brackett and Comstock – but all three schools were represented at last year’s State meet and the first steps towards a return to the State course at Round Rock were taken on the course behind Walter Levermann Ram Stadium.
Del Rio’s won the team titles at the boys and girls varsity, junior varsity/small school and middle school divisions. Of the four races held, Del Rio runners were first in three of them. Only Brackett’s Anna Lewis kept it from being a clean sweep for Del Rio’s harriers as she won the small varsity/junior varsity girls race.
Del Rio Head Cross Country Coach Vicky Perez said the small turnout was due to other schools holding meets the same weekend, but the Del Rio meet would give her a chance to where her runners are starting the season.
The results are as follows:
VARSITY GIRLS – 5K
Del Rio was the only team represented in the varsity girls 5K race. Of the eight girls who ran, junior Emily Torres was the fastest, finishing in 19:36. Torres is the defending District 30-6A champion and was Del Rio’s sole representative at State last year.
Senior Kimberly Gloria was second in 20:08. Freshman Ryland Ross was third in 20:24, senior Cassandra Martinez was fourth in 21:30, and senor Nayeli Cordova was fifth in 22:18.
Rounding out the group were junior Payton Becker (6th, 23:38), junior Cynthia Rubio (7th, 23:40) and senior Skylar Urias (8th, 24:29).
VARSITY BOYS – 5K
Like the girls, Del Rio was the only school represented in the varsity boys 5K race.
Senior Mikael Perez took first in a time of 16:55. He was the only runner to finish in less than 17 minutes.
Also competing were junior Jonathan Mendoza (2nd, 17:14), senior Damian Espinoza (3rd, 17:21), senior Jose Ramirez (4th, 17:27), senior Rolando Rios (5th, 17:47), junior Alex Rodriguez (6th, 17:57), senior Joshua Reyes (7th, 18:04), and senior Joseph Fuentes (8th, 19:39).
SMALL VARSITY/JV GIRLS
Brackett, Del Rio and Comstock competed in the small varsity/junior varsity girls race.
Brackett junior Anna Lewis won the race in 13:08, just edging Del Rio sophomore Kaylie Morales, who was second in 13:10.
Comstock’s Kennia Lopez was third in 14:52 followed by Del Rio’s Nereyda Martinez in 14:56 and Zoey Martinez in 14:58.
Rounding out the top 10 were Comstock’s Yari Peña (6th, 15:21), Del Rio’s Carolyn Leija (7th, 15:25), Comstock’s Isela Chavez (8th, 15:27), Del Rio’s Natalie Cordova (9th, 15:47) and Brackett’s A. Bueno (10th, 15:50).
The rest of the field finished as follows: A. Garcia (Brackett, 11th, 16:15), T. Moses (Brackett, 12th, 16:27), H. Lobb (Brackett, 13th, 17:03), Elie Zavala (Del Rio, 14th, 17:19), Melina Ortiz (Del Rio, 15th, 17:22), Arianna Martinez (Del Rio, 16th, 17:26), Isela Gonzalez (Del Rio, 17th, 17:30), Sumpter (Brackett, 18th, 17:38), A. Ahr (Brackett, 19th, 17:49), L. Bringer (Brackett, 20th, 18:36), and C. Clements (Comstock, 21st, 18:37).
SMALL VARSITY/JV BOYS
Comstock took the top three spaces in the small varsity/JV boys race.
Freddy Terrones was first in 17:49. His teammate S. Talamantes was second in 18:32, and Edgar Crane was third in 18:46. Brackett’s J. Balderas was fourth in 18:52.
Del Rio’s top finisher was sophomore Jose Martinez, who was fifth in 19:26.
Rounding out the top 10 were all Del Rio runners. They included Jose Ortiz, who was sixth in 19:27; junior Emiliano Deluna, who was seventh in 19:31; freshman Antonio Padilla, who was eighth in 19:57; freshman Samuel Curtis, who was ninth in 20:01; and freshman Jacob Smith, who was 10th in 20:07.
The rest of the field finished as follows: Adrian Garcia (Del Rio, 11th, 20:14), J. Allen (Comstock, 12th, 20:17), Alfredo Garcia (Del Rio, 13th, 20:19), Eric Flores (Del Rio, 14th, 20:32), Kevin Olveda (Del Rio, 15th, 20:37), Will Fooshee (Del Rio, 16th, 21:27), Eric Cariaga (Del Rio, 17th, 21:43), Miguel Buitron (Del Rio, 18th, 21:44), L. Rojel (Del Rio, 19th, 21:51), H. Bonner (Brackett, 20th, 21:56), J. Sanchez (Comstock, 21st, 23:13), Valdemar Hernandez (Del Rio, 22nd, 23:22), J. Creech (Brackett, 23rd, 23:23), S. Buitron (Brackett, 24th, 23:55), Alejandro Martinez (Del Rio, 25th, 25:18), C. Booner (Brackett, 26th, 26:03), H. Medina (Comstock, 18th, 32:08), and L. Kaeler (Comstock, 28th, N/A).
MIDDLE SCHOOL – 8TH GRADE GIRLS
Del Rio Middle School’s eighth grade girls team took the top four spots and seven of the top 10 places in their division.
Devyn Casillas led the way, finishing first in 15:24. She came in just ahead of teammate Camila Fernandez who finish second in 15:26. Gabriela Diaz rounded out the top three with a third place finish in 15:41, and Eunice Martinez was fourth in 15:44.
Brackett’s S. Tajchman was fifth in 15:47 before Del Rio snagged the next three spots thanks to Camila De Los Santso (6th, 16:19), Karyme Valencia (7th, 17:00), and Aniah Gonzales (8th, 17:13).
Rounding out the top 10 were Comstock’s V. Peña, who was ninth in 17:14; and R. Gonzalez, who was 10th in 17:25.
The rest of the field finished as follows: Camila Berain (Del Rio, 11th, 17:14), C. Kennedy (Comstock, 12th, 19:04), A. Guajardo (Comstock, 13th, 20:13), Faith Medrano (Del Rio, 14th, 20:40), and A. Perez (Comstock, 15th, 20:41).
MIDDLE SCHOOL – 8TH GRADE BOYS
Del Rio runners finished first through seventh in the middle school, eighth grade boys race.
It was a tight finish as Alexander Perez just beat out teammate Julian Dominguez, 12:08 to 12:09, to claim first place.
Daniel Perez was third in 12:17 followed by Julyus Calderon in fourth at 12:39, Abraham Calderon in fifth at 12:45.25, Zachary Palazuelos in sixth in 12:45.78, and Trent Serwatka in seventh in 12:59.
Rounding out the top 10 were a trio of Comstock’s runners as M. Lopez was eighth in 13:06, M. Chatman was ninth in 13:17, and S. Pacheco was 10th in 13:39.
The rest of the field finished as follows: N. Bahena (Comstock, 11th, 13:46), Abraham Villanueva (Del Rio, 12th, 13:50), Michael Carriaga (Del Rio, 13th, 14:10), Abraham Garcia (Del Rio, 14th, 14:20), N. Billings (Comstock, 15th, 14:33), Jose Gallegos (Del Rio, 16th, 14:44), and A. Scott (Del Rio, 17th, 14:49).
MIDDLE SCHOOL – 7TH GRADE GIRLS
Only six girls competed in the middle school, seventh grade division with Del Rio taking the first five spots.
Karissa Martinez was first in 15:41 followed by Celeste Garcia in 15:52, Olivia Leon in 16:02, Nelly Zavala in 16:15 and Reagan Becker in 17:59.
Brackett’s K. Molinar was sixth in 20:59.
MIDDLE SCHOOL – 7TH GRADE BOYS
Del Rio’s runners finished in the top six spots in the middle school, seventh grade boys race.
Jacob Saucedo took first in 12:32. He was followed by Leo Cavazos in 12:38, Ethan Jurado in 13:00, Jesus Robles in 13:58, Ray Torres in 14:01, and Landon Leyva in 14:41.
Comstock’s J. Allen broke up the Del Rio parade by taking seventh in 14:56.
Del Rio then took the next five places with Armando Martinez in eighth in 15:00 followed by Alexavier Medina in 15:39, Carlos Jaquez in 15:43, Eduardo Estrada in 16:04 and Alan Huerta in 19:00.
Rounding out the runners were Comstock’s S. Kaler in 13th in 20:57 and W. Chandler in 14th in 21:25.
Del Rio’s varsity and junior varsity runners will compete this weekend at the Medina Valley Invitational at Medina Valley High School.
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