Irion County, Menard girls medal at Region II cross country, advance to state
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Multiple West Texas and San Angelo-area Class 1A high school cross country teams and individuals advanced to the UIL state meet on Tuesday, Oct. 27, after competing in the Region II meet at the Rolling Hills Soccer Complex in Fort Worth.
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Irion County won the girls meet with 40 points, led by a bronze medal finish from Presley Parker, who had a time of 12 minutes and 41.20 seconds over 2 miles. Faryn Callaway (4th, 12:41.70), Madeline Skelton (5th, 13:07.30), Natalie Hernandez (14th, 13:33.60) and Harper McDowell (16th, 13:37.70) rounded out the scoring for the Lady Hornets.
The Menard girls finished second with 79 points behind a gold-medal time of 11:53.10 from Danni Ruiz. Taytum Chambliss (6th, 13:18.90), Channing Chambliss (18th, 13:37.80), Makenzie Wright (28th, 14:05.90) and Isabelle Devine (37th, 14:27.10) finished the scoring for Menard.
Clyde Eula and Buena Vista qualified for the state meet, finishing third and fourth, respectively.
Westbrook's Zoey Alvarez (10th, 13:25.80), Eden's Rylinn Robertson (13th, 13:33.40), Sterling City's Brooklyn Oleksiuk (17th, 13:37.80) and Blackwell's Addison Dove (23rd, 13:49.20) qualified for the state meet as individuals.
On the boys side, Garden City qualified for state with a third-place finish. Thomas Hillger was the top finisher for the Bearkats in sixth place with a time of 17:38.50 over 5K. Kannon Flores (16th, 18:32.90), Korbin Cervantes (20th, 18:48.90), Cooper Baker (41st, 20:00.90) and Clayton Hillger (68th, 21:14.60) rounded out the scoring for Garden City.
The Irion County boys team also qualified for state in fourth place. Sophomore Parker Kramer earned silver boasting a time of 16:50.40. George Sanchez (25th, 18:56.20), Aiden Aldrete (34th, 19:31.90), River Braddock (36th, 19:39.40) and Nathan Garcia (76th, 21:38.10) finished the scoring for the Hornets.
Rankin won the meet with 97 points, while Clyde-Eula finished second right behind with 98 points.
Bronte's Colton Bilyeu (4th, 17:13.80), Veribest's Michael Beavers (8th, 18:08.30), Eden's Jorge Mendez (13th, 18:16.50) and Joseph Clarke (14th, 18:20.00) also qualified as individuals.
UIL Region II Cross Country Results
Rolling Hills Soccer Complex, Fort Worth
Note: Top four teams and top 10 individuals not on qualifying teams advance to UIL state meet.
* — individual qualifier from San Angelo area
Class 1A
BOYS (5K)
Team standings — 1. Rankin, 97; 2. Clyde Eula, 98; 3. Garden City HS, 112; 4. Mertzon Irion County, 134; 5. Eden, 157; 6. Harrold, 194; 7. Veribest, 214; 8. Grandfalls-Royalty, 216; 9. Buena Vista, 224; 10. Roby, 265.
Individual results — 1. Camden Lummus, Roby, 16:17.30; 2. Parker Kramer, Mertzon Irion County, 16:50.40; 3. Jacob Juarez, Ira, 17:03.60; 4. Colton Bilyeu, Bronte, 17:13.80; 5. Kaden Lees, Marathon, 17:36.50; 6. Thomas Hillger, Garden City HS, 17:38.50; 7. Izaiah Trevino, Knox City, 17:40.50; 8. Dalton Daniel, Crowell, 18:02.80; 9. Taysen Norwood, Rankin, 18:03.60; 10. Kinsler Gray, Clyde Eula, 18:06.50. ... 13. *Jorge Mendez, Eden, 18:16.50; 14. *Joseph Clarke, Eden, 18:20.00.
GIRLS (2 miles)
Team standings — 1. Mertzon Irion County, 40; 2. Menard, 79; 3. Clyde Eula, 103; 4. Buena Vista, 122; 5. Blackwell, 156; 6. Eden, 173; 7. Garden City HS, 199; 8. Roby, 212; 9. Sanderson, 247; 10. Westbrook, 247.
Individual results — 1. Danni Ruiz, Menard, 11:53.10; 2. Lulu Sanchez, Buena Vista, 12:15.40; 3. Presley Parker, Mertzon Irion County, 12:41.20; 4. Faryn Callaway, Mertzon Irion County, 12:41.70; 5. Madeline Skelton, Mertzon Irion County, 13:07.30; 6. Taytum Chambless, Menard, 13:18.90; 7. Schylar Anderson, Hermleigh, 13:20.00; 8. Alyssa Harden, Marfa, 13:21.20; 9. Quinn Sertich, Sanderson, 13:24.80; 10. Zoey Alvarez, Westbrook High School, 13:25.80. ... 13. *Rylinn Robertson, Eden, 13:33.40; ... 17. *Brooklyn Oleksiuk, Sterling City, 13:37.80; ... 23. *Addison Dove, Blackwell, 13:49.20.
Paul Witwer covers high school sports and Angelo State University sports for The San Angelo Standard-Times. Reach him at [email protected]. Follow him on X @Paul_Witwer, Instagram and TikTok at pwitwer_sast.
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