Gainesville, others qualify for XC regionals

Oct. 13—District 7-4A

WICHITA FALLS — The Gainesville boys' cross country team qualified for regionals Thursday at Kirby Middle School in Wichita Falls.

The Leopards finished second in the district with 56 points, edging Burkburnett. Sanger won the title with a perfect 15.

Gainesville placed two runners in the top 10. Noe Martinez finished seventh, followed by Oscar Ramirez in eighth. Five Leopards finished in the top 15 out of 33 runners.

On the girls' side, Gainesville entered three runners, not enough for a team result. Celeste Buenos-Aires led the Lady Leopards by finishing 17th. Sanger won the girls' title, again with 15 points. The top seven runners were all Lady Indians. Wichita Falls and Burkburnett will also go to regionals.

The Class 4A Region 1 championships will be Oct. 24-25 at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock.

Regional qualifiers

Boys

1 Omar Cruz Sanger 16:12.17

2 Christian Cortez Sanger 16:36.52

3 Cole Daniells Sanger 16:51.98

4 Khaedyn Lawson Sanger 16:53.73

5 Sam Musgrave Sanger 16:54.92

6 Rmetrius Massey Burkburnett 17:04.09

7 Noe Martinez Gainesville 17:16.94

8 Oscar Ramirez Gainesville 17:17.63

9 Cade Knavel Sanger 17:18.77

10 Alexander Russell Burkburnett 17:32.56

Girls

1 Macy Cogburn Sanger 11:13.74

2 Erin Goodfriend Sanger 11:14.52

3 Kyley Cochran Sanger 11:55.98

4 Alexus Vasquez Sanger 12:08.16

5 Farah Hughey Sanger 12:12.80

6 Sydnee Escobedo Sanger 12:13.46

7 Brenna Slovacek Sanger 12:20.03

8 Emma Fritzsch Wichita Falls 12:37.57

9 Adriyanna Botello Wichita Falls 12:48.60

10 Sydney Carian Burkburnett 12:49.04

10 Kelli Weatherly Burkburnett 12:49.04