October is finally here, and Cross Country wrapped up the regular season over the weekend. Our sub-varsity (and a few varsity athletes) ran at the Klein Bearkat Tune-Up on Friday, and our varsity teams competed at the Nike South Invitational on Saturday. Cooler, much less humid weather finally reached the Houston area last week, and the racing conditions on both days were the best our teams have experienced the entire season. Championship season begins now, and the Spartans will prepare this coming week for the District 17-6A meet that will take place on Tuesday, October 11 at Spring Creek Park in Tomball.

VARSITY - Nike South - 5 kilometer distance

The Nike South Invitational in The Woodlands is one of the most competitive and prestigious high school cross country meets held in Texas each year. The meet attracts a slew of top cross country runners and teams from across Texas, as well as a few top teams from Oklahoma and other states. The field in both the girls and boys elite divisions this year included state-ranked and nationally ranked individuals and high school teams, and our Spartans competed well despite missing key contributors on both sides (boys and girls). Quite a few personal bests were achieved in the 5k elite race, and that should serve as a nice confidence booster as we head into the post-season.

GIRLS

Our Spartan girls finished 11 out of 21 teams in the Varsity Elite division. There were 140 individual finishers.

FINISH TIME

26 Niamh Collins 18:42

49 Siena Yoder 19:22

51 Allie Weinhardt 19:23

76 Maggie Pearce 19:49

102 Amelia Bommer 20:14

BOYS

The Spartan boys were 16 out of 21 teams in the Varsity Elite division. There were 151 individual finishers.

FINISH TIME

32 Ben Pearce 15:54

65 Daylan Rushing 16:18

88 Justin Kaimann 16:34

129 Jona Morford 17:14

133 Jonathan Lumpkin 17:22

141 Sam Jordan 17:37

SUB VARSITY/ VARSITY - Klein Bearkat Tune-up - 2 mile distance.

VARSITY GIRLS - 85 individual finishers

FINISH TIME

6 Anastasia Sciretti 12:32

9 Josie Heim 12:39

38 Leah Jordan 14:09

JV GIRLS - 117 finishers; JV girls finished 6th out of 14 in team competition.

FINISH TIME

1 Laura Gonzalez 13:11

34 Emily Hopkins 15:08

36 Elise Nault 15:08

37 Angelina Salel 15:15

84 Lauren Long 17:40

114 Amanda Gonzalez 21:09

JV BOYS - 128 finishers; JV boys finished 6th out of 12 in team competition.

FINISH TIME

13 Day’vonne Singleton 11:15

14 Andrew Hopkins 11:18

64 Ethan Shuck 12:50

67 Nathan Yoder 12:55

88 Matthew Dial 13:27

FRESHMAN BOYS - 57 finishers; Freshman boys finished 1st out of 5 in team competition.

FINISH TIME

1 Jake Rodriguez 11:26

2 Owen Duggan 11:38

5 Gabe Wylie 11:44

7 Eli Roberts 11:48

10 Nathan Scott 11:56

25 Liam Osbon 12:29

38 Charles Keen 13:13

42 Kaleb Bernat 13:25

47 Dash Leonard 13:33

49 Nathan Zoboroski 13:39

51 Diego Ruiz 13:51