On the morning of Oct. 10, the Men and Women of Friendswood Cross Country took to the starting line of the District 20-5A Championship. They went to war and battled it out in the Varsity Boys, Varsity Girls, JV Boys, JV Girls, and freshman boys divisions: 5 races and 5 chances to bring Mustang Thunder.
Friendswood Cross Country did exactly that, bringing some serious force to the meet: four District Champion Team titles, 1 Runner up, four Individual District Champions, and a third place.
Varsity Boys- DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
Aiden Fitzgerald- District Champion; Aiden Lowery 3rd; Alex Hillier 4th; Cooper Thompson 8th; Austin Rhea 10th; Logan Huber 11th; Kaleb Direkly 12th
Varsity Girls- DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
Addison Sapp- District Champion; Charlie Tran 2nd; Kennedy Rhodes 5th; Avery Martin 7th; McKinley Thai 8th; Ainsley Rhea 9th; Kimberly Cardenas 11th
The Varsity Teams will now advance to the Region Meet on the 22nd in Huntsville, where they will battle it out for entry to the State Meet.
The Mustangs didn’t stop after the two District Titles, though! They marched right onto the JV boys race winning a District Championship with Mustang runners taking the 1st through 9th places. They defended their Team title with a perfect score.
JV Boys- DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
Henry Mcgowan District Champion; Nolan Van Metre 2nd; Ky-minh To 3rd; Matthew Reyna 4th; Bradely Furman 5th; Jose Gonzales 6th; William Evans 7th; Chase Chapman 8th; Garrett Murphy 9th; Jason Wei 11th; Devon Palmer 34th
Next up were the JV girls, who took to the field ready to compete and run hard. Their efforts earned them a 2nd place finish as a team.
JV Girls- District Runner-Ups
Madison Ellisor 3rd; Kylie Belcher 6th; Isabella Hernandez 7th; Ely Swaty 8th; Lauren Simmons 13th; Addison Stanford 16th; Lily Gonzales 18th; Ysaline Ledru 22nd; Sophia Fernandez 25th; Kendall Martin 26th; Reilly Franklin 28th; Emma Kemp 37th
To round out the day, the Freshmen brought #MustangThunder and delivered a solid race, defending their District title from last year. They put in the work and took home another District Championship!
Freshmen Boys- DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
Sam Swift District Champion; Mason Huber 2nd; Brendan Baxter 4th; Peter Kissell 6th; Colton Harpole 7th; Preston Thompson 8th; Christian Doss-Scarpa 9th; Dean Cobb 10th; Grayson Scogin 12th; Adrian Aguillar 13th; Juan Fernandez 17th.
Friendswood Cross Country District Results
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