Hondo Anvil Herald

Times improve for Owl XC in Bandera

 

     Bandera -- The Hondo varsity boys’ cross country team earned its second consecutive fifth place finish on Saturday, Sept. 5, among the nine teams in the 5th Annual Steve Goleman Bandera Invitational.

     The Hondo varsity girls’ team was sixth in the nine-team field.

     After an open date on the schedule this weekend, the Owls will compete in the Schreiner Hill Country Invitational in Kerrville on Friday, Sept. 18.

     James Agee finished 11th on the 5K course to lead Hondo runners with a time of 17:43. The rest of the Hondo entries included Jack Lewis (19th, 18:27), Brice Terrill (23rd, 18:38), Wiley Reus (26th, 18:47), Pierce Atkinson (35th, 19:30), Konrad Ottum (50th, 20:58) and Ricardo Rojas (54th, 21:34).

     The top three finishing teams in the varsity boys division were Devine, McMullen County and Fredericksburg.

     For the Hondo girls, Ayelet Reus improved on her time from last week at Stockdale, running a 13:17 to place 17th. Taking spots 2-7 for the Owls were Sylaine Pressley (32nd, 14:20), Ashlyn Tovar (40th, 14:54), Kimberly Gear (41st, 14:55), Peyton Valdez (42nd, 15:02) Julia Fuentez (46th, 15:24) and Dana Shaw (48th, 15:29).

     Bandera, Fredericksburg and Saint Mary’s Hall finished 1, 2 and 3 in the team standings.