Hondo Anvil Herald

D’Hanis XC runner qualifies for state

 

     Corpus Christi -- D’Hanis runner Tinsley Upchurch placed 13th on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the UIL Region IV-1A cross country meet, hosted by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Her finish placed her high enough to earn a trip to the state meet, coming up next weekend at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.

     The 1A girls’ division at state will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 9:30 a.m.

     Three Hondo runners qualified for the Region IV-3A meet, with all placing in the top half of their division standings.

     Senior James Agee placed 46th out of 175 runners in the 3A boys’ regional field.

     Junior Ayelet Reus was 64th and sophomore Sylaine Pressley finished 84th in the 3A girls’ division, a field of 169 runners.

Lytle was once again the 3A boys’ team champion and will advance to state, led by the second place finish of Jacob Cantu and the fourth place showing of Adrian Reyna. Zach Guerra of Devine placed 14th, and is also advancing to state as an individual. The Lytle girls’ team placed third in Region IV-3A and is state bound. The 3A meet will also be held on Nov. 7, with the girls at 10:55 and the boys at 11:25.

     As a team, the D’Hanis girls’ placed seventh in the 1A standings. Upchurch’s time on the 3200m course was 14:22.29. From Utopia, Leighton Leavelle (18th) and Macee Rhodes (20th) will also be heading to the state meet. 

     In the 1A boys’ division at regionals, Kasen Harthcock of Utopia (30th) and Luke Adame of Knippa (46th) also qualified for state. the 1A boys will run Nov. 7 at 10:10 a.m.

     McMullen County was both the boys’ and girls’ team champions at the 1A level.