VYPE's Cross Country Beat -- The Andy Wells Invite

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The Cross Country Beat

The Rematch at Andy Wells Invite

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Last week most of Houston’s top harriers ran in the 5K races at the Humble Region Preview.  This week they faced off again at the Kingwood Andy Wells Invitational. 

The girls ran a 4K race and featured a second dual between The Woodlands’ Madi McLellan and Kingwood’s Sandie Raines.  Raines came in at 13:29.73 and McLellan was 13:31.43.  They were both over 45 seconds ahead of the rest of the field and smashed the previous course record of 14:06.

Katy ran in a tight pack with only 25 seconds between the scorers, led by Emily Voss who finished 11^th.  Madison Gilcrease of Cypress Woods scored within the top ten and led her team to a fourth-place finish.

In the boy’s race, The Woodlands’ Brigham Hedges prevailed once more with a time of 14:28.45 on the three-mile course, edging out Friendswood’s Ryan Teel by less than half a second.  Micheal Lindberg of Kingwood Park was third and Brad Dohner of Klein Oak was fourth.

Sergio Rodriguez finished 10^th and led Kingwood to a second-place team score.  Pedro Nasta of the John Cooper School finished 6^th.  Carson Wilder of Katy finished 11^th.

The Woodlands dominated the team competition in both divisions.

Boys Team Results

The Woodlands 30

Kingwood 98

Kingwood Park 130

Cinco Ranch 152

Cypress Woods 153

Friendswood 166

Klein Oak 177

George Ranch 210

Atascocita 212

Katy 224

John Cooper 295

Klein Collins 313

Morton Ranch 316

Girls Team Results

The Woodlands 20

Kingwood 45

Katy 77

Cypress Woods 128

Cinco Ranch 154

Atascocita 208

Friendswood 214

Morton Ranch 222

Klein Collins 229

Klein Oak 230

VYPE's Cross Country New and Notes

Karis Jochen of A&M Consolidated and Katie Jensen of College Park, ran in the Cedar Park Invitational 5K. Jochen won the race in 17:28.11 and Jensen was second in 17:39.92. Jensen was more than 30 seconds clear of the rest of the field.

Klein’s Janae Bottoms won the Cy Fair ISD Invitational 3 mile race in 18:56.71 and was 10 seconds in front of the second-place finisher.

Xavier Jimenez of Brazosport won the Dayton Bronco Invite three-mile race in 15:25.70 and was over 35 seconds clear of the field.

Kevin Dean of Katy Seven Lakes won the Willis WildKat Invitational 5K with 16:09. Brittany Traverse of Willis was the top girl with 19:02.

NATIONAL RANKINGS

Houston Cross Country in National Rankings

The National High School Coaches Association has four Houston cross country individuals and three Houston teams included in their latest national rankings.

Ryan Teel of Friendswood is ranked #13

The Woodlands Girls are ranked #15

The Woodlands Boys are ranked #17

Karis Jochen of A&M Consolidated is ranked #22

Sandie Raines of Kingwood is ranked #24

Madi McLellan of The Woodlands is ranked #25

College Park Girls are ranked #45

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