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Cross Country – State Championship Results

The State Championships was highlighted by second place finishes for The Woodlands boys and Kingwood girls. 

5A Girls

Southlake Carroll - 32

Kingwood -95

Lewisville Marcus - 105

The Woodlands – 110

Lewisville Hebron -128

College Park – 144

Katy – 193

New Braunfels – 197

Cypress Fairbanks – 209

Seven Lakes – 229

New Braunfels Canyon – 274

Mission Sharyland - 308

1. 1.       Karis Jochen, A&M Consolidated, 17:18.1
2. 2.       Sandie Raines, Kingwood, 17:30.7
3. Paige Hofstad, New Braunfels, 17:45.9
4. Devin Clark, Smithson Valley, 17:54.9
5. Courtney Kreigshauser, Southlake Carroll, 17:57.3
6. Megan Montgomery, Lewisville Hebron, 17:59.3
7. Shelby Chapin, Southlake Carroll, 18:05.4
8. Elena Arriaza, Southlake Carroll, 18:05.8
9. Emilia McElhinney, Round Rock McNeil, 18:08.9
10. Jocelyn Caro, El Paso Socorro, 18:25.6

The girls race featured a blistering fast first mile with the frontrunners right at 5-minute pace.  This made the rest of the 5,000 meter course very challenging, especially with a steady wind and uphill finish.  Kingwood’s Sandie Raines was second in the girls’ competition.  Karis Jochen defended her State Championship crown.  The Woodlands girl’s team was in second place heading into the final 200 meters with Madi McLellan leading the way in third, but she collapsed shortly before the finish line and was unable to finish the race.  Even with McLellan disqualified, the deep Woodlands team still placed fourth among tough competition.  College Park’s Katie Jensen was holding onto fifth heading into the homestretch but also had a tough time making it up the final hill and completed the race in 12^th position.  Freshmen sensations Khayla Patel of Houston Memorial was 31^st and Abby Guidry of Kingwood as 32^nd.

5A Boys

Southlake Carroll - 27

The Woodlands - 71

College Park – 95

El Paso Eastwood – 112

Lewisville Marcus - 116

Plano West – 173

Del Rio – 202

Weslaco East – 219

Katy Cinco Ranch – 238

Eagle Pass – 238

Houston Strake Jesuit – 259

Cypress Woods – 262

1. Robert Domanic, Lewisville Hebron, 15:04.0
2. 2.       Brigham Hedges, The Woodlands, 15:06.7
3. Nate Sullivan, Southlake Carroll, 15:11.7
4. Joe Sansone, Southlake Carroll, 15:17.9
5. Brian Barraza, El Paso Franklin, 15:26.6
6. Trevor Gilley, Southlake Carroll, 15:28.9
7. Adam Davidson, The Woodlands, 15:29.1
8. Connor Hendrickson, Southlake Carroll, 15:29.6
9. Nikolai Horbovetz, Austin Anderson, 15:30.3
10. Logan Hendriz, Lewisville Marcus, 15:34.6

The boys race had a pile-up at the first turn, causing several runners to go down including some of The Woodlands’ scorers and Strake Jesuit’s leading runner, Frank Lara, who did not recover.  Despite the setback, The Woodlands still managed a strong second-place showing led by Brigham Hedges who finished second in a tight battle for the championship.  College Park boys made the podium for third led by Connor Meaux who came in 16th.   

In 4A action, Ryan Teel had the spotlight defending his Championship crown.  He ran the course in 15:42.4 and along with team-mate Levi Kessler, who placed eighth, led Friendswood to a third-place team finish.  The Kingwood Park boys finished tenth.

On the girl’s side of 4A, Tomball’s Rachel St Martin finished 7^th and Kingwood Park freshman Savannah Skrivanek placed 8^th.   The Kingwood Park girls were fourth in the team score.  Willis was 8^th and Barber’s Hill was 10^th.