Congrats! These East Texas Runners Are Heading to State XC Meet
On November 3 and 4, hundreds of high school athletes will be competing in Round Rock, Texas at the UIL Texas Cross Country State Meet. Numerous runners from Deep East Texas have worked hard and punched their tickets to this competition.
Let's take a look at the qualifiers
Class 4A Boys
- Region III Individual Bronze Medalist - Connor Graves, Hudson - Senior
- Region III Team Bronze Medalist & State Qualifier - Hudson
- Connor Graves (Bronze Medalist), 16:07.67 - Senior
- Jordan Pyle, 17:13.20 - Sophomore
- Miler Stewart, 17:23.35 - Freshman
- Marco Woods, 18:04.01 - Senior
- Mason Purvis, 18:15.61 - Junior
- Aiden Buranakitipinyo, 18:35.42 - Junior
- Jacob Cockrell, 19:43.56 - Freshman
Cristina Graves
Class 4A Girls
- State Qualifier - Madison Vasquez, Hudson, 13:04.40 - Junior
Amy Stewart
Class 3A Boys
- State Qualifier - John Michael Dudley (9th), Trinity, 17:15.01 - Senior
Class 3A Girls
- State Qualifier - Sommer Bradberry, Central, 13:25.08 - Senior
Central FB
Class 2A Boys
- Region III Individual Silver Medalist - Misael Hernandez, Tenaha
- Region III Team Gold Medalist & State Qualifier - Tenaha
- Misael Hernandez (Silver Medalist), 16:37.66 - Senior
- Jairo Hernandez (4th), 17:22.64 - Junior
- Adrian Ramirez (7th), 17:37.15 - Sophomore
- Eustorgia Flores, 17:46.91 - Sophomore
- Marco Gonzales, 18:09.48 - Sophomore
- Jhostyn Lopez, 20:20.74 - Sophomore
School FB
- Region III 4th Place & State Qualifier - Chireno
- Barrett Bennefield (8th), 17:40.47 - Senior
- Cyrus Kubena, 17:48.67 - Senior
- Benji Blount, 19:19.41 - Sophomore
- Dal Pinner, 19:32.70 - Sophomore
- Ace Turner, 21:45.19 - Sophomore
- Keith Patton, 21:45.84 - Senior
- Colton Smith, 21:53.57 - Freshman
School FB
- State Qualifier - Andres Landaverde (5th), Corrigan-Camden, 17:30.66 - Jr
- State Qualifier - Dean Yates (9th), Broaddus, 17:41.89 - Freshman
- State Qualifier - Noah Jones, Douglass, 18:02.47 - Senior
Class 2A Girls
- Region III Individual Gold Medalist - Emily Pharris, Shelbyville - Senior
- Region III Team Silver Medalist & State Qualifier - Shelbyville
- Emily Pharris (Gold Medalist), 12:25.14 - Senior
- Cori Lawson (7th), 13:32.08 - Freshman
- Treana Macks, 14:15.40 - Senior
- Bailee Whiteside, 15:26.16 - Junior
- Jamarria Wright, 15:35.44 - Senior
- McKenzie Gillaspie, 17:21.68 - Junior
- Lily West, 17:34.09 - Freshman
School FB
- Region III Team Bronze Medalist & State Qualifier - Groveton
- Jannette Bautista (5th), 13:19.91 - Sophomore
- Kayleigh Albus, 14:12.26 - Freshman
- Ianey Peterson, 14:47.70 - Sophomore
- Emma Alexander, 14:47.88 - Senior
- Madison Hobbs, 15:00.68 - Sophomore
- Noelia Garcia, 15:06.83 - Senior
- Marie Gonzalez, 15:50.89 - Junior
Mary Lankford
- State Qualifier - Anahi Mayes (9th), Douglass, 13:46.05 - Sophomore
- State Qualifier - Alyssa Mabry (10th), Colmesneil, 13:47.86 - Senior
- State Qualifier - Kenzy Bragg, West Sabine, 13:56.92 - Sophomore
- State Qualifier - Natalia Bahena, Broaddus, 14:08.79 - Junior
Class 1A Boys
- Region IV Team Gold Medalist & State Qualifier - Goodrich
- Amareion Bookman (4th), 17:59.53 - Senior
- Eliseo Garzon (10th), 18:49.00 - Junior
- Joel Resendez, 19:13.54 - Freshman
- Saul Guzman, 19:57.21 - Freshman
- Joel Machuca, 21:09.30 - Sophomore
- Marquis Robinson, 21:24.25 - Freshman
School FB
- State Qualifier - Landon Heim (8th), Spurger, 18:46.50 - Junior
- State Qualifier - Nathan Marr, Slocum, 18:58.88 - Senior
- State Qualifier - Kuno Romero, Martinsville, 19:07.64 - Junior
- State Qualifier - Caleb Neal, Slocum, 19:07.77 - Junior
Class 1A Girls
- Region III Team Bronze Medalist & State Qualifier - Brookeland
- Addison Murphy, 14:27.96 - Junior
- Caylee Morgan, 15:06.63 - Freshman
- Taylar Strother, 15:06.77 - Senior
- Paige Powell, 15:07.44
- Kaelyn Strother, 16:37.67 - Freshman
- Alivia Lopez, 17:07.49 - Freshman
- Maddison Petty, 20:16.24 - Junior
Joshelyn Joya Adams
- Region III Team 4th Place & State Qualifier - Martinsville
- Serena Ward, 14:32.00 - Junior
- Andraissiah Bice, 15:34.45
- Bella Miller, 15:41.73
- Liz Gomez, 15:42.23
- Hannah Miller, 16:06.36 - Junior
- Emberlyn Locke, 18:42.74
School FB
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