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Lady Roos run in Byron Nelson Invitational

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The Kangaroos and Lady Roos competed in the Byron Nelson Invitational in Justin on Aug. 17.

Elite Girls Varsity

Team, fourth, 122 points.

Top individuals: Remington Boone, sixth, 11:25.53; Macayla Kopacz, 20th, 12:05.07; Paige Blake, 27th, 12:32.65; Cayleigh Madrid, 37th, 13:02.73; Nayelli Ordonez, 41st, 13:21.70.

 

Varsity Girls Open

Top individuals: Ivy Scott, 19th, 13:28.96; Madison Pulis, 30th, 14:08.07; Gianna Buchfink, 35th, 14:41.64.

 

Elite Boys Varsity

Team, eighth, 201 points.

Top individuals: Kelan Bush, 31st, 10:40.79; Erick Ibarra, 41st, 10:48.39; Aiden Breaux, 43rd, 10:51.87; Jett Hendrix, 44th, 10:55.97; Austin Fugitt, 50th, 11:07.58.

 

Varsity Boys Open

Team, sixth, 155.

Top individuals: Tate Nobis, 27th, 11:15.45; Saldivar Saul, 28th, 11:16.52; Daniel Brown, 37th, 11:26.31; Andrew Scott, 41st, 11:34.22; Aaron Valenthe, 42nd, 11:35.56.

 

JV Girls

Team, 11th, 301.

Top individuals: Chloe Burton, 67th, 15:20.25; Makayla Alvarado, 76th, 15:27.31; Braelynn Flores, 82nd, 15:32.78; Ivie Guay, 91st, 15:57.33; Kaitlyn Bloching, 96th, 16:5.30.

 

JV Boys

Team, 11th, 316.

Top individual: Zavier Ascuro, 48th, 12:19.66; Justin French, 52nd, 12:24.21; James Roe, 63rd, 12:38.85; Cole Ingram, 93rd, 13:07.23; Jack Miller, 94th, 13:07.36.

Weatherford will next compete in the Burleson Centennial Spartan Run in Burleson on Saturday, Aug. 24.

Trinity Christian Academy

The Eagles and Lady Eagles completed in the Friday Night Hawk Invitational in Carrollton on Friday, Aug. 16. The competition covered two miles.

Varsity Boys

Team, ninth, 201 points.

Top individuals: Boren Merril, seventh, 10:58.20; Jonas O'Dell, 53rd, 12:16.20; Jonah Brown, 56th, 12:18.80; Henry Reynolds, 60th, 12:21.30; Harrison Brown, 86th, 13:10.00.

 

Varsity Girls

Team, 11th, 262 points.

Top individual: Emma Saadeh, 13th, 13:40.90; Madison Clark, 64th, 15:44.40; Olivia Quinn, 74th, 16:19.40; Ellery Wright, 96th, 17:17.80; Isabelle Hooper, 98th, 17:23.70.

TCA is scheduled to compete in the Spartan Run next.

 

 

Aledo

With their entire team back from last season, the Aledo Ladycats sent a message that they are once again a program to be reckoned with as they won the championship of the prestigious Waxahachie Wood house Invitational at Maypearl on Saturday, Aug. 17.

It was the first 5K meet of the season for Aledo, which ran in the Brock Six-Mile Relay the week before.

The Ladycats, who finished second in the state in 2023, won the Elite Girls division, scoring 69 points to outdistance runner-up Dallas Highland Park with 83.

"This was a great meet for competition, with the likes of Highland Park, Colleyville Heritage, Coppell, and Allen in attendance," Aledo coach Mike Pinkerton said. "There were many pleasant surprises today, and everyone did a fantastic job."

The Bearcats placed fifth among the Elite Boys with 196 points.

The Ladycats had three runners place in the top 15, led by Molly Garrison, who was seventh with a time of 18 minutes, 23.80 seconds. Micah Neal was ninth in 18:33.80 and Mykel Murry placed 11th in 18:37.20.

The Bearcats, who also qualified for state as a team last season, were led by Jack Fink, who was 15th with a clocking of 15:53.50. Tyler Connelly was 17th in 15:58.70.

Also running for the Ladycats varsity were Madison Larsen, 23rd, 19:22.00; Sofia Brandenburg, 26th, 19:43.20; Hadleigh Walton, 33rd, 20:01.00; and Mayden Mitchell, 34th, 20:02.60.

Also competing for the Bearcats were Luke Schabel, 49th, 16:45.60; Ian Robbins, 63rd, 16:59.60; Dominick Barrera, 72nd, 17:05.80; and Thatcher Pettit, 78th, 17:10.20.

 

Junior varsity girls

Team, fifth, 137 points.

Individuals: Carley Couch, first, 20:57.80; Kjersten Loy, fourth, 21:04.20; Sadie Williams, 15th, 22:44.60; Ashlynn Durnil, 48th, 23:50.30; Maggie McQuatters, 132nd, 27:24.70; Lilla Kovacs, 166th, 30:11.70.

JV boys

Team, 14th, 349 points.

Individuals: Reed Murray, seventh, 17:58.00; Andrew Walsh, 18th, 18:28.00; Landon Eaton, 79th, 20:28.00; Dylan Hoover, 163rd, 22:59.30; Marcus Rodriguez, 178th, 23:40.10.

Aledo will next compete in the Coach T Invitational in Denton, hosted by Flower Mound Marcus, on Saturday, Aug. 31.

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