Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Devine Cross Country teams got the best of both worlds Saturday as the Warhorses competed in Cibolo at San Antonio Steele’s meet while the Arabians went into Comal County Fairgrounds to run in the Unicorn Meet hosted by New Braunfels High School.
Donovan Dixon led the varsity Horses placing 23rd in a field of 95. Brody Lane, Shawn Lowe, Jesus, Cisneros, Jake Riou, Ryan Botello, Zane Fritz, Jonathan Moralez, Caleb Maxwell, and Ian Rodriguez also competed.
The Arabians had tons of competition as there were 126 runners in the varsity girl division. Hailey Montes and Kourtni Geyer each finished in the top 100 while Camila Sierra, Angelina Garcia, Aaralynn Garcia, Emily Morris, Lexi Perez, Jovianne Gomez, and Madison Saenz also made the trip.
Urijah Velasquez finished in the top 10 in the JV division as he placed 8th of 71 runners. Zach Guerra cracked the top 20 at 20th place. Daniel Ballesteros, Christian Ross, Rylan Cortinez, and Carlos Jimenez also ran.
The teams travel to San Antonio Saturday, August 31 to compete in the FEAST Patriot Invitational.
*The times listed below for the Warhorses were on a 2.75mi course.
Varsity boy team rank
1st Clemons 33, 2nd Boerne 74, 3rd Holmes 77, 4th Brandeis 79, 5th Steele 142, 6th Taft 165, 7th Judson 197, 8th Corpus Christi Carroll 204, 9th MacArthur 224, 10th Devine 242, 11th Corpus Christ King 250, 12th George West 368.
Warhorse results (of 95)
23rd Donovan Dixon 15:22, 56th Brody Lane 17:03, 59th Shawn Lowe 17:09, 69th Jesus Cisneros 17:52, 74th Jake Riou 18:01, 76th Ryan Botello 18:07, 78th Zane Fritz 18:31, 79th Jonathan Moralez 18:34, 81st Caleb Maxwell 18:48, 82nd Ian Rodriguez 18:56.
JV boy team rank
1st Lytle 32, 2nd Holmes 59, 3rd Brandeis 62, 4th Clemons 112, 5th Boerne 122, 6th Devine 137, 7th MacArthur 140.
JV Warhorse results (of 71)
8th Urijah Velasquez 17:12, 20th Zach Guera 18:11, 32nd Daniel Ballesteros 18:57, 58th Christian Ross 21:41, 63rd Rylan Cortinez 21:56, 64th Carlos Jimenez 22:00.
Varsity girl team rank
1st Johnson 53, 2nd Churchill 88, 3rd Davenport 104, 4th New Braunfels 135, 5th Randolph 190, 6th Kerrville Tivy 213, 7th Bandera 223, 8th Wimberley 230, 9th Katy 233, 10th SAHS 235, 11th Canyon Lake 242, 12th La Vernia 258, 13th Kennedy 275, 14th Great Hearts Monte Vista 376, 15th Devine 395.
Arabian results (of 126)
72nd Hailey Montes 14:03, 88th Kourtni Geyer 14:26, 108th Camila Sierra 15:11, 116th Angelina Garcia 16:32, 117th Aaralynn Garcia 16:34, 118th Emily Morris 16:36, 121st Lexi Perez 16:40, Jovianne Gomez 124th 17:01, 125th Madison Saenz 20:08.