Devine Cross Country runners hit the Medina Valley course this past Saturday morning over in Castroville at the Panther Invitational. The Arabians placed 7th overall in their 16-team race while the Warhorses placed 10th out of 16 teams as well.
Freshman Airyanna Rodriguez led the Arabians finishing 21st of 140 runners with a time of 13:54.1. Charlee Rangel was nip-and-tuck with Rodriguez as she placed 22nd with a near identical 13:54.5 as four-hundredths of a second is all that separated the two.
Senior Yessika Garza was 48th at 14:33, Trinity Black 91st at 16:05, Jilliyn Guajardo 92nd at 16:06, Kendall Marek 93rd at 16:07, and Angelina Garcia 127th at 18:20 also competed for the Arabians.
For the Warhorses, senior Christopher Ortiz led the way placing 50th of 148 competitors with a three-mile time of 19:50. TJ Mendoza was next in for Devine at 69th place and a 20:13 time.
Marcus Espinosa was 71st at 20:27, Kristofer Aguirre 72nd at 20:30, Taylor Hurst 88th at 21:05, Corwin Flores 125th at 23:35, Seth DeLeon 130th at 24:06, and Stephen Culver 137th at 25:52 were the other Warhorse runners.
Top 10 girl teams
1st Boerne 42, 2nd San Antonio Cole 77, 3rd Pleasanton 85, 4th La Vernia 117, 5th Pearsall 186, 6th Uvalde 195, 7th Devine 196, 8th Universal City Randolph 200, 9th Comfort 237, 10th D’Hanis 265. Other notables: 11th Hondo 266, 14th Crystal City 355, 15th Jourdanton 368.
Top 10 boy teams
1st San Antonio Christian 52, 2nd La Vernia 54, 3rd Boerne 79, 4th Universal City Randolph 165, 5th San Antonio Cole 214, 6th San Antonio Central Catholic 219, 8th Hondo 258, 9th Pearsall 281, 10th Devine 284. Other notables: 14th Pleasanton 317, 15th Crystal City 324, 16th Jourdanton 326.
Up next
The 19th Annual FEAST Patriot Cross Country Invitational is this Saturday, September 4. Devine Head Coach Hannah Thompson and assistant Mark Mangold have all high school and middle school teams competing at the same location for the first of several times this season.
The Warhorses and Arabians have already raced three times in 2021 while the Colts and Fillys run for the first time Saturday.
There is a gap between the varsity squads and the middle schools as well as JV races take place during that time. Devine High School runners are all competing on the varsity level until later in the season.
8:30am—Varsity Arabians, 9:00am—Varsity Warhorses, 11:00am—7th/8th Fillys, 11:30am—7th/8th Colts
By Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Arabian-Warhorse XC top 10 at Medina Valley
