Senior Isaiah Morin will represent Devine Warhorse Cross Country at State on Saturday, November 6. Morin qualified for the Round Rock mega-event by placing 21st in last week’s Regional Meet in Corpus Christi. The Warhorses placed 9th as a team.
Morin’s 21st place finish came as he and the rest of his teammates competed in a field of 173 runners from Region 4 Class 4A. He ran the 5K course in 18:34.5.
Senior Christopher Ortiz ran his best Corpus Christi time in his career finishing in 19:24.7. Ortiz came in 45th individually.
Thomas TJ Mendoza came in 54th place. Mendoza, a junior, also ran a sub-20min race with a 19:40.5.
Senior Marcus Espinosa closed out his high school career in 89th place. Espinosa ran 20:44.3.
Freshman Taylor Hurst ran an exceptional race. Hurst placed 121st with a time of 21:48.5.
Junior Jesse House closed out the race as far as Warhorses are concerned with a 22:17.7. House placed 134th overall.
Congratulations to Isaiah Morin for his state qualifying performance and congratulations to the rest of the Warhorse Cross Country runners on a terrific season!
Top 10+ teams
1 La Feria 76, 2 Needville 95, 3 La Vernia 102, 4 Bandera 122, 5 Comal Pieper 185, 6 Boerne 225, 7 Geronimo Navarro 234, 8 Gonzales 286, 9 Devine 300, 10 Zapata 308, 15 Hondo 403, 19 Pearsall 473, 23 Carrizo Springs 558, 24 Somerset 559.
Top 21
1 Tyler Mills-La Vernia 17:23, 2 Abner Casiano-La Vernia 17:24, 3 Braden Cox-Bandera 17:28, 4 Andrew Pollard-Needville 17:30, 5 Angel Campos-Bay City 17:33, 6 Evan Torres La Feria 17:37, 7 Anthony Garrett-Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway 17:42, 8 Anthony Sandoval-Hondo 17:42, 9 Connor Noah-Comal Pieper 17:44, 10 Julian Dominguez-La Feria 18:01, 11 Joaquin Flores-Comal Pieper 17:54, 12 Jesus Panchito-Needville 17:59, 13 Joshua Marquez–La Feria 18:01, 14 Alek Villavicencio-Comal Canyon Lake 18:02, 15 Justin Ramirez-Sinton 18:02, 16 Felix Diaz-Bandera 18:11, 17 Ethan Brown-Bandera 18:14, 18 Jesse Moreno-Needville 18:26, 19 Joren Burkhalter-La Vernia 18:27, 20 Zaine Leal-Pearsall 18:33, 21 Isaiah Morin-Devine 18:34.
By Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer