The Lytle Lady Pirates placed fourth and the Pirates placed fifth in the FEAST Invitational last Saturday morning. Eighteen different programs with 108 competitors were represented in the 2-mile girl’s division while seventeen programs with 293 runners were represented in the 5K boy’s race.
The following is Head Coach Gilbert Ruiz’s recap of the day’s events.
“The Lytle Pirate XC team traveled to River City Community Church Athletic Fields again on Saturday to participate in the FEAST #2 Invitational Meet. The team got an opportunity to run on a flat, fast course against some great competition and they took advantage of it.
The varsity boys ran up a level against some bigger SA schools, which helped most of them post some personal best times. JoseCarlos Hernandez led the boys to a 5th place team finish out of 10 with his 11th place finish.
The varsity girls finished 4th out of 13 with Marissa Lopez leading the way as she sneaked out the individual title at the end and setting a personal record as a result. She, along with all the varsity girls, had great races that they needed leading up to this week as they run against Poth and Karnes City, two of the strongest teams in the district.
The JV boys with four freshman and a sophomore ran up a level as well and got to compete against some varsity teams in Race #2 and competed very well finishing sixth out of 11. Freshman Abel Sanchez ran a great race finishing 13th with a time of 17:35 which would have put him 4th on our varsity and his effort helped the boys move up to 4th out of 16 in the final standings when they merged the divisions.
The JV girls did not have enough for a team, but all four young ladies also set personal bests with Yadhira Mendez leading the way with a 14th place finish.
The team next travels to Poth on Saturday for a Pre-District meet. The varsity girls will start the day early at 7:30 am and will find out what chances they will have later in October of advancing out of district on the 26th.”
Thank you, Coach Ruiz and congratulations to you and your Lady Pirates and Pirates!
Girl team top 5
1st San Antonio Christian 45, 2nd Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway 85, 3rd Austin St. Michaels 125, 4th Lytle 128, 5th Boerne 137.
Lady Pirate results
1st Marissa Lopez 12:21 14th Eisabel Guerrero 12:55, 17th Natalie Williams 13:02, 48th Mariana Verdeja 14:15, 52nd Jazmine Ortega 14:22, 67th Naomy Montes-Rodriguez 14:58.
JV Lady Pirates
14th Yadhira Mendez-Felix 14:40, 17th Dezmarie Ortega 14:44, Nivea Sanchez 15:19, 45th Fatima Montes 16:18.
Boy team top 6
1st New Braunfels 37, 2nd New Braunfels Comal Canyon 71, 3rd San Antonio Central Catholic 85, 4th San Antonio FEAST 132, 5th Lytle 132, 6th Mustang Run Club 144.
Pirate results by finish
11th JoseCarlos Hernandez 16:16, 28th Robert Wagner 17:03, 29th Gregorio Alcorta 17:04, 13th Abel Sanchez 17:35, 50th Kyle Mueller 17:40, 21st Rodolfo Cepeda 18:09, 115th Brandon Obando 18:36, 132nd Donovan Cortez 18:59, 158th Daniel Mercado 19:33, 179th Israel Aguinaga 20:07.
By Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer