The Boerne Champion cross country teams were on the course last Saturday at the Canyon Cougar Invitational XC meet held at Starcke Park in Seguin and competed in the 5A-6A division.
It was a strong showing by the Chargers after the boys took first and the girls tied with host NB Canyon for first but ended up in second based on the tiebreaker, which is the team’s sixth-place finisher.
Chargers coach Jonathan Tate said the course measured 300 to 400 meters too long and was not a true 5K race.
Champion is taking this weekend off and will race at a regular-season meet next Saturday in Round Rock at Old Settler’s Park, site of the annual state cross country meet.
Coaches like to run at regular-season meets in Round Rock to preview the park and to see how the course is looking for the eventual state meet in early November.
Champion won the 5A-6A race by a comfortable margin of 21 points. The Charger boys tallied 33 points to beat out district foe Smithson Valley after the Rangers scored 54 points for second. S.A. Patriots Homeschool scored 94 points for third to edge Donna by two points in the field of 9 teams.
The Chargers ran as a pack very well and had its top seven runners in the top 13 spots and took places 5-6, along with 9-10-11-12-13.
Luis Tovar and Caleb Dehart went 5-6 in the boys race with Tovar turning in a time of 17:38.77 and Dehart posting a 17:41.62, while Luke Grametbauer was 9th in 17:55.08 and Charles Houck also placed in the top 10 with a 17:59.69.
Ben Matamoros clocked in at 18:00.30 to place 11th, Noah Perez ran the course in 18:01.82 for 12th and Patrick Thornton was 13th in 18:04.77.
Matthew Duran came in 15th with a time of 18:12.51, William Coover recorded an 18:21.45 for 17th and Evan Simmons was 23rd in 18:51.17.
Varsity Girls
Both Champion and New Braunfels Canyon tallied 42 points to tie for the top spot, but the Chargers ended up second on the tiebreaker.
S.A. Patriots Homeschool was third with 91, followed by LEE (113) and Edinburg (116), in the field of eight teams.
The Lady Chargers had three finish in the top 10 after Elizabeth Leachman won the race in a time of 17:30.85, Kynley Albright was 3rd after clocking in at 20:48.60 and Breanna Hempton came in 8th after posting a 21:51.
Emma Rice ran a time of 22:05.39 to finish 15th Kiley Johnson was 19th with a time of 22:32.22, Luciana Zazueta Ibarra placed 23rd to finish the course in a time of 22:57.53 and Grace Mondini was 27th after running a 23:18.51.
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