KERRVILLE – The varsity cross country teams from Boerne Champion have both advanced to this year’s regional meet after their performances at Wednesday’s District 26-5A meet.
Also, all four Charger teams had the individual winners in their respective races.
The Champion boys edged fellow Boerne ISD school Boerne High by five points to win the boys championship, their 17th district title in a row.
Since the school opened in 2008, the Champion boys have won every district title.
Senior Charlie Houck said they were just living up to expectations.
“It’s a great feeling but we kind of expect it at this point,” he said. “Our varsity boys have won district every year the school has been opened. It’s good but it’s also expected.”
The Lady Chargers were second on Wednesday in Kerrville at Flat Rock Park and were paced by Elizabeth Leachman, the defending 5A champ.
Leachman’s time was about a minute slower than what she ran at state last year, but she got the job done even though she was under the weather recently.
“I think the main goal was just to do what I could. I’m coming off of strep last week and so the idea was to conserve some energy and make sure I had enough to finish well,” she said. “It was awesome to be part of a team here today and see all of the successes.”
Both varsity teams head to the 5A regional meet scheduled for Oct. 21-22 in Corpus Christi. The 5A girls race is Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., while the boys race is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.
Varsity Boys
The Champion boys kept the district win streak going on Wednesday, their 17th in a row.
Champion tallied 43 points, Boerne High (48) was second and New Braunfels (78) third to all advance to regionals where the top three teams and top 10 individuals not on an advancing team are headed to regionals.
Alamo Heights (94), Pieper (122), Smithson Valley (126), Kerrville Tivy (193) and Wagner (194) completed the field.
Charlie Houck and Luis Tovar powered the Chargers to the district title with a 1-2 punch after Houck won the race in 15:35.53 and Tovar placed second with a 15:47.90.
Caleb Dehart finished 8th with a 16: 24.55, Shawn Edwards came in 15th at 16:42.75 and Mason Nelson was two spots back in 17th after running a 16:47.58 to account for Champion’s five scoring runners.
Luke Mitchell and Noah Moreno rounded out the team after they were 30th and 31st after Mitchell posted a 17:29.96 and Moreno came in with a time of 17:31.02.
Varsity Girls
Defending state champion Elizabeth Leachman topped the field and help the Lady Chargers finish second in the team standings.
Smithson Valley took first (29), followed by Champion with 47 points, while New Braunfels (78) snagged the final regional berth up for grabs.
Kerrville Tivy (134), Pieper (137), Boerne High (152), Alamo Heights (175) and Wagner (202) completed the field.
Leachman ran a 17:20.35 for first, while Rebecca Bezerra and Kynley Albright claimed the 8th and 9th spots after Bezerra clocked in at 19:12.14 and Albright posted a 19:15.67.
Payton Kidder finished the course in a time of 19:37.99 for 13th, Madison Mungia was 16th in 19:48.89, Addison Graham came in 19th in 19:58.54 and Luciana Zazueta Ibarra turned in a 20:33.14 for 24th.
Subvarsity
Sebastian Carvallo won the JV boys race in a time of 17:43.67 and Elena Duran took first in the JV girls race with a 20:37.46.
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