ROUND ROCK - Boerne Champion finished with an individual state champion, while the Boerne High boys earned silver in the team competition at Saturday's 5A state cross country meet in Round Rock.
Champion's Elizabeth Leachman defended her 5A individual title at Old Settlers Park Saturday morning and overcame a lot just to make it back to state. In fact, she didn't even finish her race at regionals but since the team qualified, the junior was able to compete at state.
Leachman posted a time of 17:14.80 to earn her fifth state championship in either cross country or track.
Leachman came into the season with an injury, suffered another injury after a collision with a teammate during workouts, battled stomach flu and had strep throat but overcame it all to defend her title.
"I didn't know what the outcome was going to be, I don't think I was ever so unsure going into a race," she said. "It's been a whirlwind of a season and I didn't know if I was going to finish first or 150th."
Boerne High boys
The Boerne High boys jumped to 5A this year but didn't miss a beat. After finishing third at state last year as a 4A team, the Greyhounds moved up to 5A and claimed silver medals on Saturday.
It was a textbook case of pack running as the Greyhounds scoring-five runners finished 12-13-15-17-80 with 137 points for silver medals.
"It's fun to win individually, but when everybody has a medal on their neck, it makes the bus ride home a little better," BHS coach Chris Carter said.
Comfort High
The Comfort girls also had one runner compete in the 3A race Saturday morning and Ella Thiele placed 34th with a PR time of 12:30.3.
For more on this year's state cross country meet, see the Boerne Star.
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