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Del Rio cross-country wins district again
Published November 1, 2009
The district’s varsity cross-country championships will stay in Del Rio another year.
Del Rio High School’s varsity boys and girls programs successfully defended their District 29-5A cross-country titles Saturday morning at the district’s cross-country meet at the Del Rio Middle School campus.
The win gives the boys’ team its eighth consecutive district championship while it’s the third straight title for the girls’ team.
Not to be outdone, Del Rio’s junior varsity boys and girls teams also won the district titles in their division as well.
The top three teams from each varsity division, as well as the top 10 individual runners from each varsity division, will next compete at the Region IV Cross-Country Meet Nov. 7 at Brooks City Air Force Base in San Antonio.
For Del Rio’s boys, the eighth title proved to be one of the toughest as only two of the team’s runners finished among the top 10 overall. Eagle Pass High, Laredo Alexander and Laredo United also each placed two runners among the top 10 finishers, but none of Del Rio’s runners finished worse than 23rd overall to help their team retain the district crown.
Del Rio’s boys finished first with a total of 50 points. Eagle Pass High was second with 63 points, and Laredo United South was third overall with 77 points.
Laredo Alexander, Laredo United, San Antonio Southwest, Eagle Pass C.C. Winn and Laredo Martin rounded out the boys’ team standings.
Alexander’s Charles Dickinson was the top finisher overall, crossing the finish line in 14:28. He was fourth in last year’s district meet.
Del Rio’s top finisher was Justin Garcia. He finished second overall in a time of 14:37. Garcia was fifth last year.
The rest of the top 10 included Alexander’s Ryan Elizalde (3rd, 14:47), United’s Artemio Romerio (4th, 14:51), Eagle Pass’ John West (5th, 14:55), United’s Alejandro Sifuentes (6th, 15:08), C.C. Winn’s Raul Ramirez (7th, 15:10), Eagle Pass’ Eugenio Escobedo (8th, 15:15), Del Rio’s Carlos Jimenez (9th, 15:16) and United South’s Gabriel Ortiz (10th, 15:18).
Also competing for Del Rio were John Tijerina (11th, 15:21), Juan Rojas (12th, 15:22), Isaac Treviño (16th, 15:34), David Calderon (20th, 15:40) and Adriel Govea (23rd, 15:44).
Del Rio’s varsity girls’ team ran away with the district title, placing six of its team among the top 10 runners overall and finishing with a team total of 24 points.
Laredo Alexander was second with 60 points while Laredo United South was third with 69 points.
Laredo United, San Antonio Southwest, Laredo Martin and Eagle Pass C.C. Winn rounded out the team standings.
Del Rio sophomore Candida Chairez successfully defended her district title as she was the only girl to finish the course in less than 12 minutes. She crossed the finish line in 11:56. Chairez’s district-winning time last year was 12:31.
Joining Chairez in the top 10 were United South’s Christian Castañeda (2nd, 12:00), Del Rio’s Vanessa Galindo (3rd, 12:16), Alexander’s Katy Allen (4th, 12:21), Del Rio’s Annie Garcia (5th, 12:28), Alexander’s Brandie Garcia (6th, 12:31), Del Rio’s Eileen Vargas (7th, 12:36), Del Rio’s Samantha Munderback (8th, 12:37), Eagle Pass High’s Bianca Monsivais (9th, 12:40), and Del Rio’s Olivia Dominguez (10th, 12:42).
Del Rio’s seventh runner was Alejandra Lopez who finished 28th in a time of 14:01.
Del Rio’s junior varsity girls also successfully defended their district title, placing six girls among the top 10 overall en route to a total of 20 team points.
Laredo Alexander was second with 46 points while San Antonio Southwest was third with 79 points.
Eagle Pass High School, Laredo United South and Laredo United rounded out the junior varsity girls’ team standings.
Del Rio’s Bianca Renteria was the top finisher overall in the division, taking first in a time of 13:14.
She was joined in the top 10 by Alexander’s Lauren Campos (2nd, 13:28), Del Rio’s Elsa Garza (3rd, 13:35), Del Rio’s Gloria Ramirez (4th, 13:39), Del Rio’s Megan McDaniels (5th, 13:41), Alexander’s Daniela Ramos (6th, 13:45), Del Rio’s Cassie Hughes (7th, 13:52), Eagle Pass High’s Irene Vielma (8th, 13:53), Southwest’s Marissa Medina (9th, 13:58), and Del Rio’s Kandice Gonzalez (10th, 13:59).
Del Rio’s other runners included Nadia Ramon (15th, 14:13), Idalia Mullen (16th, 14:15), Vanessa Cardenas (27th, 14:51), Jessica Correa (30th, 14:58) and Andrea Peimbert (44th, 15:27).
Del Rio’s junior varsity boys’ team reclaimed the district title after finishing second last year. The team’s first seven runners to cross the finish line placed among the top 10 overall.
The team from Del Rio finished first with 19 points. Eagle Pass High was second with 40 points while Laredo Alexander was third with 100 points.
Laredo United South, San Antonio Southwest and Laredo United rounded out the team standings.
Leading the way was Del Rio’s Gilbert Terrazas as he finished first overall in a time of 16:06.
He was joined in the top by Del Rio’s Julio Cruz (2nd, 16:07), Del Rio’s Jose Gonzalez (3rd, 16:18), Eagle Pass High’s Marcelo Flores (4th, 16:19), Eagle Pass High’s Juan Salazar (5th, 16:38), Del Rio’s Abel Cordova (6th, 16:43), Del Rio’s Jimmy Van Gorkam (7th, 16:49), Eagle Pass High’s Christian Torres (8th, 16:57), Del Rio’s Fabian Tarango (9th, 16:58), and Del Rio’s Kevin Kenner (10th, 16:59).
Also competing for Del Rio were Pete Sanchez (11th, 17:01), Ariel Cordova (13th, 17:04), Lalo Cruz (14th, 17:08), Blake Turner (15th, 17:13), Angel Garcia (16th, 17:29), Alvaro Garcia (21st, 17:42), Aaron De Anda (27th, 17:53), David Garcia (28th, 17:56), Javier Hernandez (35th, 18:08), Freddy Castro (41st, 18:34), Ruben Polanco (47th, 19:03), Aaron Polanco (52nd, 19:39) and Layne Smith (59th, 19:56).
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Editor’s note: A freshmen race was also held at the district meet but results were not available as of Sunday’s press time. Those results will be printed at a later date.
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