The John Cooper Dragons XC win South Zone Championships

VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

10/21 SPC South Zone Championships at St. Andrew’s Episcopal

Boys 1^st • Girls 6^th

Coach George Dohner: The Cooper Cross Country teams competed in Austin at the South Zone Championship meet. The girls team ran without their top runner who was injured. They fought hard to finish in sixth place. The boys team ran outstandingly, winning the meet by 16 points.

On the girls' side, Tahira King finished in 14^th place and had a great day leading the team. Milla Signorelli finished second on the team in 28^th place, followed closely by Emma Locht in 29^th place. Lexie Fitz Sullivan finished in 37^th place and Ava Perugini finished out the scoring in 45^th place.

The boys ran in a tight pack placing seven runners in the Top 23. The boys were led by Grey Mendenhall, who had his best race of the season finishing in 2^nd. Aditya Pakal would be our next finisher in fifth place followed by Walter Day in 12^th place. Rounding out the scoring for the boys was Jacob Bailey in 15^th and Ryan Taylor in 17th.

I am so proud of our entire team’s effort, and we look forward to competing at the SPC Championships in Fort Worth on November 4th.

Boys

Grey Mendenhall 2^nd • 16:19 All South Zone

Aditya Pakal 5^th • 16:24 All South Zone

Walter Day 12^th • 16:52 All South Zone

Jacob Bailey 15^th • 17:14 All South Zone

Ryan Taylor 17^th • 17:18 All South Zone

Nathan Montes 20^th • 17:27 All South Zone

Issac Ortega 23rd

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Girls

Tahira King 14^th • 21:13 All South Zone

Milla Signorelli 28^th • 22:31

Emma Locht 29^th • 22:35

Lexie Fitz Sullivan 37^th • 22:58

Ava Perugini 45^th • 23:36