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VYPE U: College Park boys cross country turns in strong performance at UIL State Meet
On November 9, teams from around Texas gathered at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock for the annual UIL State Cross Country Meet. The Woodlands College Park's boys cross country team captured fifth place.
Before competing at the state meet, the boys captured third place in the district meet and third place at the 6A Regional Meet, beating out 21 other schools in the area. After earning eighth place at state last year, the boys trained harder in order to improve their performance this year.
"Last year we all believed that the team was one of the best teams we've ever had. This year we knew we had lots to overcome and lots of ground to make up if we even wanted to make it back to state," College Park senior Jeremy Bourbeau said. "We worked hard and we were determined to do better than what people said we could do and we did just that. We performed very well and enjoyed the journey."
Seniors David Aguilar, Ben and Jeff Black, Nicklaus Brawner and Jeremy Bourbeau competed along with juniors Chase Nutt and Ethan Williams. All seven runners placed in the Top 80, led by Nicklaus Brawner earning a respectable ninth place overall (15:14.66). The team finished with a total of 163 points, beating top schools in the state and increasing their score from last year by 65 points.
"It is always fun performing at state because of the energy that surrounds the meet," senior Jeff Black said. "We were happy to see all of our hard work pay off at such an important race."
For the junior runners, they look forward to another year competing at the state meet and leading College Park to success once again.
"At the state meet, I gave it my all and I ran a personal record which I was very excited about," junior Chase Nutt said.
Next up for the cross country team is track season beginning in January, where they look forward to another successful season in College Park uniforms.
Trio Represents McKinney ISD
This past Saturday, hundreds of athletes from across Texas met at Old Settlers Park in the deeps of Round Rock, Texas to compete in the UIL Cross Country State Championship. McKinney ISD had representation in three runners, Paige Maple and Allison Fortman of McKinney Boyd, as well as McKinney North's London Culbreath.
Culbreath completed the 5A race in 18:14.72, which allowed her to finish 13th overall and she also wrapped up her high school cross country career with an exclamation point. Running fans across the state are eager to see what her future holds as she prepares for her 2020 high school track season and ultimately a four-year collegiate running career. Culbreath announced on Wednesday November 13th that she will be taking her talents to the University of Arkansas.
VYPE's very own Thomas Bingham was on the scene and able to catch Culbreath for an interview.
In the 6A class, Maple became the 44th runner to cross the finish line. She came with a time of 18:40.72, while Fortman followed at 114 with a 19.45.81 time.
Prior to that, VYPE was also on site for the Region II State Qualifier Meet. We were able to meet with McKinney North head coach Jessica Richards as she expressed her admiration for the team and their progressive season.
Richards remarked on Culbreath's ability to come out and perform with distinctiveness and humility in light of her recent success. This was the fourth consecutive year for Culbreath to compete at state, winning the last three 5A titles.