Carroll Teams Capture Titles At Southlake Invitational

The Dragons raced to the Southlake Invitational title last weekend in Grapevine.

The Carroll boys’ and girls’ cross country teams  captured team titles at the 9th Annual Southlake Invitational at Meadowmere Park in Grapevine last weekend. The meet kicked off at sunrise with a new double loop course, which was great for the hundreds of spectators. The top five boys and top three girls finished with qualifying times for the National Silver Team.

“Our boys and girls teams had some great performances today at the Southlake Invitational,” Carroll coach Justin Leonard said. “This was a new course for everyone, and we ran well. This event hosted over 1,700 runners and a special thanks to all of the volunteers, parents, sponsors, runners and coaches that helped make this event great.”

The Dragons were led by senior Jacob Pickle placing 2^nd with a new 5K PR of 15:28,  3^rd place Connor Hendrickson (15:39) and Eli Canal grabbed 5^th (15:45) to finish in the top 10 out of 212 runners.  Johnny Kemps finished strong in 19^th place (16:15) and, with an impressive PR of 16:21, senior Brent Aydon took 25^th place to complete the top five Carroll runners for a team score of 50 points. Keller followed with 93 team points and 3^rd place went to Hebron with 111 team points.

The Lady Dragons were were led by 5^th place Antigone Archer (18:34), senior Katie Burnham placed 7th (18:40) and Sam Young closely followed in 8th (18:41) to place in the top 10 of 175 varsity runners.  Moriah Dadson placed 22^nd (19:52) and sophomore Kayli Jones who took 24^th place with a 20:03 to complete the 5 scoring positions. Hebron finished 2^nd and New Braunsfels took 3^rd.

Dragon Runners

2^nd – Jacob Pickle – 15:28
3^rd – Connor Hendrickson – 15:39
5^th  – Eli Canal – 15:45
19^th – Johnny Kemps – 16:15
25^th – Brent Aydon – 16:22
34^th – Luke Lanham – 16:35
35^th – Eric Karl II – 16:35
43^rd – Ansel Richards – 16:53
54^th – Kyle Polansky – 17:08
57^th – Eric Vetere – 17:09

Girls Varsity
5^th – Tig Archer – 18:34
7^th – Katie Burnham – 18:40
8^th – Sam Young – 18:41
22^nd – Moriah Dadson – 19:52
24^th – Kayli Jones – 20:03
27^th – Ari Lopez – 20:12
34^th – Haley McFadden – 20:23
54^th – Sophie Watson – 20:46
65^th – Rianna Randolph – 20:55
69^th – Sarah Odneal – 21:00