State cross country results: Southlake Carroll 3-peats, Grapevine boys go back-to-back
The Southlake Carroll boys cross country team won its third consecutive UIL Class 6A state title defeating The Woodlands and 2020 runner-up El Paso Eastwood on Saturday at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
It wasn’t only the Dragons’ third straight championship, but also the 12th consecutive year the boys program has finished either first or second place at the UIL state meet.
The Carroll girls just missed the medal stand, finishing fourth. Flower Mound repeated as the 6A state champion, followed by Prosper and The Woodlands.
“Words cannot describe how proud I am of our young men and women,” Southlake Carroll head coach Justin Leonard said. “After graduating so many seniors last year, we asked a lot of our underclassmen to step up and take leadership roles and all they did was lead us to a third straight boys state title and the 25th consecutive year for the girls qualifying for the state meet. I’m honored to be their coach.”
In the varsity boys race, junior David Fisher finished ninth place overall, leading the Dragons with a time of 15:39. Sophomore Jude Alvarez finished 10th place in 15:40, followed by juniors Robert Freeman (11th, 15:43), Hunter Hill (13th, 15:50) and Logan Cantu (21st, 15:54).
Junior Tyler Ortiz (30th, 16:02) and senior Welles McDevitt (51st, 16:21) rounded out the Dragon runners.
Senior Kaylie Cox was the top Dragon runner in the girls race, finishing 14th overall with a time of 18:20. Sophomore Sylvia Schwedler was next (20th, 18:33), followed by freshman Elizabeth Smits (24th, 18:40), junior Ava Bushaw (27th, 18:49) and sophomore Alexandra Walsh (43rd, 19:16). Juniors Natalie Ng (49th, 19:21) and Audrey Dunn (56th, 19:27) were the Dragons’ final two finishers.
The Eaton girls team finished in ninth place with sisters Kyla and Izzy Lochtefeld as the top two runners, finishing in 26th and 30th place, respectively.
In the 5A boys race, Grapevine repeated as state champs beating out Denton by nearly 50 points. Lucas Lovejoy came in third.
The Mustangs were led by junior Walker St. John, who defends his state championship and won the race by nearly four seconds. St. John, who won the title last season, also won a state title in the 1600 during the track and field season in the spring.
Grapevine had four runners in the Top 10 with St. John, Trey Leathers (3rd), Josue Granados (7th) and Alberto Rayon (10th). Aledo finished in 13th place with Isaac Hernandez as its high man in ninth place.
The Colleyville Heritage girls finished fourth, 10 points shy of third-place Drippings Springs. Grapevine finished seventh. Colleyville’s Allie Love, a sophomore, as 5A state runner-up, adding to her already impressive high school career. Love finished six seconds back of state champ Cameron McConnell of Canyon Randall. Allie’s sister, Gabby, came in 16th place.
Grapevine’s Kylie Himes (11th) and Lila Nicodemus (19th) finished in the Top 20.
Argyle boys finished runner-up in the Class 4A race, four points shy of state champ San Elizario. Mason White came in sixth place and Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis’ Angel Sanchez came in fourth place. The Argyle girls came in ninth place.
RESULTS
Class 6A
Boys
Top 5
1. Kevin Sanchez, Austin Vandegrift
2. Hudson Heikkinen, Plano West
3. Ruben Rojas, Katy Seven Lakes
4. Hector Solis, PSJA North
5. Nathanael Berhane, Wylie
Fort Worth-area
18. David Fisher, Southlake Carroll
20. Jude Alvarez, Southlake Carroll
22. Robert Freeman, Southlake Carroll
24. Hunter Hill, Southlake Carroll
37. Logan Cantu, Southlake Carroll
52. Tyler Ortiz, Southlake Carroll
83. Welles McDevitt, Southlake Carroll
85. Lorenzo Pelusi, Mansfield
TEAMS
1. Carroll 65 points
2. The Woodlands 96
3. El Paso Eastwood 132
4. Humble Atascocita 133
5. Wylie 146
Girls
Top 5
1. Natalie Cook, Flower Mound
2. Aubrey O’Connell, Prosper
3. Shewaye Johnson, Prosper
4. Nicole Humphries, Flower Mound
5. Kathryn Koonts, Klein
Fort Worth-area
19. Kaylie Cox, Carroll
26. Sylvia Schwedler, Carroll
34. Elizabeth Smits, Carroll
38. Kyla Lochtefeld, Eaton
39. Ava Bushaw, Carroll
47. Izzy Lochtefeld, Eaton
57. McKenzie Warren, Eaton
63. Vivien Boehmer, Keller
71. Alexandra Walsh, Carroll
77. Natalie Ng, Carroll
87. Audrey Dunn, Carroll
90. Bailey Hooley, Eaton
123. Avery Nelson, Eaton
128. McKinley Baker, Eaton
135. Meadow Eads, Eaton
TEAMS
1. Flower Mound 41 points
2. Prosper 109
3. The Woodland 120
4. Carroll 131
5. Klein Oak 183
Class 5A
Boys
Top 5
1. Walker St. John, Grapevine
2. Isaac McGill, Amarillo
3. David Mora, Lubbock Monterey
4. Trey Leathers, Grapevine
5. Natnael Enright, Wakeland
Fort Worth-area
9. Josue Granados, Grapevine
11. Isaac Hernandez, Aledo
13. Alberto Rayon, Grapevine
18. Chase Gunn, FW Arlington Heights
41. Yosef Abdulrazeq, Mansfield Legacy
46. Barak Geary, Azle
49. Ace Garcia, Burleson
54. Noah Martin, Burleson Centennial
60. Brian Guevara, Grapevine
66. Tyler Baxter, Grapevine
70. Grant Sanders, Grapevine
94. Jack Fink, Aledo
115. Sam Haught, Aledo
116. Henry Zedler, Aledo
137. Vincent Luffey, Aledo
141. Colton Snow, Aledo
142. Luke Schabel, Aledo
TEAMS
1. Grapevine 53 points
2. Denton 104
3. Lovejoy 126
4. Frisco Wakeland 166
5. Frisco Reedy 173
Girls
Top 5
1. Cameron McConnell, Randall
2. Allie Love, Heritage
3. Isabel Conde De Frankenberg, Cedar Park
4. Brighton Mooney, Frisco Independence
5. Amy Morefield, Lovejoy
Fort Worth-area
16. Kylie Himes, Grapevine
21. Gabby Love, Heritage
27. Jaclyn Turner, Heritage
30. Lila Nicodemus, Grapevine
33. Cambria Keith, Heritage
39. Katelyn McCown, Grapevine
49. Ella Magallan, Burleson Centennial
50. Emmy Mangham, Grapevine
59. Ava Crisafulli, Mansfield Legacy
62. Arya Diggikar, Heritage
77. Emerson Voldan, Mansfield Summit
81. Clara Schwind, Burleson Centennial
88. Haiden Cowdery, Heritage
95. Madyson Lucero, Grapevine
100. Lilly Edmondson, Grapevine
115. Bonnie Miller, Heritage
126. Ryan Halliburton, Grapevine
TEAMS
1. Lovejoy 65 points
2. Boerne Champion 71
3. Dripping Springs 86
4. Colleyville Heritage 96
5. Highland Park 143
Class 4A
Boys
Top 5
1. Micah Swann, Athens
2. Christopher Moreno, San Elizario
3. Edwin Rivera, Kaufman
4. Angel Sanchez, DHJ
5. Hudson Bennett, Burnet
Fort Worth-area
6. Mason White, Argyle
17. Tyler Westrom, Argyle
20. Jonah Marvin, Kennedale
23. Brian Woolums, Argyle
35. Eric Reyes, Benbrook
46. Brandon Haub, Kennedale
53. Justin Walker, Kennedale
60. Gage Green, Argyle
73. Joseph Davenport, Argyle
79. Samuel Chirco, Argyle
99. Owen Fritz, Argyle
111. Adrian Gonzalez, Kennedale
136. Carlos Gonzalez, Kennedale
138. Joseph Farris, Kennedale
149. Glen Gonzalez, Kennedale
TEAMS
1. San Elizario 93 points
2. Argyle 97
3. Canyon 102
4. Big Spring 155
5. Melissa 192
Girls
Fort Worth-area
28. Amaris McCasland, Argyle
43. Savanna Danner, Kennedale
44. Maura Journagan, Argyle
50. Daylyn Cassidy, Glen Rose
75. Mara Reed, Argyle
93. Lily Melton, Glen Rose
107. Kieran Wagner, Argyle
108. Avery Doyle, Argyle
116. Kendra Long, Argyle
118. Priscilla Husby, Argyle
Class 3A
Boys
Fort Worth-area
4. Noah Richardson, Boyd
16. Alejandro Arredondo, Peaster
77. Ostan Hernandez, Boyd
100. Myles Richardson, Boyd
118. Sidney Holt, Boyd
135. Hunter Bowen, Boyd
147. Christian Masters, Boyd
150. Tatum Kling, Boyd
Girls
Fort Worth-area
Tania Ramirez, Boyd
72. Jordan Hayward, Peaster
This story was originally published November 7, 2021 at 1:20 PM.
