HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: Burnet, Llano and Faith Academy
Burnet girls 4th, boys 6th at District 8-3A Meet
Llano boys 4th, girls 6th at District 8-3A Meet
LAMPASAS — Two local teams were one place away from qualifying for the Class 3A Region I Meet on Oct. 24. But the district sends the top three teams.
Individually, Burnet High School’s Joe Parker and Kathryn Drake and Llano High School’s David Forrister will move on to the meet. All three finished in the top 12, which automatically qualifies them for the playoffs.
Burnet’s Shaylah Hullum made the all-district team after finishing in the top 15.
RESULTS: Boys — 4, Joe Parker (Burnet), 14:42; 6, Grayson Freeman (Llano), 18:05; 17, David Forrister (Llano), 18:55; 19, Weston Ramos (Burnet), 18:59; 20, Ross Henry (Llano), 19:02; 24, Jack Maner (Llano), 19:07; 29, Nick Menchaca (Burnet), 19:47; 30, Cody Cowan (Burnet), 19:55; 32, Cole Polley (Llano), 20:27; 36, Cole Lastly (Burnet), 21:54; 38, Will Kyle (Burnet), 23:57. Junior varsity – 33, Josh Petty (Llano), 23:13; 37, Dalton Holcomb (Llano), 24:50. Girls — 7, Kathryn Drake (Burnet), 12:46; 13, Shaylah Hullum (Burnet), 12:56; 18, Autumn Freasier (Burnet), 13:09; 27, Heather Shafer (Llano), 13:59; 31, Taylor Durham (Llano), 14:25; 34, Ericka Tisdale (Llano), 14:48; 35, Hannah McCurry (Burnet), 14:49; 36, Alyssa Box (Burnet), 14:49; 37, Carley Inman (Llano), 15:05; 38, Kortney Kelson (Llano), 15:21; 39, Taylor Carroll (Burnet), 16:30. Junior varsity – 32, Megan Owens (Llano), 16:46.
UP NEXT: Class 3A Region I Meet at Mae Simmons Park, 725 E. 19th St in Lubbock, Nov. 3, TBA
Faith Academy girls 4th, boys 16 at TAPPS State Meet
WACO — Two Lady Flames, sophomores Brandi Kuhlmann and Christina Lykken, finished in the top 10 at the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools State Meet on Oct. 20. The two also made the all-state team.
The girls team was nine points away from second place overall and came close to having a third runner in the top 10.
“I’m really proud of the girls,” Faith Academy coach Steve McCannon said. “Another finish on the podium, our fourth in the last five seasons. Consistency eventually leads to championships, so I am really excited for next season.”
The boy team performed well in its first season, McCannon said.
“None of the guys had run before, and you have to start a program somewhere,” he said. “I’m really proud of them for getting us on the board.”
RESULTS: Girls — 8, Brandi Kuhlmann, 14:17; 9, Christina Lykken, 14:25; 11, Sierra Brinkley, 14:30; 30, Hana Darwin, 15:24; 48, Rachel Ormsby, 16:21; 55, Peace Preston, 16:53. Boys — 68, Reagan Vaughn, 22:43; 93, Alec Gonzales, 24:30; 97, Jake Metcalf, 25:00; 99, Alex Defily, 25:08; 105, Nathaniel Moses, 26:26.
QUOTABLE: “Tough conditions, tough course, tough wind and hot. We had a game plan going into the meet with the number of points and places we needed to get into the hunt, and we came very close to hitting all our goals,” Faith Academy coach Steve McCannon said.