Swift takes silver

The Cross Country teams persevered humid conditions on Saturday,Sept 25th to take part in the SAISD meet on the grounds of the San Antonio State School.  JV Boys placed 6th, Varsity girls placed 7th, and Varsity Boys and JV Girls were both 8th with around 22 teams in each race.  Austin Wells celebrated his first victory over 3 miles in 16:42 with the next closest runner 12 second behind – way to go!  Aidan Pierce was in next for Clark (19:15), then Nick Moseley (19:41), Mark Pena (20:02), Harry MacTough (20:38), Philip Ross (20:39), and Daniel Carcamo (20:58).  Top Cougar in the 2 mile girls race was Shantel Swift in 2nd place (12:47) – well done!  Next in were Amanda De La Fuente (14:14), Katherine Ritchie (14:20), and Valerie Vacek (415:03), with Lauren Porter and Catherine Seifert nearly side by side at 15:42.  With September now behind us, Cross Country looks forward to cooler fall weather in October as we continue to prepare for the District meet on the 30th.