The Varsity Cross Country teams headed north in the wee hours of the morning to complete in the McNeil Invitational.  Opting for the Gold division, the girls stretched themselves by running a 5k (3.1 miles) instead of their usual 2 miles.  Placing 17th overall in a field of 115 runners was Glynnis Meade, with a speedy time of 19:27.  Next in for Clark in 24th place was Shantel Swift (19:45), followed by Stacey Wilkens (22:04), Katherine Ritchie (22:22), Toria Seifert (22:27), and Mel Schwartz (22:28).

Gold division for the boys was also a 5k.  David Scorcelletti was first in for the Cougars in a quick 16:13 for 29th place out of 188 runners.  Jose Sierra (16:30),  Austin Wells (16:49), James Leopold (17:07), Ryan Pavlich (17:24), Jim Wells (18:28), and John Bodkin (18:46) all finished strong, setting personal records for this distance.

Next Saturday we’ll toe the line with some of our District competition at an NISD hosted meet at Hardin Athletic Complex.  The fun begins at 8am – join us!  For pictures of this and all our meets, see http://clarkcrosscountry2009.shutterfly.com/

-Rose Meade

Say that five times!

The Cougar Cross Country teams finally got to run the Judson meet after it was delayed a week due to – what else – rain!  The normally dry creek bed had enough water to make things a bit tricky as it was crossed several times.  Varsity Boys finished strong with David Scorcelletti, Jose Sierra and Austin Wells finishing 2nd, 4th and 11th, followed by Ryan Pavlich, Harry MacTough, Matt Bastoni and Devon Gonzales.  Glynnis Meade and Shantel Swift led the Varsity Girls, placing 2nd and 4th.  Next in were Stacey Wilkins, Shaneve Swift, Katherine Ritchie and Mel Schwartz.  Both Varsity teams placed 3rd.  The Girls JV team was 5th and Boys JV were 11th.

The Varsity team travels to Round Rock on Saturday, Oct 3rd for the McNeil Invitational.  They will run in the Gold division, which is a 5k for both teams.  Check out our puddle spashing pictures at http://clarkcrosscountry2009.shutterfly.com/.

-Rose Meade

The Clark Varsity Cross Country teams headed back to a much dryer Brooks City Base course this week for the Ricardo Romo (UTSA) meet.  They were entered in the Gold Division, which is open to all schools, not just 5A, which makes for a very competitive field.

The girls were again led by Shantel Swift, 8th (11:59) and Glynnis Meade, 11th (12:01) out of 192 runners for the 2 mile course, and were the fastest of all the NISD entrants.  The team placed 13th out of 29 teams, the highest place for any of the NISD teams entered, and just ahead of District rival Brandeis.  Shaneve Swift (13:07), Katherine Ritchie (13:18), and Mel Schwartz (13:24) also contributed to the team score.

The boys placed 17th out of 28 teams, with David Scorcelletti (16:21) placing 34th and Jose Sierra (16:40) 44th out of 204 entrants for their 3 mile race.  Next in for Clark were James Leopold (17:09), Austin Wells (17:21) and John Bodkin (19:05).

Both the Varsity and JV teams will be at the Judson meet on Wednesday, September 23rd.  For pictures of today’s meet, see http://clarkcrosscountry2009.shutterfly.com.

The Clark Cougar Cross Country team headed to Brooks City Base on Saturday for the NEISD meet.  The rain held off until the middle of the Varsity boys race, and from then on, the course was a muddy mess.  Congrats to the Varsity boys for finishing 7th out of 29 schools, only a few points behind O’Connor for the 3 mile course!  The team was led by David Scorcelletti, 16:55 and Jose Sierra, 17:05, followed by James Leopold, 17:43, Austin Wells, 17:50, Ryan Pavlich, 17:52, John Bodkin, 18:47 and Devon Gonzales, 18:48.

The Varsity girls team finished 9th out of 31 teams, led by two top-10 finishers over the 2 mile course, Shantel Swift, 6th (12:19), and Glynnis Meade, 9th (12:27).  Rounding out the girls team were Stacey Wilkens, 13:23, Mel Schwartz, 13:37, Shaneve Swift, 13:41, Katherine Ritchie, 13:41 and Kathrine Reamsnyder, 14:15.

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