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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 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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