Photo by Lisa Wells

Clark’s Varsity teams both fared well with 3rd place finishes at the NISD meet on Saturday, October 10th.  Twenty five teams covered the course at Hardin Athletic Complex on a cool, overcast morning.  Shantel Swift (12:31) was 2nd in the 2 mile girls race and Glynnis Meade was 4th (12:36).  Rounding out the team scoring were Mel Schwartz (13:31), Shaneve Swift (13:36), and Katherine Ritchie (13:42).  The boys team were led by 5th/6th place David Scorcelletti (16:41) and Austin Wells (16:42) for the 3 mile course.  Jose Sierra (17:15), Ryan Pavlich (17:29), and Jim Wells (18:21) were next in for the Cougars.  Pictures of the Varsity and JV races can be found at http://clarkcrosscountry2009.shutterfly.com/.

The JV teams will be at the Central Catholic Relays on Wednesday, and Varsity will travel to Seguin on Saturday.  Countdown to District – 3 weeks!

-Rose Meade

Jose Sierra among nation's elite runners

Based on results of the McNeil Invitiational on Saturday, October 3rd, three Clark cross country runners have qualified for the 5k (3.1 mile) Milesplit US Second Team Elite according to TX.Running.com.  They met or exceeded the national silver standard of 16:30 for boys and 19:45 for girls.  Congratulations to David Scorcelletti (16:13.6), Jose Sierra (16:30), and Glynnis Meade (19:27.4) for this achievement!

Clark runners at "1st" meet

With the first meet of the season canceled by weather (curiously), Coach Ager and the Clark Cougar Varsity team invited the Warren Warriors over to familiar ground – the Clark cross country course.  Finishing 1st and 2nd for the girls 2 mile were Shantel Swift (12:43) and Glynnis Meade (12:44), followed by teammates Stacey Wilkins (13:45), Melanie Schwartz (14:13) and Shaneve Swift (14:14).  The boys were led by David Scorcelletti (16:44) and Jose Sierra (16:45), finishing 2nd and 3rd overall, followed by Austin Wells (17:16), James Leopold (17:33) and Ryan Pavlich (18:20) for the 3 mile course.

Next up for the team is the NEISD meet at Brooks City Base.  Check out our pictures at http://clarkcrosscountry2009.shutterfly.com/

Congrats to everyone for their performance at the District Track meet on April 16-17, especially those that qualified to participate in the Regional meet on May 1 and 2nd at Alamo Stadium – Go Cougars! It was great to have a combined meet and see the JV athletes as well as Varsity.  Pictures of the meet can be found at saclarktrack.shutterfly.com.

Boys Varsity, 5th place

Regional Qualifiers:
Pole Vault – 2nd Morgan Thomas 13-0
110m Hurdles – 1st Hayden Greenbauer 14.44
300m Hurdles – 2nd Hayden Greenbauer 39.89
1,600m Relay – 3rd (Quincy Braxton, Ryan Jones, Hayden Greenbauer, Sam Perez) 3:26.07
Other Finalists:
200m – 4th Joe Vasquez 22.31
1600m – 7th Jose Sierra 4:46.68
3200m – 8th Jovanne Carazallez 10:22.73
4 x 100m Relay – 4th 43.66
4 x 200m Relay – 4th 1:31.14

Girls Varsity, 5th place
Regional Qualifiers:
400m – 2nd Shaneve Swift 58.81
800m – 2nd Shantel Swift 2 -25.17
1,600m relay – 1st (Shantel Swift, Esjah Booker, Shaneve Swift, Jasmine Robertson) 4:02.87
Triple jump – 3rd Shantel Swift 35-9 1/4.
Other Finalists:
100m – 6th Luisa Garza 12.88
100m – Hurdles 6th Katrina Dorsey 17:16
1600m – 4th Glynnis Meade 5:36.5
3200m – 4th Glynnis Meade 12:00.58
4 x 100m Relay – 4th 50.7

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http://saclarktrack.shutterfly.com

Another great showing by Clark track and field athletes. Pictures are at http://saclarktrack.shutterfly.com

Girls:
Triple Jump – 3rd Shantel Swift 35-05
400 Meter Dash (Olympic Development) – 3rd Shantel Swift 1:02.01
400 Meter Dash (Olympic Development) – 5th Shaneve Swift 1:02.18
1500 Meter (Olympic Development) – 1st Glynnis Meade 5:33.87
1500 Meter (Olympic Development) – 5th Mary Dresser 5:49.47
3000 Meter (Olympic Development) – 1st Glynnis Meade 11:58.63
4×400 Meter Relay – 6th (Luisa Garza, Shaneve Swift, Shantel Swift, Jasmine Robertson) 4:07.06

Boys
Pole Vault – 2nd Morgan Thomas 12-00
Discus Throw – 3rd Adair Campbell 135-04
110 Meter Hurdles – 2nd Hayden Greenbaur 15.35
300 Meter Hurdles – 1st Hayden Greenbaur 40.28
4×100 Meter Relay – 7th (Ryan Flournoy, Jacob Garcia, Joseph Nichols, Sam Perez) 45.02
4×200 Meter Relay – 4th (Jacob Garcia, Joe Nichols, Quincy Braxton, Joe Vazquez) 1:32.66
4×400 Meter Relay – 7th (Jacob Garcia, Hayden Greenbauer, Quincy Braxton, Sam Perez) 3:32.82
4×800 Meter Relay – 6th (Jovanne Carazallez, James Leopold, David Scorcelletti, Jose Sierra) 8:52.91
Distance Medley – 6th (Jose Sierra, Quincy Braxton, James Leopold, Jovanne Carazellez) 11:19.29

Clark Cougar Track at Mule Relays

At the Mule Relays at Alamo Heights the men’s and ladies track teams had great results.  The men’s team took 1st place, including setting a new meet record in the 800 relay by sprinters Ryan Flournoy, Ryan Jones, Joe Nichols and Joe Vasquez.  The ladies team took 2nd place overall, with outstanding performances by Shaneve Swift, Glynnis Meade and the girls 1600m relay team (Luisa Garza, Shaneve Swift, Shantel Swift and Jasmine Robertson). More photos here.  Results:

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