BURTON CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS PLACE AT THE DISTRICT MEETS
(Story by Coach Kurt Ramsey, Burton High School)
The Burton Panthers traveled, once again, to Davidson Creek Park this past Wednesday, October 7th, for the District 26-2A Cross Country Meet.
The Lady Panthers scored 48 points to finish as the District Runner-Up and qualify as a team for the Regional Cross Country meet. They were led by Paisley Goldberg (Fr.), whose 12:47 two-mile time was good for 2nd place overall after a late race surge placed her ahead of the nearest competitor. Madeline Dowling (Jr.) and Isis Schulte (Fr.) finished 8th and 10th respectively, earning them both medals, as well as qualifying them for Regionals as individuals. The trio of medalists were joined by Autumn Applewhite (Jr.) in 12th, Isabella Alvarado (Fr.) in 17th, Rose Nall (Fr.) in 21st, and Dani York (Fr.) 23rd overall.
Varsity Girls Regional Individual Qualifiers
1 Brook Hopkins Mumford 2 Paisley Goldberg Burton 3 Stephany Velasquez Mumford 4 Reni Bilsing Normangee 5 Ava Lasater Mumford 6 Natalie Fernandez Mumford 7 Wren Beamon Mumford 8 Madeline Dowling Burton 9 Nancy Galvan Mumford 10 Isis Schulte Burton
Varsity Girls Regional Team Qualifiers
MUMFORD - 22 [Hopkins, Velasquez, Lasater, Fernandez, Beamon, Galvan, Brinlee]
BURTON - 48 [Goldberg, Dowling, Schulte, Applewhite, Alvarado, Nall, York]
SNOOK - 82 [Serrato, Hott, Quevedo, Giesenschlaug, Vasquez, Fierro]
The Varsity Boys were the last race of the morning. The race was the most competitive in the last 10 years. Six teams took the starting line, competing for only three advancing spots to Regionals. The Panthers scored 71 points, which secured the team the 3rd place qualifying spot. The Panthers were led by Zach Purvis (Jr.) whose 19:26 5k time, placed him 8th overall, earned him a medal and an individual regional qualifying spot. Contributing to the Panther's effort in the race were Even Guerrero (So.), finishing 13th, Bowen Levlon (Fr.), placing 16th, Colton Vickers (So.), running 19th, James Jarvis (So.), claiming 20th, Dylan Dallmeyer (Jr.), securing 21st, and Matthais Countouriotis (Fr.), seizing 24th.
Varsity Boys Regional Individual Qualifiers
1 Barrett Dudensing Snook 2 Noah Hernandez Hearne 3 Jose Lecia Mumford 4 Bravillia Aguina Hearne 5 Colt Prihoda Mumford 6 Brody McKee Mumford 7 Champ Childress Hearne 8 Zach Purvis Burton 9 Kason Stewart Iola 10 Levi Pierce Normangee
Varsity Boys Regional Team Qualifiers
HEARNE - 37 [Hernandez, Aguina, Childress, Vargas, Gonzalez, Lopez, Castillio]
MUMFORD - 38 [Lecia, Prihoda, McKee, Amaro, Hernandez, Beamon, Martinez]
BURTON - 71 [Purvis, Guerrero, Levlon, Vickers, Jarvis, Dallmeyer, Countouriotis]
The JV Boys and JV Girls ran first. The Panthers competed four runners in the JV Boys division, with Klein Rhodes taking 1st, Ryan Moore finishing 4th, Andrew Gonzales following with 5th, and Tyler Ramirez placing 10th overall. The Lady Panthers had two runners in the JV Division, Jessica Strickland, who finished 7th, and Madison Helton, who finished 8th.
The Panthers returned to Caldwell that afternoon for the junior high district races. In the girls race Burton finished 3rd overall, with Tamaria Fisher and Everliegh Matthies each claiming medals along with their 5th and 7th place finishes. In the boys race, Amarion Davis was Burton's top finisher in 13th place.
The advancing Burton Panthers will be traveling to Corpus Christi to the Dr. Jack Dugan Family Track and Soccer Complex on Monday, October 26th for the Region IV Cross Country Meet. The Lady Panthers will run first at 9:30 am.