Sophomore Madie Boreman defended her district title at the 25-4A cross country meet, Friday, Oct. 25. Boreman finished in 17:56, 21 seconds before Cedar Park’s Brittany Innis.

“It felt amazing to win,” Boreman said. “Last year I ran 17:53 at state today I felt great because I ran 17:55 today so I’m really excited for my future races.”

Sophomore Haley Timmons, who is a swimmer and only recently joined the team, finished third in 18:46. Both girls qualified for regionals.

“It felt pretty awesome to be running with my friends,” Timmons said. “I’m proud of them and I loved the thrill of the race.”

Other finishers for the varsity girls included junior Savy Escobar who was 23^rd, senior Stephany Rubalcalba 39^th,senior Jessica Forster 40^th and senior Helena Castle 47^th. The varsity girls finished fourth as a team.

The varsity boys had four runners place in the top 20 and placed third as a team. Junior Suede Mora led the team coming in seventh, finishing in 16:21. Junior Logan Zipkes was 12^th, sophomore Mitchell Ballis 18^th, junior Connor Brooks 19^th,  sophomore Nico Escobar 30^th and senior Juan Fajardo 36^th. This is the first time the boys team qualified for regionals.

“Before the race, I told everyone, ‘Let’s change history today,’ and we did just that,” Mora said. “I”m excited to run to get to state and I feel like our changes are good.”

Boreman, Timmons and the varsity boys team will compete at regionals in San Antonio, Saturday, Nov. 2.