The Taylor Duck cross-country teams swept the Austin ISD Cross Country district meet on Oct. 15, with each squad placing first and winning a district champion title.
These performances qualified both varsity teams for the regional meet taking place in Corpus Christi on Monday, Oct. 26.
The JV girls placed first with a team score of 16. Out of 25 total racers for the JV girls 2-mile run, six Lady Ducks placed in the top 10. Sophomore Bella Mejia and freshman Amaya Maravilla finished third and second overall, with junior Samantha Schroeder placing first with a time of 15:29.90.
Five Lady Ducks finished in the top 10 for the varsity girls 2-mile run, with sophomore Araceli Mena landing in first place with a time of 13:46.30. Freshman Evelyn Varela finished fifth with a time of 15:17.30.
The JV girls cleared the race leaderboard and finished in first place with 16 points, compared to second place Manor new Tech with 48 points. The varsity girls took first place with a combined team score of 26.
Out of 36 total racers, all seven Ducks finished in the top 25 of the varsity boys 5000meter run. Junior Luis Herrera-Lopez finished first overall with a time of 19:04.40, narrowly outpacing sophomore Jose Ortiz’s overall time by .10 seconds.
The varsity boys dominated the race leaderboard, finishing first with 23 points compared to second place Austin Achieve with 63 points.
