GHS XC ends regular season at 'Thrill of the Hill'

GHS XC ends regular season at 'Thrill of the Hill' TC Gordon Fri, 10/04/2024 - 9:32 am

• (KYLIE BAILEY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) The Graham Lady Blues varsity runners take off from the starting line Wednesday, Oct. 2 when they competed at Stephenville’s Thrill of the Hill.
• (KYLIE BAILEY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) The Lady Blues’ Sonya Clarke runs alone as she was near the front of the pack Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Stephenville’s Thrill of the Hill. Clarke finished fourth overall in the girls varsity 3.2K race.
• (KYLIE BAILEY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) The Graham Steers take off from the starting line at Stephenville’s Thrill of the Hill meet Wednesday, Oct. 2.
• (KYLIE BAILEY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) Graham’s Rebekah Gilbertson keeps her focus on what’s in front of her Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Stephenville’s Thrill of the Hill meet.
• (KYLIE BAILEY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) Graham’s Hudson Weatherman (661) keeps a strong pace as he nears the finish line with fellow Steer Andon Masterfield (657) close behind Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Stephenville’s Thrill of the Hill.
• (KYLIE BAILEY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) Graham Lady Blue Maddison Bishop comes down a stretch of the race Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Stephenville’s Thrill of the Hill meet.
• (KYLIE BAILEY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) The Steers’ Tyler Allen runs down the road during part of the 5K race Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Stephenville’s Thrill of the Hill meet.
• (KYLIE BAILEY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) The Lady Blues’ Addyson Weaver (653) and Angela Fuentes (642) keep together during a portion of the Thrill of the Hill meet Wednesday, Oct. 2 in Stephenville. The two runners finished back to back at the end of the race.

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TC Gordon sports@grahamleader.com

The cross country season is winding down for the Graham Steers and Lady Blues as the team ran one of its final races of the year Wednesday, Oct. 2 in Stephenville.

Graham’s teams competed in the annual “Thrill of the Hill” Invitational, where the Steers and Lady Blues saw mixed results in one of the largest fields of competition of the season.

The Lady Blues varsity squad had the best team performance of Graham’s teams as they finished fifth overall out of a field of 23 qualified teams. The girls were led by Sonya Clarke and Rebekah Gilbertson, who each finished in the top-15 of all runners in the race that featured 162 participants.

For the Steers, they finished 12th as a team out of 18 qualifying schools, led by Nolan Wankowicz who finished 28th overall in the race out of 157 runners. All Graham’s boys ran in the varsity race, so no JV scores were recorded.

Finally, the JV Lady Blues took eighth place out of 13 teams. One of the highlights for that team was Mariana Gaspar, who took 10th place overall in the field of 142 runners.

The next race Graham competes in will be the most important of the year to that date. The Steers and Lady Blues will head to Brock next Wednesday, Oct. 9 for the district meet. Graham will hope to qualify for regionals as a team, but individual runners have a chance to make the regional race with strong top finishes.

Full individual and team results are listed below for varsity and JV. Individual scores include the runner’s placement, name and final time. Team scores are listed in order of placement with the lower score meaning a better team performance, and team scores will include teams ahead of Graham and just a few of them that finished after.

Varsity Lady Blues

4. Sonya Clarke, 13:33.47
15. Rebekah Gilbertson, 14:18.33
36. Taylan Locker, 14:57.85
54. Maddison Bishop, 15:20.94
65. Ava Street, 15:34.94
83. Addyson Weaver, 15:51.92
84. Angela Fuentes, 15:52.51
96. Macee Wilde, 16:10.10

Team scores: Abilene Cooper, 95; Joshua, 102; Bridgeport, 113; Comanche, 151; Graham, 171; Peaster, 179; Glen Rose, 181; Stephenville, 196; China Spring, 272; Breckenridge, 275

Varsity Steers

28. Nolan Wankowicz, 19:42.82
58. Hudson Weatherman, 20:30.27
59. Andon Masterfield, 20:32.82
75. Lucas Todd, 20:54.36
116. Liam Bailey, 23:05.42
119. Daniel Rincon, 23:17.91
122. Tyler Allen, 23:33.14

Team scores: Breckenridge, 62; Keene, 91; Stephenville, 116; Abilene Cooper, 140; Itasca, 157; Fort Worth Benbrook, 191; Bridgeport, 212; Peaster, 221; Dublin, 246; Glen Rose, 253; Poolville, 275; Graham, 276; Granbury Cornerstone Christian, 297; Venus, 388

JV Lady Blues

10. Mariana Gaspar, 16:03.65
41. Marisa Bueno, 17:30.26
52. Taylor Lauster, 17:49.12
68. Jaci Andrews, 18:09.98
70. Briley Randall, 18:17.82
87. Brianna Hernandez, 19:16.80
99. Lisa Rodriguez, 19:54.06
104. Rebecca McGregor, 20:18.47

Team scores: Stephenville, 23; Glen Rose, 102; Bridgeport, 112; Joshua, 115; Abilene Cooper, 116; Fort Worth Benbrook, 140; Comanche, 173; Graham, 182; Gorman, 229; Early, 272

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