The Stacey Cross Country teams entered the Comfort High School Bobcat/Deer Invitational meet this past weekend and in spite of the rainy weather, managed to get all their races in by noon.
In the past, this meet was held at the Hermann and Sons Camp just west of Comfort. This year's race was held at Comfort High School. The Girls' High School Varsity division was the first to start at 9:00 AM and Stephanie Glatt and Megan Benoit were at the line representing Stacey. Stephanie finished the two-mile course in 12:59 and placed 8th overall. Megan was not far behind finishing the course in 13:56. In the High School Boys' Varsity race, there were seventy-two runners entered. Stacey once again managed to put together enough runners for a team and were lead by Robert Rayburn who finished the three-mile course in 18:53. Robert was followed by Garrett Wimsatt (19:10), Jaxon Moton (20:52), JP Bernard (20:53), and Carlos Salgado (21:23).
In the Girls' Jr. Hi. race, Tawnee Wimsatt had another great run completing the course in 13:50 and placing 8th amoung the 8th grade girls. In the Boys' Jr. Hi. race, Kelly Knippel lead all Stacey runners and placed 4th overall amoung the 8th grade boys. Kelly completed the two-mile course in 11:58. Kelly was followed by Josh Manley (14:05), Brandon Hernandez (15:04), and Ghydeon Stuart (17:17).
The next race is a big one and it will be the last invitational before the district meet on the 25th. We will travel east to compete in the TLU Bulldog Invitational in Seguin. Check the web page link for more information on this and other races. |
 High School Girls line up just prior to start of race. Stephanie Glatt and Megan Benoit stand just right of the group in red at about the 35 yard line. |
 Megan Benoit running with a runner from Llano H.S. |
 Stephanie Glatt with about 800 meter remaining in the race was in tenth slot at this point and managed to catch two other runners and finish in eighth. |
 High School boys warming-up before start of the wet, three-mile course. |
 Robert Rayburn finished first amoung the Stacey runners running three-mile course in 18:53. |
 The course was slick as the rain was on-again / off-again all morning making traction and footing interesting. |
 Jaxon Moton wore a short cleat in spite of the occassional parts of the course where runners found themselves on paved roads. |
 Carlos Salgado gradually working his way back into shape running in just his second race of the season. |
 JP Bernard running at about the halfway point on the three-mile course. |
 The High School Boys' Team takes their work very seriously - sometimes. |
 There were quite a few runners in the Jr. Hi. Boys' race with approximately 125 to 140 runners entered. |
 Keely Knippel is primed for the district meet on the 25th as he probably ran the course at his best pace for the year completing the race just under 12 minutes. |
 Josh Manley getting stronger every race and finishing with the front-runners. |
 Another middle-school runner who is really picking-up the pace is Brandon Hernandez seen here in blue and white as he prepares to pass another runner on course. |
 Having his best race of the year in spite of the weather, Ghydeon Stuart heading for the finish line with another half mile to go. |
