Entering in what has become one of the biggest cross country meets in the state, The Seguin Matador Invitational proved to be quite a race for the Stacey runners who are more familiar with smaller meets. Some of the divisions had over 280 runners and there was pushing and tripping at the start and throughout the course. This is the start of the Girls' Varsity division and somewhere in the middle stand Megan Benoit, Stephanie Glatt, Nicole Franz, and Tawnee Wimsatt.

Running in her first race of the season, Megan Benoit ran a good race covering the course in 14.18.

Stephanie managed a 35th place finish amoung some of the most talented runners in the state as she ran the two-mile course in 13.31.

The start of the Boys' JV race. Note the far right side as one runner is down and another (in blue and white) is about to fall. There were at least 6 or 7 other runners in this race who hit the turf at the start.

The course was fantastic - on grass, wide lanes, rolling hills, well marked, and best of all, shady. Here, Garrett Wimsatt running the 3-mile course in the shade of the huge pecan trees in Starcke Park.

Fresh off a week of decongestants and antihistamines, D.J. Sanders running tough in the pack.

Carlos Salgado is proving himself to be quite the cross country runner as he finishes with the second best time amoung the Stacey boys running a 19.50.

Haggin in there, Marcus Ware gets his third cross country meet under his belt.

Shabazz Dawkins got off to a late start but now, with a few weeks running, is gaining some endurance and experience and times are starting to drop.