The Mount Pleasant High School Cross Country Teams competed at District on Monday, October 8, with both Varsity teams advancing to the Regional Meet.

The Mt. Pleasant Varsity Girls Cross Country team took first place for the fourth year in a row. The Lady Tigers finished with a score of 36 while 2nd place finisher, Royse City, had 46 points. Placing individually for the Lady Tigers were Estela Dorantes (Jr.) 2nd place, Martina Ramirez (Sr.) 3rd place, Christina Gordon (Jr.) 6th place, Katherine Ochoa (Fr). 11th place and Paula Flores (Sr.) 14th place. The number 6 and 7 runners for the varsity girls were Maritza Gonzalez (Jr) and Jordan Neal (Fr). Dorantes completed the course with a time of 18:57, just 2 seconds out of 1st place and only 5 seconds off her personal record for the home course. The other six varsity girls all ran personal record times for the Mt. Pleasant course.

The race for Varsity Boys was close seeing Sulphur Springs taking the championship with only a 4-point lead over Mt. Pleasant. The Tigers finished 2nd with a score of 48 points. Leading the Tigers was Brian Ramirez (Jr). 4th place, Daniel Robles (Fr.) 8th place, Gill Landaverde (So.) 9th place, Israel Hernandez (Sr.) 13th place, and Martin Ponce (Jr.) 14th place. Completing the team roster was Antonio Landaverde (Jr.) and Hector Escobar (Sr).

The JV teams also saw success with the JV Lady Tigers taking 2nd place overall and the JV Boys taking 1st place.

Both the boys and girls varsity teams will advance to the Region II 5A Cross Country meet in Grand Prairie on October 22nd!  GO Tigers!