On a dreary, rainy Monday morning the Mount Pleasant cross-country teams would not let the weather hold them back from seeking their second consecutive district championship. The varsity boys team took the top three spots on the podium and ran away with the gold to qualify for the regional meet next week. The varsity girls’ team also performed well, narrowly missing a bid to next week’s meet but putting up one of their best performances of the season.<\/p>\n
Senior Gill Landaverde turned in the best time overall at 16:28.6 securing his only first place finish of the season. “It felt great to finish first,” said Landaverde. “This was my first number one finish since my first race in junior high so I’m happy that my last district race could end on top.” Landaverde’s brother, sophomore Gilberth Landaverde finished a close second turning in a time of 16:33.0 keeping the future of the Tiger cross country program bright. The Tigers’ top three runners all finished within ten seconds of each other with sophomore Geovanni Calderon coming in third at 16:37.9. Junior Johnathan Sandate rounded out the top five with his time of 16:54.4. Other finishers for the Tigers were Pedro Robles (10th), Christopher Escobar (17th), and Juan Gonzalez (23rd).<\/p>\n
The varsity girls secured a third-place finish with senior Jennifer Soto narrowly missing a regional berth by two spots. Soto had the best finish for the Lady Tigers in twelfth place with a time of 21:49.1. Other finishers were Buendy Fraire (14th), Isabella Gonzalez (22nd), Brienna Gonzales (23rd), Abigail Retana (29th), Heslie Castanon (30th), and Leilani Jimenez (36th). The Lady Tigers’ season comes to an end, but the future is promising as they will return four of their top seven runners for next season.<\/p>\n
The JV teams mirrored the results of their varsity counterparts with the boys finishing first and girls third. Juan Retana took the top spot with a time of 17:57.8 and the top finisher for the girls was Virginia Landaverde with a sixth-place finish and time of 15:06.9.<\/p>\n
The varsity boys’ team will compete in the UIL Region II Championship in Dallas on Monday, November 9. The meet will be held at the Jesse Owens Memorial Complex on the campus UT-Arlington.<\/p>\n
By Drew Barkley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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