Roddy and Botello Dominate Central Texas
The Pflugerville ISD Invitational saw some of the top runners in Central Texas come out to show their strength. The day started off with Vista Ridge's Helen Roddy taking control of the girl's varsity race. She took it from the gun and never looked back. She ended up dropping a time of 18:12.18 to take the win. The time ranks as the fastest girls time run this weekend. It will be interesting to see what Roddy can do when she's entered in a deeper field.
| GIRLS 5,000 METER RUN | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | POINTS | ||
| 1 | Helen Roddy | 11 | Vista Ridge | 18:12.18 | 1 | |
| 2 | Meredith Clayton | 11 | Brenham | 19:00.03 | 2 | |
| 3 | Alexis Antkowiak | 11 | Brenham | 19:20.08 | 3 | |
| 4 | Destiny Brown | 11 | Round Rock Stony Point | 19:31.68 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ariel Arriaga | 12 | Hutto | 19:37.74 | 5 | |
The guy's side saw another dominating performance from Pflugerville's Justin Botello. He took the race out controlled coming through the mile still with a few guys on his shoulder, but by two miles he had shaken everyone else off. Into the third mile, he was alone and dropped the hammer to finish in a time of 15:20.84. His time ranks 3rd on the weekend and gives him his second victory of the year.
| BOYS 5,000 METER RUN | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | POINTS | ||
| 1 | Justin Botello | 12 | Pflugerville Henderickson | 15:20.84 | 1 | |
| 2 | Tyler Mcdaniel | 12 | Pflugerville Henderickson | 15:36.92 | 2 | |
| 3 | Trevor Poulson | 12 | Round Rock Stony Point | 15:38.83 | 3 | |
| 4 | Denzel Vilsaint | 11 | Round Rock Stony Point | 15:57.50 | 4 | |
| 5 | Omar Bekdache | 12 | Vista Ridge | 16:02.16 | 5 | |
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