Some of Texas' top individuals and the boys teams of El Paso Eastwood and San Elizario raced at the Desert Twilight Invitational on Friday. Texas runner showed well!
In addition to racking up some impressive individual results from Ben Shearer, Judson Greer, Luke Lambert, and Lauren Portillo-Walls, Eastwood won the high school Sweepstakes race, and San Elizario punched well above their weight, taking down most of the best large schools in Arizona with a fourth-place finish.
These speed ratings are adjusted using Bill Meylan's speed ratings adjustments from tullyrunners.com; you can check out the entire races' speed ratings there. (For what it's worth, I calculated independent speed ratings based just on Texas runners, and came up with ratings two points lower than Meylan's.)
Boys HS Sweepstakes Race
| Pl | Name | Gr | School | Time | Speed Rating | |
| 1 | Ben Shearer | 12 | The Woodlands Christian | 14:39.6 | 192.80 | 193 |
| 2 | Judson Greer | 12 | Melissa | 14:45.8 | 190.73 | 191 |
| 3 | Randy Espinoza | 12 | Deer Valley High School | 15:09.8 | 182.74 | 183 |
| 4 | Xander Black | 12 | Brophy College Preparatory | 15:12.7 | 181.77 | 182 |
| 5 | Sergio Leon Cuartas | 12 | El Paso Eastwood | 15:15.5 | 180.82 | 181 |
| 6 | Dayton Carlson | 12 | Casteel | 15:22.1 | 178.63 | 179 |
| 7 | Roshan Tinoco-Miranda | 12 | Rio Rico High School | 15:23.1 | 178.28 | 178 |
| 8 | Alex Baca | 12 | Gunnison High School | 15:25.1 | 177.64 | 178 |
| 9 | Luke Lambert | 12 | Wylie High | 15:25.3 | 177.57 | 178 |
| 10 | Kidus Begashaw | 12 | Lotus School for Excellence Middle School | 15:28.5 | 176.49 | 176 |
| 12 | Edwin Gomez | 12 | San Elizario | 15:36.5 | 173.84 | 174 |
| 14 | Dilan Sanchez | 12 | San Elizario | 15:40.3 | 172.56 | 173 |
| 19 | Aaron Perez | 12 | El Paso Eastwood | 15:51.0 | 168.99 | 169 |
| 20 | Isaac Mendoza | 11 | El Paso Eastwood | 15:52.3 | 168.58 | 169 |
| 22 | Victor Anchondo | 11 | El Paso Eastwood | 15:55.3 | 167.55 | 168 |
| 24 | Victor Parra | 12 | El Paso Eastwood | 15:57.6 | 166.81 | 167 |
| 33 | Chris Moreno | 10 | San Elizario | 16:10.1 | 162.64 | 163 |
| 42 | Devon Paez | 11 | El Paso Eastwood | 16:18.8 | 159.72 | 160 |
| 54 | Nick Parra | 11 | El Paso Eastwood | 16:36.5 | 153.84 | 154 |
| 66 | Irvin Vazquez | 11 | San Elizario | 16:51.8 | 148.72 | 149 |
| 89 | Alan Ceballos | 11 | San Elizario | 17:24.5 | 137.83 | 138 |
| 104 | MATTHEW MAESE | 10 | San Elizario | 17:58.1 | 126.65 | 127 |
| 107 | Leo Herrera | 11 | San Elizario | 18:07.2 | 123.60 | 124 |
Girls HS Sweepstakes Race
| Pl | Name | Gr | School | Time | Speed Rating | |
| 1 | Tatum David | 10 | IMG Academy | 16:41.4 | 153.18 | 153 |
| 2 | Lauren Ping | 10 | Desert Vista High School | 16:57.2 | 147.91 | 148 |
| 3 | Carlee Hansen | 12 | Woods Cross | 16:57.7 | 147.75 | 148 |
| 4 | Katie Sigerud | 11 | Desert Vista High School | 17:48.8 | 130.72 | 131 |
| 5 | Mia Hall | 10 | Flagstaff High School | 17:53.4 | 129.18 | 129 |
| 6 | Rujuta Sane | 11 | Hamilton High School | 17:55.3 | 128.55 | 129 |
| 7 | Jais Ward | 9 | IMG Academy | 18:03.1 | 125.93 | 126 |
| 8 | Kayla Case | 10 | Highland High | 18:10.7 | 123.42 | 123 |
| 9 | Carly McNatt | 10 | IMG Academy | 18:12.0 | 122.97 | 123 |
| 10 | Portillo-Walls Lauren | 11 | El Paso Eastwood | 18:14.6 | 122.11 | 122 |