The 16th annual
Orange
County
cross country meet was the place to be for those seeking some of the
best long distance runners east of
Houston
, and maybe the best in state. Names
likeStacey Monteau from
Anahuac
lead Division II girls with a time of
11:45
, followed by Amanda Kean of
Warren
12:20. Team wise it was the 5th ranked Bridge
City Cardinalsin first with 25
points. All of the lady Cardinals placed in the top 15. West Sabine had 69
points to finish 2nd and Kirbyville3rd with 81.
On
the boys side it was Charles Chambers 16:55 leading the Jasperteam with 41 points. Huffman had two runners finish third and forth to
secure second with 51 and Paul Glazener
17:00
, second place finish helped
Liberty
capture third with 76 points.
Division I saw
Dayton
girls win first with 39 points. They were lead by Erica Hannemann 12:34.
Chelsea Yaws finished third
13:07
to give
Nederland
a 57 point second place finish. Port Arthur Memorial had 60 to round out the
top three.
It's
unusual that the top three teams, Bridge City 29, LCM 49, and Nederland 53,
would sport the top three boys, Aaron
Brannen 15:49, Corey Cronan 15:56, Philip Rogers 16:34. Well that's about it
for now. Next week it's off to
Nederland
.