Franklin Coach Laspada Looks To Make El Paso History


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For the first time in school history, the El Paso Franklin coach Anthony Laspada has qualified both a girls and boys team to State.

After beating what seemed to be an immortal reign of District titles held by El Paso Eastwood, both Franklin Varsity teams claimed their 6A district titles. They then both showed impressive performances at the Regional meet in Lubbock, TX finishing in 4th place a piece to punch a ticket to the State meet in Round Rock, TX.

Boy's Team Rankings:

1El Paso Franklin (TX)51
1) Diego Flores15:26.044
2) Denovan Estrada15:29.445
3) Matthew Engle15:32.316
4) Juan Leal16:22.3813
5) Sebastian Gonzalez16:40.1023
Average Time: 15:54.05 Total Time: 1:19:30.27 1-5 Split: 1:14.06
6) Frank Lozano16:41.3726
7) Austen Percifull16:56.0736


Girl's Team Rankings:

El Paso Franklin (TX)24
1) Emily Orr18:53.602
2) Abigail Pinon18:58.193
3) Alyssa Laspada18:58.744
4) Abby Barraza19:34.097
5) Sofia Camacho19:35.118
Average Time: 19:11.95 Total Time: 1:35:59.73 1-5 Split: 41.51
6) Sophia Keiser19:36.539
7) Abigail Barraza19:41.4012