WINNER!!! WINNER!!! WINNER!!! WINNER!!!
Ruel Newberry continues to rack up the accomplishments and acknowledgements. Last week, her landed in our Texas Boys POW poll thanks to a 14:54 run and win at the Chile Pepper Invitational hosted by the University of Arkansas.
Already having won a MileSplit National POW, Newberry pocketed the Texas win last week by amassing 1,035 votes for 53% of the total vote.
His outstanding performance and votes earned him the win over some of the state's best runners in Joaquin De La Cruz (McKinney Boyd) who was the second best vote earner and Benjamin Montgomery (Bridgeland) who was the third best voter getter.
2024 Season Texas Boys POW Winners
August 26 - 31 - Gavin Almaguer (Sealy)
September 2 - 7 - Arturo Rodriguez (Lubbock)
September 8 - 14 - Joshua Odoms (Mansfield Legacy)
September 15 - 22 - Grant Currier (Richmond Foster)
September 23 - 29 - Ruel Newberry (Denton Guyer)
CANDIDATES
Hunter Hinrichsen (Fort Worth Christian) - Ran a 15:32 to win the Brewer Inv. 5,000m
Jason Dodd (Fort Worth South Hills) - Ran 15:43 to win the Nelson Univ Private School WArm-up
Kenny Pritchard (Tuscola Jim Ned) - Won the Ballinger Inv. with a time fo 15:59
Calhoun Cason (Corpus Christi Ray) - Won the NEISD #2 meet with a time of 16:05
Frank Miranda (Houston Spring Woods) - Ran 16:25 to win the UIL 5A district 21 Championships
Derek Adams (Fredericksburg) - Ran 16:43 to win the Mason Puncher Inv.
Jose Ventura (Lasara) - Won the UIL 1A district 32 Championships with a time of 16:49
Angel Olvera (Wolfe City) - Won the UIL 2A district 14 championships with at 16:56
Amisadai Yanez (Texas City) - Ran 16:59 to win the Texas City October Classic