SEGUIN — Boerne Champion swept all four District 26-5A cross country races Wednesday morning at Starcke Park in Seguin and had the top finisher in each race.
The Champion boys varsity team started the day by winning their 19th straight district title, while the girls followed and won the 26-5A crown as well. The two Charger JV teams swept as well to make it a clean sweep for the program.
The Chargers boys varsity team has won every district title since the school opened in the fall of 2008. Champion coach Sheila West said the boys are aware of the streak and don’t want to be the ones to end it.
“I love the tradition here, I think it’s important to the guy’s team,” she said. “I have a large group of seniors and it’s something that’s very important to them and they’ve passed it on to the next group. I’m proud of them, it’s important to the community and it’s important to Champion high school.”
Both varsity squads will race at Region IV-5A meet on Oct. 27 in Corpus Christi. The top four teams from there advance to state set for early November in Round Rock.
Varsity Boys
The Chargers tallied 18 points and had all seven runners finish in the top 11 in the field of 43 runners.
Alamo Heights was second (42), followed by Boerne High (84) in third. McCollum (120), South San (140) and John Jay (164) rounded out the field, while Harlandale didn’t have a complete team in the field of 43.
Shawn Edwards won the district title (15:53), Sebastian Carvallo was second (16:14), Abhiram Bhogireddy came in fourth (16:37), Noah Moreno was fifth (16:43), Mason Nelson finished sixth (16:44), Brandon Martinez placed seventh (16:58) and Hector Canales was 11th in 17:54. Six of the seven are seniors; only Bhogireddy is a junior.
Varsity Girls
Champion won the district title with 17 points and claimed five of the top six spots in the field of 37.
Alamo Heights took second (59), Boerne High was third (62), Harlandale came in fourth (102) and South San came in fifth (146), while John Jay and McCollum didn’t have full teams.
Rebecca Bezerra won the individual district title for the Chargers (18:52), Payton Kidder placed second (19:36), Emma Radtke was third (19:39), Luciana Zazueta Ibarra came in fifth (20:00), Abigail Clark was sixth (20:12), Kaylee Tierney finished eighth (20:14) and Peyton Salazar was 18th (22:15).
JV teams
The Lady Chargers won the district title with 21 points, while the boys ran a perfect race and had the top five runners for a minimum of 15 points.
Taylor Lefler won the boys JV district title with a 17:44 and Elena Duran won the girls JV individual title after she placed first with a 20:58.
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