The cross-country season came to an end for the Boerne High varsity teams on Monday at the Region IV-5A meet in Corpus Christi.
Boerne finished ninth in the girls race and the boys were 23rd as they closed out the 2026 season one race shy of competing at state. The top four teams and the top 10 individuals not on an advancing team will compete at state on Nov. 6-7 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. 6A, 2A and 4A run on Friday and the 5A, 1A and 3A races will be Saturday morning.
Varsity Girls
Presley Merkens led the Lady Hounds after she was 27th with a time of 21:00.38, Sutton Amerman came in 35th with a 21:15.81, Asnley Schiller finished with a 22:00.78 for 46th, Lucille Frank posted a 22:19.42 for 54th, Penelope Kirk recorded a 23:51.55 for 99th, Kiera Sawyer ran a 24:13.84 for 108th and Abigail Jendrusch rounded out the team after she was 115th with a 24:29.50 on the girls team that is young and ran a freshman, three sophomores, two juniors and a senior. Sawyer was the only senior.
New Braunfels won the region with 42 points, Smithson Valley took second with 88 points, Boerne Champion came in third at 97 and La Joya Palmview finished fourth with 142 points in the field of 24 teams and 178 runners.
Varsity Boys
Colin Bartonicek paced the BHS boys team after he had their highest finish with a time of 19:46.76 for 116th, Julian Wasel was one spot back in 117th after posting a 19:47.69, Levi Mendoza finished FROM PAGE 4
in 20:13.08 for 123rd, William Olivo finished in 20:51.82 for 138th, Kevin Rogers posted a 21:13.03 for 145th, Joshua Reaves ran a 21:52.36 for 158th and Stefan Bain rounded out the team after he completed the course in 22:13.90 for 159th on a young team that contained two freshman, two sophomores, two juniors and a senior. Wasel was their only senior.
Weslaco East won the region with 98 points, Boerne Champion was second with 103 points and had the individual winner in Shawn Edwards (16:31.10), Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial came in third at 130 points and McAllen punched their ticket to state after they finished fourth with 136 points in the field of 24 teams and 182 runners.
The Boerne High boys and girls cross country teams raced at regionals on Monday in Corpus Christi to close out the 2026 season. Boys team members are Colin Bartonicek, Julian Wasel, Levi Mendoza, William Olivo, Kevin Rogers, Joshua Reaves and Stefan Bain. Girls team members are Presley Merkens, Sutton Amerman, Asnley Schiller, Lucille Frank, Penelope Kirk, Kiera Sawyer and Abigail Jendrusch.
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