Steers cross country takes Graham Invitational

The Graham boys cross country team won the Graham Invitational last Monday at the Graham Country Club. In the varsity boys 5,000 meter race, Anthony Carillo crossed the finish line first, in 18 minutes 47 seconds. Greg Simental, Marcos Herrera and German Rangel all finished in the top 10. Evan Ranger and Marlene Cervantes each took first in the Junior varsity division, which was the same distance as the varsity run. The girls varsity was led by Kendra Williams, who finished in fourth with a time of 14:30.47, while Khloe Morris followed right behind with a time of 14:43.67. The Lady Blues failed to finish in first place for the first time this season. Gunter took first by finishing eight points ahead of Graham’s varsity girls. The Lady Tigers took gold after finishing 21st in the 39-team Houston Ken Gaston 22nd Annual Invitational Cross Country Meet in Grand Prairie the previous week. Both squads have one more meet scheduled before the district race. The Steers and Lady Blues competed at the Lee Williams Invitational hosted by Western Hills High School in Ft. Worth this Saturday. The Graham junior high cross country teams also won the junior high portion of the meet later in the day. Melany Simental and Creed Jordan cruised to a first place finish in their respective race.

Team scores Varsity Boys:

1 Graham, 32 2 Bowie, 43 3 Gunter, 45

Individual results:

1 Anthony Carillo, 18:47.78 4 Greg Simental, 19:21.49. 5 Marcos Herrera, 19:27.25 8 German Rangel, 20:13.43 14 Marc Tate, 21:00.20

Varsity Girls 3,200 meters

1 Gunter, 31 2 Graham, 39 3 Bowie, 62 4 Olney, 87

Individual results

4 Kendra Williams, 14:30.47 5 Khloe Morris, 14:43.64 7 Edith Branch, 15:15.81 11 Debi Hunter, 15:34.82 12 Maria...

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