One second separated Rockwall’s girls cross country team from a District 10-6A championship Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Lindsey Park in Tyler.
Rockwall and Royse City each finished with 67 points, leaving the title to a tiebreaker based on their sixth runners. Royse City’s Lillian Smith finished 26th in 21:37, one place ahead of Rockwall’s Emmie Wright in 21:38, according to the meet results.
Both teams qualified for regionals, along with third-place Tyler Legacy, which scored 68 points.
“It took everyone today,” Royse City coach Zach Snow said in the district’s recap.
Rockwall-Heath’s Savannah McDonald won the girls race in 19:19. Longview’s Miranda Estrada followed in 19:45, and Royse City’s Alexandrea Laeding placed third in 19:50.
Molly Spivey led Rockwall in fifth place at 20:02. Kenedy Card finished 10th in 20:31, followed by Lily Goza in 13th, Maggie Pepe in 19th and Ava Potter in 20th.
Rockwall-Heath finished fourth with 96 points. McDonald and teammate Kellan Conover, who placed eighth in 20:30, qualified individually. Forney took fifth with 78 points, ahead of Longview, Mesquite Horn and North Forney.
Rockwall-Heath boys claim title
Rockwall-Heath won the boys team championship with 52 points. Rockwall finished second with 60, and Royse City secured the final regional team berth with 65.
Rockwall’s Matthew Kinniburgh won the individual race in 15:41. Rockwall-Heath’s Chance Anderson finished second in 15:49, followed by Rockwall’s Jack Draper in 16:09.
Tyler Legacy placed fourth in the team standings, followed by North Forney, Forney and Longview.
Regionals set for Oct. 26
The qualifying teams and runners advance to the Class 6A Region II meet Monday, Oct. 26, at Rolling Hills Soccer Complex, 2525 Joe B Rushing Road in Fort Worth.
The girls race begins at 9 a.m., followed by the boys at 9:30 a.m. The top four teams and the top 10 individuals outside those advancing teams qualify for state, according to the official regional handbook.
