Permian’s Briannah Garcia picked the right day to run her personal best.
Garcia, who has been the Lady Panthers’ top runner all season, finished fourth at the District 2-6A Cross Country Championships on Thursday at UTPB Park.
She stoppped the clock in 20 minutes, 48.8 seconds and qualified for the Region I-6A Championships on Oct. 24 at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock.
“She ran strong, comfortable,” Permian cross country coach Jasmin Torres said. “She was just chilling coming through over here on the hill.
“Super stoked for her. Now we can personalize the training for her to get ready for regionals; we’ve got one of her training partners, Miranda (Chavez), to run with her.”
Chavez finished just outside the Top 10, placing 13th in 21:52.6 to just miss qualifying.
It was a good day for the Odessa High squad as well as it watched Raquel Martinez sprint the final 100 yards to finish ninth in 21:31.3.
She also advanced to the regional meet in 10 days and head coach Ricky Santiago was please with the effort.
“Raquel was the one we though might have a chance to get through,” he said. “She ran her race and it was nice to see her get there are the end.
“I was upset last week with they way we ran at the Odessa Invitational. We could have run better, but we still have Raquel to get ready for regionals.”
Midland Legacy scored 45 points to win the team race, with Wolfforth Frenship in second with 47.
San Angelo Central was third with 57, followed by Odessa High (106) and Permian (109).
Midland High did not have enough runners to qualify for the team competition.
Rocio Almanza led the Lady Rebels with a fifth-place showing in 20:59.8, with teammates Zoe Esocbar (21:03.8) and Kyndall Jones (21:21.6) finishing sixth and eighth, respectively.
Wolfforth Frenship’s Amaya Mendoza easily won the race, finishing in 19:51.1, with San Angelo Central’s Emma George finishing second in 20:06.1, followed by Wolfforth Frenship’s Zyla Desehone (21:10.4).
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District 2-6A Championships
Thursday, UTPB Park
GIRLS (3 miles)
Team Standings
1. Midland Legacy, 45; 2. Wolfforth Frenship, 47; 3. San Angelo Central, 57; 4. Odessa High, 106; 5. Permian, 109; 6. Midland High, NS.
Top 10 Individuals
1. Amaya Mendoza, Wolfforth Frenship, 19 minutes, 51.1 seconds; 2. Emma George, San Angelo Central, 20:06.1; 3. Zyla Deshone, Wolffroth Frenship, 20:20.6; 4. Briannah Garcia, Permian, 20:48.8; 5. Rocio Almanza, Midland Legacy, 20:59.8; 6. Zoe Escobar, Midland Legacy, 21:03.8; 7. Naomi Bageant, San Angelo Central, 21:10.4; 8. Kyndall Jones, Midland Legacy, 21:21.8; 9. Raquel Martienz, Odessa High, 21:31.3; 10. Lauren Griffin, Wolfforth Frenship, 21:38.5.
Other Area Runners
Odessa High: 22. Alyana Gonzales, 22:32.5; 23. Victoria Rivera, 22:34.2; 25. Nitzel Ramirez, 22:47.8; 27. Angie Antillon, 22:57.9; 28. Amanda Gonzales, 23:06.2; 31. Alexia Angel Lopez, 25.18.1
Permian: 13. Miranda Chavez, 21:52.6; 29. Janelle Saravia, 23.53.1; 30. Laila Alvarado, 24.19.9; 33. Gabriella Favela, 27.35.3; 34. Rochely Banuelos-Sifuentes, 28:55.2.
Midland Legacy: 12. Mia Regalado, 21:49.8; 14. Isabella Reyna, 21:58.4; 15. Nicole Patel, 22:07.2; 32. Saida Deleon, 25:40.7.
Midland High: Laney Copeland, 23:58.0; Celine Maldanado, 24:10.9; Mia Arreola, 26.44.5.
