Meade moving on

Congratulations to Senior Glynnis Meade who has verbally committed to run for Dallas Baptist University next fall.  Glynnis will run cross country, indoor and outdoor track for the DBU Patriots.  She was named to the Area 5A Cross Country team for the past two years, finished 36th at the State meet this year, and has met the national silver standard for the 2 mile and 5k.  She also competed in last year’s Regional track meet in both the 1600m and 3200m events.

All Arellano

The Express News released the All Area and All District teams for football, volleyball and cross country for the 2010 season.  Congratulations to Marcella Arellano, who received All Area and All District honors while teammates Jenn Garrett, and Kayci Murphy were selected to the All-District 27-5A teams.  Marcella and Jenn were unanimous decisions..  Second teamers included Shelby MacKenzie and Nicole Rehm.

Clark also stood out among cross country runners, with Austin Wells and Glynnis Meade making the All Area teams.

The Express News lists all the players in today’s edition.

Swift and Meade at State

Saturday, November 13th dawned bright and breezy at Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock, site of the 2010 State Cross Country Meet.  Cougars Glynnis Meade and Shantel Swift ran well, placing 36th in 11:41 and 62nd in 12:04 respectively, out of the 104 5A runners.  The winning time was a zippy 10:55!  Thanks to all that came to the Send-off on Friday, and to the meet on Saturday!

Swift and Meade on to State!

Two Clark Cougars are headed to the State Cross Country Meet next week at Round Rock.  Glynnis Meade placed 6th at the Region IV Meet at Brooks City Base, running 11:30.3 for the 2 mile course, and Shantel Swift was 8th in 11:36.4.  It’s Shantel’s 2nd trip to State, with the top 10 finishers moving on.  Our boys ran well in a very competitive race – Austin Wells placed 19th in 15:55 and Ryan Pavlich, 151st in 17:45.  Congratulations to all 4 Regional runners!  NISD did well, placing 5 girls and 1 boy in the top 10.

On to Regional meet for these Coogs

Early morning temps in the mid-40′s required the Cross Country team to bundle up as they headed to Hardin Athletic Complex for this year’s District meet on Saturday, Oct 30th.  It had moved into the 50′s when the Varsity Girls took off at 9am – perfect running weather for the first two of four Cougars that qualified for the Regional Meet, as the top 10 individuals and 3 teams move on.  Glynnis Meade finished 4th in 12:04.7 and Shantel Swift 7th in 12:27.3.  The Varsity Boys race was neck and neck most of the way between Austin Wells and a runner from O’Connor.  With just over 100m to go, they bumped slightly and Austin fell, but he popped back up to hold on to 2nd place in 15:43.3.  Ryan Pavlich placed 7th in 16:45 to round out our Regional qualifiers.  The Girls team finished 6th and the Boys were 5th overall.  Next week’s meet is at Brooks City Base, with the 5A Girls running at 11:40am and the Boys at Noon.  Come cheer our Cougars on!

-R. Meade

Ryan Pavlich

Varsity Cross Country took I-10 east on Saturday, Oct 16th to take part in the Seguin Invitational in Starke Park.  Our top girls kicked in at the end of the race, with Shantel Swift finishing 6th in 12:07 and Glynnis Meade 9th in 12:08.  Lauren Porter was next to complete the 2 mile course in 14:25, followed close behind by Brittany Perez 14:28.4, Ariel Schmid 14:28.7 and Valerie Vacek 14:32.  Austin Wells medaled in the boys 5k, placing 10th in 15:58, with Ryan Pavlich coming in next for the Cougars in 16:50, then Aidan Pierce 17:49, Nicholas Moseley 18:18, JR Guajardo 18:29, Mark Pena 18:45 and Tyrell Lewis, 19:06.  The girls were 17th and boys 18th out of 41 teams.

Wells in the pack

In the dark of the night, Cross Country ventured north to Round Rock for the McNeil Invitational on Oct 2nd.  The boys team ran in the very competitive Gold Division – the winning time for the 5k was 15:05, with Austin Wells medaling in 14th place (15:48).  Next in were Nick Moseley in 18:21, Philip Ross 18:38, Tyrell Lewis 18:45, Harry MacTough 18:50, JR Guajardo 18:57 and Daniel Carcamo 19:53.  Glynnis Meade and Shantel Swift took part in the 5A/4A 3200m race – with over 500 runners, finishing 42nd (12:21) and 56th (12:30).  Both races were run on the same courses that are used for the State Meet, so valuable experience for all.

Swift takes silver

The Cross Country teams persevered humid conditions on Saturday,Sept 25th to take part in the SAISD meet on the grounds of the San Antonio State School.  JV Boys placed 6th, Varsity girls placed 7th, and Varsity Boys and JV Girls were both 8th with around 22 teams in each race.  Austin Wells celebrated his first victory over 3 miles in 16:42 with the next closest runner 12 second behind – way to go!  Aidan Pierce was in next for Clark (19:15), then Nick Moseley (19:41), Mark Pena (20:02), Harry MacTough (20:38), Philip Ross (20:39), and Daniel Carcamo (20:58).  Top Cougar in the 2 mile girls race was Shantel Swift in 2nd place (12:47) – well done!  Next in were Amanda De La Fuente (14:14), Katherine Ritchie (14:20), and Valerie Vacek (415:03), with Lauren Porter and Catherine Seifert nearly side by side at 15:42.  With September now behind us, Cross Country looks forward to cooler fall weather in October as we continue to prepare for the District meet on the 30th.