Big Spring XC Boys win district in Lubbock, Girls finish third
The Big Spring cross-country team participated in the UIL 4A-district 3 meet this past Wednesday in Lubbock. The six district schools – Big Spring, Levelland, Lubbock Estacado, San Angelo Lake View, Snyder, and Sweetwater – were all present and the Steers took home firstplace in the Varsity Boys' competition while placing third in the Varsity Girls' competition.
In the Varsity Mens' 5,000 meters, Big Spring junior Roman Perez finished in second-place (17:46.87) behind Snyder's senior runner Christian Escobedo (17:04.75). His teammates, sophomores Adrian Solis (18:20.88) and Isaac Gonzales (18:53.58) also finished in the Top 5 by finishing fourth and fifth, respectively. Other Big Spring finishers were senior Brandon Rogers (11th, 19:42.14), freshman Michael Perez (12th, 19:45.65), senior J Jones (23rd, 21:25.48), and freshman Jo
seph Gonzales (25th, 21:37.90). All of those runners placed in the Top 25 out of 33 total runners and it was good enough for a District title for the Steers.
On the girls' side, the Lady Steers had a strong collective performance running the 2-Mile Race and finished in third-place as a team.
Junior runner Elisabeth Jones was the top finisher for the Lady Steers and won the race (1st, 14:03.61). The next Lady Steers to finish the race were senior Falicity Calderon (16th, 15:43.39), and sophomore Felicity Yanez (20th, 15:59.60) to round out the Top 20. Freshman Alexa Mehan (25th, 16:25.64), freshman Analisa De Los Santos (28th, 16:32.87), and sophomore Esperanza De Los Santos (35th, 17:37.37) were the other Lady Steer runners in the 38-runner field.