The Roughnecks and Ladynecks were back in action this weekend competing in the SFA Invitational at Pecan Acres Park. Cryslan Tucker led the Ladynecks with a 2nd place finish in 13:12, followed by Olivia Sipes in 8th, 13:50. Top ten finishes this week earned runners a take home medal. Shaynee Tyl finished 11th in 14:03, CeCe Hernandez in 17th, 14:36, Katie Williamson in 31st 15:17, and Luisa Soto 110th in 19:14. The girls race saw 129 runners slop through the muddy course. The ladies finished 3rd as a team behind Fairfield and Lufkin Hudson. Dylan Harris placed 26th, 18:55, in the boys open division 161 runners complete the course. Morgan Benge and Aidan Kennar were the top Junior High finishers this week. Benge finished 7th in the girls race in 16:14 and Kennar finished 8th in the boys race in 13:42. Alberto Soto raced to 42nd place in 16:25, Nathan Green 54th in 17:17, Devin Dies 91st in 21:20, and Tristan Blair 94th in 21:44. The girls race saw 81 runners and the boys race saw 99 runners complete the race.

The JH runners are idle this weekend, while the High School times will travel to the Tyler Lee Invitational at UT Tyler on Saturday, September 9th. The races will kick off at 8:00 and roll out from there.