Joe Knows Running | District 15-3A Results

The District 15-3A meet was held at the campus of Northeast Texas Community College on Saturday, October 31st. The top two teams and top ten individuals advance to the Regional meet on November 9th at Jesse Owens Sports Complex in Dallas. The girls will race at 9:00 and the boys race will begin at 9:30. White Oak had several runners advance as a team or as individual medalists. The girls kicked off the morning with two top ten finishes. Morgan Benge finished in 4th, 14:29, and Abby Quesenberry 8th place, 15:18 . Both ladies ran good races, and will qualify for the Regional meet in Dallas. In the boys race, the team finished as District Runner Up in a very close race, allowing all six boys to advance to the Regional meet. Four Roughnecks finished in the top ten; Nathan Green 3rd, 18:25, Alberto Soto, 4th in 18:46, John Langley, 7th, 19:28. Langley was followed closely by Adrian Pinson in 9th place, 19:43, to complete finishers in the top ten. Jake Yarbrough rounded out the team scoring for the Roughnecks finishing in 12th place in 19:54. Logan Dugger finished in 28th place in a time of 21:19. In the late afternoon the junior high runners took to the course led by eighth grader Lizzy Still’s individual title in 14:28, followed by Kalyn Hepler in 5th, 15:56, Sophie Carter in 7th, 16:22 and Taylor Morgan 16:23 for 8th. All four girls earned a medal for their top ten finish. In the boys’ race Campbell Sutton finished in 14:53 for 14th, followed by Levi Sipes in 19th, 15:01, Nathan Watson, 26th, 16:38, and Hayden Hunter in 31st for a time of 19:08.