The Westwood Middle School cross country team traveled to Sewanee on Friday to compete in the Mountain Lion Invitational at St. Andrews-Sewanee. Both the Rockets and Lady Rockets dominated in the 4 team meet. Westwood got 3 of the top 6 finishers in both the boys and girls races as they easily won both team titles.
Rylea McNamara led the Lady Rockets as she won the girls’ race with a time of 16:06 for the 2 mile course. Jennifer Sanchez came in 4th place as she crossed the line in 18:17. Raygan Dubler finished 5th with a time of 18:28 to earn a 5th place finish. Kimberly Garcia was 9th at 20:19, Melisa Garcia came in 10th at 21:36 and Alexandra Rivas Garcia was 13th in a time of 27:09.
For the Rockets, Nico Sanfilippo won the boys’ race with a time of 14:27. Caleb Cargile came in 4th with a time of 15:47 and Jaime Barrera grabbed 6th place with a time of 16:01. Lane Fann came in 7th place with a time of 16:07, Hunter Crosslin was 14th with a time of 17:17, Neyland Grant came in 15th with a time of 17:42 and Eduardo Rojas Chavez finished in 16th place with a time of 18:01. Thompson Lowe(with a time of 19:53) came in 18th place, Joel Baker(also at 19:53) came in 19th place and Tavion King(30:12) was 21st.
The Rockets return to racing on Tuesday when they travel to Unionville to compete at Community. That meet is scheduled to get underway at 4 PM.
