NEWS
MATT GRUBER
Highland Park Raiders | 9/20/2023
Highland Park Raiders | 9/20/2023
RAIDERS CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS COMPETE AT LOVEJOY XC FALL FESTIVAL
Please congratulate the HPMS boys cross country team on an excellent Saturday! This was a combined meet for both 7th and 8th graders and the boys took home second place out of a 12 team field with 168 runners. There was some stiff competition and the boys have a lot to be proud of in the way they represented HP.
Team Results:
Home School Athletic Association- 35 points
HPMS- 47
Lovejoy- 96
Celina- 96
Brown- 167
Founders Classical Academy- 182
Crandall- 186
Dallas Coram Deo Academy- 228
Trinity Christian Addison- 247
Plano Coram Deo Academy- 261
Melissa- 315
Anna- 330
Beau Stewart led the squad once again this week taking home a 2nd place while Rudy Smith took 3rd in a photo finish (see attached video). Cole Davis snagged 7th while Aidan Zahodnik rounded out the medalists finishing in 15th to put our top five scorers all in the top 20 once again. Carson Royall finished in 22nd overall putting him in the top 10 finishes from seventh graders while Antonio Sanchez and Adam Schaffer legged out 26th and 27th for our team. Tej Patel had a solid day coming in 29th while Max Walters continued to improve and came in 31st followed by Isaac Diaz in 36th, Henry Lockridge (7th grade) in 37th and Joaquin Mayo in 43rd (7th grade).
Full meet results can be found here:
Our runners of the week include:
Henry Lockridge (7th grade) for continuing to push his teammates in practice and bouncing back from last week’s meet by shaving off 2 minutes in today’s race.
Adam Schaffer (8th grade) keeps gaining ground every week and truly shows the depth of our eighth grade group.
Lastly, we would like to make a couple of shout outs:
Coach Hall for taking the time out of her weekend coming to watch her students compete!
The whole HPHS boys program for sticking around to watch and support every one of our boys
Matt Gruber
Highland Park Raiders | 9/20/2023
Highland Park Raiders | 9/20/2023
