Congratulations to the cross country program for qualifying 60 athletes for the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country which will be held in Albuquerque, NM on December 12th. This event was last held in Albuquerque in 2012. That year Track Houston cross country program was in its infancy traveling five athletes to Albuquerque (Camila Vicens, Aye Devany, Cole Lindhorst, Riley Lindhorst and Rachel Whipple).
At the USATF Gulf Association qualifying meet, Track Houston won 7 individual first place awards and 6 team championships.
Team Winners at Gulf Association:
8&Under Girls, 9-10 Girls, 9-10 Boys, 11-12 Girls, 11-12 Boys, 13-14 Girls
13-14 Boys were 2nd overall
Individual Winners:
Gold - 3K Run - Mary Katherine Gibson 9-10 Girls
Gold - 3K Run - Sophie Atkinson 11-12 Girls
Gold - 3K Run - Aye Devany 11-12 Boys
Gold - 4K Run - Camila Vicens 13-14 Girls
Gold - 4K Run - Cole Lindhorst 13-14 Boys
Gold - 5K Run - Andrew Gandy 15-16 Boys
Gold - 5K Run - Ababu Mohamed 17-18 Boys
Athletes who advanced to Junior Olympic:
Rowan Saacke, Zahra Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Mia Ensley, Cora Nielson, Reese Kennedy, Dara Carter, Hank Gibbs, Peter Gibson, Slade Ledford, Mary Katherine Gibson, Riley Lindhorst, Iliana Ensley, Madison Morgan, Goldyn Hall, Abigail West, Raegan Mitchell, Emma Peters, Owen Gibbs, Aidan Allen, Emory Vazquez, Jared Nielson, Brody Smith, Jalyn Fonteno, Jadyn Fonteno, Shaun Garrett, Sophie Atkinson, Heidi Nieslon, Athena Reyna, Alyssa Rodriguez, Emily Cabello, Aye Devany, Travis Gibson, Ferdinand Hoven, Caleb Schaunaman, Evan David, Eddie Paton, Mitchell Harper, Eric Romo, Camila Vicens, Shyla Stone, Elizabeth Hamilton, Kiarra Wafer-Randle, Caroline Huang, Madison Clark, Cole Lindhorst, Austin Wrubel, Logan Smith, Brett Paton, Tanner Klein, Logan Smith, Gavin Saacke, Asher Smith, Kaislyn Lyons, Justin Couty, Billy Devany, Andrew Gandy, Ababu Mohamed, Anton Young
At the USATF Gulf Association qualifying meet, Track Houston won 7 individual first place awards and 6 team championships.
Team Winners at Gulf Association:
8&Under Girls, 9-10 Girls, 9-10 Boys, 11-12 Girls, 11-12 Boys, 13-14 Girls
13-14 Boys were 2nd overall
Individual Winners:
Gold - 3K Run - Mary Katherine Gibson 9-10 Girls
Gold - 3K Run - Sophie Atkinson 11-12 Girls
Gold - 3K Run - Aye Devany 11-12 Boys
Gold - 4K Run - Camila Vicens 13-14 Girls
Gold - 4K Run - Cole Lindhorst 13-14 Boys
Gold - 5K Run - Andrew Gandy 15-16 Boys
Gold - 5K Run - Ababu Mohamed 17-18 Boys
Athletes who advanced to Junior Olympic:
Rowan Saacke, Zahra Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Mia Ensley, Cora Nielson, Reese Kennedy, Dara Carter, Hank Gibbs, Peter Gibson, Slade Ledford, Mary Katherine Gibson, Riley Lindhorst, Iliana Ensley, Madison Morgan, Goldyn Hall, Abigail West, Raegan Mitchell, Emma Peters, Owen Gibbs, Aidan Allen, Emory Vazquez, Jared Nielson, Brody Smith, Jalyn Fonteno, Jadyn Fonteno, Shaun Garrett, Sophie Atkinson, Heidi Nieslon, Athena Reyna, Alyssa Rodriguez, Emily Cabello, Aye Devany, Travis Gibson, Ferdinand Hoven, Caleb Schaunaman, Evan David, Eddie Paton, Mitchell Harper, Eric Romo, Camila Vicens, Shyla Stone, Elizabeth Hamilton, Kiarra Wafer-Randle, Caroline Huang, Madison Clark, Cole Lindhorst, Austin Wrubel, Logan Smith, Brett Paton, Tanner Klein, Logan Smith, Gavin Saacke, Asher Smith, Kaislyn Lyons, Justin Couty, Billy Devany, Andrew Gandy, Ababu Mohamed, Anton Young