Wylie's cross country teams swept the Dustin Rodriguez Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 24, with the boys squad posting 19 points on the Pirates' home course at Founders Park.
Freshman Eliana Williams won the elite girls 5,000-meter race in 19:16, finishing 12 seconds ahead of Rockwall junior Kenedy Card, as first reported by Wylie News.
Williams was one of four Lady Pirates in the top 10. Senior Alexis Lee placed fifth in 20:50, freshman Alice Hall took seventh in 20:59 and sophomore Sarah Barbe finished ninth in 21:03.
Wylie's depth kept the scoreboard tilted. Sophomore Vanessa Vazquez placed 12th in 21:40, sophomore Emerson Pierce took 17th in 22:18, sophomore Kyndell Bacon finished 19th in 22:23 and junior Alyssa Prinz placed 20th in 22:26. The Lady Pirates posted a team score of 30 points, ahead of Rockwall's 41 and Royse City's 51.
The boys' margin was wider.
Four Wylie runners finished in the top seven of the elite race. Senior Jaron Savage and freshman Johnathan Tesfaye both crossed in 17:20, placing third and fifth.
Junior Aiden Harlow and sophomore Luke Boruk each ran 17:46 for sixth and seventh. The Pirates' 19-point team total doubled second-place Royse City's 38 and sat 66 points clear of third-place Bryan Adams at 85.
Behind the top four, junior Lincoln Shumard placed 12th in 18:20, senior Pedro Medina was 13th in 18:31 and freshman Noah Nash took 14th in 18:35. Senior Jose Santiago (19th, 19:13) and senior Colby Schlensker (22nd, 19:22) rounded out the elite squad.
The open varsity races produced additional Wylie finishers. Sophomore Troy Miller led the Pirates' boys with a 10th-place finish in 18:46. On the girls side, junior Mia Palka ran 22:57 for eighth, junior Finley Radford captured 10th in 23:15 and sophomore Cecilia Hellinger placed 11th in 23:33.
The Class 6A Pirates' next cross country meet had not been announced as of Thursday.
