COURTESY PHOTO BY SUSASN ARMANOVS Side-by-side Port Aransas High School teammates Elaine Franco, left, and Marina Milligan keep apace at the Calallen meet. The cross-country meet in Calallen on Saturday, Oct. 13, was one of the best races of the year for the Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins team, according to coach Steve Reaves.

"The only schools that beat us were 4-A and 5-A varsity teams," said Reaves, who also is athletic director at PAISD. "We finished first among the 3-A-and-below varsities."

The team will compete in its first district meet on Monday, Oct. 22, at West Guth Park in Corpus Christi.

Varsity Girls Lia Phillips, 13:27 Reba Armanovs, 13:47 Marina Milligan, 14:09 Elaine Franco, 14:10 Kelsey Abel, 14:23 Sarah Armanovs, 15:15 Judy Wright, 15:22 JV Girls Katie Samudio, 13:54 Chelsea Perez, 18:35

COURTESY PHOTO BY SUSAN ARMANOVS Talking strategy From left, Port Aransas High School cross-country runners Cody Collins, Katie Samudio, Judy Wright, Chelsea Perez, Elaine Franco and Kelsey Abel confer before a race at Calallen.