Marlin cross-country runners may well have wished that a trip to San Antonio on Saturday, Sept. 17, had been for the regional meet. On the University of Texas-San Antonio course, which will be used for the regionals, the Marlins burned up the course, with the boys coming in first and the girls third.

Coach Steve Reaves called the boys’ performance “dominant,” with five of the top six runners being from Port Aransas.

As a team, the boys scored 18 points – barely missing a perfect score.

Matt Fries and Corban Marcantel finished one-two, making it what Reaves called “a good weekend for them.”

“It was our preview of the regional course, and the kids competed very well,” Reaves said. “There were a couple of the top boys’ teams that were not there that I wanted to race against, but that’s how it goes.”

Reaves said several Lady Marlins were fighting head colds, so they weren’t at 100 percent. Nevertheless, “I am very proud of how they stepped up and competed anyway,” he said.

“Overall, it was a very successful weekend for Port Aransas cross country,”

Results:
Boys (5K)
Fries, 17:02, 1st
Marcantel, 17:09, 2nd
Alex Groseclose, 18:09, 4th
Austin Henderson, 18:29, 5th
Randy Borden, 18:31, 6th
Caleb Rogers, 19:13, 11th
Andrew Hardegree, 19:14, 12th
Collin Barr, 19:28, 19th
Tyler Collier, 20:10, 26th
Chris Eggleston, 20:11, 27th
Ryan Zollars, 20:58, 33rd
Jason Morris, 21:16, 36th
Austin Scott, 21:21, 38th
Victor Valdivia, 22:34, 46th
Elliott Morris, 26:03, 59th
Chase Chambers, 27:37, 62nd
Paul Voyles, 29:01, 64th
Skyler Fusso, 29:556, 65th
Girls (3K)
Arianna Marraro, 13:54, 7th
Meagan Hardegree, 14:45, 17th
Brenna Martin, 14:57, 18th
Emma Shannon, 15:08, 21st
Maddison Shannon, 15:26, 26th
Megan Forrest, 15:28, 27th
Lauren Gilbreath, 16:10, 34th
Rachel Davis, 17:19, 41st
Jessica Craft, 20:06, 48th