A gold medal finish by junior Maddie Livingston and a silver earned by sophomore Karsten Bobb Oct. 18 highlighted the Dripping Springs Tiger girls cross country team’s run at the 25-5A district meet in Austin.
Overall, all seven members of the Tiger girls’ team finished in the top 15 of the individual standings, giving Dripping Springs the outright 25-5A team title and officially punching their ticket to the Region IV, 5A meet in Corpus Christi.
Girls
Maddie Livingston – 18:56.60
Karsten Bobb – 19:05.10
Ellie Hovre – 19:41.80
Marleena Mickel – 19:46.00
Kora Meyers – 19:58.40
Madison Tafoya – 20:24.30
Caroline Russey – 20:34.30
Boys
Caleb Lopez – 15:47.10
Brant Melton – 16:11.40
Kyler Myers – 16:28.10
Christopher Cohen – 16:51.70
Mason Simons – 16:54.40
Dominic Gearing – 17:23.10
Shane Bookbinder – 17:31.60
Livingston, who also claimed gold at the Tiger Invitational in early August, finished the race with a time of just under 19 minutes. Also finishing within the top 10 was Ellie Hovre, who took fourth place, Marleena Mickel, who finished in sixth, and Kora Meyers, who came in eighth.
Tiger junior Madison Tafoya took home 11th place and senior Caroline Russey finished in 12th.
Meanwhile, Dripping Springs’ boys cross country team also punched another ticket to the Region IV meet by virtue of a second place team finish at district.
Dripping Springs finished second to Lockhart, which edged out the Tigers boys’ team by four points for the district title.
Tiger junior Caleb Lopez secured the silver medal with a sub-16 minute run, while Brant Melton took home sixth and Kyler Myers finished in eight place.
Both the boys and girls teams will participate in the Region IV meet hosted by Texas A&M Corpus Christi Oct. 29.
