Xavier Cross Country took 1st place at the Div 1 Girls Southwest Sectional at Crossroads Park in Gilbert today.
In a little more than a week — Sat, Nov 12, 2022 — the Gators will be running in the Div 1 State Cross Country Championships at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. Race Time: 1:55 PM
Today’s race belonged to the Gators as they came in first out of 12 teams.
— 40 Xavier
— 80 Shadow Ridge
— 94 Liberty
— 108 Marana
— 8 other teams
Xavier’s top five came in as follows:
— 2nd Reese Brown (SR)
— 6th Bella Gomez (JR)
— 9th Ella Wadsworth (FR)
— 11th Julia Russo (JR)
— 12th Nora Hinkle (SR)
This was a solid showing as Xavier’s top 5 runners came in within a very respectable 41 seconds of each other.
Lily Beaver (18th) and Kylie Graf (31st) rounded out the Gator team of 7.