XC cheerers

By Leonardo PeΓ±a, KPTimes.com

In what has become a habit, the Kingwood Park cross country teams dominated the UIL 5A District 18 Championships again. The varsity boys, JV boys and freshmen boys each took first place, as well as the girls varsity and girls JV teams.

The varsity squads will return to action on Oct. 27 at the Region III Championships in Huntsville. See a full slideshow of images at KPTimes.com.

Top 5 finishers at districts for Kingwood Park in each race were as follows:

Varsity Boys - 5000m run

1st - Bo Barndt, junior, 16:45.60

2nd - Brett Peveto, senior, 17:11.70

3rd - Tristan Parfait, senior, 17:22.50

4th - Mason Merino, sophomore, 17:29.30

10th - Conner Eckerty, freshman, 18:01.30

Varsity Girls - 5000m run

1st - Eva Grunz, junior, 19:46.10

2nd - Hadley Barker, sophomore, 20:11.41

3rd - Sylvana Lopez Andrade, senior, 20:12.41

7th - Nicole Glasco, sophomore, 21:17.50

10th - Josette West, freshman, 21:39.60

JV Boys - 5000m run

2nd - Jacob Eitreim, junior, 18:50.20

3rd - Matthew Dziedzic, sophomore, 18:59.10

5th - Leon Velesquez, junior, 19:24.50

7th - Gage Briscoe, senior, 19:30.41

8th - Alejandro Mesa, junior, 19:31.50

JV Girls - 2 mile run

1st - Abbey McKenry, freshman, 13:07.80

2nd - Lyla Hernandez, sophomore, 13:39.10

3rd - Jessi King, senior, 13:53.70

5th - Ayleen Gonzalez, freshman, 14:04.30

6th - Kamaria Felix, junior, 14:10.60

Freshman Boys - 2 mile run

1st - Adrian Planchart, freshman, 11:25.70

2nd - Misael Lopez, freshman, 11:58.70

3rd - Andrew Bielish, freshman, 12:00.10

4th - Ronald Miller, freshman, 12:00.40

8th - Austen O'Neill, freshman, 12:32.30