Varsity, Freshmen Boys Win at Clear Creek

LEAGUE CITY - Freshman Aharown Sparrow ran his first cross country meet today and won! He started off one of the best days in Kempner Cross Country's history. Sparrow took the lead from the gun and was never challenged. He ran the two mile course in 11:20. Scott Vilas continued to run well and finished in the top 10 with a 12:16, while Jose Vilche continued to improve finishing very close to Scott with a 12:37. Danillo Arcane also picked up a medal by finishing 15th with a 13:05 and Nathan De Jesus finished off the scoring with a 13:23 that was good enough for 16th (just one place out of a medal). Matt Smallwood continues to improve and finished in 14:11. The freshmen took home the team title over Clear Creek and MacArthur, among others.

Sophomore Abel Simie continued the team's winning ways by running three miles in a personal best 17:02. Junior Evan Bogdan ran well with an 18:54.

The varsity girls continued to be consistent time-wise but hoped for more. Sophomore Briana Gifford had a breakout race by running a season best of 13:08 just ahead of senior Zelda Abadom, who covered two miles in 13:10.

The varsity boys were the highlight of the afternoon. Senior Shalin Dalal got in the front early an led a pack of about 6 runners for most of the race. After two miles Shalin and Spencer Buxton of Travis were running 1-2 but when we saw Shalin come out of the trees with about 300 meters to run he was all alone. Shalin won the race with one of the best three mile times in school history, 15:43. That performance earned Shalin Athlete of the Week honors.

That wasn't all. The top 4 boys were all in at the 16:20 mark! Errol Hampton was 7th with 16:07, Matt Cortez finished 10th with a 16:12 and sophomore David Koistinen earned the right to drink a Coke by running 16:20 and finishing 12th. Shanup ran 17:20 and finished 26th overall, but it was good enough to give the boys their second team championship of the season.

KXC RESULTS:

Varsity Girls (2 miles)
Briana Gifford 13:08
Zelda Abadom 13:10
Katherine Toy 13:26
Lisette Bogdan 13:34
Hannah Selesky 14:18
Jena Deitrick 14:50

Varsity Boys (3 miles)
Shalin Dalal 15:43
Errol Hampton 16:07
Matt Cortez 16:12
David Koistinen 16:20
Shanup Dalal 17:15
Juan Trujillo 18:51
Kyle Muscarello 19:02

JV Girls (2 miles)
Lillian Dominguez 15:38
Chelsea Nelson 15:49
Sahar Halim 16:49

JV Boys (3 miles)
Abel Simie 17:02
Evan Bogdan 18:54
Shiraz Ali 19:26
Christian Salazar 19:53
Jimmy Luong 20:00
Joe Green 20:14
Marcos Anaya 20:17
Chris Ysais 20:23
Sergio Bautista 20:25
Jonathan Silva 20:30
Jonathan Amadio 21:44
Kevin Kapke 23:18
Mukhtar Owais 24:44
Nelson Fuentes 25:28
Tom Duecker 25:41

Freshmen (2 miles)
Aharown Sparrow 11:20
Scott Vilas 12:16
Jose Vilche 12:37
Danillo Arcane 13:05
Nathan De Jesus 13:23
Matt Smallwood 14:11