LUBBOCK, TX — San Angelo Central High School junior John Isiah Morales earned a spot Monday at the UIL Cross Country State Championships.
Morales ran to a 17th-place finish out of 184 runners at the Region I-6A Meet at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock.
He clocked a time of 15 minutes, 48 seconds on the 5,000-meter course.
The top four teams and top 10 runners not on qualifying teams punched their ticket to the state meet Nov. 6 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
Morales led Central to a fifth-place showing in the team standings as the Bobcats (170 points) finished one spot out of advancing to state.
El Paso Eastwood won the meet with 48 points, followed by Southlake Carroll with 53, Keller with 113 and Flower Mound with 154.
Denton Guyer’s Ruel Newberry won the individual title in 14:35.
Other runners for Central included Aiden Garcia (28th, 16:00), Sebastian Gonzalez (32nd, 16:10), Jack Zwiebel (35th, 16:13), Landon Kauten (85th, 16:48), Alexander Hunter (113th, 17:19) and Luke Lozano (122nd, 17:24).
Two Central Lady Cats were also at the regional meet. Emma-Claire Beers was 110th in 20:44, while Miley Ragan was 141st in 21:30.6
Flower Mound won the girls team title with 55 points, followed by Keller with 103, Southlake Carroll with 127 and Northwest Nelson with 129.
Flower Mound’s Adeline Bennett claimed the individual title in 17:31.
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