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Bandera's Raelynn Butler crosses the finish line in first place during the varsity girls race to start the meet on Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs won team gold with strong finishes by all five points scorers.
Photo by Chris Darus
September 16, 2021
Bulldog XC places in all four divisions at home meet
By Chris Darus
The Bandera Prophet
In what the timing and scoring officials said was the largest meet they had covered since the CoVid pandemic started, the Bandera Bulldog CC Invitational was a great success with 1,065 entries and 51 teams that included high school and middle school teams.
Girls
Varsity
The girls varsity teams, 15 of them, started the meet with a two-mile run and Bandera's Lady Bulldogs won the first of numerous team medals by Bandera finishing with team gold, taking the win over Lytle and Pleasanton, the other podium finishers.
Raelynn Butler was in great form and covered the field by almost 28 seconds on her way to individual gold.
Trinity Butler and Gracie Bankston both had top twenty finishes and Banera's other two points scorers, Danielle Gonzales and Emily Presa clustered in 22nd and 23rd place, helped earn 76 points for the team win.
Team results (Top five):
1, Bandera, 76, 2, Lytle, 88, 3, Pleasanton, 99, 4, Comal Pieper, 138, 5, La Vernia, 139
Bandera results_ 1, R. Butler, 12:21,939, 12, T. Butler, 13:13.204, 18, G. Bankston, 13:18.225, D. Gonzalez, 13:25.316, 23, E. Presa, 13:25.882, 34, Carlye Niccum, 13:45.730, 46, Kierstin Brown,
13:53.515, 47, Morgan Cole, 65, Makayla Gonzales
JV
The Lady Bulldog JV finishied with team gold in their two mile event, amassing just 38 points, as all seven runners finished in the top 20 spots out of a 92 runner field.
Bandera's five points scorers were in the top 13 places.
Team results (Top five)
1, Bandera, 38, 2, La Vernia, 70, 3, Comal Pieper, 101, 4, Gonzales, 128, 5, Lytle, 134
Bandera results_ 3, Mallorie Powell, 14:27.362, 5, Ashlyn Brown, 14:46.923, 8, Laney Bowman,
15:04.914, 9, Gabby Barrera, 15:07.782, 13, Ashley Grodman, 15:24.384, 15, Bietzel Gonzales, 15:25.886, 16, Emily Garcia, 15:30.544, 27, Lydia Devigny, 34, Abigail Leal, 36, Riley Smith, 41, Katie Dibrell, 43, Cailee Tripp, 45, Hailey Garcia, 50, Lauren Meier, 53, Sidney Jaeger, 55, Mia Ramirez, 57, Hailey Leal, 82, Kimberley Valadez, 85, Brenda Mendoza
Boys
Varsity
The Bulldog varsity took team bronze in the 5K race with a third place finish that saw the top three spots on the podium seperated by just 10 points.
Ethan Brown led the Bulldog charge with a top five finish and Braden Cox was just outside the top ten in 11th overall. With strong support from the numbers three through five runners, Mariano Casas, Hudson Jackson and Mack Robinson, the Bulldogs outscored fourth place Great Hearts Northern Oaks by 29 points.
There were 118 runners in this event.
Team results (Top five):
1, Needville, 67, 2, La Vernia, 73, 3, Bandera, 77, 4, Great Hearts Northern Oaks, 106, 5, Comal Pieper, 117
Bandera team results_ 5, E. Brown, 17:34.713, 8, B. Cox, 17:45.908, 13, M. Casas, 18:08.482, 23, H. Jackson, 18:34.453, 28, M. Robinson, 18:50.109, 36, Reese Mazurek, 49, Ruben Ruiz-Palacios, 51, Logan Sadler, 53, Jacob Haas, 60, Cody Jureczki
JV
The Bulldog JV followed the varsity lead as they also won team bronze in their 5K race. Bandera was headed only by champion Lytle and second place Lavernia.
In a 93 runner field, Ashton Robinson and Lane Timmons were the top two Bulldogs finishing in 11th and 14th place respectively. Kyle Moore, Nino Martinez and Ben Adamietz were the other points scorers for Bandera with all three in the top 25 for team scoring.
Team results (Top five)
1, Lytle, 35, 2, La Vernia, 50, 3, Bandera, 93, 4, Eagle Pass, 111, 5, Great Hearts Northern Oaks, 112
Bandera results_ 11, A. Robinson, 20:56.291, 14, L. Timmons, 21:14.596, 26, K. Moore, 22:04.620, 28, N. Martinez, 22:11.231, 29, B. Adamietz, 22:12.218, 35, Josh Nimmrichter, 37, Michael Verhey, 40, Logan Klappenbach, 44, Jayden Patterson, 56, Hayden Swalve, 76, Travis Niccum, 77, Jacob Tuma, 83, Alex Lopez, 89, Kelton Raab
Bandera runners will head to Corpus Christi to run in the Islander Splash this weekend.
Girls
Varsity
The girls varsity teams, 15 of them, started the meet with a two-mile run and Bandera's Lady Bulldogs won the first of numerous team medals by Bandera finishing with team gold, taking the win over Lytle and Pleasanton, the other podium finishers.
Raelynn Butler was in great form and covered the field by almost 28 seconds on her way to individual gold.
Trinity Butler and Gracie Bankston both had top twenty finishes and Banera's other two points scorers, Danielle Gonzales and Emily Presa clustered in 22nd and 23rd place, helped earn 76 points for the team win.
Team results (Top five):
1, Bandera, 76, 2, Lytle, 88, 3, Pleasanton, 99, 4, Comal Pieper, 138, 5, La Vernia, 139
Bandera results_ 1, R. Butler, 12:21,939, 12, T. Butler, 13:13.204, 18, G. Bankston, 13:18.225, D. Gonzalez, 13:25.316, 23, E. Presa, 13:25.882, 34, Carlye Niccum, 13:45.730, 46, Kierstin Brown,
13:53.515, 47, Morgan Cole, 65, Makayla Gonzales
JV
The Lady Bulldog JV finishied with team gold in their two mile event, amassing just 38 points, as all seven runners finished in the top 20 spots out of a 92 runner field.
Bandera's five points scorers were in the top 13 places.
Team results (Top five)
1, Bandera, 38, 2, La Vernia, 70, 3, Comal Pieper, 101, 4, Gonzales, 128, 5, Lytle, 134
Bandera results_ 3, Mallorie Powell, 14:27.362, 5, Ashlyn Brown, 14:46.923, 8, Laney Bowman,
15:04.914, 9, Gabby Barrera, 15:07.782, 13, Ashley Grodman, 15:24.384, 15, Bietzel Gonzales, 15:25.886, 16, Emily Garcia, 15:30.544, 27, Lydia Devigny, 34, Abigail Leal, 36, Riley Smith, 41, Katie Dibrell, 43, Cailee Tripp, 45, Hailey Garcia, 50, Lauren Meier, 53, Sidney Jaeger, 55, Mia Ramirez, 57, Hailey Leal, 82, Kimberley Valadez, 85, Brenda Mendoza
Boys
Varsity
The Bulldog varsity took team bronze in the 5K race with a third place finish that saw the top three spots on the podium seperated by just 10 points.
Ethan Brown led the Bulldog charge with a top five finish and Braden Cox was just outside the top ten in 11th overall. With strong support from the numbers three through five runners, Mariano Casas, Hudson Jackson and Mack Robinson, the Bulldogs outscored fourth place Great Hearts Northern Oaks by 29 points.
There were 118 runners in this event.
Team results (Top five):
1, Needville, 67, 2, La Vernia, 73, 3, Bandera, 77, 4, Great Hearts Northern Oaks, 106, 5, Comal Pieper, 117
Bandera team results_ 5, E. Brown, 17:34.713, 8, B. Cox, 17:45.908, 13, M. Casas, 18:08.482, 23, H. Jackson, 18:34.453, 28, M. Robinson, 18:50.109, 36, Reese Mazurek, 49, Ruben Ruiz-Palacios, 51, Logan Sadler, 53, Jacob Haas, 60, Cody Jureczki
JV
The Bulldog JV followed the varsity lead as they also won team bronze in their 5K race. Bandera was headed only by champion Lytle and second place Lavernia.
In a 93 runner field, Ashton Robinson and Lane Timmons were the top two Bulldogs finishing in 11th and 14th place respectively. Kyle Moore, Nino Martinez and Ben Adamietz were the other points scorers for Bandera with all three in the top 25 for team scoring.
Team results (Top five)
1, Lytle, 35, 2, La Vernia, 50, 3, Bandera, 93, 4, Eagle Pass, 111, 5, Great Hearts Northern Oaks, 112
Bandera results_ 11, A. Robinson, 20:56.291, 14, L. Timmons, 21:14.596, 26, K. Moore, 22:04.620, 28, N. Martinez, 22:11.231, 29, B. Adamietz, 22:12.218, 35, Josh Nimmrichter, 37, Michael Verhey, 40, Logan Klappenbach, 44, Jayden Patterson, 56, Hayden Swalve, 76, Travis Niccum, 77, Jacob Tuma, 83, Alex Lopez, 89, Kelton Raab
Bandera runners will head to Corpus Christi to run in the Islander Splash this weekend.