The Saint Jo Independent School District had its cross country meet on Sept. 27 at Boggess Park in Saint Jo.
Sarah Patrick won the girls’ two-mile race in a time of 14 minutes, 10 seconds, one second faster than Bellevue’s Emily Trail.
Devon Cassetty from Bellevue was fifth (14:30), finishing seven seconds ahead of teammate Madi Eckeberger.
Samantha Reynolds from Forestburg was eighth, in a time of 14:49.
Coletta Holland from Saint Jo rounded out the top-10 girls’ performances in 14:58, eight seconds faster than Panther teammate Caitlyn Holley.
Alexia Root was the fastest Prairie Valley runner (15th, 15:32).
Tioga’s Justin Rodriguez smoked the competition in the boys’ three-mile race, clocking in at 18:30, 34 seconds faster than Gabriel Garza (19:04).
Kyle Waller was third in 19:09, followed by fourth-place Skylar Sandusky (19:27) and Jakdo Watkins in fifth in a time of 20:02. Read more cross country results in the weekend Bowie News.

Saint Jo Panthers. (Graphic provided by the Saint Jo Independent School District)