Almost all area schools were busy running cross country meets on Wednesday.
Runners from Bowie, Gold-Burg, Bellevue and Forestburg ran at the Chico meet, with the Jackrabbit boy’s team winning first place. Teams from Nocona and Saint Jo competed at a meet in Lipan.
The Bowie boy’s team finished first and was led by Isaac Renteria who finished second overall with a time of 17:23. The Jackrabbits top five runners included Brayden Willett (3rd), Monte Mayfield (9th), Jackson Frie (13th) and Russell Anderson (15th).
The Gold-Burg boy’s team finished sixth overall. The Bears were led by Claudio Segura who finished fourth overall with a time of 18:39. The team’s top five runners included Isaiah Willett (32nd), Jorge Montes (45th), Brady Allen (54th) and Efren Villegas (59th).
The Bellevue boy’s team finished ninth overall at the meet. The Eagles fastest runner was River Trail who finished 16th with a time of 20:35. The team’s top five runners were Ryan Jones (36th), Bryce Bancroft (50th), Cowyn Langford (73rd) and Brennan Criswell (88th).
The only Forestburg runner was Jesse Wadsworth who got 28th place with a time of 21:56.
In the girl’s race, the Bowie team finished fifth overall. Ollie Gaston was the team’s top runner as she finished ninth overall with a time of 15:02. The team’s top five runners included Bella Lozano (14th), Harlei Hudson (30th), Brilee Lemons (47th) and Isabella Caswell (48th).
The Bellevue team was one runner short of competing as a team to get a result. The Lady Eagles top runner was Mattie Broussard who finished second overall with a time of 13:55.
Gold-Burg had one girl run in the meet. Alyson Rojas placed 51st with a time of 18:27.
At the meet in Lipan, both of Saint Jo’s cross country teams placed fifth overall.
The Lady Panthers were led by Abigail Carter who finished 11th overall with a time of 13:05. The team’s top five runners included Savannah Hill (23rd), Taylor Patrick (34th), Kaycee Clark (48th) and Tatum Morman (66th).
The Saint Jo boy’s team was led by Elijah Young who got seventh place with a time of 17:59. The Panthers top five runners included Barrett Johnson (12th), Jayden Curry (21st), Julian Luna (52nd) and Trent Gaston (61st).
For Nocona, the boy’s team finished ninth overall. The team was led by Andrew Perez who got 23rd with a time of 18:37. The Indians top five runners included Freddy Duran (27th), Omar Salinas (44th), Corbyn Patton (60th) and Brady Cunningham (108th).
The Lady Indians had only one runner compete in the race. Bayler Smith earned eighth place with a time of 13:01.

To see complete results for all high school runners from area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.