Region 1-1A
Girls Team Race Preview:
Favorites: Nazareth, Jayton, Springlake Earth, Lenorah Grady, Ackerly Sands
Sleepers: Gail Borden County, Whiteface, White Deer
Girls Individual Race Preview:
One name - - Taytum Goodman.
The Springlake-Earth star has shone brighter perhaps more than any 1A runner in UIL history. She has won the last three Region 1-1A and UIL 1A state meet titles.
Not only should Goodman excel again, but last year's runner-up Jace Chisum and Haley Connell should both be back to compete.
Macie Stack has a 12:58 on mark for the only other sub thirteen-minute run this year.
Favorites: Taytum Goodman, Haley Connell, Jace Chisum, Macie Stack
Sleepers: Shealee Brannon, Melody Rampley, Emma Parker
Boys Team Race Preview:
No. 2 Jayton and No. 9 Texline are ranked by the CCCAT heading into the weekend. Jayton finished third last year at the state meet, missing the state title by a mere eight points.
Other teams to watch in Lubbock are Happy, Wellman-Union, Lenorah Grady and Ackerly Sands.
Favorites: Jayton Texline, Happy,
Sleepers: Wellman-Union, Lenorah Grady, Ackerly Sands
Boys Individual Race Preview:
One of the returners is region champ Wiley Gaskins (Ackerly Sands); Gaskins was eighth at the state meet. Reel Griffith (Jayton) was the regional runner-up and sixth at state.
Favorites: Wiley Gaskins, Reel Griffith, Aiden Beversdorf, Carlos Plata
Sleepers: Cam Arendall, Kevin King