The Wharton boys and girls varsity and junior varsity cross-country teams all captured team titles at the Western Conference National Division meet on Sept. 14.
The boys varsity team scored 19 points, taking five of the top six spots in the meet to top second-place Freedom (55 points) and third-place King (70 points). The JV team recorded a perfect score of 15 points in the meet, taking all top five spots to beat second-place Tampa Bay Tech (59 points) and third-place Freedom (64 points).
Individual standouts include:
- Sophomore Tre Rivers – first place in 17:34 (first varsity win of his career and new personal record)
- Freshman Casey Pleune – third place in 17:46 (new personal record)
- Junior Sahil Deschenes – fourth place in 17:55
- Junior Frankie Godbold – sixth place in 18:01
- Junior Noah Damjanovic – seventh place in 18:18
- Junior Ryan Anders – 12th place in 18:47 (new personal record)
The girls varsity team scored 27 points, taking five of the top nine spots to top second-place King (51 points) and third-place Freedom (54 points). The JV team also recorded a perfect score of 15 points (all five top spots) to best second-place Tampa Bay Tech (60 points) and third-place Freedom (65 points).
Individuals standouts include:
- Senior Rania Samhouri – first place in 19:10 (first varsity win of her career and new personal record)
- Junior Rachel Lettiero – third place in 21:19
- Freshman Nia Rivers – sixth place in 21:49
- Senior Olivia Giarrizzo – eighth place in 22:26 (new personal record)
- Sophomore Kayla McCullough – ninth place in 22:29 (new personal record)
- Senior Shealyn Hammel – 13th place in 23:06 (new personal record)
