Congratulations to the varsity and junior varsity cross country teams for winning the Mount Carmel Cub Run this weekend in City Park. The varsity again employed its tight team pack strategy to win the meet with a low score of 27 points. The junior varsity filled all of the slots in the top 10 and won the meet with a perfect score of 15 points.
All information derived from Crescent City Sports article written by Ken Trahan:
A pair of local teams asserted themselves on the Cross Country front Saturday.
Brother Martin and Dominican scored solid victories in the Mount Carmel Cub Run in City Park, covering three miles.
The Crusaders easily outdistanced Mandeville for the win with Belle Chasse third, Holy Cross fourth and Parkview Baptist fifth.
Dominican was victorious on the girls side with Vandebilt Catholic second and E.D. White Catholic third. Mount Carmel Academy was fourth and Newman was fifth.
Kelsey Major of Dominican, the defending state cross country champion, won the individual title in a time of 18:41. Ava Hartman of Newman was second.
Mount Carmel Cub Run Results
Boys
Team scores: 1. Brother Martin 27, 2. Mandeville 73, 3. Belle Chasse 105, 4. Holy Cross 150, 5. Parkview Baptist 160, 6. St. Paul’s 191, 7. Archbishop Rummel 201, 8. Jesuit 219, 9. Vandebilt Catholic 243, 10. Newman 260, 11. E.D. White Catholic 294, 12. Live Oak 326, 13. John Curtis Christian 365, 14. Haynes Academy 433, 15. Archbishop Shaw 437, 16. Morris Jeff 437, 17. Hahnville 479, 18. Terrebonne 484, 19. Patrick Taylor 577, 20. St. Charles Catholic 585.
Top individual finishers: 1. Nathan Fontan, Mandeville 16:07; 2. Owen Tauzin, E.D. White Catholic 16:09; 3. Eyan Calico, Brother Martin 16:14; 4. Eli Levy, Brother Martin 16:14; 5. Daniel Falk, Brother Martin 16:16; 6. Kaden McLaughlin, Archbishop Rummel 16:20; 7. Gabriel Metoyer, Brother Martin 16:28; 8. Gabriel Levy, Brother Martin 16:33; 9. Landin Madere, Belle Chasse 16:34; 10. Wyatt Whipp, Parkview Baptist 16:35.
Girls
Team scores: 1. Dominican 56, 2. Vandebilt Catholic 77, 3. E.D. White 77, 4. Mount Carmel Academy 94, 5. Newman 101, 6. Mandeville 132, 7. McGehee 190, 8. Belle Chasse 216, 9. Parkview Baptist 220, 10. Cabrini 302, 11. St. Charles Catholic 320.
Top individual finishers: 1. Kelsey Major, Dominican 18:41; 2. Ava Hartman, Newman 18:53; 3. Morgan Trauth, Dominican 19:07; 4. Ella Chesnut, Vandebilt Catholic 19:24; 5. Brynn Kelso, Vandebilt Catholic 19:44; 6. Maggie Smith, Newman 20:08; 7. Saige Christen, Patrick Taylor 20:13; 8. Logan Hamilton, Vandebilt Catholic 20:17; 9. Elisabeth Traylor, Mount Carmel Academy 20:23; 10. Anna Schmidt, McGehee 20:26.
This was truly a great day for the Crusader Harrier program as, among the varsity and junior varsity's accomplishments, the junior high squad finished the day with numerous personal bests on the 2-mile course as well. Great run, and "keep training, guys!"
