Progress has been good as the Dripping Springs cross country teams have consistently challenged for the top spots in all of their meets — with cooperating weather helping to lower their times.
The last meet the teams competed in was the Hays Invitational. The varsity and junior varsity girls both placed second in their divisions, just missing out on their respective titles. Competition has been tough for the varsity boys, and they placed seventh in the meet. The JV boys pushed their way up to third place.
Varsity girls standings: Smithson Valley 22, DS 39, Liberty Hill 112, RR McNeil 123, Hays Johnson 161, San Antonio Home School 166, Austin High 182, St. Andrews Episcopal 188, McCallum 214.
DSHS results: 4. Madison Johnson 20.00.76; 5. Sofia Vences 20.09.03; 9. Chandler Latham 20.23.07; 11. Alexa Velasco 20.37.15; 13. Rylea Bernhard 20.41.88; 20. Mia Simons 21.19.46; 25. Laurel Hoskovec 21.49.95.
Varsity boys standings: St. Andrews 38, Austin High 49, Liberty Hill 108, Hays 110, Johnson 113, Smithson Valley 124, DS 153, SAHS 201, McCallum 254, Lehman 298, P-ville Connally 351.
DSHS results: 19. Austin Wolfe 17.31.53; 31. Ramsey Zogaib 18.00.09; 33. Landon Andrews 18.10.92; 37. Wes Anderson 18.21.93; 47. Abel Silverman 18.45.71; 52. Shane Bookbinder 18.59.04; 62. Rico Aguilar 19.21.26; 71. Gabriel Lopez 19.38.94.
JV girls standings:
Canyon 27, DS 34, Mc-Neil 86, Johnson 106, Smithson Valley 125, Liberty Hill 140, Austin High 212, Lehman 246, Connally 258.
DSHS results: 4. Lucy Fredenburg 21.36.69; 5. Maggie Greenville 22.03.63; 7. Avery Dixon 22.10.08; 8. Emma Ashby 22.22.10; 12. Mia Zimmerman 22.43. 59; 16. Ava Morales 23.10.77; 17. Heather Shoumaker 23.16.36; 2. Harper Teague 23.22. 45; 22. Kira Granberry 23.25.08; 31. Addison Parsons 23.55.87.
JV boys standings:
Canyon 53, Liberty Hill 76,DS 99, Austin 112, Johnson 115, Smithson Valley 129, St. Andrews 139, SAHA 209, Hays 235, McCallum 249, McNeil 291, Lehman 367, Connally 420.
DSHS results:
9. Zachary Adams 19.30.11; 12. Brycen Hee 19.47.69; 19. Ryan Schindler 19.52.95; 25. Gus Caddell 20.13.08; 39. David Perez 20.33.39; 40. Milad Khezrefaridi 20.33.79;54. Owen Russey 21.29.26; 58. Michael Goertz 21.37.62; 59. Benjamin Clark 21.38.52; 123. John Krippel 25.43.56.