CPHS Cross Country: Sandites struggle in season debut at Deer Creek

The Charles Page High School cross country teams picked a tough first competition for the season, competing against a crowded field at the Deer Creek Field Run Classic last Saturday. The Antlers are the defending State Champions in both boys and girls action.

Jenks High School won the girls’ race with an average time of 20:03.08, and the Lady Sandites finished 18th out of 18 with an average time of 27:02.07. The boys fared slightly better, finishing 19th out of 21 teams in 20:00.44. The host team won it in 16:41.55.

Senior Erika Baker was the top runner for the Lady Sandites, finishing in 82nd place in 23:58.83. Jenks sophomore Avery Mazzei won the run in 18:11.97. The Sand Springs squad is mostly young this year, with two seniors, one sophomore, and two freshmen.

Mustang junior Gabe Simonsen won the boys’ race in 15:45.19. Sandite junior Caleb James led his team in 19:12.01 for 90th place. Titus Wright is the lone senior on the team, which will be in good shape for the coming seasons with one junior and five sophomores.

The Sandite teams will return to action Saturday, August 31st at the Sapulpa Chieftain Meet.

Lady Sandite Results
23:58.83 Erika Baker - 82nd
24:24.31 Jazmin Lopez - 93rd
26:36.26 Wanageeska Williams - 120th
29:49.58 Ty Davis - 132nd
30:21.38 Madison Chambers - 133rd

Sandite Results
19:12.01 Caleb James - 90th
19:17.25 Alejandro Lopez - 94th
19:50.78 Noah Hanlon - 110th
20:25.72 Sam English - 122nd
21:16.48 Dalton Wilcox - 132nd
23:05.93 Titus Wright - 146th
23:29.21 David Rigsby - 147th

Also last Saturday, Sand Springs’s Landon Durburow took 14th out of nearly 70 runners in the Elementary Boys 1.2 mile run at Claremore Sequoyah in 8:50 and Brynlee Durburow won the Elementary Girls run in 7:38.