Watervliet Public Schools

The Panther cross country runners had a great morning at the Regional Meet. The girls team were Regional Runner-Up and earned a trip to next Saturday's State Meet. Daniella Romero led the charge becoming a Regional Medalist placing 5th in a time of 20:39. Miranda Lowell was next across the line in a new PR of 21:35 for 16th place. Alex Zuniga and Katelyn Brown kept up the strong performances with new PRs of 22:06 and 22:18 for 24th and 28th places, respectively. Payton Yeske brought the team scoring to a close with 22:57 41st place finish. Stephany Villarreal and Sophie Lechuga rounded out the great team effort with some of their best times of the season. On the guys side, Sam Casiano made it back to back years as a Regional Medalist and State Qualifier placing 10th with a time of 17:07. Gabe Martinez ran his second-fastest time ever with a 19:32 while both Daniel Perez and Angel Cervantes lowered their PRs. Gavin Leiter had a strong race as well posting one of his better times of the season.