The Brownwood Lions and Lady Lions cross country teams participated in the Region I-3A championship meet on Saturday at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock with one individual and one team qualifying for the state meet.

Brownwood Lion Dylan Person came in 5th place at the meet with a time of 16:09.90 in the 3 mile run to qualify for state.  This will be the second year in a row for Person to move to the state meet.

The Lady Lions came in 3rd as a team to secure a place at state as well for the second time in a row.  Liberty Hill was the first place team and Dalhart was second.

Cross Country Coach Don Hood said that the girls’ tenacity helped them secure the spot in state as they never gave up.

“I don’t think we had our best day, but we still qualified just because we kept fighting,” said Coach Hood.  “That’s the difference.  We got out too slow and got way behind and they just kept fighting back and fighting back—and that’s good enough.”

Hood said that the teams had good showings despite some nagging injuries.

The state meet will be held on Saturday, November 9th at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.

Click the photo gallery below for pictures from Saturday’s Regional Cross Country meet in Lubbock.

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Brownwood Boys’ Results

Person, Dylan	M Three Mile Run	16:09.90
Snyder, Austin	M Three Mile Run	17:40.40
Gomez, Justin	M Three Mile Run	17:46.90
Yebra, Hugo	M Three Mile Run	17:48.70
Pickard, Matthew	M Three Mile Run	18:18.50
Tipton, Adam	M Three Mile Run	18:30.30
Berger, Ben	M Three Mile Run	19:21.60

Brownwood Girls’ Results

Burkett, Tori	F Two Mile Run	12:25.70
Romero, Jessica	F Two Mile Run	12:51.60
Hood, Julianne	F Two Mile Run	12:55.20
Hood, Victoria	F Two Mile Run	12:59.30
Strong, Ashley	F Two Mile Run	13:02.80
Bernal, Alex	F Two Mile Run	13:13.60
Lombrano, Micaela	F Two Mile Run	13:40.40