Zephyr boys lead Brown County contingent with fourth-place effort at Brownwood Invitational

August 27, 2025 at 5:56 pm Derrick Stuckly

Zephyr Bulldog Booster Club Facebook photo – The Zephyr Bulldogs finished fourth in the varsity boys team standings to lead the charge of Brown County schools Wednesday at the Brownwood Invitational at Riverside Park (Additional photos included with story)

Most of Brown County’s cross country programs took part in the Brownwood Invitational Wednesday at Riverside Park, with the Zephyr Bulldogs leading the charge with a fourth-place finish in varsity boys action.

The Bulldogs finished behind only Jim Ned (98), Killeen Shoemaker (98), Abilene High (146) in a 26-team field comprised of 203 runners.

Aaron Fagan placed fourth overall for the Bulldogs in a time of 16:38.4, followed by Spencer Marwitz (11th, 17:13.72), Reese Hamm (49th, 18:42.82), Slade Butler (57th, 18:49.23), Ethan Prochaska (67th, 18:59.35), Chris Armstrong (95th, 19:36.84), CJ Byers (103rd, 19:45.98), Riley McCuller (128th, 20:21.12), and Cooper Walls (135th, 20:41.05).

The rest of the boys and girls results for Brown County varsity programs are as follows:

Blanket Tigers 15th – 399 points

Alex Valdes (34th, 18:19.1)

Wyatt Meadows (63rd, 18:56.59)

Leo Valdes (73rd, 19:05.36)

Aiden Buckner (123rd, 20:15.63)

Karter Keel (174th, 23:08.98)

Gunner Jones (197th, 27:33.39)

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Bangs Dragons 16th – 424 points

Noe Martinez (22nd, 18:00.27)

Brennan Mendieta (86th, 19:29.63)