A&M Consolidated's girls finished fourth in the UIL Class 5A cross country state championship on Saturday in Round Rock, and Rowen Skinner ran to a third-place individual medal, according to official UIL results.
Skinner covered the 5K course at Old Settlers Park in 18:01.5, behind only Lubbock's Amelia Anderson (17:47.1) and New Braunfels' Savanah Moya (17:56.0). She finished about 14 seconds behind the winner and 10 seconds ahead of the fourth-place runner, New Braunfels' Halle Bryant.
The meet was the first time College Station ISD sent all four of its high school cross country teams to state, and every one of them scored in the team standings.
Consol girls in the top four
New Braunfels won the girls title with 65 points, followed by Dallas Highland Park at 86 and Lucas Lovejoy at 117. Consol's 128 points placed the Tigers fourth, ahead of Melissa (174) and Boerne Champion (177), UIL results show.
Behind Skinner, Alexandra Staack finished 21st in 18:49.4 and Hayden Helms was 24th in 18:51.9, a tight second wave that kept Consol clear of the teams behind it. Gracie Pike and Virginia Stanton rounded out the Tigers' top five.
College Station High's girls scored 283 points for 11th place. Camryn Turner led the Cougars in 19:20.7, and Harper Merriman finished about five seconds later.
College Station boys sixth
On the boys side, College Station High finished sixth with 159 points. Austin LASA won with 94, Weslaco East was second with 98 and Dallas Wilson third with 113, with Lovejoy and Grapevine between Wilson and the Cougars.
Tallis Green led the Cougars in 15:57.7, and Mikas Yohannes ran 16:13.0. College Station's depth helped it stay in the top six. Nicholas Conn, Nathan Krammer and Gabriel Vieira Pereira finished within nine seconds of one another to fill out the scoring.
