This is a young XC team, but they are lead this year by Senior Team Captains Wesley Vargas and Matthew Perez, who are both providing fantastic leadership for a very young but competitive team. Coach Brimmer had this to say about the youth of this XC team: “We are a very young team, with several freshman and sophomore boys providing the bulk of our varsity team.”

Among these competitors is Freshman Nathan Morales, who has been a top runner in several of the meets that have taken place during the school year so far. When asked about his experience this year as a Freshman on the cross country team, Nathan said: “It’s not as important running by yourself. It’s more important to run as a team.”

Wesley Vargas, one of the team co-captains was asked about his leadership role with the XC track team this year, and had this to say: “Cross country is a team sport…it might not seem like it. You cannot get though a race by yourself; we’ve been focused on a pack staying with each other. That’s how we’ve been scoring so high.”

Now it’s on to TAPPS state finals in Waco on October 21st. Go Buttons!