Katy’s girls cross country team continued its dominant run and closed out its season in huge fashion, claiming the bronze medal and staking their claim as one of the top teams in the entire state.

Katy had all five of its finishers that counted towards the team score finish in the top 60. Victoria Guerrero was the teams top finisher, finishing 26^th in the race, while Lauren Acopa finished 45^th, Vienna Fish finished 55^th, Abby Lester finished 59^th and Avery Torrey finished 60^th.

Mayde Creek’s Jamie Klander was the top finisher from Katy ISD on either the boys or girls side as she came in 12^th place for the entire state, while her twin sister Claudie Klander finished 23^rd. As a team, the Rams came in 12^th place in their first ever state appearance, with Ava Gonzalez finishing 111^th, Sophia Ilagan finishing 113^th and Denise Perez finishing 145^th.

Jordan was the final girls team finisher in Katy ISD, earning the No. 16 spot as a team. Alice Frame finished 84^th overall for the Warriors, while Lilah Katz finished 118^th, Alejandra Sabgini finished 127^th, Emmy Hardin finished 131^st and Brooklyn Allen finished 142^nd.

Individually, Taylor’s Caroline Barrow finished 33^rd, while Casey Scherpereel finished 49^th for the Mustangs to cap off the day on the girls side for Katy ISD.

On the boys side, Tompkins led the way for Katy ISD by finishing 12^th as a team. The Falcons got a strong performance from Mathias Pitzel, who finished 33^rd overall, while Carter Malloy came in 80^th, Jordan Wood came in 93^rd, Diego Reyes cam in 107^th and Aaron Ramshaw came in 123^rd.

Katy was the other school to make it to the state tournament as a team from Katy ISD and the Tigers came in 15^th overall. Ryder Darcey led the way with an 81^st place finish, while Joshua Perez came in 85^th, Evan Couture came in 91^st, Payton Patters came in 127^th and Benjamin Robins came in 132^nd.

Individually, Elijah Emerson from Paetow had the second highest finish of anyone in Katy ISD on the boys side by coming in 35^th, while Cinco Ranch’s Alex Hahn Vadstein came in 56^th, Taylor’s Michael Klahn came in 58^th and Seven Lakes Samuel Garcia Camejo came in 99^th to cap off all of the Katy ISD finishers.

To finish things off for the school district, Freeman had its first person ever compete in the state championships at the 4A level and Imani Boakye came in 78^th overall on the girls side.

Following is the full list of finishers from Katy ISD at the UIL Cross Country State Championships

Class 6A

Girls

Individual

12. Jamie Klander, Mayde Creek, 18:18.20
13. Claudia Klander, Mayde Creek, 18:35.30
14. Victoria Guerrero, Katy, 18:37.00
15. Caroline Barrow, Taylor, 18:49.40
16. Lauren Acopa, Katy, 19:01.10
17. Casey Scherpereel, Taylor, 19:03.40
18. Vienna Fish, Katy, 19:07.70
19. Abby Lester, Katy, 19:10.40
20. Avery Torrey, Katy, 19:11.00
21. Alice Frame, Jordan, 19:35.30
22. Ava Gonzalez, Mayde Creek, 20:19.20
23. Sophia Ilagan, Mayde Creek, 20:23.00
24. Lilah Katz, Jordan, 20:28.20
25. Jasmine Avalos, Katy, 20:40.40
26. Alejandra Sagbini, Jordan, 20:42.80
27. Emmy Hardin, Jordan, 20:55.50
28. Brooklyn Allen, Jordan, 21:44.30
29. Jennifer Hernandez, Katy, 21:45.80
30. Claire Trykoski, Jordan, 22:03.30
31. Denise Perez, Mayde Creek, 22:22.70
32. Avery Rodgers, Jordan, 22:30.70
33. Jasmine Sanchez Mayde Creek, 23:36.70

Team

3. Katy
4. Mayde Creek
5. Jordan

Boys

Individual

33. Mathias Pitzel, Tompkins, 15:51.10
34. Elijah Emerson, Paetow, 15:51.40
35. Alex Hahn Vadstein, Cinco Ranch, 16:06.70
36. Michael Klahn, Taylor, 16:07.80
37. Carter Maloy, Tompkins, 16:20.90
38. Ryder Darcey, Katy, 16:21.10
39. Joshua Perez, Katy, 16:24.30
40. Evan Couture, Katy, 16:31.10
41. Jordan Wood, Tompkins, 16:32.60
42. Samuel Garcia Camejo, Seven Lakes, 16:34.10
43. Diego Reyes, Tompkins, 16:41.70
44. Aaron Ramshaw, Tompkins, 16:59.60
45. Payton Patters, Katy, 17:06.10
46. Benjamin Robins, Katy, 17:16.60
47. Matthew Garib, Tompkins, 117:17.40
48. Diego Mion, Katy, 17:20.30
49. Adeoluwa Fadesere, Tompkins, 17:51.20
50. Kade Schipper, Katy, 18:30.40

Team

12. Tompkins
13. Katy

Class 4A

Girls

Individual

78. Imani Boakye, Freeman, 12:46.40