On Thursday, Rockdale High School junior Jesus Bocanegra won his sixth straight gold medal after taking first place at Lake Belton’s Bronco Invitational with a time of 16:35.2. Bocanegra has yet to lose a race this sea- son.
The Rockdale varsity boys also won the meet with a combined score of 44 (a team’s score is the places of a team’s top five runners added together, meaning the team with the lowest number of points wins the meet). Yovanney Delgadillo placed fifth, Cristo Hernandez finished eighth, Jose Tenorio placed 13th and Austin Caldwell finished 24th out of 117 runners.
Class 4A China Spring finished in second with a score of 109.
LADY TIGERS— 2021 regional qualifier Ciara Miles led the Lady Tigers, placing 38th overall with a time of 14:48.3, while Daniella Bocanegra, Logan Smallwood, Lucy Grivas and Aliana Ramos also racked up points to help the team finish ninth overall. For times and places, see the chart below.
THIS WEEK— Both the Tigers and the Lady Tigers race again on Saturday in Caldwell. This is the school’s final meet before returning to Caldwell again on Monday, Oct. 10, for the District 19-3A meet.
Rockdale Junior High also has their district championship that day.
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