It was a clean sweep for the Wylie Pirates cross country teams, as the boys and girls programs took first place at the District 9-6A championships.

Wylie won the boys’ championship with a total of 15 points, running away with a dominant performance after reaching the state championships last season. They were followed by Wylie East (71 points) and Sachse (79 points) as the other two district programs who qualified for the regional title on Oct. 24.

Hunter Jackson took home first place, while the Pirates had the top seven runners at the district meet. He was followed by Caden Biltz, Landin Wolfe, Mateo Guzman and Nathan Moore as the top five runners who accumulated points.

Wylie East finished as runners-up thanks to a strong showing from Kyler Guinn and Alessandro Garcia, who finished seventh and eighth. Keigan Trussell (17:39.2) ran in 11th and Benjamin Greer (18:27.3) in 17th as the other top 20 runners for the Raiders.

The Pirates girls’ team finished first overall with a total of 29, followed by Wylie East (48 points) and Sachse (62 points) again as the other regional qualifiers.

Liv Lambert finished first overall for the Pirates in the girls’ meet, followed by teammate Abigail Bray in second place. It was Lambert’s second consecutive first-place finish at the district championship and third top-two finish in three years. She finished 35 seconds ahead of the next fastest runner at the meet.

For the Lady Raiders, Madison Akers and Oluwabusayomi Ojo crossed the finish line in fourth and fifth place.

Wylie and Wylie East’s cross country teams will race at the Region II-6A championship at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie with the chance to qualify for state. For the full top 10 results, see below.

	1	1	12519	Hunter Jackson	Wylie High	15:51.5	5:06 / mi
	2	2	12504	Caden Biltz	Wylie High	15:57.1	5:08 / mi
	3	3	12525	Landin Wolfe	Wylie High	16:13.6	5:14 / mi
	4	4	12528	Mateo Guzman	Wylie High	16:20.6	5:16 / mi
	5	5	12533	Nathan Moore	Wylie High	16:28.6	5:18 / mi
	6	(6)	12546	Zach Brumfield	Wylie High	16:45.4	5:24 / mi
	7	(7)	12516	Euaiel Aklile	Wylie High	16:46.3	5:24 / mi
	8	8	12489	Kyler Guinn	Wylie East	17:11.2	5:32 / mi
	9	9	12478	Alessandro Garcia	Wylie East	17:13.7	5:33 / mi
	10	10	12426	Bryan Padierna	North Garland	17:37.8	5:41 / mi

	1	1	12349	Liv Lambert	Wylie High	19:21.7	6:14 / mi
	2	2	12336	Abigail Bray	Wylie High	19:57.3	6:26 / mi
	3	3	12260	Ella Eischen	Garland Sachse	20:01.6	6:27 / mi
	4	4	12328	Madison Akers	Wylie East	20:12.9	6:31 / mi
	5	5	12331	Oluwabusayomi Ojo	Wylie East	20:13.9	6:31 / mi
	6	6	12340	Autumn Boyd	Wylie High	20:15.1	6:31 / mi
	7	7	12257	Ana Ortega	Garland Sachse	20:25.4	6:35 / mi
	8	8	12275	Abigail Perez	North Garland	20:40.3	6:40 / mi
	9	9	12348	Kyler Eiben	Wylie High	20:55.9	6:45 / mi
	10	10	12313	Alexis Schmidt	Wylie East	21:04.6	6:47 / mi

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