WACO, Texas — The Lamar Middle School 7th Grade Girls Cross Country team brought their season to a close on Wednesday evening at the HOT Soccer Complex in Waco, competing against the region's top distance runners in the Central Texas District Cross Country Championships.

Lamar Lady Bearcat Performances

Representing Lamar in the 2-mile season finale, two Lady Bearcats tackled the challenging course. Although Lamar did not field enough runners to qualify for the team standings, both athletes competed hard to cap off their cross country season:

Aaliyah Staples: 50th place — 17:02.54
Aniya Cunningham: 98th place — 20:38.02

Note: Lamar did not have any individual runners finish in the Top 20 for this championship meet.

Top 5 Individual Runners

The top individual finishers of the Central Texas District Championship 2-mile run were:

1st Place: Ella Lowe (River Valley MS) — 12:00.22
2nd Place: Sofia Lavado (River Valley MS) — 12:08.42
3rd Place: La'Kenzie Day (South Belton MS) — 12:49.06
4th Place: Avery Mikita (Lake Belton MS) — 12:54.41
5th Place: Madalyn Sadoskas (River Valley MS) — 13:06.30

District Team Standings

The final team standings for the district championship were as follows:

1st Place: River Valley MS — 35 points
2nd Place: Midway MS — 52 points
3rd Place: Lake Belton MS — 74 points
4th Place: South Belton MS — 75 points
5th Place: North Belton MS — 152 points
6th Place: Bonham MS — 173 points
7th Place: Belton MS — 190 points
8th Place: Copperas Cove MS — 204 points

Lamar MS, S C Lee MS, and Travis Science Academy MS had individual runners compete but did not have enough runners to qualify in the official team standings.