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Sterling girls deliver coach district title
By Dave Rogers
The Baytown Sun Published October 30, 2009 Sterling girls’ cross country coach Christie Speights got a big present last month when she gave birth to a baby boy.
Her Lady Rangers gave her another present Thursday.
Senior Mykia Jackson and freshman Allyson Manchestor finished second and third individually to lead Sterling to its second straight team title in the District 21-5A cross country meet held at Gentry Junior School.
The Lady Rangers also got a sixth-place finish from sophomore Torionna Benn in edging Port Arthur Memorial 57-58 for first place in the team scoring.
“We won last year, but I knew going into it, it was going to be another tight race, because everybody was pretty even,” Speights said.
The Lady Ranger coach just returned from maternity leave two weeks ago, but during her absence, Cristina Mancheno, a former Lee College tennis champion in her first year as Speights’ assistant coach, oversaw the team’s practices and competitions.
“The kids have worked hard this year,” Speights said. “They were working hard before I left, but she (Mancheno) maintained it. I owe her big. I easily could have come back from my leave and not had a team.”
The top three teams and 10 individuals from the varsity races advance to compete in the Region III-5A meet next Saturday, Nov. 7, at North Harris County Community College.
Besides Sterling and Memorial, West Brook finished third among 21-5A girls and will be taking a team to regionals. Two actually, since the Bruin boys finished second to Channelview in the boys’ team standings. North Shore placed third among boys.
Individually, Lee qualified one girl runner for regionals in fifth-place finisher Marlene Martinez. The Lady Ganders were sixth in the team standings.
Sterling senior Stephone Leaks finished third in the boys’ race, an improvement from fourth a year ago, and Lee junior Javier Mata finished fourth. They are the only two to advance to boys’ regionals from their two schools as the Ganders placed fourth and Sterling did not have the minimum five runners required for a team.
Jackson is known as “KeKe” around Sterling, where she’s better known as a volleyball and basketball player than a runner. She ran in only two cross country meets this season prior to Thursday, yet she led all the girl runners for most of the two-mile race.
“They started catching up with me as we were finishing the first lap and someone (West Brook’s Ashley Wright) came and caught me,” Jackson said. “I kept trying to keep up my pace.”
Wright covered the muddy course in 14 minutes, 32 seconds and Jackson was second in 14:38 with Manchestor next at 15:01.
All of Tuesday’s runners believed the standing water and mud which made for some hard slogging added as much as two minutes to their finishing time.
Christopher Gutierrez won the 5,000-meter boys race in 17:23 with Anthony Aguinaga of Channelview next in 17:43. Leaks and Mata crossed in 18:17 and 18:24.
21-5A cross country
Varsity boys
Team scores – 1, Channelview 44; 2, West Brook 46; 3, North Shore 56; 4, Lee 79; 5, Port Arthur Memorial 138.
Top 10 individuals – 1, Christopher Gutierrez, NS, 17:23; 2, Anthony Aguinaga, Chvw; 3, Stephone Leaks, RSS; 4, Javier Mata, REL; 5, Gilberto Diaz, NS; 6, Leonard Thomas, WB; 7, Melvin Turman, Chvw; 8, Sergio Gallardo, Chvw; 9, Gabriel Johnson, WB; 10, Tyler Walters, WB.
Lee (4th place) -- 4, Javier Mata; 13, Daniel Vasquez; 22, Jhovan Huerta; 23, Raymon Diaz; 25, Aaron Lozaya; 27, Mauricio Morfin; 28, Eleazar Hernandez.
Sterling (did not have minimum of five runners) -- 3, Stephone Leaks; 18, Fernando Pesso; 30, Riccardo Noguez; 32, Justin Hitesman.
Varsity girls
Team scores – 1, Sterling 57; 2, Port Arthur Memorial 58; 3, West Brook 71; 4, North Shore 85; 5, Channelview 105; 6, Lee 110.
Top 10 individuals – 1, Ashley Wright, WB, 14:32; 2, Mykia Jackson, RSS; 3, Allyson Manchestor; 4, Elizabeth Gawron, NS; 5, Marlene Martinez, Lee; 6, Torionna Benn, RSS; 7, Kee-Asha Johnson, PAM; 8, Kele Gibson, NS; 9, Kayishia White, PAM; 10, Tierra Ducote, PAM.
Sterling (1st place) -- 2, Mykia Jackson; 3, Allyson Machestor; 6, Torionna Benn; 20, Esmerelda DeLeon; 26, Sylvia Garcia; 31, Kaylyn Tovar; 34, Karen Rangel.
Lee (6th place) -- 5, Marlene Martinez; 21, Anna Lopez; 22, Evalena Porras; 29, Cobi Phillips; 33, Taylin Inniss; 37, Naquashia Burleson.
JV boys
Team scores – 1, Lee 29; 2, West Brook 62; 3, Channelview 77; 4, North Shore 82; 5, PA Memorial 101.
Lee (1st place) -- 1, James Fawsett; 3, Isaac Tamayo; 5, Noel Perez; 9, Santiago Garcia; 11, Christian Perez; 18, Joseph Halsead; 22, Ivan Gonzalez; 24, Nathan Woods; 30, Jose Cano; 3, Dillian Frederick; 41, Louis Salazar.
Sterling (did not have minimum five runners) -- 12, Zachary Holt; 17, Jonahan Velasquez; 34, Miguel Medina.
JV girls
Team scores – 1, North Shore 27; 2, Sterling 58; 3, Channelview 76; 4, PA Memorial 103; 5, Lee 105; 6, West Brook 136.
Sterling (2nd place) -- 5, Christian Schuler; 8, Jennifer Iroanya; 11, Yuridia Padrou; 14, Rosa Valdovinos; 20, Stephanie Osegueda; 21, Jayland Mayes; 29, Yazmin Goudeau; 35, Ana Vega; 38, Tera Tegler; 41, Abigail Grant; 44, Kimberly Torres; 48, Morgan Miller.
Lee (5th place) -- 7, Madison Toles; 18, Dariela Ramirez; 24, Shanice Davis; 25, Hamilton Hunter; 32, Gloria Castillo; 46, Jessica Charlemagne; 52, Amber Cerda.
Freshman boys
Team scores – 1, Sterling 27; 2, Lee 34; 3, West Brook 62
Sterling (1st place) – 4, Jorge Gonzalez; 6, Angel Huerta; 7, Felipe Martinez; 9, Craig Bougouneau; 10, Javier Leija; 18, Daniel Iaroyana.
Lee (2nd place) – 1, Hebert Diaz; 2, Efrain Hernandez; 12, Jamie Castillo; 15, Luis Pina; 17, Omar Gonzalez; 24, Fernando Polumas.
Open boys
Team scores – 1, West Brook 21, 2, Channelview 34.
Lee – 1, Pablo Marisglia; 3, Miguel Sierra; 11, Alex Hernandez; 12, Martin Rodriguez.
Sterling – 7, Rahul Raj Gangahed.
Open girls
Team scores – 1, West Brook 15.
The Baytown Sun Published October 30, 2009 Sterling girls’ cross country coach Christie Speights got a big present last month when she gave birth to a baby boy.
Her Lady Rangers gave her another present Thursday.
Senior Mykia Jackson and freshman Allyson Manchestor finished second and third individually to lead Sterling to its second straight team title in the District 21-5A cross country meet held at Gentry Junior School.
The Lady Rangers also got a sixth-place finish from sophomore Torionna Benn in edging Port Arthur Memorial 57-58 for first place in the team scoring.
“We won last year, but I knew going into it, it was going to be another tight race, because everybody was pretty even,” Speights said.
The Lady Ranger coach just returned from maternity leave two weeks ago, but during her absence, Cristina Mancheno, a former Lee College tennis champion in her first year as Speights’ assistant coach, oversaw the team’s practices and competitions.
“The kids have worked hard this year,” Speights said. “They were working hard before I left, but she (Mancheno) maintained it. I owe her big. I easily could have come back from my leave and not had a team.”
The top three teams and 10 individuals from the varsity races advance to compete in the Region III-5A meet next Saturday, Nov. 7, at North Harris County Community College.
Besides Sterling and Memorial, West Brook finished third among 21-5A girls and will be taking a team to regionals. Two actually, since the Bruin boys finished second to Channelview in the boys’ team standings. North Shore placed third among boys.
Individually, Lee qualified one girl runner for regionals in fifth-place finisher Marlene Martinez. The Lady Ganders were sixth in the team standings.
Sterling senior Stephone Leaks finished third in the boys’ race, an improvement from fourth a year ago, and Lee junior Javier Mata finished fourth. They are the only two to advance to boys’ regionals from their two schools as the Ganders placed fourth and Sterling did not have the minimum five runners required for a team.
Jackson is known as “KeKe” around Sterling, where she’s better known as a volleyball and basketball player than a runner. She ran in only two cross country meets this season prior to Thursday, yet she led all the girl runners for most of the two-mile race.
“They started catching up with me as we were finishing the first lap and someone (West Brook’s Ashley Wright) came and caught me,” Jackson said. “I kept trying to keep up my pace.”
Wright covered the muddy course in 14 minutes, 32 seconds and Jackson was second in 14:38 with Manchestor next at 15:01.
All of Tuesday’s runners believed the standing water and mud which made for some hard slogging added as much as two minutes to their finishing time.
Christopher Gutierrez won the 5,000-meter boys race in 17:23 with Anthony Aguinaga of Channelview next in 17:43. Leaks and Mata crossed in 18:17 and 18:24.
21-5A cross country
Varsity boys
Team scores – 1, Channelview 44; 2, West Brook 46; 3, North Shore 56; 4, Lee 79; 5, Port Arthur Memorial 138.
Top 10 individuals – 1, Christopher Gutierrez, NS, 17:23; 2, Anthony Aguinaga, Chvw; 3, Stephone Leaks, RSS; 4, Javier Mata, REL; 5, Gilberto Diaz, NS; 6, Leonard Thomas, WB; 7, Melvin Turman, Chvw; 8, Sergio Gallardo, Chvw; 9, Gabriel Johnson, WB; 10, Tyler Walters, WB.
Lee (4th place) -- 4, Javier Mata; 13, Daniel Vasquez; 22, Jhovan Huerta; 23, Raymon Diaz; 25, Aaron Lozaya; 27, Mauricio Morfin; 28, Eleazar Hernandez.
Sterling (did not have minimum of five runners) -- 3, Stephone Leaks; 18, Fernando Pesso; 30, Riccardo Noguez; 32, Justin Hitesman.
Varsity girls
Team scores – 1, Sterling 57; 2, Port Arthur Memorial 58; 3, West Brook 71; 4, North Shore 85; 5, Channelview 105; 6, Lee 110.
Top 10 individuals – 1, Ashley Wright, WB, 14:32; 2, Mykia Jackson, RSS; 3, Allyson Manchestor; 4, Elizabeth Gawron, NS; 5, Marlene Martinez, Lee; 6, Torionna Benn, RSS; 7, Kee-Asha Johnson, PAM; 8, Kele Gibson, NS; 9, Kayishia White, PAM; 10, Tierra Ducote, PAM.
Sterling (1st place) -- 2, Mykia Jackson; 3, Allyson Machestor; 6, Torionna Benn; 20, Esmerelda DeLeon; 26, Sylvia Garcia; 31, Kaylyn Tovar; 34, Karen Rangel.
Lee (6th place) -- 5, Marlene Martinez; 21, Anna Lopez; 22, Evalena Porras; 29, Cobi Phillips; 33, Taylin Inniss; 37, Naquashia Burleson.
JV boys
Team scores – 1, Lee 29; 2, West Brook 62; 3, Channelview 77; 4, North Shore 82; 5, PA Memorial 101.
Lee (1st place) -- 1, James Fawsett; 3, Isaac Tamayo; 5, Noel Perez; 9, Santiago Garcia; 11, Christian Perez; 18, Joseph Halsead; 22, Ivan Gonzalez; 24, Nathan Woods; 30, Jose Cano; 3, Dillian Frederick; 41, Louis Salazar.
Sterling (did not have minimum five runners) -- 12, Zachary Holt; 17, Jonahan Velasquez; 34, Miguel Medina.
JV girls
Team scores – 1, North Shore 27; 2, Sterling 58; 3, Channelview 76; 4, PA Memorial 103; 5, Lee 105; 6, West Brook 136.
Sterling (2nd place) -- 5, Christian Schuler; 8, Jennifer Iroanya; 11, Yuridia Padrou; 14, Rosa Valdovinos; 20, Stephanie Osegueda; 21, Jayland Mayes; 29, Yazmin Goudeau; 35, Ana Vega; 38, Tera Tegler; 41, Abigail Grant; 44, Kimberly Torres; 48, Morgan Miller.
Lee (5th place) -- 7, Madison Toles; 18, Dariela Ramirez; 24, Shanice Davis; 25, Hamilton Hunter; 32, Gloria Castillo; 46, Jessica Charlemagne; 52, Amber Cerda.
Freshman boys
Team scores – 1, Sterling 27; 2, Lee 34; 3, West Brook 62
Sterling (1st place) – 4, Jorge Gonzalez; 6, Angel Huerta; 7, Felipe Martinez; 9, Craig Bougouneau; 10, Javier Leija; 18, Daniel Iaroyana.
Lee (2nd place) – 1, Hebert Diaz; 2, Efrain Hernandez; 12, Jamie Castillo; 15, Luis Pina; 17, Omar Gonzalez; 24, Fernando Polumas.
Open boys
Team scores – 1, West Brook 21, 2, Channelview 34.
Lee – 1, Pablo Marisglia; 3, Miguel Sierra; 11, Alex Hernandez; 12, Martin Rodriguez.
Sterling – 7, Rahul Raj Gangahed.
Open girls
Team scores – 1, West Brook 15.