This weekend the Lions and Lady Lions XC teams went to San Antonio and competed in a super fun and competitive season opener in the Pieper Warrior Scramble 6 mile relay. The girls competed on teams of 4, 1.5 miles each leg, and the boys competed in pairs of 1.5 miles each, ran twice alternating for a total of three miles each. It was a new and unique experience for most of the runners, and they handled it well and adapted to the concept well. I was so proud of how each kid competed with bravery and guts each time it was their turn to run. We gathered a lot of important data and feedback on the kids, their early season standings, and their improvements from our time trials. What I was most impressed with is that our entire teams averaged between 2-3 min improvement on their 1.5 mile intervals, showing they have a lot in the tank! We came home with three teams medaling in the 6A JV division and everyone setting improved times. Team A Ozona Girls: Cameran Ochoa, Audrey Upham, Claire Bean, Ysa Esparza - 2nd place Team B Ozona Girls: Serena Diehl, Kailyn Preddy, Mia Rodriguez, Jaylynn Tijerina 10th place (out of 16 teams) Team A Boys: Corey Ybarra / Braden Claburn 7th place overall out of 22 teams Our next two meets are: Wednesday August 24th, MS Boys and Girls, in Eldorado Saturday Sept 3rd Crane all divisions Please congratulate ALL XC runners, as they all competed and represented Ozona well.