Schrader, Wacker lead way at Cougar Classic XC
Last weekend at the University of Houston's Cougar Classic Cross Country Invitational, the high school runners competed against one another by grade.
Two of the individual race winners - Kingwood Park freshman Bree Schrader and Clear Lake junior Jeanette Wacker - were very recognizable names and some might have expected them to win.
Schrader, who got her start running the Run The Woodlands 5K Series as a child with her father, Chris, actually ran the two-mile course faster than any other girl last Saturday with a two-mile time of 12:06, besting by a second the effort of Alvin's Brittany Robertson, a senior.
Wacker, meanwhile, is one of the top young duathletes in the country.
She is in Hamburg, Germany this weekend representing the United States as she will compete in the 16-19 age group at the ITU Sprint Distance World Championships. Her event tomorrow will feature a 750-meter swim, 22-kilometer (14-mile) bike and a 5-kilometer run.
The 16-year-old was recently featured in a story in the Bay Area Citizen.
Beyond Schrader and Robertson, the next six best times among all four classes belonged to - no surprise - Clear Lake runners, including Wacker.
Finishing second to Schrader in the freshman division was Lake's Brittney Wade, who finished in 12:22.
The boys race in the senior division found St. Pius X' Joey D'Eramo edging out Kingwood's Ryan Bennett by one second with a two-mile winning time of 10:06.
Two of the individual race winners - Kingwood Park freshman Bree Schrader and Clear Lake junior Jeanette Wacker - were very recognizable names and some might have expected them to win.
Schrader, who got her start running the Run The Woodlands 5K Series as a child with her father, Chris, actually ran the two-mile course faster than any other girl last Saturday with a two-mile time of 12:06, besting by a second the effort of Alvin's Brittany Robertson, a senior.
Wacker, meanwhile, is one of the top young duathletes in the country.
She is in Hamburg, Germany this weekend representing the United States as she will compete in the 16-19 age group at the ITU Sprint Distance World Championships. Her event tomorrow will feature a 750-meter swim, 22-kilometer (14-mile) bike and a 5-kilometer run.
The 16-year-old was recently featured in a story in the Bay Area Citizen.
Beyond Schrader and Robertson, the next six best times among all four classes belonged to - no surprise - Clear Lake runners, including Wacker.
Finishing second to Schrader in the freshman division was Lake's Brittney Wade, who finished in 12:22.
The boys race in the senior division found St. Pius X' Joey D'Eramo edging out Kingwood's Ryan Bennett by one second with a two-mile winning time of 10:06.
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