Kelly, Cardinals find success at A&M Invitational

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Kelly, Cardinals find success at A&M Invitational

Van Wade

The Orange Leader

COLLEGE STATION — The Bridge City Cardinal cross country teams placed extremely well running at the Texas A&M Invitational Cross Country Meet Saturday against a field that included over 100 runners in each race.

Cardinal senior Ryan Kelly zipped to a teriffic first-place finish in the Class 3A Division, covering the three-mile course in 17 minutes, 21 seconds.

“Individually he (Kelly) did incredible,†said Cardinal head coach Cody Knight. “We did really well. t was a tough hot race. It was nearly 95-degrees so our times were not the best but we competed well.â€

Both the Cardinal girls and boys placed a solid fourth in their respective Class 3A divisions.

Kelly was followed by Cardinal teammates Tim Cude (14th, 18:47), Kirby Shepherd (17th, 19:18), Brandon Simoneaux (22nd, 19:33), Sawyer Hogan (26th, 19:59), Armando Chavez (52nd, 20:34), Josh Blakeney (62nd, 20:49), Hunter Stevens (74th, 21.04), Mark Virva (91st, 21:40), Jacob Worthington (106th, 22:45), Bryan Godwin (124th, 23:41), Aaron Hodges (126th, 23.50), and Matthew Wappler (137th, 25:00).

“We did a really good job,†Knight added. “We have high expectations this year and we want to be in the state meet in November. This team showed right now we are not up to par with some teams in our region that competed with us today. The times were close enough though that the difference can be made up.â€

Freshman Mary Nguyen paced the Lady Cardinals, finishing 12th over a two-mile course in 13.43. She was followed by teammates Jessica Franklin (20th, 14:06), Lisa Huynh *(34th, 14:39), Shae Garriga (36th, 14:39), Ariel Chesson (39th, 14:46), Lan Vu (53rd, 15.21), Melissa Pittman (58th, 15:26), Kim Truong (88th, 17:33) and Sarah Fontenot (91st, 17:58).

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Congrats to Ryan and the team!

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Ryan is also nominated for the Orangeleader athlete of the week.  Click on this link to cast your vote for Ryan Kelly.

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