Boys Cross Country captures SPC Record 8th Championship
Highlander athletes finish the fall season on a high note, setting records and taking home a 1st place win for Boys Cross Country at the SPC Championships.
“We are incredibly proud and thrilled to announce the results of the SPC Cross Country Championships held last Saturday morning in the piney forest of Spring Creek Park in Tomball, Texas,” said Head Track and Field Coach Gilbert Tuhabonye. “Both races were highly competitive, and the Highlanders stuck to their race plan of getting out (patience), holding steady (pace yourselves), and finishing strong (push to the end).
“They also showcased their trademark strategy of running together to continually move up through the pack in a sport that emphasizes the T-E-A-M over individual athletes that competed at SPC Championships,” he said.
What’s more, the Varsity Boys Cross Country team garnered a SPC record 8th championship at this November’s tournament.
"Varsity Boys Cross Country captured their second consecutive SPC 3A Championship—8th Overall—at the Fall SPC Championships behind an incredible showing of senior, Reed Robinson, who won 2nd Place Overall," said SAS Athletics Director, Thomas Sale. "Two additional runners also finished in the Top 10, receiving All-SPC honors."
Added to these wins, Varsity Girls Cross Country finished second overall in the SPC 3A Championship race. The team had two top-ten finishers and received personal bests from several runners to overtake Awty at the end of the race according to Sale.
Volleyball and Field Hockey Wins
It’s not just the trails where St. Andrew’s Highlanders made their mark, athletes took home wins and set records in volleyball and field hockey at the Fall SPC Championships this November as well.
Varsity Girls Volleyball set a school record this year with Varsity Girls Volleyball making its second consecutive SPC 3A Semifinal appearance and setting a school record for wins in a season — 30 — after beating Fort Worth Country Day in the opening round of the SPC Tournament.
Additionally, Varsity Field Hockey beat Holland Hall in the opening round of the SPC Tournament en route to the highest finish in program history of 4th Place, said Sale.
