Erath High School cross country runners qualifying for state include, front row, Makayla Vice, Alexa Tarin-Carlon, Isabelle Hardin and Abigail Theall. On the back row are Cadn Lange, Lawson Broussard and Carlos Arellano. Erath’s boys placed fourth at regionals as a team and the girls placed fifth as a team.
The Kaplan High boys’ cross country team qualified for state with a sixth-place team finish at regionals. From left on the back row are Ethan Owens, Troy Norwood, Ross Primeaux, Gunner Bourque and Lane Turnley. Girls competing for KHS at regionals included Bailey Stelly, Ariel Hebert, Breah Harrington and Gabrielle Maraist, with Harrington qualifying for state as an individual runner.
Andrew Courville of North Vermilion qualified for state.
Abigail Hebert of North Vermilion qualified for state.
Breah Harrington of Kaplan qualified for state.
The Erath boys' cross country team finished fourth and the girls finished fifth at regionals to qualify for the state cross country meet in Natchitoches on Nov. 13.
Parish athletes qualify for state cross country meet
Several Vermilion Parish athletes qualified for the state cross country meet to be held on Monday, Nov. 13, at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.
Athletes qualify for state in five divisions with three regions each that are divided into 22-plus schools each, select and non-select combined. The top eight schools from each region and the top 25 individuals (if that person’s team does not qualify) will compete at state.
In Division II Region 1, North Vermilion competed at Acadiana Park in Lafayette on Thursday.
North Vermilion’s Andrew Courville qualified for state by placing 22nd overall in a time of 18:01.7. Brylee Moreau finished 15th in a time of 21:25.5 for NVHS and Abigail Hebert was 24th in a time of 22:06.8 to qualify.
In Division III Region 2, the Erath girls team qualified, finishing 5th as a team with Alexa Tarin-Carlon finishing ninth overall with a time of 20:22.2, Isabelle Hardin 13th in 20:43.6, Abigail Theall 22nd in 22:12.5 and Makayla Vice 25th in 22:26.5. Also on the qualifying team for Erath were Heather Hardin, Braelyn Nelson and Zayli Vincent. Kaplan’s Breah Harrington qualified by placing 23rd overall with a time of 22:15.5.
On the boys side, Erath High and Kaplan qualified as teams, finishing fourth and sixth, respectively. For Erath, Cadn Lange finished 17th overall in a time of 17:27.6, Lawson Broussard 19th in 17:34.5 and Carlos Arellano 22nd in 17:58.4. Also competing for the qualifying team for Erath were Parker Blanchard, Braxton Bright, Connor Lange and Kalex Cornner.
Members of the Kaplan High qualifying team were Ethan Owens, Troy Norwood, Ross Primeaux, Lane Turnley and Gunner Bourque. Girls competing for Kaplan in addition to Harrington were Bailey Stelly, Ariel Hebert and Gabrielle Maraist.