Results Summaries from the Current Season's Competitions

Fall 2024

This revamped page now contains a summary of the results from the current season's competitions.

Stories and results from prior seasons can be found on the revamped archive page.

Willow Springs MS Cumulative Results

Fall 2024

Notes

• The course for the Melissa meet was nowhere near a full 3200m (more like 1½ miles).
• Individual times and finishes were not provided for the Area meet.

General

• today marked Lovejoy's 6th double podium appearance with the girls placing 2nd and the boys winning 1st
• weather was overcast, low 70s, 7 mph breeze — quite comfortable for running
• construction in the park caused some course changes which flattened out the middle part of the course
• good parent turnout, and LISD Superintendent Katie Kordel and LHS Principal Justin Wieller awarded the medals and trophies to the Lovejoy runners and coaches

Girls Championship Race [results]

• Lovejoy finished behind Comal Smithson Valley and ahead of Aledo by a score of 54-97-145; the girls order of finish was 5-17-23-35-27 (29-52) in a race with 148 finishers
• Lady Leopards wanted the 4-peat, but that was optimistic considering the runners who graduated from last fall's 3-peat championship
• Lovejoy girls did very well just by getting on the podium at State this fall — quite an accomplishment
• Lovejoy beat 3rd place Aledo who we've been keeping an eye on all season (Aledo was the girls main challenger last fall at State)
• Smithson Valley won 1st coming out of nowhere — they didn't even register in the CCCAT top-10 rankings until the 3rd poll on 11-Sep
• Smithson Valley peaked at State with 2 of their top-5 runners hitting PRs and another 2 of their top-5 within 5 seconds of a PR; all of the Smithson Valley top-5 runners finished before Lovejoy could get its #2 in (this race was not close)
• only 1 of Smithson Valley's runners is a senior, so they should be back near the top next fall
• Cam Benson finished 9th overall and received an individual top-10 medal
• Bridget was #2 for Lovejoy before Campbell led in the scoring pack with Sofia and Sophie
• Lovejoy's 1-5 split time was 1:01.1, but Smithson Valley had a 0:53.3 and Aledo's was 2:21.5
• Boerne Champion junior Elizabeth Leachman won the individual title by 52.8 seconds

Boys Championship Race [results]

• Lovejoy finished ahead of Boerne and Frisco Wakeland by a score of 77-137-153; the boys order of finish was 3-8-10-23-33 (35-49) in a race with 151 finishers
• this was the boys 5th State championship, and one that Coach Kelly forecasted 5 years ago
• another unexpected order of finish with only Will Carlson where you expected him to be
• scoring started with Tristan, Will, and Joey all finishing in the top-10 in scoring; neither of the other 2 podium teams had a single runner in the top-10 in scoring
• then a wait to see who of the remaining 4 would close out the scoring; turned out to be Liam and Tyler
• 46.4-second split time was relatively high for the guys this season
• Lovejoy's top-5 average time (16:16.1) was also higher than their season average, but comfortably ahead of 2nd place Boerne (16:32.3) and 3rd place Friso Wakeland (16:36.4); Lovejoy boys really were in a class of their own
• Tristan Arceneau finished 9th overall and received an individual top-10 medal
• Anna senior Bryce Denton (who Lovejoy has now raced against 4 times this fall) won the individual title by 15.1 seconds
• looking at the CCCAT final rankings, it's interesting how far off they were from the actual results at State (except for listing the Lovejoy boys 1st all season long)

Lovejoy State Trophy Count

	girls	boys
Gold	5	5
Silver	2	4
Bronze	0	2

General

• the course seemed long: Lovejoy's times were inexplicably slower this year — 32.38 seconds on average for the girls, and 20.68 seconds for the boys
• the course also looked to be in very good shape, albeit quite hard
• the spirit bus was full, but not much face paint this year; lots of parents showed up — very cool for a Tuesday

UIL 5A Region II Girls XC Championship race [5A girls results]

• the Lovejoy XC girls have won their 5th Region 2 Championship in a row
• since 2016 when Coach Carly Littlefield arrived at Lovejoy, the girls have risen in their Region finishes as follows: 6th, 9th, 5th, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st
• junior Camryn Benson (1st in 18:26.07) easily won the individual championship (by 13.24 seconds over a McKinney North runner)
• senior Campbell Lester (6th in 18:52.16) and junior Bridget Bernal (8th in 18:53.23) also had top-10 finishes and sub-19-minute times
• junior Sophie Brooks (11th in 19:09.86) and junior Sofia Dominguez (13th in 19:11.3) were close behind and finished Lovejoy's scoring
• all Lovejoy girls finished in the top 20 (174 finishers in the race — Region has by far the largest fields of the UIL championship races)
• even with Cam so far out front, the 1-5 split time was 45.86 seconds; Bridget back in the lineup helped
• the score was lopsided with Lovejoy defeating the other 3 State qualifiers (Wakeland, Highland Park, Frisco Reedy) by a score of 39-88-111-132

UIL 5A Region II Boys XC Championship race [5A boys results]

• the Lovejoy XC boys have now qualified for State as a team for 17 seasons in a row
• the boys have won the UIL 5A Region 2 Championship for 9 seasons in a row and 10 seasons overall (LHS has only existed for 19 XC seasons)
• the Lovejoy boys under Head Coach Logan Kelly are undefeated at Region
• Lovejoy's top-5 runners all finished in the top-15 in scoring
• split time was again low: 28.67 seconds
• sophomore Tristan Arceneau (4th in scoring at 15:58.24) led the Leopards today followed by senior Will Carlson (6th in 16:07.78)
• Lovejoy's victory was sealed by the scoring pack of senior Liam Dunleavy (13th in 16:20.69), senior Aaron Wimbish (14th in 16:22.66) and senior Jack Thompson (15th in 16:26.91)
• Lovejoy significantly beat the other 3 State qualifiers by a score of 52-121-141-141 (Wakeland, Highland Park, McKinney North)

General

• most importantly, both boys and girls are both headed to 5A Region 2 XC Championships
• perfect or near perfect scores across the board (range = 15 to 22 points)
• 2nd place opponents scored from 45 to 70 points
• most dominant performance by the girls ever
• boys actually had some decent competition, but prevailed easily

Girls Races

• Varsity Girls [results]: first 7 finishers were all Lovejoy; Cam way out front for the individual championship; 1-5 avg of 18:57.4 — that’s 1:24.8 ahead of 2nd place; split time of 1:00.3, not bad
• JV Girls[results]: first 12 finishers were Lovejoy (best finish since 2008 when none of the other schools brought a JV Girls squad to District); Cailee wins the individual championship by 0.8 second over Dominique, and 5.9 seconds over Rachel Wheeler; 41.6-second split time; 28 of the first 35 finishers were Lovejoy

Boys Races

• Varsity Boys[results]: 5 of the first 7 finishers were Lovejoy; Anna runner Bryce Denton wins individual championship by 22.5 seconds over Joey; 26.9-second split time; all Lovejoy runners in the top 14 finishers with 46 total finishers
• JV Boys[results]: 5 of the top-6 finishers were Lovejoy; Arjun wins the individual championship by 10.7 seconds over Joe O’Brien; other Lovejoy scorers were Adam Morefield, Adam Rogers, Carter, Daxton and Knox; McKinney North’s JV looked good — potential challenge in future seasons

Awards

General

• just a tune up race for the various upcoming UIL championship races; not really hunting for hardware, and yet ...
• one of the best XC courses in the entire country; quite challenging

Girls Race

• [results]
• Lovejoy finished 2nd out of 39 teams with a 19:54.1 average
• somewhat large field with 355 girls starting the race
• Bridget was back in action ... and then she wasn't; her race plan was to run 2 miles and then peel off, which she did (good plan by coach for a recovering athlete)
• Cam was 19.4 seconds behind her 2023 time, so the 1-5 split time of only 40.2 seconds is a little skewed
• nice improvements over 2023 by Campbell (23.7 seconds) and especially Jocelyn (109.8 seconds)

Boys Race

• [results]
• Lovejoy finished 2nd out of 50 teams
• 455 runners started the race
• fantastic 18.8-second split time
• 16:37.8 average which is about 4 seconds better than last fall
• nice improvements over 2023 by Jack Thompson (62.4 seconds), Tyler (40.0 seconds) and Will (39.4 seconds)

General

• for Lovejoy, this was a JV meet, so our JV runners were running up against the Varsity squads and higher level JV squads from other schools
• 17 Lovejoy girls and 15 Lovejoy boys are competing at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree on Saturday and were not racing at Decatur this morning
• the focus of this meet for Lovejoy was preparation for District and individual time improvements
• the finishing places for Lovejoy's team and individual runners are not relevant
• official and formatted results still coming

Girls Races

• Varsity Girls (5A-6A) [results]: solid 5K time improvements from their previous season best for Leila Bailey (46.5 seconds), Mia Reaugh (42.9 seconds), and Michaela Martin (27.3 seconds)
• JV Girls (5A-6A) [results]: significant number of individual 5K time improvements on the season — Lindsay Collins (65.2 seconds, PR?), Lucy Kraus (60.1 seconds, PR!), Kate White (44.9 seconds, PR), Berkeley Mosel (17.7 seconds), Lily Kraus (17.7 seconds, PR! — Lily has shown major improvements in this her senior season)

Boys Races

• Varsity Boys (5A-6A) [results]: solid 5K time improvements from their previous season best for Know Tokarz (33.8 seconds) and Dylan Welch (13.1 seconds); Aiden Oye matched his previous best; Ajay Prithiviraj back in action for his first 5K of the season
• JV Boys (5A-6A) [results]: noteworthy 5K individual time improvements on the season — Daniel Thompson (30.6 seconds), Miles McDonald (18.2 seconds, PR!)

General

• The course was in bad shape. So many cracks; the volunteers worked exceptionally hard on Friday to compensate — 120 bags of mulch; but it's hard to battle Mother Nature; pray for some good rains before District; that said, none of the Lovejoy runners suffered foot or ankle injuries.
• The weather cooperated greatly; we were expecting higher temperatures, but toward the end of the Varsity races, an ESE wind blew in with some relief that kept the temperature down; humidity still hovered in the 60% to 70% range.
• The Lovejoy XC Fall Festival has become one of the most competitive XC meets in all of Texas; arguably only NXR South is more competitive; the coaches and volunteers executed flawlessly.
• In comparing times, the Myers course is much more difficult than any other the Leopards face all season; so performance comparisons should only be made with prior runs at Myers; the unofficial estimate is that the Myers course was longer than 5K today (exact distance TBA).

Girls Races

• Varsity Girls Elite [results]: solid showing by Lovejoy finishing 3rd; as expected (by Coach L), Rogers (#1 team from Arkansas) won; and the Woodlands finished 2nd, with Lovejoy taking 3rd (135 points) — 1:01.8 second split time (grrr!); Bridget still out; but the nearest 5A team was #3 ranked HP in 8th place (225 points) with #5 ranked Frisco Wakeland 9th (239 points); Aledo remains a concern.
• Varsity Girls [results]: Lovejoy's only victory today; Lovejoy's #1-#4 finished quick with a slight wait for #5; big races from Dominique (2nd overall) and Kaylee (5th overall).
• Elite JV Girls [results]: Lovejoy finishes 2nd to Eustace (#7 ranked 3A team) which ran it's #1 Varsity squad (no kidding) in a JV race; senior Mia with her best Myers course run ever; Chloe and Lindsay also turned in very solid runs.

Boys Races

• Varsity Elite Boys [results]: solid 3rd place finish (152 points) for Lovejoy behind 6A #2 ranked Austin Vandergrift and 6A #7 ranked The Woodlands; Tristin sat out (in addition to Caden and Devin); Coach K overloaded the race with 12 runners (the benefits of being the meet director); nearest 5A teams were #2-ranked Wakeland (328 points) and unranked Highland Park (467 points); 38.7-second 1-5 split time (Wakeland's split time was 42.0 seconds).
• Varsity Boys [results]: rather depleted squad with so many out and others running up in the Elite Varsity race; still, showcase performances by Daxton, Aiden, and Knox.
• Elite JV Boys [results]: fairly far back with only 11 Lovejoy runners; the effects of the injuries and running up; this was Lovejoy's (depleted) #4 squad running against most teams' #2 squad.

General

• much cooler (70°F) than last year's meet

Boys Races

• Varsity Elite Boys [results]: Caden and Devin out; top-6 Lovejoy runners finished under 16 minutes; amazing 26.0-second split time; four other 6A ranked teams and one 5A ranked team in the race, yet guys finish 3rd
• Varsity Open Boys [results]: Joe & Arjun out front all race; finished 4th behind Southlake Carroll's #2 squad, the #1 squad from Oklahoma 6A Deer Creek (the 2023 6A champion) and 6A Plano East
• JV Boys [results]: huge field with 422 finishers; with all the injuries, Lovejoy only ran 10 guys (short-handed); Dylan Welch and Carson Caban cracked the 20-minute mark

Girls Races

• Varsity Elite Girls [results]: Bridget out; Cam with a top-5 finish; Sophie #2 for Lovejoy; finished 3rd behind #1 ranked 6A Flower Mound and #2 ranked 6A Southlake Carroll; Aledo much closer this week — only 13 points back
• Varsity Open Girls [results]: Sofia finished 1st overall; Madison also had a top-10 finish; Lovejoy finished 3rd behind #3 ranked 6A Byron Nelson and #1 ranked 6A Flower Mound
• JV Girls [results]: Lovejoy finishes 3rd; Rosslyn Vaughn with a top-10 finish

General

• Lovejoy's first 5K course of the season.
• A lot of gravel on the course (slows the runners, especially those with smaller feet).
• Noticeably slower 3rd mile for most runners.

Girls Races

• Girls Elite Varsity [results]: Lovejoy finished 2nd (121 points) to CCCAT #1 ranked 6A Flower Mound (43 points); only 5 of 164 girls finished under 18 minutes; 59-second split time with Cam racing for the first time; Sophie dnf; notable other 5A teams in the race: 4th-ranked HP (164 points), 2nd-ranked Aledo (166 points)
• Girls Open Varsity [results]: crushing victory for Lovejoy with 28 points — 2nd place team scored 109 points; 4 Leopards finish in top-10; Jocelyn Chapman finishes 1st overall
• Girls Elite JV [results]: Lovejoy 2nd to #1 6A Flower Mound; 3 Leopards in top-10 with Leila Bailey and Mia Binnings finishing 2nd and 3rd overall
• Girls Open JV [results]: Another lopsided Lovejoy victory (33 points); 4 Leopards in the top-10; Mia Reaugh finishes 2nd overall; 26-second 1-5 split time — Lovejoy's best of the day

Boys Races

• Boys Elite Varsity [results]: Lovejoy's top-5 not running; still Leopards finished 5th out of a challenging 30-team field; 3 Leopards under 16 minutes; 46-second 1-5 split time; great results for August and first 5K race
• Boys Open Varsity [results]: Lovejoy muscled to the victory by a 140-150-175 score over Coppell, Northwest Nelson, and 26 other teams; great depth shown by Leopards (again); Adam Morefield with a top-5 finish
• Boys Elite JV [results]: Lovejoy boys #4 squad running against most other teams' #2 squads, so finishing in the middle was expected

General

• Course was only 2 miles.

Girls

• LHS Girls finished 1st convincingly in 3 of their 4 races, and finished a close 2nd in their other race.
• JV Open Girls: 1st place with 41 points over 2nd place Frisco Reedy (95 points) and 3rd place Plano (105 points). Berkeley Mosel led finishing 3rd overall. 47-second 1-5 split time.
• JV Elite Girls: 1st place with a perfect score of 15 points. Lovejoy girls took first 8 scoring finishes. 25-second 1-5 split time.
• Varsity Girls: 1st place again with 32 points over 2nd place Grapevine (60 points) and 3rd place Hallsville (146 points). Freshman were featured and scored well. 53-second 1-5 split time .
• Varsity Elite Girls: 2nd place with 50 points behind 1st place Prosper (45 points) and ahead of 3rd place Wakeland (84 points). Bridget Bernal led. 19-second 1-5 split time. Camryn Benson did not run tonight, and Sophie Brooks ran in a previous race. Had either competed in this race, Lovejoy would have finished 1st.

Boys

• Coach Kelly did not race his top 15 runners, so the team results are meaningless (best finish of the 3 races was 9th place). All Lovejoy runners ran up a division. Focus is on the individual times.
• Boys did not have a team in the Varsity Elite Boys race.
• JV Open Boys: Drew Crum improved 65 seconds over his time at the Time Trial, and Miles McDonald improved 54 seconds.
• JV Elite Boys: 63-second 1-5 split time.
• Varsity Boys: 19-second 1-5 split time.

Detailed Results

The scoring system sliced the results into several viewpoints and not by race per se. Click the links below.

• Individuals by Race
• Team Scoring by Race
• Scoring Runners by Race
• All Team Runners by Race

LHS Boys

• 7 boys under the 10-minute mark (with Caden out)
• Red group won over the Blacks and the Whites by a score of 35-42-43
• [full results]

LHS Girls

• Five (and almost 6) girls under the 12-minute mark
• Cam over 30 seconds ahead of the scoring pack
• Blazing Blue Baddies won the competition
• [full results]

WSMS Harriers

• 6 boys competed (results mixed in with the LHS boys)
• 5 (?) girls competed (results mixed in with the LHS girls)

[from Coach Littlefield]

"We had a great week at camp! I hope the girls learned new things about the program, and I know from talking to them that they all had a great experience and created some incredible memories. One of the main priorities of camp is for each runner to create new friendships as well as deepening existing friendships. In our camp wrap-up on Friday, many girls used the word FAMILY to describe our team. Our goal is to take these connections with us this season and strengthen our total team."

"SFT CAMP CHAMPS! The "Ba Bois" scored 39 points throughout the week to take home the title!"

Highlights

• Joey Reid — Overall Winner and Junior Class Winner. New course record for Lovejoy Boys
• Will Carlson — Senior Class Winner
• Tristan Arceneau — Sophomore Class Winner
• Dylan Welch — Freshman Class Winner

Full Results

• 28-Jun-2024 results
• all time results (2021-2024)