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.
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.