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Schwab sets new record

Caleb Soptelean

MHS senior Kevin Schwab set a new course record last week at Oklahoma State University’s Jamboree Race.

Coach Mike McGarry called the it “the most prestigious course record” in high school cross country in Oklahoma.

The senior sensation finished the 5K run in 15:34 and did it “with two strikes against him.”

Schwab finished first by 46 seconds.

Schwab accomplished the feat in 93-degree heat on a course that was soft and slow in places due to the recent installation of wood chips.

“It was way too hot to run that fast,” McGarry said. “It affected his time.”

The wood chips were added to various places along the course to even it out. Running in wood chips is like “running in sand,” McGarry said.

As a team, Mustang placed sixth out of 21 teams.

Rogers, AR. won the team title.

Other MHS boys runners were: 22) Aaron Goble, 17:32; 34) Ethan Holmes, 17:53; 42) Jacob Cervantes, 18:05; 51) Derrick Hector, 18:32; 59) Miles Phillips, 18:53; and 65) Matt Mason, 19:05.

The Mustang girls’ team finished 12th out of 20 squads.

Bentonville, AR. was the team title.

Bailey Thompson was the top Mustang runner, finishing 20th with a two-mile time of 12:32.

Next were: 43) Shelby Bolton, 12:58; 53) Katie Stumpenhorst, 13:04; 69) Angela Zanotti, 13:34; 94) Karissa Kain, 14:01; 98) Michelle Fisher, 14:13; 103) Jarrett Floyd, 14:21.

McGarry noted that two freshmen, Cervantes and Bolton, ran expectionally well.

Floyd ran a really good first mile, but suffered in the second mile due to illness.

This week the MHS harriers compete in Houston’s Nike South Invitational, which McGarry called a “big” race.