Boys advance to regional meet

Seminole runner finish 15th in District Meet.

OVIEDO – Behind strong finishes from its top three runners, the Seminole boys finished seventh to qualify for the Regional Cross Country meet on Nov 10 in Jacksonville.

“It’s been 15 years since they qualified for regionals so this is so exciting” said coach Mai Tran.

Part of the success for the boys came in the strategy in the way the runner grouped during the race.
“We had two groups basically,” Tran said. “We had the top three and the next three in another group. They try to stay together and push each other.”

Seminole was led by Sophomore Fabian Sosa  (17:21.72) in 21^st, followed by junior Matthew Pruitt in 23^rd with a 17:25.74 and Roman Bugos in 26^th with a 17:32.81.

The second group was led by junior Lucas Well in 47^th in 18:21.09, Sophomore William Heilman (18:36.73) in 58^th and Freshman Oscar Loredo  in 169^th with a 19:01.7.

On the girls side, Seminole finished 12, led by Evelyn Buhring (22:06.2) in 47^th, in 56^th Rihanna Taveras in 23:03.4, Elizabeth Prudot ran a 23:17.8 in 60^th, Madeleine Coffee (68^th) 24:40.1, Ashley Rowe (77^th) in 25:57.6, and  Reilan Gale (80) in 26:22.0.