CORPUS CHRISTI — The Rockport-Fulton girls placed 16th in the varsity Blue Division to lead the Pirates at the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islander Splash on Saturday, Sept. 12.
Rockport-Fulton scored 441 points in the two-mile girls race. Edcouch-Elsa won the 35-team division with 80 points.
Alexandra Snead led Rockport-Fulton by placing 88th in 13 minutes, 41.34 seconds.
Elsie Hale and Ella Buckley crossed the finish line together in 13:44.91, placing 94th and 95th, respectively.
Myranda Jaime finished 117th in 14:07.95, while Raelynn Sawicki completed the team scoring with a 156th-place time of 14:41.85.
Caroline Stephenson placed 160th in 14:45.39, and Joselyn Rojas finished 281st in 17:14.40.
The Rockport-Fulton boys placed 24th in the 29-team varsity Blue Division, scoring 679 points in the 5,000-meter race. Progreso won the division with 69 points.
Draegon Sifuentas paced the Pirates with a 49th-place finish in 19:14.56.
Carlos Nichols placed 158th in 21:23.23, followed by Lucious Vega in 206th at 22:38.95 and Matt Lynch in 221st at 23:23.26.
Colton Marques completed the team scoring in 247th place with a time of 24:53.41. Bill Simmons finished 257th in 25:49.27.