THE RUNDOWN
The DBU Men's & Women's Cross Country teams concluded a dominant performance at the East Texas Shootout in Commerce, Texas, Friday evening.
 
The Lady Patriots earned their second consecutive win of the young season while compiling a perfect score of 15 and placing all 13 runners in the top 20.  Marissa Insinna led the way for the Lady Patriots, as the Lone Star Conference Runner of the Week set another personal record with a first-place time of 17:49.45 in the 5k event. Following Insinna was a caravan of Lady Patriots as Madison Brown (2), Analynne Klotz (3), Emily Mackel (4), Rylee Christian (5), Leslie Filorio (6), Jenna Thorman (7), Megan Smith (8), Lisbeth Britt (9), and Martha Brown (10) rounded out the top 10.
 
DBU's Breanne Spence (13), Catrina Pardo (14), and Sophia Matchett (15) also finished in the top 15.
 
Every Lady Patriot finished the event under 20 minutes, and eight recorded personal records in the process.
 
The men's team finished second at the event for the second consecutive year. Junior Noah Metzger set the pace for the Patriots as he finished second overall with a time of 25:22.21. Metzger was joined in the top 10 by freshman Jeb Williamson whose 25:53.58 time set a personal record.
 
Angel Laura (11), Trenton Phillips (12), Matthew Sims (14), and Bryce Tomasek (15) completed the top 15 as DBU scored a collective 48 points in the 8k event.

JACOB PHILLIPS ON THE WOMEN'S FIRST PLACE FINISH
"We had a good day for the girls. I think we had 8 or 9 PRs out of the 13 girls racing. Every girl was under 20… We had a hard week of practice and they're just continuing to take care of business. Marissa got her second win and I'm just really pleased with their performance today."

JACOB PHILLIPS ON THE YOUTH OF THE MEN'S TEAM
"The guys had a good day today. I think we got beat by a team that wanted it a little more than us, but we're counting on a lot of young guys and I think we're beginning to figure it out."

UP NEXT
Both teams travel to San Angelo, Texas, for the Lone Star Conference Preview on October 16.