2023 STA-Southland Steel Invitational 2023

Hammond, LA

Meet Information

The STA girls captured the team title , while the STA boys posted a seventh place finish . The STA girls scored (69) to take the. varsity division with (69), St. Michael the Archangel was second with (77), St. scholastica Academy third (91), Archbishop Hannan fourth (98), Ponchatoula fifth(121), Christ Epsicopal sixth(130), Fontainebleau seventh(144), The Willow School(174) and Chalmette was ninth with (190). Junior Alexis PItts led the way for the Lady Falcons capturing the individual three mile title with a time of (19:12), which put her thirty seconds ahead of the runner-up Christ Episcopal's Noah lWatson at (19:42), while STA sophomore Ava Mistretta was third at(19:53). Bella Theriot was sixth (20:39), Betsy Geisler (22nd- 22:31), Sophia Castillo(43rd-24:10), Anna Jackson (52nd-25:42) and Kinsley McCrory(58th-26:12). PHS was led by Callie Arthur (7th-20:50) and Kensey Cuti (8th-20:54). On the boys side , Ponchatoula captured the team title with (41), St. Paul's was second (72), The Willow School third (86), Hammond High fourth(105), Christ Epsicopal fifth(108), Archbishop Hannan sixth(192), STA seventh (205), Lakeshore eighth (206), Chalmette ninth (229), Pearl River tenth(244) and Covington was eleventh(249). Fontainebleau's Benjamin Lewis captured the individual title with a time of (15:49), PHS's Matthew Norman was second (16:00) and PHS's Bryce Johnson was third (16:46). Senior Jacob Mullis led the STA boys with a twelfth place finish (17:41), Malachi Russell-Lizarraga (52nd-20:09), Hayden Guidry (59th-20:29), Daniel Parkinson (64th-20:52), Daniel Wittie (68th-21:00) and Parker Street was (89th-24:30) for the Falcons. Levi Carson led the HHS boys with a fourth place finish (16:58), while Conner Franks was 22nd(18:17). The STA teams will be competing in next weeks St. Joseph's Invitational in Baton Rouge at the Highland Road Park Course.