A freshman led the way for the Tiger and Lady Tiger cross country teams at their inaugural meet of the season. Jasmyn Douglas finished 15th in Class 4 at the SWCCA Kickoff race at Southwest Baptist University.
Douglas ran the course in 21:05.52 to place 15th in Class 4. She finished fourth among freshmen. Sophomore Jade Kirby finished 28th with a time of 21:49.15.
The Lady Tigers were eighth out of 19 teams overall, and sixth out of nine in Class 4.
Chad Parker was the top finisher for the Republic boys, running a time of 18:23.20 to finish in the top 1/3 of the field. Armando Hurtado and Aaron Scobee finished next for Republic with almost identical times around 19:44.
As a team, the Tigers finished 20th. See full results for the boys and girls races here: