Many questions surrounded the Alexander Girl Bulldogs monitor and discipline staff after it endured a 12 months of COVID-19 that has modified their preparation. Nonetheless, Alexander has not skipped a beat because it has gained each meet it has entered this season.
On Thursday, the Girl Bulldogs goal for victory No. 4 because the District 30-6A meet might be held on the Scholar Exercise Advanced. Alexander has picked up staff titles at Del Rio, the Laredo Metropolis Meet and the Alice Hub Metropolis Relays after it averaged 214 factors per meet.
“This has been a season in contrast to some other, for all groups, as a result of Covid-19 pandemic,” Alexander head coach Christopher Alonzo stated. “As a program we really feel very blessed and are grateful to have been given the chance to compete this 12 months. Initially, we had 5 meets on our schedule and two have been canceled — one as a result of pandemic and one other as a result of winter freeze. We imagine that we’ve got made the a lot of the three meets that we’ve got competed in. One of many sturdy factors of this staff, I imagine, it is depth.”
Alexander scored 195 factors in its season opener in Del Rio behind Isabella Gonzalez who has been the Girl Bulldogs’ iron athlete. Gonzalez is a multi-event athlete who normally competes in 5 occasions. She scored 37 factors at Del Rio after which dropped 32 on the metropolis meet and 29 on the Alice Hub Metropolis Relays.
Alexander has confirmed its versatility with 12 monitor and discipline athletes scoring factors in double digits. Katia Pena, Ana Glaze, Silke Pena, Elizabeth Gallardo, Genesis De La Cruz, Andye Rodriguez Prieto, Selika Moreno, Sofia Pena, Isabella Edmond, Ariel Valdez and Anna Czar have all scored in double digits this 12 months for the Girl Bulldogs.
After having their opening meet canceled, Alexander let free at Del Rio Meet with 22 completely different athletes scoring for it.
“Within the first meet, up in Del Rio, we had a complete of twenty-two completely different student-athletes rating factors. Then on the metropolis meet, we had eighteen, and most not too long ago at Alice we had twenty-one rating factors,” Alonzo stated. “Main the way in which for us on the season is junior Isabella Gonzalez who has scored 98 whole factors for us in simply three meets. She is adopted by sophomore Silke Pena who has contributed 62 factors and junior Ava Glaze who’s third on the staff in whole factors scored with 58. Senior Katia Pena, Silke’s sister, is fourth on the staff with 51 factors scored. The ladies and employees have been exhausting at work in preparation for the district meet. We all know that there’s a lot of excellent expertise all through your entire district and that everybody is seeking to do their finest on these two days.”
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