HPHS Harriers Join Relay For Dallas Marathon
After competing at the state cross country meet last month, Highland Park High School standouts Rico Lara and Hope McLaughlin will participate in the annual Elite High School Relay Challenge on Sunday as part of the Dallas Marathon.
Both Lara and McLaughlin will be part of a team of 16 of the top distance runners in the Dallas area, in which the boys will run two-mile segments on the 26.2-mile course while the girls will run one mile each. Lara is slated to run miles 4-6, followed by McLaughlin. That happens to be the section of the course that passes through Highland Park.
Other runners who will take part in the relay include: J.T. Graass (St. Mark’s), Reese Walters (Shelton), Daniel Cope (St. Mark’s), Avery Culpepper (North Crowley), Trevor Montgomery (Whitney), Connor O’Neill (Jesuit), Mayleen Cantu (Bishop Dunne), Lili Clark (ESD), Fred and Sam Vincent (Ovilla Christian), Emma Pfundheller (Woodrow Wilson), Luca Chatham (Woodrow Wilson), and Alexandria and Matthew Arndorfer (Prince of Peace).
