Faith Academy cross country at state
CAPTION: The 2025 Faith Academy of Marble Falls cross country program includes Joel Sain (left), Seamus Rasmussen, assistant coach Juliette McCannon, Selby Sanchez, Emerson Price, Eden Thames, Jasmine Young, Abby Kosoglow, Zoe Rhoads, head coach Steve McCannon and Colt Mason. Courtesy photo
The Faith Academy of Marble Falls girls cross country team placed seventh at the Class 2A state meet of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Oct. 27 in Waco.
Sophomore Abby Kosoglow paced the Lady Flames by finishing 28th in the two-mile race in 15 minutes and 44.66 seconds. Senior Zoe Rhoads was 34th in 16:03.73, sophomore Eden Thames came in 36th in 16:19.40, sophomore Jasmine Young finished 38th in 16:32.21, sophomore Emerson Price was 54th in 18:14.63, and sophomore Selby Sanchez came in 61st in 21:23.85.
“It was a rough day,” head coach Steve McCannon said. “In cross country you can have maybe one or two runners have off days and then you need one or two to make up for that. Unfortunately we weren’t able to put up anything, especially with the competition, which is strong.”
Spring Providence Classical won the state title by having all five of its runners finish in the top 10, while Waco Live Oak was the runner-up with two athletes finishing in the top seven, two others in the top 17, and the last one was 23rd overall. Fort Worth Covenant Classical came in 23rd in thanks to its top runner taking silver, and the other four finishing in the top 33. The race had 64 runners.
“We just didn’t have it that day, which is frustrating,” the coach said. “Because you work hard all year for that moment. But once again, we’re going to take what we learned from this meet and not beat ourselves up. We’re disappointed, but it’s going to be motivation headed into track season.”
The Flames, who are all freshmen, didn’t have enough runners to earn a team score.
Colt Mason was 23rd on the 5K course in 20:02.22, Seamus Rasmussen came in 28th in 20:29.41, and freshmen Joel Sain was 58th 22:54.87.
“Colt did pretty well,” McCannon said. “I’m just proud of them for their season. We always want more. We were taking aim to get in the top 10. And we’ve actually only had one athlete get there. So we aim big, but it’s freshman year. They’re learning, but I think they all did really well. Colt did well, Seasmus is learning. Even though we didn’t get what we wanted out of the meet, I think we learned a lot. We’re hoping to get a bigger team next year and try to build on what these three guys did this year. The future’s bright for those three.”
Though track season won’t start until after the first of the year, the coach pointed out these runners experienced plenty they can use again.
“As an athlete it’s about two things,” McCannon said. “You’ve got to respond to work harder or risk losing again. We want to take what we learned and work harder and know how to prepare and fine-tune and really know what to expect. If you know what to expect, that’s a lot of it.”
