Marble Falls High School runners Ty - ler Hamblin and Reese Massey represented the community very well at the Class 4A cross coun - try championships Nov. 1 at Old Settler's Park in Round Rock.
Senior Hamblin turned in the county's best time and placement in the boys 5K race. He was fourth thanks to clocking 15 minutes and 48 seconds. He was in the top five after the first and second miles to get his first state medal. "That's the fastest time he's had at state," Marble Falls head coach Brenda Gonzalez said. "Some of those runners were fast. Tyler ran another 15(-min - ute race). This year he was able to get good times at the end of the year. He was behind third place by five seconds. I feel he ran well and competed well. He finished strong." Freshman Massey made her state meet debut, finishing 24th on the twomile course in 12:06.20. That's a terrific finish con - sidering the obstacles the runner was facing the last several weeks, the coach said.
"I was proud of her," she said. "I was proud of her finish. She was un - dertrained going into the meet. She was on the el - liptical a lot." Going into the meet, Gonzalez and Massey were bracing for a quick race. The coach noted sev - eral entries were finishing races in 10 minutes. That didn't change at the state meet.
