The district title was the sixth straight for the Decatur girls. It was also the program's 13th league crown since 1995.
Decatur eased to a 32-point win, finishing with 21 points at the District 5-3A meet at Joe Wheeler Park in Decatur. Iowa Park took second with 53 points. Burkburnett earned third place and the league's final bid to the Class 3A Region I meet in Lubbock Nov. 7, scoring 67 points.
Bridgeport was fourth with 86 points.
"District is the first step," said Decatur's Hanna Galloway. "We want another state championship trophy to go into the case.
"I couldn't be more proud of [the team]. We worked really hard," she said.
Decatur coach David Park said the girls ran solidly, even though they weren't at full speed.
"We were very businesslike," Park said. "Our focus was on training this week. The past two weeks we've been training hard, and they are a little dead-legged. But they were able to run about the same time as last year. We're right on target - maybe a little ahead."
Iowa Park's Bethany Hale won the race, running 11:59 on the two-mile course. Hale edged out Galloway by slightly more than second.
Galloway and Hale matched each other step-for-step over the first mile and a half of the race. The two clipped the first mile in 5:43. In the final half mile, Hale surged ahead of Galloway, putting a gap between the two. Galloway made a charge down the final hill. She came less than 10 meters short of catching Hale, finishing in 12 minutes.
"I wish it was a little bit longer," Galloway said. "She's a good 800 runner. She took off with 800 meters left. I got a little tired."
Park said Galloway made a strong push at the end against Hale.
"We knew coming in Bethany would be great and tremendous competition," he said. "Hanna ran great. Any time you're around 12-flat, you're doing well. She was at 12:18 last year."
Galloway was followed across the finish by three teammates. Natalie Neighbors took third, running 12:30. Zuleima Palomo finished fourth in 12:50. Bianca Morrison was fifth, running 12:56. Decatur's fifth runner was Veronica Torres, who finished seventh in 13:05. Rebecca Roose was 11th in 13:11. Sutton Young took 18th in 13:49.
Bridgeport's top runner, Shaley Johnson, finished 14th in 13:29. Tiffany Hawkins took 15th in 13:30. Alyssa Holmes ran 13:40, taking 17th. Reina Mack was 19th in 13:50.
The team's fifth runner, Irene Amador, finished 21st in 14:10. Bin Na Kim was 22nd in 14:29. Sabrina Garza took 26th in 15:14.
