The region cross contry championships were held at various locations last Saturday and three local girls teams and two local boys teams ran away with region titles. There were also five individual region champions in the meets, all of whom have hopes of being crowned state champions this Saturday.

The state meet will take place at Carrollton high School with the Class A boys racing at 8:30 a.m., followed by the Class A girls at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m., the Class AAAAA boys will run their race with the girls following at 10:30 a.m. The boys of Class AAAA will run at 1 p.m. and will be followed by the Class AAAA girls race at 1:30 p.m.

The top 10 runners for local boys in last week’s meets were:
• Michael Mateos, McIntosh, 16:14
• Austin Enriquez, Starr’s Mill, 16:28*
• Jake Lethbridge, Our Lady of Mercy, 16:39*
• Matt Lethbridge, Our Lady of Mercy, 16:40
• Chad Thames, Landmark Christian, 16:52
• Jason Veclotch, Sandy Creek, 17:18
• Andrew Henry, Sandy Creek, 17:26
• David Zitelli, Fayette County, 17:28
• Brett Lewis, Landmark Christian, 17:37
• John DeCotis, Fayette County, 17:38

The top 10 times for local girls were:
• Emily Borsare, McIntosh, 16:59*
• Rebecca Stokes, McIntosh, 19:15
• Erica Hughey, McIntosh, 19:22
• Kaia Hampton, McIntosh, 19:41
• Kasie Knapper, Whitewater, 19:51
• Kristy Espiau, McIntosh, 19:59
• Christy Dunphy, Sandy Creek, 20:00
• Elizabeth Gresham, Landmark Christian, 20:00*
• Sarah Hohenberger, Our Lady of Mercy, 20:02
• Ginny Balckom, Starr’s Mill, 20:12*
* = region champion

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