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🥇 Top 5 Rankings for the seven Regions in each Class per MileSplitKY' Virtual Meets: • 3A • ⚔️ Forecasting battles in the Western Regions - R1: McCracken Co. vs. Marshall Co., and R2: North Hardin vs Meade Co. • Region 1: 1. McCracken Co 129.5; 2. Marshall Co 123.5; 3. Apollo 78.75; 4. Daviess Co 67; 5. Henderson Co 41 • Region 2: 1. North Hardin 113; 2. Meade Co 106.33; 3. Bowling Green 82.5; 4. Central Hardin 77.83; 5. Greenwood 72.33 • Region 3: 1. St. Xavier 173.33; 2. Male 145.33; 3. Manual 94; 4. Central 60.83; 5. Butler 31 • Region 4: 1. Trinity 153.33; 2. North Oldham 94.33; 3. Oldham Co 86.33; 4. Eastern 59; 5. South Oldham 45 • Region 5: 1. Ryle 110.75; 2. Cooper 90.75; 3. Dixie Hts 83.33; 4. Highlands 70.58; 5. Campbell Co 60 • Region 6: 1. Woodford Co 95.25; 2. Bryan Station 62; 3. Tates Creek 60; 4. F Douglass 57; 5. Lafayette 54.83 • Region 7: 1. East Jessamine 129; 2. Madison Cent 97; 3. North Laurel 91; 4. West Jessamine 85; 5. South Laurel 64.25 • 2A • 👑 Regions 2 - Warren East vs. Butler County and 5 - Boyle County vs. Mercer County vs. Corbin may hinge on the day's final event (and I do love a good 4 x 400 Relay). Look for Tilghman to win their eleventy-billionth Regional crown. • Region 1: 1. Paducah Tilghman 138; 2. Calloway Co 117; 3. Hopkinsville 106.5; 4. Union Co 89.5; 5. Webster Co 50 • Region 2: 1. Warren East 95; 2. Butler Co 94; 3. John Hardin 68; 4. Taylor Co 63; 5. Bardstown 58.5 • Region 3: 1. Shelby Co 145; 2. Spencer Co 125; 3. CAL 101; 4. Henry Co 74; 5. Waggener 31 • Region 4: 1. Cov Cath 179; 2. Bourbon Co 79; 3. Lex Cath 74; 4. Harrison Co 64; 5. Franklin Co 46 • Region 5: 1. Boyle Co 135; 2. Mercer Co 134; 3. Corbin 125, 4. Whitley Co 37.25; 5. Rockcastle Co 32.25 • Region 6: 1. Mason Co 125; 2. Russell 106; 3. Greenup Co 94; 4. Rowan Co 57; 5. Ashland 50 • Region 7: 1. Harlan Co 190.5; 2. Bath Co 105.5; 3. Letcher Co Cent 82; 4. Estill Co; 5. Morgan Co 41.5 • 1A • 🗺️ From NKY to the mountains of EKY, showdowns loom in R4 - Bishop Brossart vs. Beechwood, R5 - Lexington Christian vs. Nicholas County, and R6 Williamsburg vs. Harlan. • Region 1: 1. Ft. Campbell 177.5; 2. Murray 79.9; 3. Univ Hts 74.9; 4. Caldwell Co 72; 5. Dawson Springs 52.8 • Region 2: 1. Green Co 166; 2. Bethlehem 76; 3. Campbellsville 75; 4. Hancock Co 63; 5. Glasgow 50.33 • Region 3: 1. Collegiate 143; 2. Lou Holy Cross 89.5; 3. Highlands Latin 79; 4. KCD 76; 5. Francis Parker 31.5 • Region 4: 1. Brossart 135.3; 2. Beechwood 134.73; 3. St. Henry 75.73; 4. New Cath 47; 5. Williamstown 46.5 • Region 5: 1. LCA 113.5; 2. Nicholas Co 103; 3. Owen Co 42; T4. Bracken Co 39; T4. Danville Christ 39 • Region 6: 1. Williamsburg 133; 2. Harlan 120.5; 3. Somerset 85; 4. Leslie Co 68; 5. 5. Middlesboro 61.5 • Region 7: 1. Raceland 140; 2. Prestonsburg 99.75; 3. Pikeville 82; 4. Floyd Cent 52.5; 5. West Carter 51.75 📝 Regional Meet Calendar ~ • May 16 (Thursday) 2A Region 2 at Elizabethtown 3A Region 7 at Southwestern • May 18 (Saturday) 1A Region 1 at Murray HS 1A Region 5 at Lexington Christian 1A Region 7 at Prestonsburg 2A Region 1 at Paducah Tilghman 2A Region 4 at Henry Clay 2A Region 6 at Mason County • May 20 (Monday) 1A Region 4 at Bishop Brossart 3A Region 2 at Meade County 3A Region 4 at Collins • May 21 (Tuesday) 1A Region 2 at Green County 1A Region 6 at University of the Cumberlands 2A Region 3 at Shelby County 2A Region 5 at Lincoln County 2A Region 7 at Bath County 3A Region 1 at Marshall County 3A Region 5 at Scott 3A Region 6 at Lafayette • May 22 (Wednesday) 1A Region 3 at Louisville Collegiate 3A Region 3 at St. Xavier

🥇 St. Xavier (3A), Covington Catholic (2A), and Louisville Collegiate (1A) are the statewide Class leaders with Regional meets just three weeks away. 🧐 Several recent quality Invitationals have had a major impact on the rankings since the season's opening look; among them - Tyson and Trinity Gay in Lexington, Eastern Relays in Louisville, Arcadia (CA), and the Lake Cumberland Classic in Somerset. 🏆 + 🏆 ? St. X and CovCath are looking for follow-ups to their KHSAA Indoor Championships - the Tigers shared first place with Trinity in 3A; the Colonels won the 2A title outright. 1A Indoor champ Green County is ranked fifth this week. Top 20 Rankings are based on a "Virtual State Meet" format from this season's best performances using link below* ~ ky.milesplit.com/virtual-meets • 3A • 1. St. Xavier 57.5; 2. McCracken Co 51.33; 3. Ryle 44; 4. Male 43; 5. North Oldham 40 6. Trinity 38.5; 7. Manual 27; T8. Bryan Station 24; T8. Marshall Co 24; 9. Madison Cent. 23; 10. Madisonville 21 11. GR Clark 20; 12. F Douglass 16; 13. Butler 15; 14. H Clay 14.5; 15. Conner 13 16. Bowling Green 12; 17. Dixie 11.33; T18. Eastern 11; T18. PL Dunbar 11; 20. South Oldham 10.5 • 2A • 1. Cov Cath 64; 2. Butler Co 48; Mercer Co 43.2; 4. Taylor Co 40.38; 5. Corbin 36.33 6. Bourbon Co 33; 7. Hopkinsville 32; 8. Boyle Co 31.5; 9. Lex Cath 29; T10. Warren East 25; T10. Thomas Nelson 25 12. Russell 23; 13. Harrison Co 21; 14. LaRue Co 20; 15. Franklin Co 18 16. East Carter 17; 17. John Hardin 16; 18. Mason Co 15.57, 19. Letcher Cent 15.5; 20. Adair Co 12.5 • 1A • 1. Collegiate 81; 2. Fort Campbell 71.5; 3. Beechwood 66; 4. Brossart 56.33; 5. Green Co 48.33 6. St. Henry 42.5; 7. Bethlehem 30; 8. Campbellsville 25.5; 9. New Cath 25; 10. Mayfield 22.5 11. Williamsburg 19: 12. Bracken Co 18; T13. Nicholas Co 16; T13. Glasgow 16; 15. Lex Christ 11; T16. Prestonsburg 10; T16. Walton-Verona 10; 18. University Heights 8; T19. Danville Christ 8; T19. Edmonson Co 8; T19. Leslie Co 8 (* Re Virtual Meets on MileSplitKY: I've made adjustments for both State and Region Rankings to reflect proper place scoring and number of entries per team.)

Thanks for the heads-up. Diamond in the rough. Sub 50 400m, 6-0 high jumper. It'd be interesting if Coach Meyer trained and entered him in a few 300m hurdle races. I think he'd be a good college 400m hurdles prospect, and he'd be a multi-event asset for a program. Missing the indoor track season to play hoops isn't a deal breaker. But with only two years(?) of track under his belt it'll slow his development and he's having to reset for track fitness/technique every year. Look forward to following him this spring. Go Warriors!.

⭐ 🏃That's terrific; best of luck to them in pursuing their goals! • I think Runcruit, the site below, is a good starting resource. Fill in any school your athlete is interested in on the search line. You'll get standards for "Recruit, Walk On, and Tryout." You should be able to find just about every NCAA and NAIA school. I used UK as an example here, with graphic below (not shown: there's a hyperlink to the school's current coach/recruiter info) ~ runcruit.com/standards/university-of-kentucky • MileSplitKY is a great way for all concerned to track their teams, athletes, schedules, and meet results. It's worth exploring, the database is huge, the search function is good, and with a little effort, you can find where a runner's HS performances from past years landed them in college. One of the best distance runners in the 2024 class is Ryle's Tiger Bartlett, a Cincinnati commit. Here's a link to his performance profile seen in the second graphic ~ ky.milesplit.com/athletes/10434974-tiger-bartlett • It's definitely worthwhile checking a college team's website. Get a feel for who is currently on the team, what performances led them there, and what the program's strengths are. Again using UK as an example here ~ ukathletics.com/sports/track/roster/#mensRosterBlock Please let us know how all is progressing. PM me if you like; I've played a number of roles in the process over the years.

🚀 Thanks for the heads-up! Perfect viewing at my locale and easy to watch Network coverage, ++. The folks with slide rules have a sense of humor too - who knew?

🔵🔴 | Scott Knochleman Memorial Tournament at Park Hills. Blue Colonels follow their first loss of the season to Conner (0-1, 10 innings) in the morning with a win over the Red Colonels. CCH has allowed opponents to cross the plate just 16 times this season. ✓ Up next ~ Tuesday: Dixie (8-6) travels to Myrtle Beach for the 'Cal Ripken' tourney and open with Atlantic Collegiate Academy (SC). Wednesday: Cov Cath (11-1) hosts Simon Kenton.

🔵🔴 | Final at Park Hills from The Scoreboard. • Staff ERA drops to 1.21. • Win No. 1,106 for Coach Bill Krumplebeck, all at Cov Cath. • Both teams host Friday games ~ Blue Colonels (9-0) vs. Ryle. Red Colonels (8-4) vs. Bishop Brossart.

🏆🏃 A very, very early look at NKY's top boys and girls teams and individual performances of the 2024 outdoor season. All-class team standings/rankings are based on virtual meet data for "Area 5 (NKY)" from MileSplitKY.* 🔗 ky.milesplit.com • Top 10 Boys' Teams 1. Ryle (3A) 101.5 2. Dixie Heights (3A) 85.5 T3. Bishop Brossart (1A) 72.7 T3. Covington Catholic (2A) 72.7 5. Beechwood (1A) 70 6. St. Henry (1A) 52 7. Conner (3A) 37 8. Campbell County (3A) 30 9. Holmes (2A) 28 10. Highlands (3A) 23.5 • Top 10 Girls' Teams 1. Beechwood (1A) 85.5 2. Ryle (3A) 85 3. Bishop Brossart (1A) 84 4. Dixie Heights (3A) 83 5. Notre Dame (3A) 75 6. Campbell County (3A) 64.5 7. Scott (3A) 47.5 8. Conner (3A) 36.5 9. St. Henry (1A) 34 10. Simon Kenton (3A) 24.5 * Team scoring to eight places. Four events per athlete and there are additional allowances for relay team participation. 🥇🏃 Best performances for each event to date. Athletes are seniors unless noted. Boys Track 100m 10.83 Ethan Long, Cov Cath 200m 22.28 Ethan Long, Cov Cath 400m 52.15 Ethan Long, Cov Cath 800m 1:58.41 Tiger Bartlett, Ryle 1600m 4:25.12 Lincoln Herald, Grant Co. (Jr.) 3200m 9:23.02 Joey Carroll, Conner 110m H 15.92 Josh Brockman, St. Henry 300m H 41.16 Josh Brockman, St. Henry Boys Relays 4 x 100m 44.74 Holmes 4 x 200m 1:34.39 Ryle 4 x 400m 3:26.75 Ryle 4 x 800m 8:13.94 Conner Boys Field High Jump 6'-0" Isaiah Johnson, Cooper (Jr.) Long Jump 22'-2" Ben Mwamba, Dixie Triple Jump 42'-8.5" Evan Smith, Ryle Pole Vault 12'-6" Rilen Pinkston, Highlands Discus 145'-1" Hunter Wiseman, Campbell Co. Shot Put 49'-1.75" Joe Schroeder, Brossart (Jr.) Girls Track 100m 12.22 Isabella Von Lehman, Conner 200m 25.22 Isabella Von Lehman, Conner 400m 1:00.60 Maryah Counts, Beechwood 800m 2:24.24 Allison Kopser, Ryle (Jr.) 1600m 5:00.41 Olivia Holbrook, Campbell Co. (Jr.) 3200m 11:13.95 Lily Parke, Beechwood (So.) 100m H 15.93 Lacey Klare, Scott 300m H 47.89 Emily Bruns, Dixie (Jr.) Girls Relay 4 x 100m 51.49 Notre Dame 4 x 200m 1:50.66 Scott 4 x 400m 4:13.42 Dixie Heights 4 x 800m 10:15.66 Beechwood Girls Field High Jump 5'-2" Ja Nia Johnson, Holmes Long Jump 17'-10" Alexis Howard, Simon Kenton (So.) Triple Jump 35'10" Alexis Howard, Simon Kenton (So.) Pole Vault 10'-10" Abigale Bauer, Campbell Co. Discus 124'-11" Anna Guard, St. Henry Shot Put 39-10 Viktoriva Emilianova, Ryle 🤓 Some really nice March performances here. Many of them are top ten statewide too. Some schools are just now easing into the outdoor season and others have only a meet or two under their belts. Really looking forward to seeing how this year shakes out - NKY has state championship potential. Best of luck to all this season!

🥇🏃 McCracken Co., North Oldham, Mercer Co., Calloway Co., and Bishop Brossart are the Class leaders in the outdoor season's first rankings. Rankings are based on virtual meets featuring the best performances for 2024. Lists to 25 places can be found through the link below ~ 🔗 ky.milesplit.com 1A Boys 1. Bishop Brossart (R4) 81.11 2. Green County (R2) 77.83 3. Beechwood (R4) 71 4. Fort Campbell (R1) 59.5 5. Louisville Collegiate (R3) 46 6. St. Henry (R4) 44 7. Mayfield (R1) 29.5 8. Williamsburg (R6) 26.5 9. University Heights (R1) 21.14 10. Glasgow (R2) 20 1A Girls 1. Bishop Brossart (R4) 105 2. Beechwood (R4) 98.41 3. Leslie County (R6) 49.5 4. Frankfort (R5) 46.5 5. St. Henry (R4) 41.41 6. Green County (R2) 36.91 7. Lexington Christian (R5) 35.5 8. Walden (R3) 32.91 9. Newport Central Catholic (R4) 25 10. Williamsburg (R6) 23.5 2A Boys 1. Mercer County (R5) 73 2. Covington Catholic (R4) 69.33 3. Corbin (R5) 57.25 4. Taylor County (R2) 47 5. Hopkinsville (R1) 41 6. Boyle County (R5) 39.25 7. Bourbon County (R4) 33.5 8. Paducah Tilghman (R1) 33 8. Warren East (R2) 33 10. Harrison County (R4) 24 2A Girls 1. Calloway County (R1) 83.84 2. Franklin County (R4) 49 3. Bourbon County (R4) 44 4. Christian Academy-Louisville (R3) 40.67 5. Shelby County (R3) 38.5 6. Corbin (R5) 38 7. Warren East (R2) 36 8. Lexington Catholic (R4) 27.5 9. Breckenridge County (R2) 27 10. Paducah Tilghman (R1) 26 3A Boys 1. McCracken County (R1) 60 2. Male (R3) 59 3. Trinity (R4) 53 4. North Oldham (R4) 50 5. Woodford County (R6) 34 6. North Laurel (R7) 31 7. Marshall County (R1) 30 8. Oldham County (R4) 29 9. Eastern (R4) 26.5 10. St. Xavier (R3) 24.5 3A Girls 1. North Oldham (R4) 80 2. Oldham County (R4) 64.33 3. Male (R3) 48 4. Ryle (R5) 36 5. Collins (R4) 35 6. Dixie Heights (R5) 35.67 7. George Rogers Clark (R6) 33 8. Marshall County (R1) 32 9. Assumption (R4) 27 10. Campbell County (R5) 26

🟢🔵 | Notre Dame Academy, Park Hills | The Lady 'Stangs and Colonels posted narrow wins in Tuesday's 46th annual Diocese of Covington Meet. Brossart edged Notre Dame by five points; Cov Cath by nine over Brossart. 🥇 Multiple individual event winners*: Girls - Zoey Woolsey (Bishop Brossart), 110m Hurdles and Long Jump. Alexandra Burg (Notre Dame), 1600m and 3200m. Boys - Ethan Long (Covington Catholic), 100m, 200m, 400m, Long Jump. Nathan Ruth (Bishop Brossart), 800m and 1600m. Josh Brockman (St. Henry) 110m Hurdles and 300m hurdles. * Team members from the four relay races in both divisions unavailable. Kentucky #️⃣1️⃣ All-Class marks for the season were set by Anna Guard (St. Henry) in the Discus, 124'-11", and Ethan Long (Cov Cath) 100m, 10.83. 😃 Really solid early season performances throughout the day. Full event results can be found through "Meet Results" at the link below. 🔗 ky.milesplit.com 🏆 Final Team Standings ~

⏱️ | Bardstown | Filiatreau, an 8th grader running for Thomas Nelson, set the record in yesterday's "KYtrackXC.com 5K Showdown" at Bethlehem HS. ☝️Daniel shaved 3+ seconds off of Stephen Garrett's (Tatnall, DE) previous US mark, and nearly a minute from LCA grad Conner Hayes' Kentucky middle school record. Congratulations young man! 🥇 The boys' race was won by Lafayette's James Ndayishimiye. Flora Brio of Manual topped the field in the girls' event. The distance-centric meet held several races spanning two days. Results can be found at the link below 🔗 milesplit.live/meets/5K_Showdown ✓ Shout out to Thomas Nelson's Track and Cross Country HC Matt Hoyes, who's gaining a reputation for molding Generals into NCAA D1 prospects. • Filiatreau at last year's "Trinity Valkyrie Invitational." • The all-time US Top 5 times ~

2️⃣ 💻 For all things 2nd Region, "Your Sports Edge" offers outstanding coverage. 🏆 Post championship game interviews with the "Three Amigos" - Travis Perry, Brady Shoulders, and Jack Reddick, as well as two Lyons' highlight reels can be found at the link below. 🔗 yoursportsedge.com Image: Your Sports Edge

🔵 | Cincinnati,OH | The Colonels won their first meet of the 2024 outdoor season yesterday at Northwest HS. 🥇 Ethan Long (SR, sprinter/jumper) won the 200M, just missing the meet record by 0.04 seconds. 🥇 🥈 🥉 Also medaling for CCH were: 1600M - 1. Luke McLane (FR), 3. Jack Dwyer (FR). 800M - 1. Michael Zechella (SR), 2. McLane, 3. Luke O'Hara (SO). 3200M - 1. Jack Dwyer (FR), 3. Ben Wulfeck (FR). Long Jump - 3. Mason Edwards (SR). 🔗 Full event results can be found at the link below ~ milesplit.live/meets/Events Cov Cath bested second place Winton Woods by 35 points, scoring in 14 of the meet's 16 events, which included 18 top five finishes. 🏆 Congrats Colonels!

🦁 ... 🐻, oh my! What a great game and season for both teams, and a couple of very special players. Congratulations Lyons! Rupp looked as full for a Sweet 16 final as I've seen for a while too. 🏀 Official game stats ~

Great minds, and whatnot ... 🤣