?? | A rivalry of Colonels continues to simmer. 2A Cross Country's top two teams last fall, Covington Catholic and Bourbon County, lead the rankings one month before the KHSAA's State Indoor T & F Meet. 

Both teams, as well as Corbin and Mason County feature top flight performers, as well as breadth and depth across the sport's disciplines. 

? Familiar names with state title resumes - Riku Sugi, Will Sheets, Tanner Tumey, as well as up and comers Noah Nichols, Paul Klosinski, and Luke McLane, are event leaders here.

Expect to see the distance events alter team scoring projections over the next few weeks. Most of the heavy hitters have had light schedules so far, particularly Sugi and Sheets.

Rankings are based season's best performances in a virtual state meet format - places 1-8 scoring, two entries per team in each event, etc. 

? 2A Boys' Team Rankings ~ 

1. Cov Cath 80.5 points, 2. Bourbon Co 78, 3. Corbin 57, 4. Mason Co 42.5, 5. Taylor Co 38

6. Mercer Co 32, 7. Boyle Co 26.5, T8. Bath Co 23, T8. Harrison Co 23, 10. Lex Cath 21 

11. John Hardin 20, 12. Elizabethtown 18, 13. Union Co 18, T14. Spencer Co 12, T14. Shelby Co 12

16. Thomas Nelson 10, 17. Calloway Co 8.5, 18. CAL 8, 19. LaRue Co 6, T20. Rowan Co 10, T20. Bardstown 

T22. Hopkinsville 3, T22. Franklin Co 3, T24. Logan Co 2, T24. Warren East 2

• Covington Catholic is the defending KHSAA 2A Indoor T & F champion.

? Event Leaders* ~

60*: Dalyn Williams, Taylor Co, 6.68

200: Jacob Ezell, Bourbon Co, 23.44

400: Jayce Stewart, Corbin, 51.68

800: Riku Sugi, Thomas Nelson, 1:57.19

1600*: Will Sheets, Cov Cath, 4:14.01

3200*: Luke McLane, Cov Cath, 9:24.88

60H*: Tanner Tumey, Harrison Co, 8.31

4x400: Bourbon Co, 3:42.15

4x800: Cov Cath, 8:31.72

Shot Put: Noah Nichols, Mercer Co, 42-10

Long Jump: Kamren McFadden, John Hardin, 20-0.5

Triple Jump: Jaquon Coulter, Taylor Co, 43-9.25

High Jump: Three tied at 6-0 ~ Zach Grigsby, Bath Co; Trazon Lang, Mason Co; Nazir Metts, Mason Co 

Pole Vault: Paul Klosinski, Cov Cath, 14-1 

(*) Some 55/60m, mile/1600m, 2 Mile/3200m marks on the depth charts are converted to state meet event standards. 

✔️ Link to 2A performance depth charts can be found at the link below. 

? ky.milesplit.com/leaders/2A_Boys

➕ Link to teams, rosters, meet schedules, and more can be found through navigating the menu, upper left of this link ~ 

? ky.milesplit.com

 

??????? Team scoring compiled by WOPR.

? ? Excellent performances over the last two weekends, and we've got a much clearer picture of how the state meet sets up in March. Lexington Catholic (+7) and Thomas Nelson (+9) moved up the rankings, to 3rd and 7th respectively. Defending state champion Covington Catholic remains 1st overall.

⏱️ ? There are eight new events leaders. The biggest news is Riku Sugi's 4:09.60 mile record run in Nashville. The Thomas Nelson senior and Notre Dame signee broke St. Xavier All-American Bobby Curtis' 2003 Kentucky best. 

✔️ The 2A Boys' and Girls' KHSAA State Meet is scheduled for March 4 at Louisville's Norton Healthcare Center.

? 2A Boys' Team T & F Rankings ~

1. Cov Cath 85.5, 2. Bourbon Co 54.5, 3. Lex Cath 43, 4. Corbin 40.5, 5. Mason Co 35.5

6. Mercer Co 34, 7. T Nelson 31, 8. Boyle Co 23, 9. Taylor Co 21 10. Adair Co 20.75

11. Spencer Co 19, 12. Harrison Co 18, 13. Bath Co 17.75, 14. E'town 17, 15. J Hardin 12

16. Union Co 11.5, 17. B'town 9, 18. Calloway Co 8.5, 19. Henry Co 8, T20. Clay Co 6, T20. LaRue Co 6 T20. CAL 6

23. Shelby Co 5.5, 24. Warren E 5, T25. Franklin Co 4.5, T25. Logan Co 4.5, T27. Rowan Co 1, T27. Lloyd 1

??? Event Leaders (? - New #1; ⬇️⬆️ - Previous leader with a new season's best.) ∆ - Defending state champion in event or equivalent

60m* ? 7.24 Andrew Nason, Boyle Co; Armonti Marshall, B'town; Dalyn Williams, Taylor Co 

200m ⬇️ 22.88 Jacob Ezell, Bourbon Co; Hampton Crowe, Henry Co; Garrett Gallagher, Cov Cath 

400 ? 51.28 Kobe Ryan, E'town; Asher Mattox, Bourbon Co; Jayce Stewart, Corbin 

800m: 1:57.19 Riku Sugi, T Nelson; Asher Feddock, Lex Cath; Caleb Turner, Lex Cath 

1600m* ? 4:08.15 Riku Sugi ∆, T Nelson; Will Sheets, Cov Cath; Joe Mayer Cov Cath 

3200m* 9:24.89 Luke McLane, Cov Cath; Daniel Filiatreau, T Nelson; Samuel Herbig, CAL

60mH* 8.31 Tanner Tumey, Harrison Co; Nashawn Brooks, Corbin; Jaylen Curry, LaRue Co 

4x400mR ? 3:35.21 Lex Cath; Cov Cath; Bourbon Co 

4x800mR ? 8:25.20 Lex Cath; Cov Cath; E'town 

Shot Put ? 43-11 Quentin Jones, Cov Cath; Noah Nichols, Mercer Co; Trenton Reed, Clay Co 

Long Jump ? 20-8 Solomon Stonebreaker ∆, Adair Co; Kamren McFayden, J Hardin; Jonah Gibson, Bath Co 

Triple Jump: 43-9.25 Jaquon Coulter, Taylor Co; Jon Konner Moore, Mercer Co; Nashawn Brooks, Corbin 

High Jump: Four tied at 6-0 - Zach Grigsby, Bath Co; Trazon Lang, Mason Co, Nazir Metts, Mason Co; ? Carter White, Adair Co 

Pole Vault: 14-1 Paul Klosinski, Cov Cath; Cooper Crowdus ∆, Union Co; Brayden Goebel, Bourbon Co 

* Some times converted to state meet event standards.

? Links to performance depth charts, team information, and scheduling can be found in the opening post.

There are no regional qualifying meets for state. A link to current class alignments can be found here ~

khsaa.org/current-track-and-field-alignment

??????? Team scoring compiled by WOPR.

⏱️?1️⃣ | Will Sheets of Cov Cath ('25) also set an all-time Kentucky best in Nashville's Music City Challenge.

The University of Virginia signee ran 25 laps on Vanderbilt's indoor track in 14:26.66 The mark clipped nearly 25 seconds off the record he set as a sophomore at the Nike Indoor Nationals in New York City. Will's time is currently ranked No. 4 nationally this year.

? Congrats Rigu and Will! 

The 2025 track seasons battles between these two in 2A will be among the best to ever lace them up in the Bluegrass. 

Details on the two can be found here ~

? ky.milesplit.com/sugie-sheets-shine-records-fall-in-nashville 

✓ A correction from the previous post: Tanner Tumey of Harrison Co. is also a defending state champion (60m Hurdles) - ∆.