? Girls team race heating up.

Calloway Co wins 4x200 Relay. 

Lex Cath leads the Lakers 39-37. Bourbon Co, Franklin Co, Elizabethtown, Mason Co trailing.

Papa's Lady Royals should do really well in the field events as the meet progresses.

#️⃣1️⃣ Boyle County's top ranked 4×100 squad follows through with a win and bumps the Rebels into second in the team standings.

? Favored Kalynn Pease (Fleming Co) wins the girls' 400. 

Lex Cath's Joanna Bryant (2nd) and Sarah Scott (5th) extend the Lady Knights' lead over Calloway Co 51-37.

?? Eli Robert's (Lincoln Co SO) is a surprise winner over Tilghman senior Kylen Ware and puts the Patriots on the board with 10 points. 

Cov Cath: Rhett Blettner (JR) runs a PR to place 3rd. Colonel Jackson Schmid (JR) picks up a 6th. 

? Boys' team leaders ~

Cov Cath 40, Tilghman 27, Boyle Co 26

?? Two favorites take gold as the field events continue to wrap up.

? Lexi Young (Mason Co JR) wins the High Jump and bumps the Lady Royals up to 4th in the girls' team standings.

? Nicholas Blann (Logan Co SR) takes the Triple Jump. Teammate Damani Goodloe (JR) places 8th and the Cougars are in the books with 11 points.

?? Bourbon County rules the 2A 300m Hurdles at state this year.

Marleigh Estes' (JR) win bumps the Lady Colonels into 3rd. 

Asher Mattox's (SR) wins gold and the Colonels also are now in a tie for3rd.

? Team standings ~

Girls: Lex Cath 51, Calloway Co 49, Bourbon Co 40 . . .

Boys: Cov Cath 40, Harrison Co 27, Bourbon Co 27, Tilghman 27

Lex Cath and Cov Cath extend their leads with wins in the 800m Run.

Caroline Beiting picks up her third gold of the day for the Lady Knights. Teammate Abigail Turner places second. 

Will Sheets runs a sub 1:55 PR in a fast race for a win over Bourbon Co's Jesus Mendoza-Solis and Lex Cath's Asher Feddock.

Cov Cath' Luke McLane is, in fact, healthy. The Colonel soph ran a PR to place just out of the points in 9th. Way to be, Luke!

? Mason County's girls hitting their stride in the field events:

Pole Vault win by Ava Thompson and a third by teammate Sarah Payne.

Long Jump runner-up for High Jump champ Lexi Young.

? Fleming County's Kalynn Pease  adds a Long Jump title to go with her 400 win. 

1 hour ago, Runcible Owl said:

✅️ Caroline Beiting wins the 1600; puts Lex Cath in the lead over second place Bourbon Co 36-24.

⭐️ Riku Sugi (Thomas Nelson) wins yet another state title in the boys' 1600. Cov Cath goes 2-3 with Will Sheets and Joe Mayer. Colonels take the team lead with 28 points. Harrison Co and Boyle Co tied for second with 16.

Sugi is the guy I had eyes on a couple of months ago. 

11 minutes ago, mcpapa said:

Sugi is the guy I had eyes on a couple of months ago. 

Sugi is absolutely phenomenal; one of the best ever in the Bluegrass.

Sheets, good as he is, has to spread himself over more events for Cov Cath's title hopes. If the Colonels have a win locked down today, he can forgo the 4x400. I'd like to see them go at it hard in the 3200.

??‍♂️?‍♂️ | Event results coming in fast and furious. I'll highlight those contests soon.

It would appear Lex Cath and Cov Cath are well on their way to title repeats.

Girls TBD: Triple Jump - finals; 4x400 Relay - finals. Lex Cath #1 in 4x400. Lexi looks like a sure thing in the TJ for Mason.

Boys TBD: Shot Put - prelims; Long Jump - prelims; 4x400 Relay - finals,; Pole Vault - scheduled at 9:00 am and yet to start? Cov Cath has #1 Vaulter, could pick up Shot Put points, and should do well in the 4x400.

Team scoring frontrunners ~

Girls: Lex Cath 78, Calloway 63, Mason 56, Bourbon 50, Fleming 37

Boys: Cov Cath 67, Boyle 39.5, Bourbon 37, Tilghman 32, T Nelson 29

? Girls and Boys Discus ~ 

? Germani Crosby (Lincoln Co) finds redemption after fouling out of the Shot Put. Shot champ Maddi Baker (Mercer Co) places 4th.

? Allen Cooper (East Carter) led a strong field of four 150'+ throwers. Quentin Jones (Cov Cath JR) picks up 3 points for the Colonels in 6th.

⚡️⚡️ Short sprint duels, Part 2 - 200m

?? Jolana Schenkel (McCreary Cent) pulls a 100-200 double. Fleming Co's all-everything Kalynn Pease grabs 2nd.

?? Luke Kelly (Harlan Co) follows his 100 win in a close metric furlong over Lloyd's Josiah Lockridge.

? Distance duels, Part 2 - 3200m

?? Riku Sugi (Thomas Nelson) adds to his career title haul, doubling up today after his 1600 win.

Will Sheets and Joe Mayer go 2-3 again for 18 valuable points for Cov Cath, which should ice the team title for the Colonels.

? Thomas Nelson super-soph Baili Hoten strikes gold after a 2nd in the 1600. 

Lex Cath's Anna Dawahare and Cecilia Lowry pad Lex Cath's total with 4th and 5th place finishes.

⏱️ ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️ | 4x400 Relay - Always a great way to close out the day's running events. 

? Lex Cath (Joanna Bryant, Abigail Turner, Sarah Scott, and Caroline Beiting) puts in a capstone effort to ensure a team title win. 

The top five teams all placed well - Bourbon Co 4th, Calloway Co 5th, and Mason Co 7th.

? Bourbon Co (Jacob Ezell, Mark Perraut, Asher Mattox, Jesus Mendoza-Solis) trimmed nearly a second from their 2A leading time. 

Cov Cath (Garrett Gallagher, Rhett Blettner, Jackson Schmid, Jack Fleck) dropped a jaw dropping 5+ seconds from the team's best this year.

Top five teams earned closeout points - Tilghman 3rd, Mercer Co 5th, and Boyle Co 7th.

??? A field events three-fer.

?? Girls' Triple Jump: Lexi Young (Mason Co JR) is a double winner in the jumps, also nabbing gold in the High Jump earlier. She just missed a jump sweep, placing second the Long Jump. 

?? Boys' Shot Put: Mercer Co went 1-2 with two 50'+ throwers at UK. Bright future for the winner, soph Noah Nichols, who also placed 4th today in the Discus. Titan senior Gage Bennett added over one and a half feet to his PR for 2nd. Mercer Co sits in second in the team standings at this point behind two clutch performances.

? Boys Team Standings Update - one scoring event remaining ~

1. Cov Cath 75, 2. Mercer Co 48, 3. Bourbon Co 47, 4. Boyle Co 45.5, 5. Tilghman 38

Boys' Pole Vault is the lone remaining result we're looking for. Cov Cath can win the team title without points from 2A leader Paul Klosinski. Bourbon Co has two vaulters (Mark Perraut, Braden Goebel) and Boyle Co has one (Andrew Lockhart). Mercer Co and Tilghman have none, so we're looking for a shake up in final placings.

Updates much appreciated!