2️⃣5️⃣ 🏃‍♂️ MileSplit Kentucky's statewide all-class Top 25, based on seasons' best performances.

1 Trinity 72; 2 Covington Catholic 155; 3 Lafayette 179; 4 Ryle 240; 5 St Xavier 245

6 Manual 304; 7 Oldham Co 377; 8 North Oldham 423; 9 Greenwood 524, 10 Central Hardin 550

11 Daviess Co 575; 12 Ballard 625; 13 Atherton 627; 14 Lexington Catholic 672; 15 Eastern 678

16 South Oldham 720; 17 Conner 747; 18 Beechwood 774; 19 Bishop Brossart 781; 20 Apollo 825

21 St Henry 885; 22 Male 891; 23 Campbell Co 905; 24 Adair Co 925; 25 Madison Central 940

🔼🔽 This is the first year of the KHSAA's revamped cross country alignment with the private school multiplier in effect.

Opportunities for new and renewed rivalries present themselves and there are some significant moves between regions within the classes too. ◀️▶️

🔗 Link to the new alignment ~

khsaa.org/cross-country-alignment

1️⃣0️⃣ 🏃‍♂️ Top 10's per class from MileSplit.

✅️ New classes 🔼🔽 and regions within class ◀️▶️ for ranked teams.

● 3A

1 Trinity 58; 2 Covington Catholic 🔼 122; 3 Lafayette 134; 4 St Xavier ▶️ 182; 5 Ryle 182

6 Manual ▶️ 227; 7 Oldham Co ▶️ 288; 8 Central Hardin 386; 9 Greenwood 387; 10 Daviess Co 419

● 2A

1 North Oldham 🔽 71; 2 Lexington Catholic 115; 3 Adair Co 159; 4 St Henry 🔼 172; 5 Russell 183

6 Corbin ▶️ 188; 7 Highlands 🔽 288; 8 John Hardin 252; 9 Ashland 372; 10 Boyd Co 413

+ Worth noting that Lexington Christian 🔼, moving up to 2A has yet to post meet results.

● 1A

1 Beechwood 97; 2 Bishop Brossart 99; 3 Highlands Latin 127; 4 Bethlehem 133; 5 Collegiate 183; 6 Jackson Co 208; 7 Frankfort 211; 8 Green Co 253; 9 University Heights 273; 10 Covington Holy Cross 306

1️⃣ ⚔️ 🍀 Lafayette overtakes Trinity in the MileSplit statewide all-class rankings. The two-time defending 3A champion Generals, despite placing behind Trinity on Saturday, takes a narrow 16 point lead this week based on season's best times.

● Highlands Latin, previously unranked, makes their debut at No. 10 and announced their presence with authority as the frontrunner in 1A.

● Lexington Catholic, the defending 2A champs, jumped eight spots in the Top 25 to supplant North Oldham as the 2A leader.

● Conner's Ethan Mann was the fastest Kentuckian at Saturday's Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational. The junior harrier has led the Cougars to No. 13 in the statewide rankings.

● Also joining the Top 25 this week - East Jessamine, Bourbon Co, Corbin, and Highlands

2️⃣5️⃣ Best of the Bluegrass

1 Lafayette (+1) 64; 2 Trinity (-1) 80; St Xavier (+2) 205; 4 Covington Catholic (-2) 208; 5 Ryle (-1) 289

6 Lexington Catholic (+8) 356; 7 Oldham Co (~) 439; 8 North Oldham (~) 457; 9 Manual (-3) 462; 10 Highlands Latin (nr) 600

11 East Jessamine (nr) 641; 12 Greenwood (-3) 670; 13 Conner (+4) 728; 14 Bourbon Co (nr) 751; 15 Central Hardin (-5) 765

16 Daviess Co (-5) 775; 17 Ballard (-5) 798; 18 Beechwood (~) 801; 19 Eastern (-4) 813; 20 Madison Central (+5) 832

21 Bishop Brossart (-2) 842; 22 Corbin (nr) 849; 23 Atherton (-10) 851; 24 Male (-2) 869; 25 Highlands (nr) 945

9️⃣ The KTCCCA all-class Area leaders.

● Area 1: 1 Christian Co 93; 2 Union Co 138; 3 Calloway Co 140; 4 University Heights 150; 5 Graves Co 159

● Area 2: 1 Greenwood 43; 2 Daviess Co 60; 3 Apollo 71; 4 South Warren 158; 5 Grayson Co 240

● Area 3: 1 Trinity 29; 2 St Xavier 71; 3 Manual 149; 4 Highlands Latin 177; 5 Ballard 230

● Area 4: 1 Oldham Co 62; 2 North Oldham 67; 3 Central Hardin 108; 4 South Oldham 147; 5 Bethlehem 183

● Area 5: 1 Covington Catholic 40; 2 Ryle 54; 3 Conner 139; 4 Beechwood 141; 5 Bishop Brossart 168

● Area 6: 1 Lafayette 24; 2 Lexington Catholic 90; 3 East Jessamine 145; 4 Bourbon Co 164; 5 Madison Central 182

● Area 7: Russell 30; 2 Ashland 75; 3 Boyd Co 77; 4 Rowan Co 78; 5 Montgomery Co 152

● Area 8: 1 Corbin 54; 2 Adair Co 81; 3 Jackson Co 144; 4 South Laurel 158; 5 Wayne Co 163

● Area 9: 1 Harlan Co 24; 2 Pikeville 125; 3 Harlan 134; 4 Johnson Central 143; 5 Middlesboro 154

Class 3A Updates ~

⚔️ 🇫🇮 ♈️ No. 1 ranked Lafayette blitzed the Central Kentucky Conference championship meet at Bourbon Co. The Generals placed seven runners in the top eight, all under 16:25 - very impressive.

No. 3 Covington Catholic came home from the Midwest Catholic Championship meet at Cedarville with the runner-up trophy. The Colonels were paced by sophomore Asher Edmonson.

No. 5 duPont Manual placed a very respectable 9th in the Championship Division at the huge "Twilight at PR'ville" in Huntsville. No. 7 Daviess County and No. 8 Greenwood finished 16th and 21st.

2️⃣5️⃣ 3A Team Rankings:

1 Lafayette 64; 2 Trinity 77; 3 Cov Cath 172; 4 St Xavier 184; 5 Manual 188

6 Ryle 249; 7 Daviess Co 315; 8 Greenwood 358; 9 Oldham Co 366; 10 Madison Cent 460

11 Conner 492; 12 E Jessamine 497; 13 Cent Hardin 561; 14 Male 579; 15 Ballard 624

16 Eastern 633; 17 Atherton 661; 18 S Oldham 673; 19 Campbell Co 735; 20 Apollo 743

21 F Douglass 773; 22 Bryan Stn 1028; 23 Dixie Hts 1036; 24 Christian Co 1076; 25 H Clay 1095

2️⃣5️⃣ 3A Individual Rankings:

1 Matthew Frick, St X, 15:04; 2 Van Weimer, Lafayette, 15:15; 3 Ethan Mann, Conner, 15:26; 4 Brady Filippazzo, Male, 15:33; 5 Oliver Zausch, Manual, 15:37

6 Kyle Stickel, Lafayette, 15:42; 7 Judson Redfern, Daviess Co, 15:42; 8 Christian Stewart, Trinity, 15:43; 9 Braeden Franxman, Cov Cath, 15:43; 10 Ben Cebe, Trinity, 15:44

11 Hudson Everett, Trinity, 15:44; 12 Jay Koisin, E Jessamine, 15:44; 13 Thomas Cline, Cent Hardin, 15:46; 14 Mason Ellis, Eastern, 15:48; 15 Jake Ovesen, Cent Hardin 16:03

16 Luke McLane, Cov Cath, 16:03; 17 Colson Somervill, Lafayette, 16:04; 18 John Willen, Manual, 16:05; 19 Elijah Johnson, Lafayette, 16:06; 20 Noah Webber, Lafayette, 16:08

21 Brooks Crosby, Manual, 16:08; 22 Noah Bamba, Trinity, 16:11; 23 Miles Goodrich, Greenwood, 16:14; 24 Abi Teller, Cov Cath, 16:17; 25 Ben Moore, Ryle, 16:19

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Class 3A Updates ~

⚔️ 🇫🇮 ♈️ No. 1 ranked Lafayette blitzed the Central Kentucky Conference championship meet at Bourbon Co. The Generals placed seven runners in the top eight, all under 16:25 - very impressive.

No. 3 Covington Catholic came home from the Midwest Catholic Championship meet at Cedarville with the runner-up trophy. The Colonels were paced by sophomore Asher Edmonson.

No. 5 duPont Manual placed a respectable 9th in the Championship Division at the huge "Twilight at PR'ville" in Huntsville. No. 7 Daviess County and No. 8 Greenwood finished 16th and 21st respectively.

2️⃣5️⃣ 3A Team Rankings:

1 Lafayette 64; 2 Trinity 77; 3 Cov Cath 172; 4 St Xavier 184; 5 Manual 188

6 Ryle 249; 7 Daviess Co 315; 8 Greenwood 358; 9 Oldham Co 366; 10 Madison Cent 460

11 Conner 492; 12 E Jessamine 497; 13 Cent Hardin 561; 14 Male 579; 15 Ballard 624

16 Eastern 633; 17 Atherton 661; 18 S Oldham 673; 19 Campbell Co 735; 20 Apollo 743

21 F Douglass 773; 22 Bryan Stn 1028; 23 Dixie Hts 1036; 24 Christian Co 1076; 25 H Clay 1095

2️⃣5️⃣ 3A Individual Rankings:

1 Matthew Frick, St X, 15:04; 2 Van Weimer, Lafayette, 15:15; 3 Ethan Mann, Conner, 1526; 4 Brady Filippazzo, Male, 15:33; 5 Oliver Zausch, Manual, 15:37

6 Kyle Stickel, Lafayette, 15:42; 7 Judson Redfern, Daviess Co, 15:42; 8 Christian Stewart, Trinity, 15:43; 9 Braeden Franxman, Cov Cath, 15:43; 10 Ben Cebe, Trinity, 15:44

11 Hudson Everett, Trinity, 15:44; 12 Jay Koisin, E Jessamine, 15:44; 13 Thomas Cline, Cent Hardin, 15:46; 14 Mason Ellis, Eastern, 15:48; 15 Jake Ovesen, Cent Hardin 16:03

16 Luke McLane, Cov Cath, 16:03; 17 Colson Somervill, Lafayette, 16:04; 18 John Willen, Manual, 16:05; 19 Elijah Johnson, Lafayette, 16:06; 20 Noah Webber, Lafayette, 16:08

21 Brooks Crosby, Manual, 16:08; 22 Noah Bamba, Trinity, 16:11; 23 Miles Goodrich, Greenwood, 16:14; 24 Abi Teller, Cov Cath, 16:17; 25 Ben Moore, Ryle, 16:19

🏆🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️ Class 3A Regions ~

Tight races among the title hunt projections: #8 Greenwood vs #13 Central Hardin in Region 2, #3 Covington Catholic vs. #6 Ryle In Region 6, and #12 East Jessamine vs #10 Madison Central in Region 7.

#1 Lafayette is chalked to take the first seven places and maintain dominance in Region 6. Yahtzee!

Regions with the most teams in the Top 25: East Louisville (7), Lexington (6), and Covington (5).

7️⃣ Regional Select Sevens ~

● R1: 1 Daviess Co (K7) 23; 2 Apollo (K20) 66; 3 Christian Co (K24) 103; 4 Henderson Co 103; 5 Muhlenburg Co 151; 6 Graves Co 177; 7 Marshall Co 207

● R2: 1 Greenwood (K8) 33; Cent Hardin (K13) 48; 3 S Warren 93; 4 Bowling Green 121; 5 N Hardin 131; 6 Grayson Co 154; 7 Meade Co 196

● R3: 1 N Bullitt 42; 2 Iroquois 88; Bullitt Cent 99; 4 Bullitt E 101; 5 Fairdale158; 6 Butler 159; 7 PRP 204

● R4: 1 Trinity (K2) 36; 2 St X (K4) 69; 3 Manual (K5) 73; 4 Male (K14) 191; 5 Eastern (K16) 213; 6 Ballard(K15) 213; 7 Atherton (K17) 225

● R5: 1 Cov Cath (K3) 32; 2 Ryle (K6) 45; 3 Conner (K11) 79; 4 Campbell Co (K19) 133; 5 Dixie (K23) 194; 6 Cooper 224; 7 Scott 226

● R6: 1 Lafayette (K1) 15; 2 Oldham Co (K9) 80; 3 S Oldham (K18) 153; 4 F Douglass (K21) 169; 5 Bryan Stn (K22) 223; 6 H Clay (K25) 238; 7 PL Dunbar 261

● R7: 1 E Jessamine (K12) 41; 2 Madison Cent (K10) 43 ; 3 W Jessamine 118; 4 S Laurel 119; 5 N Laurel 138; 6 Pulaski Co 155; 7 Southwestern 159

🗓 Regional meets are scheduled for Saturday, October 24.