Meier earns top-10 finish at state meet

NASHVILLE Merrol Hyde Magnet freshman Kaelyn Meier earned a top-10 finish at the state cross country meet on Saturday at Percy Warner Park’s Steeplechase course.

Merrol Hyde Magnet freshman Kaelyn Meier

Meier finished 10th in 20:26.57, coming in a little more than two minutes behind Central Magnet sophomore Taylor Cuneo  in the Class A-AA girls meet.

Cuneo won the race by just less than 24 seconds over Christian Academy of Knoxville (CAK) sophomore Rebecca Story.

Signal Mountain won the girls’ team title by 13 points over CAK, with Central Magnet coming in third.

Station Camp senior Nathan Watson finished 11th in the Class AAA meet, claiming his best-ever finish at the state meet.

The Bison finished 16th as a team, as Brentwood defeated Oak Ridge by 24 points for the Class AAA team title, with Daniel Boone finishing third.

Station Camp senior Logan Augspurger finished 41st.

Beech senior Nash Young finished 28th as an individual. Brentwood sophomore Brodey Hasty won the race by 15.49 seconds over Daniel Boone senior Josh Routh.

Station Camp High senior Nathan Watson finished 11th in the Class AAA State Cross Country Meet.

Merrol Hyde Magnet placed seventh as a team in the Class A-AA boys meet, led by a 36th-place finish from freshman Alex Ponce. Junior Sean Meier finished 39th, while classmate Richard Max Wagner placed 48th.

Westmoreland junior Virgil Casteel finished 63rd as an individual.

Sullivan East senior Luke Meade won the race by 1:05 over Page junior Colin Lamb. Knoxville Catholic won the team title by 90 points over Sullivan East, with Madison Academic Magnet placing third.

Station Camp finished 15th in the girls’ Class AAA meet, while Beech placed 18th.

Freshman Faith Brown was the top Lady Bison finsher in 48th, while senior Mikki Davis finished 72nd.

Beech junior India Cooper led the Lady Bucs, finishing 100th.

Houston won the Class AAA girls’ team title by 11 points over Brentwood. Hardin Valley Academy came in third place.

The Pope John Paul II High teams each finished 11th in the Division II-Class AA meet.

Senior Hayden Yates (60th) was the top Knight runner, while junior Gabrielle Tarbuck (47th) led the Lady Knights.

Brentwood Academy swept the boys’ and girls’ titles, with the Eagle boys claiming five of the first seven positions.

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