MONTICELLO — The Corbin Redhound boys’ cross country team continues its dominance in Class 2A’s Region 5 by capturing their fifth consecutive regional crown on Saturday.
Corbin had three runners finish in the top 10, and all six runners finish in the top 20 as the Redhounds finished with 44 points. Bell County placed second with 65 points while Mercer County (third, 96), Wayne County (fourth, 106), Boyle County (fifth, 110), McCreary Central (sixth, 128), Whitley County (seventh, 163), and Lincoln County (eighth, 199) rounded out the eight teams that fielded enough runners to compete for the team regional crown.
Connor Messer led Corbin with a fifth place finish (17:40) while Ethan Slone placed sixth (17:45.79), and Koby Perkins rounded out the Redhound runners in the top 10 with an eighth place effort (17:58.36).
Whitley County’s Danny Ellis finished seventh overall with a time of 17:47.12 while Bell County’s Braydin Hickey (18:10.11), and Reese Arno (18:12.24) finished ninth and 10th, respectively.
For results of all local runners that participated in the event please see below.
Class 2A, Region 5
Boys’ Team Results
1. Corbin 44, 2. Bell County 65, 3. Mercer County 96, 4. Wayne County 106, 5. Boyle County 110, 6. McCreary Central 128, 7. Whitley County 163, 8. Lincoln County 199.
Boys’ Individual Results
Corbin (44)
17:40.85 Connor Messer 5th
17:45.79 Ethan Slone 6th
17:58.36 Koby Perkins 8th
18:32.03 Caleb Terrell 12th
18:39.82 Kobe Dixon 13th
18:49.28 Christopher Rose 16th
19:14.54 Coleman Anderson 19th
Bell County (65)
18:10.11 Braydin Hickey 9th
18:12.24 Reese Arno 10th
18:18.18 Nicholas Stewart 11th
18:47.62 Hayden Green 15th
19:16.63 Jacob Brannon 20th
21:11.09 Andrew Roy 42nd
24:14.66 Landon Eldridge 59th
Whitley County (163)
17:47.12 Danny Ellis 7th
19:51.10 Tanner Logan 28th
20:31.35 Colin Zipkin 34th
22:08.86 Evan Ellis 51st
22:31.25 Jacob Alder 52nd
23:41.17 Garrett Sharp 56th
24:41.02 Sawyer Higginbotham 63rd
Clay County (No team points)
20:49.21 Cole Samples 38th
22:02.17 Aidan Lovett 50th
26:16.47 AJ Lovett 65th
Knox Central (No team points)
21:43.72 Johnathon Troxell 45th
23:48.73 Daktoa Brown 57th
28:12.79 Baylor Johnston-Jones 66th
31:59.51 Ben Warren 68th
