FIVE & COUNTING: Corbin girls’ cross country team captures fifth straight Class 2A, Region 5 title 

MONTICELLO — The Corbin girls’ cross country team continued its dominance of Class 2A’s Region 5 for the fifth consecutive year.

The Lady Redhounds won their fifth straight Region 5 championship, finishing with 28 points while Boyle County placed second with 70 points. Whitley County also participated in the event, finishing sixth with 153 points.

All of Corbin’s runners finished in the top 20 with Emma Massengill bringing home an individual regional championship as well with a time of 20:46.74. Teammate Hadley Elmore finished second (21:11.46) while Jaycee Frye also turned in a top 10 effort with a seventh place effort (22:32.08).

Kelsey Vanover led Whitley County with a 27th place finish, turning in a time of 26:09.67.

On the boys’ side, Corbin placed third with 75 points while earning a spot in the Class 2A State Meet. Whitley County finished sixth with 176 points.

Corbin had two runners finish in the top 10 — Ethan Slone (third, 17:27.78), and Kobe Dixon (sixth, 18:19.14).

Whitley County’s Tanner Logan qualified for the Class 2A State Meet with a 23rd place effort (19:21:73).

For complete results of Corbin’s and Whitley County’s runners, see below. 

Class 2A, Region 5 Girls’ Meet

Girls’ Results

1. Corbin 28, 2. Boyle County 70, 3. Knox Central 80, 4. Mercer County 80, 5. McCreary Central 116, 6. Whitley County 153.

Girls’ Individual Results

Corbin

20:46.74, Emma Massengill, 1st  

21:11.46, Hadley Elmore, 2nd  

22:32.08, Jaycee Frye, 7th  

23:28.67, Lynlee Flynn, 13th  

23:39.95, Addison Owens, 15th  

23:59.55, Mallory Bradshaw, 17th  

24:26.24, Alex Herren, 19th  

Whitley County

26:09.67, Kelsey Vanover, 27th  

27:45.14, Bailey Vanover, 40th  

29:46.75, Olivia Powers, 47th  

30:01.29, Ashlen Douglas, 49th  

31:50.91, Madie Brown, 53rd  

41:17.45, Emma Richardson, 58th  

Class 2A, Region 5 Boys’ Meet

Boys’ Team Results

1. Wayne County 52, 2. Mercer County 72, 3. Corbin 75, 4. Boyle County 76, 5. Bell County 85, 6. Whitley County 176, 7. Knox Central 180, 8. McCreary Central 210.

Boys’ Individual Results

Corbin

17:27.78, Ethan Slone, 3rd  

18:19.14, Kobe Dixon, 6th  

18:37.15, Ben Teague, 11th  

19:53.26, Ethan Lester, 31st  

19:56.90, Kaleb Terrell, 32nd  

20:01.17, Isaiah Curry, 33rd  

21:13.27, Creed Davies, 41st  

Whitley County

19:21.73, Tanner Logan, 23rd  

20:12.30, Joshua Grubb, 34th  

21:21.01, Jacob Alder, 43rd  

22:14.33, Grayson Hill, 49th  

23:50.78, Sawyer Higginbotham, 53rd  

26:38.17, Conner Crabtree, 57th