A pair of Christian County runners made their state cross country meet debuts Saturday at different ends of the career spectrums.
Cam Britton finished in 172nd place in a time of 19:21 over the 3.1-mile course. The Colonel senior qualified for the state meet after running a personal best time of 17:37 at the region meet.
Freshman Wyatt Fleming also ran a personal best time at the region meet to qualify for state. He finished in 186th place at the state meet in a time of 19;27.
It marked the first time since 2013 that Christian County had more than one runner compete in the state meet,
For the second straight year, the state meet was run at the Bourbon County Park after decades at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Runners had to traverse wet and muddy conditions that were the result of rain that fell all day Friday and early Saturday.