Crittenden County to Send a Pair of Runners to State (w/PHOTOS)

Crittenden County will send two runners to next week’s state cross country meet after finishing in the top 21 on Saturday.

Sophomore River Rogers finished in 17^th place at Saturday’s Class 1A Region 1 Meet at Marshall County, covering the 3.1-mile course in a time of 19:21.

Asa McCord was 21^st in 19:38.

Both Rogers and McCord will compete at next Saturday’s Class 1A State Meet at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Also running on Saturday was Landon Starkey, who came in 32^nd place in 20:48. Zachary Rustin was 48^th in 22:47 followed by Noah Martinez (23:03) in 49^th place and Cameron Nesbitt (29:52) in 60^th place.

As a team, Crittenden County just missed qualifying for the state meet with a sixth-place finish with 165 points. The top five teams in the region standings will go to Lexington with the Rockets 19 points out of fifth place.

(Photos by Ashlyn Brown)

Crittenden County at the Region Meet

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