Fort Campbell used a string grouping of runners to finish in fourth place at the Class 1A Region 1 cross country meet on Saturday and qualify for state.
Just 1:38 separated the Falcons’ first five runners, the second smallest margin of the nine teams in the race.
Junior Seth Puraty led the Falcons with an eighth-place finish in 18:31 over the 3.1-mile course at Marshall County High School.
Ryker Kramer was 24 seconds behind Puraty in 14th place, and Jack Belzer was 18th in 19:30.
Layne Barbee was 25th in 19:57 and Jayden Perry was 27th in 20:10.
The Falcons got a 41st-place finish from Noah Flick at 22:41, and John Tyler Ford was 50th at 23:10.
Easton Bourland of Dawson Springs won the race at 17:20.
As a team, Fort Campbell was fourth with 92 points and will run at the Class 1A State Cross Country Meet next Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
(Photos by Ashlyn Brown)
