The Kentucky Track Cross Country Coaches Association state indoor meets were held over the weekend in Louisville for high schools across the state.
The Class AA and AAA meet took place on Saturday with the Class A meet taking place on Sunday.
NKY participants earned nine state titles, including Walton-Verona’s Jackson Smith bringing home a pair of state titles in the Class A meet. Smith won the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.23 and also won the 200-meter dash in 23.25.
Smith’s Bearcats teammate Grady Shay won the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.67.
Other individual state champs in the Class A meet were Beechwood’s Lily Parke in the 1,500 meters (4:54.20), St. Henry’s Cassidy Cline in the high jump (4-10), Bishop Brossart’s Chloe Hein in the long jump (16-04,75) and the Bishop Brossart boys 4×800 relay team (8:38.34) and the Bishop Brossart girls 4×400 relay team (4:19.20).
In the Class AA meet, Conner’s Isabella Vonlehman won the 200-meter dash in 25.37.
Brossart’s girls strong showing earned them runner-up in the Class A meet with 75 points, 15 points shy of first-place Lexington Chrisitan Academy. Beechwood’s girls finished third with 71.5 points, St. Henry fourth with 40.5 points.
St. Henry’s boys had the top showing in the boys Class A meet, finishing second with 52.5 points. Walton-Verona was third with 46 points, Bishop Brossart fourth with 42 points.
Boys Class AAA standouts from NKY (top five)
Evan Smith, Ryle — second place, 800 meters (1:58.01)
Armando Montes, Dixie Heights — fourth place, 800 meters (2:00.22)
Kaden Gardner, Ryle — fourth place, high jump (6-00)
Grant Reece, Conner — fifth place, shotput (46-06.5)
Girls Class AAA standouts from NKY (top five)
Isabella Vonlehman, Conner — first place, 200 meters (25.37)
Isabella Vonlehman, Conner — third place, 60-meter dash (7.80)
Veronica Orr, Dixie Heights — fifth place, 400 meters (1:01.17)
Kylah Gardner, Ryle — fourth place, high jump (4-10)
Savannah Seiler, Simon Kenton — fifth place, high jump (4-10)
Dixie Heights 4×400 relay team — fourth place (4:17.93)
Viktoriya Emelianova, Ryle — fourth place, shot put (33-10.5)
Girls Class AA standouts from NKY (top five)
Haley Zell, Highlands — second place, triple jump (34-09.75)
Haley Zell, Highlands — third place, 60-meter dash (8.04)
Haley Zell, Highlands — fourth place, 200 meters (27.06)
Rylee Swope, Highlands — fourth place, shot put (29-01)
Haley Zell, Highlands — fifth place, long jump (15-09)
Class A standouts from NKY (top five)
Jackson Smith, Walton-Verona — first place, 60-meter dash (7.23)
Jackson Smith, Walton-Verona — first place, 200 meters (23.25)
Grady Shay, Walton-Verona — first place, 60-meter hurdles (8.67)
Lily Parke, Beechwood — first place, 1,500 meters (4:54.20)
Bishop Brossart boys 4×800 relay team — first place (8:38.34)
Bishop Brossart girls 4×400 relay — first place (4:19.20)
Cassidy Cline, St. Henry — first place, high jump (4-10)
Chloe Hein, Bishop Brossart — long jump, first place (16-04.75)
Landon Bain, Bishop Brossart — second place, 400 meters (52.73)
Bishop Brossart 4×400 relay team — second place (3:41.28)
Al Bessler, St. Henry — second place, high jump (6-02)
Josh Brockman, St. Henry — second place, pole vault (10-06)
Lily Parke, Beechwood — second place, 800 meters (2:25.08)
Natalie Hall, Walton-Verona — second place, 60-meter hurdles (10.28)
Miranda Csordas, Bishop Brossart — second place, high jump (4-08)
Anna Curtsinger, Bishop Brossart — second place, pole vault (8-00)
Beechwood girls 4×800 relay team — second place (10:18.41)
James Cusick, Beechwood — third place, long jump (19-11.5)
Beechwood 4×800 relay team — third place (9:10.68)
Al Bessler, St. Henry — third place, long jump (19-5.5)
Al Bessler, St. Henry — third place, triple jump (39-04.5)
Sean Ihrig, St. Henry — third place, shot put (42-04)
Chloe Hein, Bishop Brossart — third place, 60-meter dash (8.46)
Chloe Hein, Bishop Brossart — third place, 200 meters (26.97)
Maddy Brauch, Beechwood — third place, 400 meters (1:03.22)
Charley Gerrerin, Beechwood — third place, 3,000 meters (11:24.61)
Cassidy Cline, St. Henry — third place, long jump (14-02.75)
Kaelyn King, St. Henry — third place, 60-meter hurdles (10.29)
Miranda Csordas, Bishop Brossart — third place, triple jump (31-10)
Beechwood girls 4×400 relay — third place (4:35.39)
Bishop Brossart girls 4×800 relay — third place (10:24.83)
Reese Jones, Walton-Verona — third place, high jump (4-08)
Maddy Brauch, Beechwood — fourth place, 60-meter dash (8.50)
St. Henry 4×800 relay team — fourth place (9:15.81)
Carson Milner, Walton-Verona — fourth place, 800 meters (2:07.07)
Dixon Ryan, St. Henry — fourth place, 1,500 meters (4:17.35)
James Cusick, Beechwood — fourth place, triple jump (38-11.5)
Luke Erdman, Beechwood — fourth place, long jump (19-2.25)
Emily Bowlin, Walton-Verona — fourth place, 60-meter hurdles (10.92)
Dixon Ryan, St. Henry — fourth place, 3,000 meters (9:20.30)
Walton-Verona girls 4×400 relay team — fourth place (4:36.42)
Cassidy Cline, St. Henry — fifth place, 60-meter dash (8.55)
Luke Erdman, Beechwood — fifth place, 200 meters (23.70)
Carson Milner, Walton-Verona — fifth place, 1,500 meters (4:22.31)
Nathan Ruth, Bishop Brossart — fifth place, 3,000 meters (9:35.42)
Mason Meyer, Bishop Brossart — fifth place, 60-meter hurdles (9.24)
Mason Meyer, Bishop Brossart — fifth place, high jump (6-00)
Caleb Crutchfield, Dayton — fifth place, triple jump (38-7.25)
Maddy Brauch, Beechwood — fifth place 200 meters (28.28)
Lexi Braun, Bishop Brossart — fifth place, 400 meters (1:05.47)
Amy Klocke, Bishop Brossart — fifth place, 3,000 meters (11:28.07)
Sarah Sizemore, Beechwood — fifth place, high jump (4-08)
Beechwood 4×400 relay team — fifth place (3:47.12)