Saturday’s regional cross country meets at Idlewild Park in Burlington were a great day for two individual defending state champions. Defending boys Class 3A champion Paul Van Laningham of Cooper (15 minutes, 1.05 seconds) easily won the Region 5 race by nearly a minute over Conner’s Ethan Mann (15:57.18). Girls Class A champion and Kentucky […]
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CovCath not thinking about a third straight 2A cross country title
Covington Catholic’s football team won three state titles from 1993-95, and the Colonels’ tennis team accomplished the same from 2023 to last June. CovCath’s cross country squad would match those feats with a third consecutive state boys Class 2A team championship Nov. 1 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Colonels are ranked fourth […]
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Covington Catholic cross country rules Class 2A for first state championship since 1994
It turned out not to be a matter of if, but a matter of who ran for the Covington Catholic cross country team in the state cross country meet at the Kentucky Horse Park. The Colonels saw a number of different runners step forward throughout the season, battling injuries on their way to their first […]
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CovCath cross country returns to Class 2A, wins regional team title
It had been nine years since Covington Catholic’s cross country team competed in Class 2A. Saturday, the Colonels gloriously returned. They won the Region 4 meet over Bourbon County, 19-47, at the Bourbon County Cross Country Course northeast of Paris. CovCath’s win was certain from the starting line. Sophomore Joe Mayer won the 5K race […]