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Hellmann, Sandlin 2nd at Meet of Champions

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Franklin County’s Robert Sandlin and Jenny Hellmann both finished second in the Class AA varsity races at the KTCCCA Meet of Champions Saturday at Masterson Station Park in Lexington.

Both races covered 5,000 meters.

Sandlin was second with a time of 16 minutes, 33.42 seconds as the Flyers placed fifth in the team standings. Bell County’s James Brown won the race in 16:26.57.

Western Hills was eighth in the boys Class AA race, led by Brandon Pulliam’s fifth-place finish in 17:19.93.

Hellmann’s time was 20:50.89 in the girls race, with Boyle County’s Emma Ditto winning in 19:38.07.

The Lady Flyers had the best finish among the local teams placing third with 93 points, just two points behind runner-up Boyle County.

FCHS had three other runners among the top 25 in the girls varsity race – Brooke Stigers, 11^th in 22:30.27; Kristen Just, 15^th in 23:00.73; and Shelby Wacker, 21^st in 23:32.89. Rounding out the team were Marci Beason, 70^th in 27:00.12, and Katelyn Chalk, 78^th in 28:32.93.

The Flyers’ Jordan Parris finished in the top 20, placing 18^th in 18:21.22. Also running for FCHS were Jason Shaw, 34^th in 19:04.10; Parker Smith, 57^th in 19:51.26; Anthony Adkins, 58^th in 19:51.52; Brian Wyatt, 87^th in 21:04.94; Roy Kitchen, 91^st in 21:09.67; Matthew Wyatt, 103^rd in 21:37.07; C.J. Decker, 105^th in 21:40.25; and Blaine Lewis, 106^th in 21:40.62.

WHHS runners behind Pulliam were Grant Hughes, 31^st in 18:59.29; Zack Wasson, 70^th in 20:31.11; Tyler Nix, 84^th in 21:00.99; Zach Gaines, 118^th in 22:11.266; Chris Nguyen, 135^th in 23:33.39.

Western Hills had two girls in the varsity race – Katie Jackson was 64^th in 26:18.82, and Kendyl Whaley was 86^th in 31:29.15.

In the 5K junior varsity race, Franklin County had three male runners – Tighe Harrod was 16^th in 23:00.74, Julian Viso was 17^th in 23:05.08, and Nick Johnson was 18^th in 23:10.59.

>Saturday’s meet was the state championship for the elementary and middle school teams.

Elkhorn was 22^nd in the boys 6^th grade and under division. The race covered 3,000 meters.

Running for the Elks were Curtis Green, 63^rd in 12:50.97; Jack Lewis, 101^st in 13:17.67; Zachary Green, 157^th in 13:52.88; Kayden Hansel, 185^th in 14:03.96; Jake Anderson, 232^nd in 14:31.49; Daniel Rush, 322^nd in 15:31.99; and Will Bolton, 324^th in 15:36.70.

In the girls 6^th grade and under division, Bondurant’s Ashley Kate Lawhorn was 21^st in 13:22.59.

Elkhorn placed 47^th in the team standings for this race. The Lady Elks competing were Jamie Beason, 181^st in 15:21.04; Pauline Saligumba, 344^th in 17:37.61; Rachel Lott, 387^th in 19:03.87; Taylor Vifquin, 400^th in 20:13.87; Micheala Just, 402^nd in 20:32.72; Alyssa Gurnell, 412^th in 21:14.05; and Taylor Withrow, 414^th in 21:17.32.

Elkhorn was 28^th in the boys middle school state championship. Joseph Cheek led the Elks, placing 103^rd in 16:25.20 over the 4,000-meter course. Also running for EMS were Charles Stone, 142^nd in 16:47.50; Taylor Strickland, 256^th in 17:53.18; Robert Wunderlich, 274^th in 18:06.96; Matthew Johnson, 285^th in 18:20.43; Austin Fields, 336^th in 19:09.78; and Matthew Smith, 352^nd in 19:42.39.

Bondurant had two runners in the girls middle school race – Harper Jones was 98^th in 18:18.40, and Dove DeNigris was 129^th in 18:46.58.

Elkhorn had a team in the race that placed 37^th. Running for EMS were Rebecca Coleman, 206^th in 20:01.82; Kater Riddle, 252^nd in 21:01.02; Aijalon Lott, 343^rd in 24:15.46; Catherine Clements, 350^th in 25:00.75; Molly Rush, 359^th in 27:45.39; Margaret Whitworth, 362^nd in 32:52.25; and Shelby Riddle, 363^rd in 34:51.45.

In the 6^th grade and under boys open division, Elkhorn’s Jordan Houghton was 142^nd in 18:22.22 over 3,000 meters.

Elkhorn’s Thomas Parsons was 108^th in 20:54.15 and Aaron Houghton was 121^st in 23:09.96 in the middle school open division 4,000-meter race.