Dupont Manaul’s Alena Sapienza-Wright hugs her coach, Tim Holman, after winning the KHSAA Class 3-A girls state cross country meet at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY on Saturday, November 5, 2016.
The Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association will honor its top athletes and coaches from 2016 during a ceremony Saturday at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame in Lexington.
Here are the winners:
GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
* Athletes – Taliyah Townsend, Male (Class 3-A, Overall); Lily Lowe, Calloway County (Class 2-A); Grace Campbell, Murray (Class A).
* Coaches – Sheree Beaumont, Male (Class 3-A); Brent Wagner, Boyle County (Class 2-A); Mark Boggess, Murray (Class A, Overall).
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
* Athletes – Will Allen, Paul Dunbar (Class 3-A, Overall); Trenton Fryman, North Oldham (Class 2-A); John Kolb, Brown (Class A).
* Coaches – Demetrius Gay, Henry Clay (Class 3-A); Terry Yeast, Mercer County (Class 2-A, Overall); Tom Stickel, Lexington Christian (Class A).
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
* Athletes – Alena Sapienza-Wright, Manual (Class 3-A); Michaela Reinhart, Lexington Catholic (Class 2-A, Overall); Kailee Perry, Morgan County (Class A).
* Coaches – Tim Holman, Manual (Class 3-A); Lowery Stallings, Christian Academy (Class 2-A); Tony Harden, St. Henry (Class A).
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
* Athletes – Yared Nuguse, Manual (Class 3-A, Overall); Jacob England, Warren East (Class 2-A); Keeton Thornsberry, Holy Cross (Class A).
* Coaches – Chuck Medley, St. Xavier (Class 3-A); Tim Weisenhahn, Lexington Catholic (Class 2-A); Tom Stickel, Lexington Christian (Class A).