High school cross country regional meets are set for this weekend around Kentucky.
In the Louisville area, four regional meets will be held at Seneca Park – Region Three in Class 3-A, 2-A and A and Region Four in Class 3-A.
Up to six teams from each regional meet — depending on the total number of teams entered — will qualify for the State Cross Country Championships set for Nov. 7 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Also, the top five individuals not on a qualifying team will earn a spot to the state meet.
Here is a brief preview of Saturday’s area regionals:
CLASS 3-A, REGION THREE
* Where: Seneca Park.
* Times: Boys at 12:40 p.m.; girls at 1:15 p.m.
* Top girls teams: Manual, Male.
* Top girls individuals: Male’s Kaitlyn Lacy; Manual’s Alena Sapienza-Wright and Emma Kuntz; Bullitt East’s Sierra Poppell; Central’s Bryanna Lucas.
* Top boys teams: St. Xavier, Meade County, Manual.
* Top boys individuals: St. Xavier’s Matthew Thomas, Spencer Hayden, Ryan Guenthner, Patrick Schaefer; Manual’s Yared Nuguse; Meade County’s Logan Greco.
CLASS 3-A, REGION FOUR
* Where: Seneca Park.
* Times: Boys at 10 a.m.; girls at 10:35 a.m.
* Top girls teams: Sacred Heart, Assumption, South Oldham.
* Top girls individuals: Sacred Heart’s Kathleen Simms, Megan Buechler, Abby Reburn; Assumption’s Sarah Michels, Sydney Larkin; South Oldham’s Hallie Searcy; Ballard’s Kortney Smith.
* Top boys teams: South Oldham, Trinity, Eastern.
* Top boys individuals: South Oldham’s Cole Dowdy, Tanner Dowdy, Hayden Tinal; Eastern’s Sam Ackerman, Emerson Wells, Luke Hoover; Atherton’s Marcus Grady; Trinity’s Trevor Warren.
CLASS 2-A, REGION THREE
* Where: Seneca Park.
* Times: Boys at 11:20 a.m.; girls at 11:55 a.m.
* Top girls teams: Christian Academy, North Oldham.
* Top girls individuals: Collins’ Gabriella Karas (status is uncertain); North Oldham’s Erin Edmundson, Avery Fryman, Anna Costelle; Christian Academy’s Clara Lynch, Madalyn O’Dea; Shelby County’s Sarah Hollingsworth.
* Top boys teams: North Oldham, Shelby County, Christian Academy.
* Top boys individuals: North Oldham’s Alex McClarty, Trenton Fryman; Shelby County’s David Jacobs, Kory Eades, Tyler Bates.
CLASS A, REGION THREE
* Where: Seneca Park.
* Times: Boys at 2 p.m.; girls at 2:35 p.m.
* Top girls teams: Presentation, Holy Cross.
* Top girls individuals: Bethlehem’s Caroline Collins; Presentation’s Julia Vogt.
* Top boys teams: Green County, Collegiate, Holy Cross.
* Top boys individuals: Holy Cross’ Keeton Thornsberry, Caleb Bolus; Collegiate’s Abshir Abdi; Green County’s Dedrick Troxell.