Greenwood sweeps region titles
Published 8:19 am Monday, October 26, 2026
The Greenwood cross country teams claimed region titles during Saturday’s Class 3A, Region 1 meet at Phil Moore Park.
The Greenwood boys’ team finished with 29 total points, with four runners placing in the top seven and five in the top 10. Miles Goodrich led the way with a third-place finish in a time of 16 minutes, 53.31 seconds. Camden Goodrich placed fourth, Kayson Clements fifth, Reed Johnson seventh and Nicholas Clark was 10th for Greenwood.
Central Hardin finished second with 41 points. South Warren was third (103) and Bowling Green fourth (115) with the Spartans’ and Purples’ teams both advancing to the KHSAA State Meet on Oct. 31 at the New Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Calixto Alvarez led the way for South Warren finishing 12th, while Luke Duff led the way for Bowling Green finishing 11th.
Barren County’s Tyler Lindley was an individual qualifier finishing 16th.
On the girls’ side Greenwood finished with 30 points, placing four in the top 10. Charlotte Johnson led the way finishing third with a time of 19:40.80. Allie Doran was fifth, Blaire Marr finished sixth and Sauyer Shirley finished eighth for Greenwood.
Bowling Green finished runner-up with 58 points. Eleanor Pendleton (19:22.10) led the way with a second-place finish, while Naomi Basham finished seventh for BG.
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South Warren finished third with 69 points, placing a trio of runners in the top 10. Katelyn Best led the way with a fourth-place finish. Bailey James finished ninth and Jasmine Abacan finished 10th for South Warren.
All three teams advance to the state meet in Lexington.
Barren County sophomore Audrey Nuetzman was the individual region champion, finishing with a time of 19:13.40. Teammate Adeline Coleman was also a state individual qualifier after a 12th-place finish on Saturday.
In Class 2A, Region 2 both Warren East teams advanced to the state meet with the boys’ team finishing sixth and the girls’ team finishing fourth.
Nolan Hudnall led the way for Warren East, finishing third with a time of 17:22.89.
Kendall Meeks led the way for the Lady Raiders, finishing ninth.
On the boys’ side, Allen County-Scottsville’s Ashton Cox (15th) was an individual qualifier for state along with a trio of Franklin-Simpson runners – Benny West (17th), Gavin Byard (30th) and Easton Hodges (31st).
On the girls’ side, Franklin-Simpson’s Caroline Shackelford (16th) and Glasgow’s Brinleigh Mackie (14th) were state individual qualifiers.
In Class 2A, Region 1 the Logan County boys’ advanced after finishing third in the team standings. Jack Blanton led the way for Logan County with a fifth-place finish. Butler County’s Hudson Fuller (13th) and Lane Pendley (20th) were individual state qualifiers.
Butler County had a trio of runners qualify for state on the girls’ side – Scarlett Fuller (fourth), Carley Davis (ninth) and Ryleigh Southerland (23rd).
In Class A, Region 2 both Edmonson County teams advanced to the state meet.
The Edmonson County boys’ team finished third. Aidan Meredith led the way with a second-place finish, while Jack Browning was fourth.
The Edmonson County girls’ team finished fifth, led by Molly Johnson who finished 11th.
Foundation Christian Academy’s Emma Bertsch (12th) and Caroline Thomas (22nd) were individual state qualifiers.
