The race for third place was just as close with both Starr's Mill Panthers and MacIntosh Chiefs finishing with 63 points.� SM placed runners 1,11,13,16 and 22 while MHS runners finished 2,9,14,15 and 23. �The tiebreaker was SM's Kento Masuyama.

Austin Enriquez from Starr's Mill led the boys championship race from start to finish with a winning time of 16:36.�� Enriquez covered the first mile in less than five minutes and averaged a swift 5:22 per mile pace for the entire course.

Fayette county high school runners and their teams look poised to shine even brighter with the regional and state championships just over the horizon.

The medal winners (top 20 finishers) for the boys were:

- Austin Enriquez, SMHS, 1, 16:37

- Michael Mateos, MHS, 2, 17:12

- Jake Lethbridge, OLM, 3, 17:18

- Matt Lethbridge, OLM, 4, 17:43

- John DeCotis, FCHS, 5, 17:47

- Ryan Kennedy, FCHS, 6, 18:02

- David Zitelli, FCHS, 7, 18:02

- Andrew Henry, SCHS, 8, 18:09

- Matt Trozel, MHS, 9, 18:10

- Thomas Raville, OLM, 10, 18:12

- Ryan Darr, SMHS, 11, 18:13

- Michael Blankenbeker, FCHS, 12, 18:14

- Michael Kaddon, SMHS, 13, 18:19

- Cormac Carolan-Tolbert, MHS, 14, 18:23

- Chris Cage, MHS, 15, 18:29

- Matthew Beeson, SMHS, 16, 18:29

- Jason Veclotch, SCHS, 17, 18:37

- Austin Perry, WHS, 18, 18:37

- Matt Fitzgerald, OLM, 19, 18:37

- Tim Kennedy, OLM, 20, 18:39

The girls medalists were:

- Emily Borsare, MHS, 1, 17:46

- Ginny Balckom, SMHS, 2, 20:32

- Erica Hughey, MHS, 3, 20:40

- Rebecca Stokes, MHS, 4, 20:41

- Mary Kate Hyer, SMHS, 5, 20:51

- Kristin Horton, SMHS, 6, 21:06

- Kaia Hampton, MHS, 7, 21:10

- Lauren Hohenberger, OLM, 8, 21:16

- Kristy Espiau, MHS, 9, 21:17

- Kaelyn Horton, MHS, 10, 21:38

- Ginny Hyer, SMHS, 11, 21:40

- Claire Bergstrom, FCHS, 12, 21:54

- Aya Ishizu, SMHS, 13, 21:59

- Stefani Adams, SMHS, 14, 22:25

- Caitlin Alverson, FCHS, 15, 22:30

- Savini Santha, OLM, 16, 22:32

- Christine Dunphy, SCHS, 17, 22:33

- Brianna Kourajian, SMHS, 18, 22:38

- Sarah Balckom, SMHS, 19, 22:45

- Ginny Harper, SCHS, 20, 22:56