The Our Lady of Mercy boys cross country team won its second consecutive Class A state championship and also featured The Citizen’s top male runner of the year, Thomas Raville. Photo/Kevin Wandra.
Male cross country runner of the year -
• Thomas Raville - Our Lady of Mercy - 16:51 in the region championship, 16:48 in the state championship, state runner-up in Class A.

• Close second - Warren Enriquez - Starr’s Mill - Well under 18 minutes all year - 16:54 region, 16:47 state, 11th in Class AAAA.

Other top male runners -

• Fayette County - Jacob Heard - 16:58 region (ran that time twice this season), under 18 minutes all year.

• Landmark Christian - Daniel Hix - Under 18 minutes all season, 17:18 region, 17:53 state.

• Landmark Christian - Alek Pike - 19:32 on Sept. 12, 17:43 at state meet.

• McIntosh - Vince Brown - Shed almost a minute from meet on Sept. 12 (17:49) to the state meet (16:51), 17:06 region.

• McIntosh - Cormac Carolan Tolbert, 17:22 region, 17:08 Carrollton meet.

• Our Lady of Mercy - Jared Cooper, 17:06 region, 17:09 state.

• Our Lady of Mercy - Matt Lethbridge, 17:16 state.

• Starr’s Mill - Kevin Killory - Under 18 minutes all year, 17:22 region, 17:42 state.

Whitewater - Nick Londrillo, 17:07 region, 17:12 state.

Whitewater - John Grafmiller, 17:31 region, 17:50 state.

Female cross country runner of the year - Starr’s Mill - Jackie Sample - 20:15 on Sept. 12 - 19:52 region, 19:46 state.

Other top runners -

Landmark Christian - Kaity Bulger, 22:28 on Sept. 26 - 19:51 region, 19:59 state.

Landmark Christian - Hannah Gravitt, 21:09 on Sept. 12, 19:21 region, 20:48 state.

McIntosh - Emily Kim - 22:27 on Sept. 12, 21:58 region, 21:22 state.

McIntosh - Emily Husted - 22:47 on Sept. 12, 22:08 region, 21:23 state.

Our Lady of Mercy - Sarah Hohenberger - 22:55 on Oct. 3, 20:47 region, 21:11 state.

Our Lady of Mercy - Jessica Adams - 23:12 on Oct. 3, 21:25 region, 22:11 state.

Sandy Creek - Shelby Bolling - 24:37 on Sept. 12 - 21:23 region, 22;36 state.

Starr’s Mill - Sarah Balkcom - 21:43 on Oct. 17, 20:32 region, 20:28 state.

Starr’s Mill - Jenny Sample - 21:32 on Sept. 12, 21:02 region, 21:11 state.

Whitewater - Kasie Knapper - broke 20 minutes at Asics meet, 20:26 region, 20:32 state.

Whitewater - Stacey Mangan - 21:19 on Oct. 10, 20:36 region, 20:22 state.