Scott junior Maddie Strong won her first individual state championship in cross country Friday at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Class 2A meet in Paris at the Bourbon County cross country course.
Strong completed the 5,000-meter course (3.1 miles) in 18 minutes, 41.98 seconds, to beat runner-up Abigail Bastin of Lincoln County by 12.05 seconds.
Strong was coming off her second regional championship last week in Lexington, which was also her fifth top-three performance all-time in the regional meet.
Strong posted her third top-five performance in a state meet, and helped the Eagles win the team state championship in 2018 and 2019.
The Eagles finished second to Lexington Catholic in the team standings to win a team trophy.
Sophomore Ansley Lindloff finished 10th overall to win an individual medal. Grace Klim was 189th, Lorin Neal 35th and Helen Schafer 68th to account for the team scoring.
Highlands eighth-grader Ella Taylor finished 15th to lead the Bluebirds.
In the boys championship, Highlands finished fourth to earn a team trophy, earning that spot by a single point over Bell County (only the top four teams win trophies). That point was earned by Highlands freshman Chase Pawsat, edging Bell County senior James Arno at the finish line by barely more than half a second (0.59 seconds).
Senior Caden Schroeder led the way for Highlands in 13th place.
The state meet continues tomorrow with the 1A championships beginning at 10 a.m., and 3A at 3 p.m.
Boys 2A state meet
Team: 1. North Oldham 79, 2. Webster County 115, 3. Corbin 226, 4. Highlands 230, 19. Scott 509.
Highlands individuals: 13. Caden Schroeder 16:56.49, 30. Malcolm Robertson 17:39.22, 61. Owen McCain 18:24.82, 67. Jacob Gubser 18:30.55, 79. Chase Pawsat 18:39.13, 100. Ezra McKenzie 19:04.47, 150. Max Zengel 19:52.61.
Scott individuals: 83. Elijah Robinson 18:45.44, 111. Jonah Hunt 19:11.28, 119. Kyle Bentley 19:19.12, 123. Dylan Clemons 19:23.04, 134. Carson Berry 19:31.69, 155. Jack Fraser 19:55.24, 170. Noah Foltz 20:15.56.
Pendleton County individuals: 104. Klaber Wolfe 19:07.38, 122. Evan Stewart 19:23.
Girls 2A state meet
Team: 1. Lexington Catholic 64, 2. Scott 100, 3. Elizabethtown 153, 4. Mason County 161, 7. Highlands 235.
Scott individuals: 1. Maddie Strong 18:41.98, 10. Ansley Lindloff 20:03.65, 18. Grace Klim 20:49.76, 35. Lorin Neal 21:30.71, 43. Ellie Stratman 21:49.82, 58. Helen Schafer 22:13.51, 94. Allison Clemons 23:07.89.
Highlands individuals: 15. Ella Taylor 20:33.68, 22. Eden Brumer 20:57, 63. Sophie Taylor 22:21.70, 71. Fiona Mcintosh 22:33.25, 100. Rosalyn Brown 23:17.33, 117. Renee Hyder 23:39.49, 129. Liza Zengel 23:57.70.
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