Meagan Smith Wins AAU Nationals, Derby City Dominates Girls Team Titles

 

Two-Time Class A State XC Champion Meagan Smith (Danville) won the 17-18 Yr Old AAU XC Championship on Saturday to lead a dominate Kentucky regiment in Georgia.   She went sub 19 with a time of 18:57 to win for the club team, Kentucky Elite.

Derby City Athletic Club out of Louisville dominated the team titles winning the Girls 15-18, 13-14, 11-12 along with the boys 9-10 age groups.  Their biggest win came in the 15-18 group where they had five runners in the top 9 overall. 

 

 

Below are all Top 20 Finishers in listed order by their placing regardless of race ran.

Distance Name Team Time Place Event  
F-5000m Meagan Smith Danville 18:57.8 1 15-18 YR Old Girls
F-4000m Michaela Reinhart Lexington Catholic 14:27.4 2 13-14 YR Old Girls
F-5000m Caroline Gosser Presentation 19:09.3 2 15-18 YR Old Girls
F-5000m Megan Buechler Sacred Heart Academy 19:28.5 3 15-18 YR Old Girls
F-3000m Abigail Jones Southwestern 11:10.3 3 9-10 Yr Old Girls
M-3000m Connor Hayes St. Leo School 10:53.7 4 9-10 Yr Old Boys
F-4000m Presley Warren Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School 14:51.3 5 13-14 YR Old Girls
M-3000m Taylor Hardy Northeast YMCA 10:46.1 5 11-12 Yr Old Boys
F-5000m Brianna Wolken Mercy Academy 19:40.5 6 15-18 YR Old Girls
M-5000m Trenton Fryman North Oldham 16:16.0 6 15-18 YR Old Boys
F-3000m Abigail Bohn St. Edward 11:58.1 6 11-12 Yr Old Girls
M-4000m Keeton Thornsberry Notre Dame Academy (Louisville) 13:34.4 7 13-14 YR Old Boys
M-3000m Josh Meiman Notre Dame Academy (Louisville) 11:06.1 7 9-10 Yr Old Boys
F-5000m Sierra Poppell Bullitt East 19:46.2 8 15-18 YR Old Girls
F-3000m Taylor White St. Edward 12:03.5 8 11-12 Yr Old Girls
M-3000m Thor Newsome Rineyville 11:07.2 8 9-10 Yr Old Boys
F-5000m Julia Buechler Sacred Heart Academy 19:49.3 9 15-18 YR Old Girls
F-3000m Ryley Ortega Eastside Middle School 12:06.7 9 11-12 Yr Old Girls
F-3000m Bailey Chitwood East Running Club 11:48.0 9 9-10 Yr Old Girls
M-3000m Darryn Schnieders Schaffner Elementary 11:08.8 9 9-10 Yr Old Boys
F-3000m Adriana Muntaner Hammer Athletics 12:10.4 10 11-12 Yr Old Girls
M-3000m Rollins Hardy Goshen Elementary 11:14.6 10 9-10 Yr Old Boys
F-5000m Emily Flaherty Presentation 20:11.0 12 15-18 YR Old Girls
F-4000m Avery Fryman North Oldham Middle School 15:24.2 13 13-14 YR Old Girls
F-3000m Leah Simpson St. Albert the Great 12:21.2 13 11-12 Yr Old Girls
F-4000m Jaeden Phelix Porter Ridge Middle School 15:25.4 14 13-14 YR Old Girls
M-3000m John Fischer Derby City Athletic Club 10:45.5 14 11-12 Yr Old Boys
F-5000m Ashley Lawhorn Franklin County 20:44.5 16 15-18 YR Old Girls
F-3000m Kendall Hayes Woodford County 11:36.5 16 11-12 Yr Old Girls
F-3000m Lucy Westlake Northeast YMCA 12:12.4 16 9-10 Yr Old Girls
M-5000m Jonathan Howard Meade County 17:00.4 17 15-18 YR Old Boys
F-3000m Anastasia Newsome TK Stone Middle School 11:39.7 17 11-12 Yr Old Girls
F-4000m Tabitha Martin Spencer County 15:39.0 19 13-14 YR Old Girls