Patrick Gregory

  The first full week of cross country is in the bag for the state of Kentucky and it was a pretty solid start.  Below are 16 observations from the week: (photo's by louisvillecatholicsports.com)

  Week 1 is in the books and KYtrackXC.com is pleased to announce the first set of Runners of the Week for High School and Middle School races.

  The Class AAA Boys competition is always the most fierce individual and team battle in November and 2011 looks to be another year of the same.  Last year at the 2010 championship, fans saw the best head to head dual over the last 10 years with Daviess County’s Evan Ehrenheim and Trinity’s Jacob Wildenmann running side by side for three miles with Ehrenheim then pulling away to win.  Wildenmann’s second place finish helped lead Trinity to an upset victory which was their 18th state title in school history.  That win gave Trinity the record for the most state team titles in Kentucky history.   

As we prep for the postseason, here is a look at some of the very best performers from the high school ranks last week.

  The 2nd Annual Dream Mile went off without a hitch and produced a ton of new personal best times in the process.      Below is a play-play I received via the phone during the races.  Thanks to Mark Rowe and Mike Horan for recanting what was going on before their eyes.

  Friday night marks the date for the 2nd Annual Kentucky Dream Mile being held at St. Xavier High School in Louisville.  The best of the best distance runners will be in attendance trying to throw down new best times in the premier distance event.  The event is unusual in the aspect that it is only two races, one girls mile and one boys mile.  Even with the small line-up of races, the crowd will be excited and the energy of a cross country meet will be in the air (weird feeling for May.) 

The final cut for the Kentucky Dream Mile being held this Friday at St. Xavier in Louisville.

Butler Coach Brandon Lesher did his own version of Workout Wednesday yesterday with Tretez Kinnaird, Patrick Gregory, Allen Matthews, and Rashaun Langdon from his team and spring break guest Class A 1600m Champ Jacob Thomson of Holy Cross.  Nice work by the boys on this one.     3 sets of 2 X 400m/4 X 200m 1 minute recovery in between intervals and 4 minute recovery in between sets.

Track season is back and the first big meet of the year was on Saturday in Lexington.  Below you will find Week 2 of the KYtrackXC.com Athletes of the Week.  There were no middle schools meets this week, so there are only High School and College Awards.  Any former Kentucky high school track athlete is eligible for the weekly college award regardless of whether or not the school is located in Kentucky.

Last half of the Wildcat Classic recap, the first part is at https://ky.milesplit.com/articles/58198 Kentucky had athletes compete in two other meets this week as well, they are recapped at the bottom of the page.

Live Results from the Wildcat Classic from Lexington https://ky.milesplit.com/meets/82560/results/147104   Highlights : (Will be added all day)

Numerous Kentucky athletes participated in the Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championships held Saturday, November 20th at Masterson Station Park.  Competing against many of the best teams and individuals in the United States, Kentucky kids fared quite well on a beautiful Saturday.  As has been the case the past few years, the Brocaw Blazers, a large club that brought more than 170 runners from several states, dominated several races in the meet. (Bell County's Kelly Brown)

 Highlights from the Shelby County Invitational 

Fifteen Middle School Athletes were chosen to the KYtrackXC.com All-Middle School Team.  

KYtrackXC.com is pleased to present the Middle School Athletes of the Week starting this week, to follow every Tuesday.