Dominant Brentwood boys, Ravenwood girls Xcountry state champions Featured
Brentwood's boys utterly dominated in winning the first state cross country championship for a Williamson County team Saturday while Ravenwood did the same for a girls' team with a close victory for a state title.
The Bruins turned in an amazaing performance, placing all five runners in the top 20, to win the TSSAA Class AAA State Boys Cross Country Meet by a stunning 76-point margin. Led by second-place individual competitor Paul Stuart, Brentwood had a total of 50 team points with runnerup Bearden totaling 126.
Ravenwood claimed the TSSAA Class AAA Girls State Cross Country Meet title with 113 points, ahead of Science Hill 119.
Independence finished a notable sixth in the boys' meet with Ravenwood 14th.
Brentwood's girls claimed eighth place; Independence 13th.
The Bruins' Stuart finished less than a second behind individual state champion Will Templeton of Hardin Valley in leading the incredible Brentwood parade.
Alec Thomas finished eighth, Nathan Thomas 12th, Taylor Caldwell 14th and Aaron Thomas 18th.
Ravenwood's Conley Chitwood was fourth in the individual competition and Independence's Kris Howard 13th and Jared Wingerter 22nd.
Erika Peoples led the Ravenwood girls' championship run, finishing fourth, Teammates Dabney Chitwood was 27th while MacKenzie Lefler, Rachel Spinden and Sabrina Florey held a Raven parade by finishing 36th, 37th and 38th.
Franklin's Rachel Wooten finished third in the race with Brentwood's Brittany Alexander 13th.









