MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Carroll County sent eight runners to the TSSAA Division I Class A boys state cross country championship at Shelby Farms Park, where they competed in a field of 127.
McKenzie’s Cal Fawcett ran as an individual. He crossed the line in 17:44.25 for 28th place, which put him in the top quarter of the race.
Huntingdon brought their full team, and all five of its scoring runners broke 20 minutes.
Derek Hodge led the Mustangs in 18:37.82, 48th overall. Jaden Toler was 53rd in 19:02.56, and Charlie Logan was close behind in 56th at 19:11.64. Cody Partridge (72nd, 19:45.02) and Javier Castro (77th, 19:58.46) rounded out the scoring five.
Liam Jones (90th, 20:30.85) and Cody Wilson (99th, 21:12.21) finished as Huntingdon’s sixth and seventh runners.
The Mustangs scored 233 points, which placed them eighth among the 15 full teams. They missed seventh by just two points. Westmoreland took that spot with 231.
At the front of the team race, Gatlinburg-Pittman and University School of Johnson City tied at 72 points. Gatlinburg-Pittman won the title on the sixth-runner tiebreaker. Dresden was third with 86.