State Cross Country Championships Meet Wrap-up
The first weekend in November and we get partly sunny skies, sixty three degrees, occasional trickle of rain, easy breeze and of course, the best Cross Country athletes that Tennessee has to offer. With eight different races held between 10am and just past 2:30pm, and over 150 schools competing, it turned out to be a pretty good day for fans and athletes of the sport. The steeplechase course is also an easy course for spectators – and coaches - to navigate and get an up close look at their favorite athletes competing.
The first race up was the AAA Girls race. The Cane Ridge junior, Bailee Dean, was considered the front runner coming into this race. You can probably say that ever since last year’s track season where she won the 3200 race with her great finishing kick, she has been considered the front runner for this race. At the start of the race and through the first mile, Bailee stayed ...