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LEBANON WEATHER

STATE CHAMP — Britt wins state XC meet




Lebanon High state cross country champion Aiden Britt

Lebanon High state cross country champion Aiden Britt

LHS senior tops 193 other runners —

HENDERSONVILLE — Lebanon High senior Aiden Britt has won the Division I “Large” TSSAA state cross country championship.

Running the 5K course at Sanders Ferry Park Thursday morning, Britt posted a time of 15:29.69 — topping runner-up Kevin Vanderkolk of Brentwood High by some seven seconds.

All told, there were 194 entrants in the Division I “Large” race.

Britt bettered his most recent effort on the Sanders Ferry Park course of 15:40 — the time he ran to win the regional 5K back on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Green Hill senior Aaron Isbell ran in 13th place with a time of 16:18.91 while GHHS ninth grader Spencer Hyde posted a time of 17:04.32 for 46th place.

TOP 100 GIRLS — Wilson Central teammates Diana Denemark (69th) and Makenna Merkley (70th) logged Top 100 finishes in the girls race. Denemark ran the 5K in 20:40.99 while Merkley clocked a 20:41.39.

Mt. Juliet High junior Kasey Quezada finished in 78th with a time of 20:55.91.

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