Brentwood's Paul Stuart, left, and Ryan Gadsey run the first mile of the Region 6-AAA cross country meet at the Steeplechase. Photos submitted by Nancy Ramsey

RHS girls, BHS boys barely finish second
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Brentwood junior Paul Stuart won the Region 6-AAA boys cross country race and advances into the state meet, while the Ravenwood girls team tied for the championship.

Independence was awarded the region title over the Lady Raptors, however, because their sixth runner had a faster finish in Thursday's race.

The BHS boys team also narrowly missed out on the region crown, only one point away from first-place Independence.

And Brentwood freshman Elizabeth Scott (20:18.41) was second behind girls winner Rachel Wooten of Franklin (19:54.68).

The Lady Bruins and the RHS boys team both were third, also qualifying for the state meet Saturday, Nov. 6 on the same course, at the Steeplechase, Percy Warner Park.

Paul Stuart finishes first in Region 6-AAA.

Stuart ran the 5K race in 16 minutes, 30.61 seconds, almost nine seconds ahead of runner-up Kris Howard, an IHS junior. Bruins senior Ryan Gadsey (16:43.99) took third, and Ravenwood junior Conley Chitwood finished fourth (16:51.30).

Brentwood freshman Alec Thomas (17:15.46) was sixth. His twin brother Aaron was 11th, and junior Grant Seckman was 14th. Independence placed all five runners for scoring purposes in the top 10.

Ravenwood's other top finishers were freshman Justin Karl in 12th, junior Daniel Lowe in 13th and freshman Quinn Avirom in 17th.   

The RHS girls took 6th-9th places with junior Erika Peoples, sophomore Dabney Chitwood, senior Allie Arnette and junior Rachel Spinden.

To break the tie for first, it came down to 13 seconds between the Lady Raptors' No. 6, who was 24th, and IHS sixth runner, who was 20th.

Boys
Top five teams: 1 Independence 34, 2 Brentwood 35, 3 Ravenwood, 4 Franklin 101; 5 Centennial  160.
BHS: 1 Stuart, Paul 16:30.61; 3 Gadsey, Ryan 16:43.99; 6 Thomas, Alec 17:15.46; 11 Thomas, Aaron 17:58.52; 14 Seckman, Grant  18:14.88; 22 Wild, Scotty 18:57.37.
RHS: 4 Chitwood, Conley 16:51.30; 12 Karl, Justin  18:06.33; 13 Lowe, Daniel  18:08.72; 17 Avirom, Quinn 18:37.87; 28 Delbrueck, Chris 19:21.53; 31 Hadden, Riley 19:45.42; 32 Story, Josh  19:47.38.

 Girls
Top five teams: 1 Independence 52, 2 Ravenwood 52, 3 Brentwood  59, 4 Franklin 118, 5 Antioch 141.
RHS: 6 Peoples, Erika  20:43.91; 7 Chitwood, Dabney 20:46.79; 8 Arnette, Allie  20:51.56; 9 Spinden, Rachel  21:04.19; 22 Reynolds, Peyton 22:35.96; 24 Goostree, Mary Glenn 22:48.05; 28 Leffler, Eleanor  23:02.09.
BHS: 2 Scott, Elizabeth  20:18.41; 12 O'Neill, Allison 21:37.05; 14 Lipman, Avery  21:43.41;15 Schenck, Katherine 21:45.94; 16 Ramsey, Anne 21:48.82; 19 Alexander, Brittany 22:23.88; 27 Zeisig, Kelsey  23:00.46.

Brentwood girls at the start of the Region 6-AAA meet at the Steeplechase	Lady Bruins runners Allison O’Neil, Kat Schenck, Anne Ramsey and Avery Lipman
Alec Thomas at the finish.	Alec Thomas and Grant Sechman at first mile.
BHS girls with third place regional trophy: Avery Lipman, Kelsey Zeisig, Allison O’Neil, Elizabeth Scott, Kat Schenck, Brittany Alexander, Anne Ramsey	BHS boys with 2nd place regional trophy: Grant Sechman, Alec Thomas, Paul Stuart, Ryan Gadsey, Nathan Thomas, Scotty Wild, Aaron Thomas