Brentwood Academy's boys cross country team shows off its TSSAA runner-up trophy. Photo by Renee Yarbrough

RHS-BHS girls in top 5; BA boys runner-up in II-AA
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Junior Paul Stuart finished fifth and senior Ryan Gadsey clocked in next to lead Brentwood High School to third place at the Class AAA boys state cross country meet.

Ravenwood junior Conley Chitwood took ninth in the 5K (3.1-mile) race at Nashville's Percy Warner Park Steeplechase Course on Saturday.

In the AAA girls meet, RHS junior Erika Peoples came in 13th and senior Allie Arnette was 15th to help give the Lady Raptors fourth place. BHS freshman Elizabeth Scott also broke the top 20, finishing 19th as the Lady Bruins placed fifth.

Brentwood Academy's boys were runner-up in Division II-AA and the girls were fourth.

Stuart's time was 16 minutes, 17.25 seconds and Gadsey's 16:19.20. The winning time was 16:05.87 by junior Will Templeton of Hardin Valley, who also had the third-place runner and won the team title.

BHS junior Nathan Thomas also broke 17 minutes as did his freshman brother Alec Thomas. Alec's twin brother Aaron was the Bruins' fifth-place finisher (each team counts its lowest five scores out of seven runners).

Ravenwood's Chitwood made the top 10 with his 16:23.01.

For the RHS girls team, People and Arnette were both under 20 minutes, while Scott was just barely over the mark for the Lady Bruins.

In Division II-AA, Brentwood Academy freshman Garrett Bull (17:04.79) and sophomore Baylor McKay (17:13.21) finished in sixth and eighth place, respectively.

Lady Eagles freshman Allison Cheeseman took seventh and eighth-grader Lacey Duvall was ninth, both in sub-20 minutes.

AAA boys
Top team scores:  1 Hardin Valley 87, 2 Morristown West  96, 3 Brentwood 112,  4 Bearden 139,  5 Independence  162 . . . 11 Ravenwood  355.
Top 3 individuals: 1 Templeton, Will (Hardin Valley) 16:05.87; 2 Baker, Brock (Oakland) 16:07.87;   3 Templeton, Aaron (HV) 16:13.15.
BHS: 5 Stuart, Paul 16:17.25 (4 points);  6 Gadsey, Ryan  16:19.20 (5); 21 Thomas, Nathan  16:46.61 (19); 28 Thomas, Alec 16:57.48 (26); 66 Thomas, Aaron 17:35.12 (58); 74 Seckman, Grant 17:42.72 (65); 140 Wild, Scotty 18:34.43 (122).
RHS:  9 Chitwood, Conley 16:23.01 (8); 46 Avirom, Quinn 17:16.75 (41); 99 Karl, Justin 18:01.23 (85); 102 Lowe, Daniel  18:05.46 (88); 151 Story, Josh 18:45.87 (133); 169 Delbrueck, Chris 19:21.76 (151); 175 Hadden, Riley  19:39.17 (156).

AAA girls
Top team scores:  1 Oak Ridge 79, 2 Science Hill 117, 3 Hardin Valley 140, 4 Ravenwood 149, 5 Brentwood 204, 6 Independence  212.
Top 3 individuals: 1 Thompson, Joanna (Knoxville Catholic) 17:51.10; 2 Foster, Molly (Science Hill) 18:59.41; 3 Etheridge, Adrian (Oak Ridge) 19:07.91.
RHS: 13 Peoples, Erika 19:43.11 (10 points); 15 Arnette, Allie 19:47.49 (11); 24 Spinden, Rachel  20:15.70   (20); 35 Chitwood, Dabney  20:32.81 (28); 103 Reynolds, Peyton 22:10.68 (80); 108 Goostree, Mary Glenn 22:15.74 (85); 139 Finnegan, Abby 22:51.09 (113).
BHS: 19 Scott, Elizabeth 20:03.67 (15); 38 Schenck, Katherine 20:35.26 (30); 60 Lipman, Avery  20:57.71 (45); 68 Ramsey, Anne 21:16.85 (51); 83 O'Neill, Allison 21:33.34 (63); 87 Alexander, Brittany 21:40.92  (66); 107 Zeisig, Kelsey 22:15.02 (84).

 II-AA boys
Top team scores: 1 Montgomery Bell Academy  15, 2 Brentwood Academy  72, 3 McCallie 99.
Top 3 individuals:  1 Peters, Michael (MBA) 16:05.98; 2 Peters, Daniel (MBA) 16:11.06; 3 Hill, Ryan (MBA) 16:14.29.
BA: 6 Bull, Garrett 17:04.79; 8 McKay, Baylor 17:13.21; 17 Knight, Braxton 17:33.75; 18 Prior, Bryce 17:36.63; 23 Bull, Andrew  17:43.18; 26 Slinkard, Brady 17:51.62; 29 Graham, Parker  17:53.70.

II-AA girls
Top team scores:  1 Baylor 20, 2 St. Agnes 78, 3 Harpeth Hall 131, 4 Brentwood Academy 133, 5 Ensworth 137.
Top 3 individuals: 1 Jumper, Hannah (Baylor) 18:20.88; 2 Godfrey, Tenley  (Baylor) 18:27.06; 3 Greenwall, Rachel (Baylor) 19:07.50.
BA:  7 Cheeseman, Allison  19:50.06; 9 Duvall, Lacey  19:58.17; 26 Helton, Jaclyn 21:19.00; 45 Whatley, Faith 22:49.94; 46 Berthiaume, Abigail 23:01.97; 47 Koehn, Savannah 23:02.23; 48 Ristau, Britta 23:06.82.