ONA, W.Va. — Frankfort and Keyser brought home plenty of hardware after the WVSSAC cross-country championships Saturday at Cabell Midland High School.
The Frankfort boys team claimed the Class AA team title, while two individual state champions were also crowned.
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Keyser’s Luca Altobello won the Class AAA boys race and Frankfort’s Bailey Ferguson won the Class AA girls race.
In Altobello’s race, it was a two-man race between he and Winfield’s Trace Marshall. But the Golden Tornado senior crossed the finish line in 15:45.50, beating Marshall by four one-hundredths of a second.
Ferguson ran away with her state title with a time of 18:48.60. Lincoln’s Raley Cochran was second with a 19:28.40.
Frankfort’s boys won the state title with 47 points after finishing with four runners in the top 13.
Mac Alexander (16:52.60) and Johnny Jackson (16:53.20) finished a second apart from each other for the silver and bronze medals in the Class AA race.
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Tyler Consolidated’s Travis Moore won the race with a time of 16:32.30.
Nixon Kidwell finished 11th (17:43.40) while Porter Lott took 13th (17:49.90) for the Falcons.
Jordan VanMeter (27th, 18:17.20), Landon Duncan (32nd, 18:33.10) and Landen Bradley (56th, 19:35.60) also represented Frankfort.
Doddridge County came closest to Frankfort in the team race with 87 points.
Frankfort’s girls finished fourth in the team standings with 87 points. Lincoln won the team title with 44 points.
Ferguson led four Falcons runners in the top 29. Hailey McBride finished 17th with a 22:24.20, while Quinn Weisenmiller was 25th (23:04.80) and Charli Hall was 29th (23:16.20).
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Hannah Umstead (38th, 23:59.00), Hayle Yarbrough (42nd, 24:25.80) and Savannah Shoaf (50th, 25:10.70) rounded out Frankfort’s contingent.
Altobello helped Keyser finish sixth in the Class AAA boys standings. Tatum Thompson was the second-best runner for the Golden Tornado with a 17:20.30 for 25th.
Reed Starcher (54th, 18:32.90), Elijah Strother (63rd, 18:50.10), Don Starcher (64th, 18:52.00), Austin Umstot (68th, 19:06.60) and Landyn McGee (69th, 19:07.90) also competed for the Golden Tornado.
Ava Barrick was Keyser’s top finisher in the girls AAA race, taking 16th with a 20:48.80.
Hayleigh Haggerty, Ainsley Friend and Neva Pritts finished 85th, 86th and 87th, respectively, for Keyser.
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