Oak Ridge senior Jake Etheridge finished first in the boys’ race in the Region 2-AAA cross country meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
KNOXVILLE—The Oak Ridge Wildcats boys’ cross country team finished first in the Region 2-AAA meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday. It was the third year in a row that the boys have won the regional championship.
The boys will race in the state cross country meet in Nashville on Saturday, November 5.
Oak Ridge senior Jake Etheridge finished first in the regional meet on Thursday. Sophomore Dalton Morgan was fourth. Daeton Byars was eighth, Reid Dukes was 10th, Will Jeter was 15th, Christian Borden was 21st, and Jose Villegas was 29th.
Here are photos from the Thursday meet by John Huotari of Oak Ridge Today.
Oak Ridge senior Jake Etheridge, left, finished first in the boys’ race in the Region 2-AAA cross country meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Seth Bowden of Maryville High School, center, finished second. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
The Oak Ridge boys’ cross country team finished first in Region 2-AAA for the third year in a row at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge senior Jake Etheridge ran to an early lead and finished first in the boys’ race in the Region 2-AAA cross country meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge senior Jake Etheridge ran to an early lead and finished first in the boys’ race in the Region 2-AAA cross country meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge sophomore Dalton Morgan was trailed for part of the race by Hardin Valley’s Brennan Humphreys, left, and Kenton Bachmann. Morgan finished fourth in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge sophomore Dalton Morgan was trailed for part of the race by Hardin Valley’s Brennan Humphreys, left, and Kenton Bachmann. Morgan finished fourth in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Kenton Bachmann of Hardin Valley Academy, right, finished sixth in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, and Brennan Humphreys, left, finished 14th. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Daeton Byars of Oak Ridge set a personal record, finishing eighth in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. At right is Kenton Bachmann of Hardin Valley Academy, who finished sixth, and at left is Nathaniel Blalock of Bearden, who finished seventh. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge sophomore Dalton Morgan finished fourth in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Behind him is Nathan McFall of Farragut, who finished fifth. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Reid Dukes of Oak Ridge, right, who also competes in track, finished 10th in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Reid Dukes of Oak Ridge, right, who also competes in track, finished 10th in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Daeton Byars of Oak Ridge, third from right, finished eighth. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Pictured above at left are Jose Villegas of Oak Ridge, who finished 29th; Will Jeter, lower right, who finished 15th; and Deaton Byars, who finished eighth in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Pictured above are Jose Villegas, right, who finished 29th, and Will Jeter, center, who finished 15th, in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Christian Borden of Oak Ridge finished 21st in the Region 2-AAA boys’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
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