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The Tullahoma High School cross country teams competed in the TSSAA Cross Country Region 4 Class A-AA meet Tuesday and the Lady ‘Cats finished second as a team.

The second place finish will send the girls to State for their fourth consecutive trip. Three members of the team finished in the top 10: Brindley Duncan at 2, Katie Grace Nichols at 4, and Julianna Ites at 9. Duncan finished with a time of 21 minutes and 1 second. Nichols time was 12:29 and Ites finished in 22:14.

The other times for the Lady Wildcats were: Audrey Sohrabi with 25:01, Bella Rivera with 28:03, Lexi Lester with 31:38, and Addie Colvin with 33:24.

The boys’ teams finished in fifth at 143 points, the fourth place team had 130 points. Only the top four teams go to State, so the Wildcats came up just short of making it. The team did have a pair of medalists, Lukas Price and Jackson Ites. This gave Price his second straight trip to State. Price finished with a time of 19:06 and Ites crossed the finish line in 19:40.

Behind Ites was Everett Tinsley with a time of 19:55 at 31. Wyatt Dorsett was right behind him at 32 with a finish of 20:01. Kelly Mizell was the next Tullahoma runner with a time of 20:39 at 44. The other varsity times for the ‘Cats were William Nichols in 22:22 and Andrew Carmack in 23:50. Tullahoma had three runners in the JV race; Jace Fisher, Kurt Tipps and Major Montoye. Fisher had a time of 24:01, Tipps finished at 25:27, and Montoye’s time was 26:36.