COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Ooltewah’s Josie Grube claimed her third win of the season, and perhaps her most important to date Thursday.
The Lady Owls senior won the Region 3-AAA cross country individual championship in the meet at Cookeville High School, running the five-kilometer race in 19:00.29. Her performance helped the Lady Owls finish third as a team and qualify for next week’s state meet at Percy Warner Park in Nashville.
The Ooltewah boys finished second and also qualified, led by senior Garrett Flores’ sixth-place finish.
Individually, McMinn County’s Logan McKenzie was second, finishing less than a second behind Cookeville’s Nathan Longfellow. Soddy-Daisy’s Cory Aulich was ninth.
Rhea County’s Micah Black and Kenzie Freeman qualified individually for the girls.