Elizabeth Hoffman

The top girls performances recorded at the Central Kentucky Run for the Gold in meet history.

Who are the top times for the new horse park course run at the state championships ALL TIME?

Check out the Top 500 times run at the Kentucky State Cross Country Meet when it was run on the Paddock Course at the Horse Park.

Check out the Top 50 Times/Marks by Event in 10 Years of Class A KTCCCA Indoor State Championships.

The 2014 Kentucky State Cross Country Meet was as good of a collection of 6 races that I have ever seen in my 20 years of attending state meets. There was excitement and mystery coming into the races, some of that played out as expected and then as always the surprises do happen. Before the KY State Meet, I posed the Top 12 Questions Going into the KY State XC Meet and now we get to see what really happened on these questions.  Check out the next 12 slides a recap of the KY State Meet and how those questions played out.

As a runner, the Archive’s Course is defined by two characteristics. The first is the scenic view of our state’s capitol. The hills overlooking downtown Frankfort provide a perfect backdrop for a cross-country meet. The other characteristic is slightly less pleasant. The course is one of the most difficult in the state and the dramatic hills on the course really show each runner what they are made of when they get to the end of their rope. Cap it all off with the infamous “Death Valley”, a dramatic downhill less than a quarter mile from the finish followed by an equally steep up hill that makes way to the final stretch before the finish. Add to the fun the fact that it rained for most of the day in Frankfort on Friday and the ground was not particularly conducive for hill running. It’s safe to say that it takes as much mental toughness as it does physical endurance to succeed in our state capitol’s most well known meet.