The 2009 Kentucky High School Cross Country season opened up Monday night at the far most western campus in the entire state. Fulton County High School hosting the Advantage Quad Series for the fourth year was joined by Murray, Heath, Ballard Memorial, Graves County, and one Tennessee school Obion County Central.
With Kentucky enjoying an usually cool late August, the runners were blessed with great conditions to run. Leading the pack right from the start was Obion County junior Josh Gale followed closely by Ryan Miller and Chase Darnell both seniors at Murray. Miller and Gale soon passed Gale and held on running together nearly to the two mile mark. Miller soon left his teammate, Darnell but could not shake Gale. In the end, Gale pulled ahead of Miller crossing the line in first with a time of 18:38.57. Miller finished second in 18:44.26 and Darnell third in 19:02.36. Obion County Central won the team title with 33 points beating second place Class A # 9 Murray by six poi...
