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When Ryan Smith of Dixie Heights woke up this morning he probably wasn’t focusing on winning today at the Grant County Invitational as much as he was focusing on being competitive and running a quality race, but he’d be wrong. Winning in dominating fashion over a field that included fellow Region 5AAA rival Robbie Scharold of Campbell County, Smith crossed the line in a winning time of 16:10.2 establishing the course record at the new Grant County course at Sherman Elementary and announcing his presence as yet another threat on the regional and state levels.
Ryan took the lead very early in the race and continued to increase his lead to an eventual thirty-four second advantage over the runner-up Jordan Laws of Ludlow who finished with a time of 16:44.4. James Simms of Cov Cath (16:50.0), Jordan Cummins of Grant County (16:56.1) and Robbie Scharold of Campbell County (17:00.0) rounded out the top five individual finishers. Ryan was running with a bit of a...
