The Brooks XC South Championship is quickly approaching. Slated for November 29th at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, North Carolina, the top runners in the South will clash for a coveted regional championship title and a qualifying spot at the Brooks XC National Championships in San Diego on December 13th.
The South Regional Championship has taken place since 1979 and been at it's current home of McAlpine Park in Charlotte, NC since 1982. From 1979-2003 the top 8 finishers would qualifying to compete at Nationals in Orlando or San Diego where it is currently hosted. From 2004 on 10 athletes have advanced to the national meet.
The below lists are sorted by most recent and by place at the regional meet. Kentucky has had 23 boys qualifiers and 13 girls qualifiers to the National meet in the events history.
Boys Qualifiers
| Year | Place | Name | State | Time | School |
| 2024 | 6 | Kentucky | 15:02.80 | Thomas Nelson | |
| 2023 | 2 | Riku Sugie | Kentucky | 14:54.81 | Unattached - KY |
| 2015 | 7 | Cole Dowdy | Kentucky | 15:16.00 | South Oldham |
| 2012 | 4 | Jacob Thomson | Kentucky | 14:58.00 | Holy Cross |
| 2011 | 7 | Jacob Thomson | Kentucky | 14:55.00 | Holy Cross (Louisville) |
| 2005 | 1 | Kentucky | 14:46.00 | Greenwood | |
| 2004 | 8 | Kentucky | 15:06.00 | Greenwood | |
| 2002 | 1 | Kentucky | 14:49.85 | St. Xavier | |
| 2001 | 3 | Kentucky | 14:52.20 | St. Xavier | |
| 2000 | 5 | Kentucky | 15:11.00 | St. Xavier | |
| 1998 | 3 | Kentucky | 15:19.00 | Daviess County | |
| 1996 | 7 | David Christian | Kentucky | 15:18.00 | Daviess County |
| 1995 | 5 | Thomas Murley | Kentucky | 15:41.00 | Elizabethtown |
| 1994 | 5 | Charles Moore | Kentucky | 15:16.1 | Daviess County |
| 1993 | 8 | Thomas Murley | Kentucky | 15:55.00 | Elizabethtown |
| 1992 | 5 | Jeremy Kazlauskas | Kentucky | 15:29.50 | Daviess County |
| 1986 | 8 | Jimmy Hearld | Kentucky | 15:31.00 | Warren East |
| 1983 | 7 | Chuck Harmon | Kentucky | 15:28.00 | Campbell County |
| 1982 | 3 | Gavin Gaynor Sr. | Kentucky | 15:12.30 | Hancock County |
| 1980 | 1 | Joseph Buechler | Kentucky | 15:28.90 | St. Xavier |
| 1980 | 5 | Jim Sapienza | Kentucky | 15:46.00 | Trinity (Louisville) |
| 1979 | 3 | Greg Briscoe | Kentucky | 15:19.00 | Corbin |
| 1979 | 7 | Joseph Buechler | Kentucky | 15:46.00 | St. Xavier |
Girls Qualifiers
| Year | Place | Name | State | Time | School |
| 2022 | 1 | Ciara O'Shea | Kentucky | 16:58.90 | Madison Central |
| 2021 | 2 | Ciara O'Shea | Kentucky | 17:13.20 | Madison Central |
| 2014 | 3 | Gabby Karas | Kentucky | 16:53.00 | Collins |
| 2013 | 4 | Gabby Karas | Kentucky | 17:07.00 | Collins |
| 2010 | 5 | Emma Brink | Kentucky | 17:25.00 | Sacred Heart |
| 2004 | 3 | Kentucky | 17:35.00 | Mercy | |
| 2003 | 5 | Kentucky | 17:50.00 | Sacred Heart | |
| 2002 | 8 | Kentucky | 18:08.24 | Sacred Heart | |
| 1998 | 4 | Kentucky | 18:04.00 | Daviess County | |
| 1992 | 5 | Maureen Egan | Kentucky | 18:23.80 | St. Henry District |
| 1986 | 4 | Wendy Frazier | Kentucky | 18:11.00 | Henry Clay |
| 1985 | 3 | Donna Combs | Kentucky | 17:59.00 | Ballard |
| 1984 | 2 | Donna Combs | Kentucky | 17:42.00 | Ballard |