Emme McAtee

NXN Weekly look at Kentucky Runners to Watch (Pictured: Stacey Eden, Shelby County)

List of the Top 20 All-time 5K Boys and Girls runners according to the KYtrackXC.com database.  These are based on Fastest times as of September 17, 2008.  (Pictured: Scott/UL runner Kortni Dukes #17 All-Time) 

Kentucky athletes that hit the MileSplit US National Elite Standard of 16:30 Boys 5K and 19:45 Girls 5K.

Any Kentucky High School athlete who ran under the MileSplit US Elite Standards of 16:30 Boys 5000 Meter Run and 19:45 Girls 5000 Meter Run.

The NSSF is releasing a weekly regional rankings including a list of Kentucky Athletes to Watch

Kentucky High School athletes who hit the MileSplit US National Elites marks of 16:30 Boys 5K and 19:45 Girls 5K. (Pictured: Carnes, Hamm, Law, and Eden at the Rumble Through the Jungle courtsey of Russ Eden)

The 5th Annual Rumble Through the Jungle Cross Country Invitational, hosted by North Oldham High and Middle Schools, will be held on Saturday, September 13 at the Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve in Goshen, KY.  Boys and girls races will be contested in the high, middle and elementary school divisions.

Eleven teams ranked in the KYtrackXC.com Pre-Season Rankings are amongst the field competing on the boys’ side and eight for the girls.  There will be Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshmen (boys only) races for the high school students and middle school boys and girls.  (Lead Pack of the 07' Tiger Run Girls Race)

St. Henry's Gordy Dooley and Sacred Heart Academy's Emme McAtee took the individual wins at the Tiger Run Saturday morning at River Road Country Club.

Emme McAtee is a junior at Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville.  She was a Class AAA First Team All-State Runner last season.  She was runner-up at the Region 3 Championship.  During her sophomore track season last spring McAtee finished third in the Class 3200m Run at the KHSAA State Track Meet.

KYtrackXC.com will highlight the Kentucky High School athletes each week who run the MileSplit US Elite Times Boys 16:30 5K, Girls 19:45 5K.