WEST UNION — Point Pleasant’s John Kinnaird became the first state qualifier in PPHS Cross Country history placing sixth at the Region IV meet.
As a team, the Point Pleasant boys team finished fifth overall with a score of 120. Runners for Point Pleasant were Kinnaird with a time of 19:34, Matt Lewis (21:08) in 26th, Riken Nowlin (22:22) in 34th, Ryan Bonecutter (23:45) in 35th, Andrew Frank (23:58) in 37th, Clinton Carr (26:13) in 41st, and Craig Teere-Blanche (29:44) in 48th.
Matt Knowlton of Ravenswood took first place with a time of 17:46, to win the race by four seconds. As a team, Scott High School took first place with a team total of 30 points.
On the girls side, Point Pleasant’s Amanda Neal was the lone local runner to compete. Neal finished in 26th with a time of 28:12.
Kinnaird will compete in the state meet on Saturday, October 31, at Cabell Midland High School.