Ravenwood's boys cross country team finished third in the AAA division at the MSCCA Championships on Saturday, Oct. 17, at The Hermitage in Hermitage.

The Raptors posted a team score of 138 with an average time of 16:37 across their five scoring runners, according to official results on MileSplit Tennessee. Independence won the AAA boys title with 54 points, and Green Hill placed second at 118.

Senior John Schaefer led Ravenwood with a 25th-place finish in 16:18.42. Senior Kevin Rocha followed in 32nd at 16:30.31. Freshman Ryder Chatman crossed in 39th at 16:40.25, sophomore Kyle Behrens finished 41st in 16:41.12, and sophomore Lucas Lockridge rounded out the scoring five in 44th at 16:50.65.

Rocha's performance marked a notable step forward. The Ravenwood athletics site reported he was returning from a second pulled hamstring at the Frank Horton Classic on Oct. 3. Two weeks later, he posted the team's second-fastest time at the conference championship.

Brentwood Academy placed sixth in AAA boys with a score of 187. Freshman Race Roate paced the Eagles at 22nd overall in 16:16.07, followed by senior Bear Browning in 28th at 16:22.26 and senior Mac Smith in 35th at 16:36.19.

On the girls side, Ravenwood junior Lily MacDonald finished ninth overall in the varsity 5K with a time of 19:14.98. Brentwood Academy freshman Madelyn Fincher placed fifth in 18:42.41, and junior Kinslee Cox came in 15th at 19:25.69. Sophomore Sydney Dean added a 64th-place finish for the Raptors at 21:26.54.

Father Ryan senior Lydia Brunner won the girls race in 17:44.39. Sovereign Grace senior Abraham Raines took the boys title in 15:16.41.

Dickson County High School hosted the meet, which featured AAA, AA and A divisions. The top three AAA teams and top 50 individual finishers in the boys and girls varsity races received awards, according to meet information on MileSplit. Ravenwood's third-place AAA boys finish earned the team a trophy.

After the Frank Horton Classic on Oct. 3, head coach Peter Mueller told his runners to trust their fitness and be aggressive. "… They listened and got it done!" he said.