Michelle Thomas, Glen Este High School senior, highlighted the Clermont County performances in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference Buckeye Division cross country championships.

Fort Ancient Valley Conference Buckeye Division Girls

Thomas, a serious contender for a possible Division I girls state crown, completed the 3.1-mile course at Harrison High School with a victorious time of 18-minutes, 6.29-seconds. She easily outdistanced the competition by 59.37-seconds ahead of the runner-up from Kings High School.

The next best Clermont County time was earned by Milford junior Kristen Brady in 19:37.45, good for seventh place overall, individually. In ninth place was Jamie Thomas, Michelle’s sister and a freshman. Her clocking was 19:52.79. Coming in 16th place was Milford junior Lorin Conti in 20:35.54.