Distance Runners Cap Cross Country Careers with Victories
By Terry Boehmker, NKyTribune sports reporter
Cooper distance runner Paul Van Laningham set a high standard at the Kentucky high school cross country state championship meet on Saturday at Kentucky Horse Park.
In the first race of the day, the senior broke his own state record on the 5,000-meter course with a winning time of 15:01.12 in the Class 3A boys meet.
Van Laningham, a University of Wisconsin recruit, improved upon his winning time of 15:19.87 from last year.
He is the first Northern Kentucky cross country runner to win the Class 3A boys state title twice.
His mother, Michele, achieved a similar feat, winning the title in 1990 and 1992 while attending Boone County High School.
Van Laningham's father, Eric, also won a Class 3A state cross country championship in 1990 for Boone County and now coaches the Cooper team.
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Author's summary: Van Laningham breaks record at state meet.
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