The prep cross-country season ended in early November, but that hasn’t stopped Bowling Green junior Kristen Dent from running.

Dent competed in a pair of national events this month, finishing with a personal-best time of 19 minutes, 43 seconds at the Coaches Cross Country National Youth Championships in West Chester, Ohio, on Nov. 18. She was 19th in the Footlocker South Regional high school juniors race in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, finishing with a time of 19:49.

“It was very exciting,” Dent said. “It’s always a goal to PR, but it gets harder as you get older. I’ve been waiting all season to get my times lower. It was a great ending.”

Dent said she will now turn her attention to BGHS track season, which begins early in 2018.{&end}