Look who's in Japan

Kentucky will be well-represented in the International Association of Athletics Federations World Cross Country Championships, a two-day event that begins in Fukuoka Japan, on Saturday.

Louisville’s Jim Estes, who is the programs manager for the long distance running division of USA Track and Field, is coordinating Team USA’s appearance in the 34th annual competition.

One of Team USA’s 36 athletes is Bowling Green, Ky., resident Michael Eaton, a Greenwood High School senior and University of Louisville signee. Eaton, who has won four Class AAA state titles in cross country and track, is the only high school student among the six runners on the junior men’s team.

The event includes six races: a senior men’s long race (12 kilometers); a senior men’s short race (4 kilometers); a senior women’s long race (8 kilometers); a senior women’s short race (4 kilometers); a junior men’s race (8 kilometers); and a junior women’s race (6 kilometers).