Summit junior Kaden Pease placed third at the TSSAA Class AAA boys state cross country championship and is up for a Nashville-area honor.

Pease is one of 10 nominees for The Tennessean's Ponce Law Boys Athlete of the Week, a weekly fan poll covering the Nashville area. Voting closes at noon Thursday, Nov. 12.

The Spring Hill runner crossed the finish line at Shelby Farms in Memphis on Nov. 5 with a time of 15:28.80, according to The Tennessean. Maryville's Tommy Babbit took the individual state title in 15:14.33, and Siegel's Blake Pilkington finished runner-up at 15:27.08, The Tennessean reported. Pease finished less than two seconds back.

Pease arrived at the state meet on a strong run. He won the Division 1 Section 7 meet to qualify for state, according to Summit Spartans Athletics on X. Summit's results page confirmed he took first place overall at the sectional, with teammate Nicolas Sieberg finishing 11th to also qualify individually.

At the state meet, Sieberg placed 44th overall with a time of 16:39, according to Summit's state results page.

Summit Spartans Athletics celebrated both Pease and teammate Lorelai Whitten for their podium finishes, posting on X on Nov. 5 that early results were in. Whitten finished second in the AAA girls race with a time of 18:10.35 and earned her own nomination for the Ponce Law Girls Athlete of the Week, according to a separate Tennessean poll.

The other boys nominees include football and cross country standouts from across the Nashville area. Among them: Tot Gardner of Marshall County, who had five rushing touchdowns in a Class 4A playoff win, and Davidson Academy's Elijah Wharton, who won the DII-A boys individual state cross country title in 15:24.26, according to The Tennessean's poll.

Fans can vote through The Tennessean's website before the noon Thursday, Nov. 12 deadline.