The REPORTER
Hamilton County’s top-ranked cross country teams lived up to their state rankings at the Saturday, Aug. 30 county cross country meet.
The Noblesville boys cruised to victory at their home course at White River Elementary, scoring 33 points to win the team trophy. Carmel’s girls team was just as dominant, placing four runners in the top six to win with a total of 25 points.
The Millers boys team was led by Banner Barnes, who sailed to the individual championship in a time of 15 minutes, 3.7 seconds. Teammates John Libs (third, 15:07.4) and Isaiah Vohs (fourth, 15:29.0), gave Noblesville three of the top four runners.
Carmel and Fishers both scored 67 points, with the Greyhounds getting second place on the sixth-runner place. Jonah Kaul took fifth for Carmel, while Nate Thomas led the Tigers by taking sixth.
Hamilton Southeastern finished a close fourth with 68 points. Liam Powers was the individual runner-up.
In the girls race, the Greyhounds’ Larkin Taylor led an exceptionally fast race – each of the top five runners finished in under 18 minutes. Taylor won in 17:33.0, with teammate Sadie Foley placing second in 17:35.7. Annabel Pollert took fifth place.
Westfield scored 61 points for team runner-up honors. Alivia Lozier led the Shamrocks by taking third place.
Fishers finished third as a team, totaling 77 points. Caitlin Hawkins placed fourth for the Tigers.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Noblesville 33, Carmel 67, Fishers 67, Hamilton Southeastern 68, Westfield 119, Guerin Catholic 171, University 218.
Race winner: Banner Barnes (Noblesville) 15:03.7.
Other Noblesville runners: 3. John Libs 15:07.4, 4. Isaiah Vohs 15:29.0, 12. Cooper Click 15:50.6, 13. Jack Rush 15:57.6, 19. Noah Melton 16:12.9, 29. Matthew Huseman 16:28.7, 41. Preston Wells 16:47.6, 46. Cohen Baumer 16:51.8, 54. Kolten Simpson 17:08.6, 57. Josh Moller 17:12.4, 61. Charlie Kimmel 17:14.9.
Carmel runners: 5. Jonah Kaul 15:34.6, 9. Zachary Flint 15:46.1, 10. Deklin Bowser 15:49.4, 20. Grant Vannahmen 16:13.5, 23. Carter Kellett 16:16.5, 25. Isaac Perrin 16:20.3, 27. Cooper Szotek 16:25.4, 31. Cameron Scher-Millan 16:32.4, 36. Grant Parkevich 16:39.3, 38. Benjamin Meisner 16:43.6, 52. Kerolos Khalil 17:06.2, 58. Nixon Trisler 17:12.5.
Fishers runners: 6. Nate Thomas 15:37.6, 7. Declan Mohr 15:42.8, 14. Reece Torres 15:59.7, 16. Mason Lapp 16:10.1, 24. Kale Ormes 16:18.4, 30. Braylen Floyd 16:31.5, 35. Brady Fitzgerald 16:39.3, 45. Grant Fasnacht 16:49.6, 48. Sam Wing 16:56.9, 59. Alec Lisa 17:13.6, 62. Cameron Shirvinski 17:17.6, 65. Kaine Eberly 17:30.7.
Southeastern runners: 2. Liam Powers 15:06.0, 8. Isaac Smith 15:43.2, 15. Charlie Ritter 16:08.7, 21. Monroe Cluff 16:15.8, 22. Hayden Hoback 16:15.9, 26. PJ Key 16:20.5, 39. Max Kleinbub 16:43.7, 40. Will Henning 16:46.5, 47. Andrew Butler 16:54.7, 49. Trewman Francis 16:58.7, 50. Aiden Brier 17:01.1, 66. Drew Cole 17:40.6.
Westfield runners: 11. Bryce Pittman 15:50.1, 17. Nathan McKeever 16:10.3, 28. Luke Moulder 16:28.0, 32. Carson Ackley 16:33.5, 33. Donovan Ledford 16:34.8, 37. Deagan Imel 16:40.7, 42. Graham Hoffman 16:48.6, 43. Chase Niccum 16:48.9, 44. JP Mikels 16:49.4, Dexter Hoffman 17:03.8, 53. Luke Stevens 17:08.5, 60. Max Lynaugh 17:14.1.
Guerin Catholic runners: 18. Cole Eckstein 16:12.5, 34. Hunter Kinzle-Gorman 16:36.0, 56. Ashton Sommer 17:10.5, 63. Austin Rankin 17:24.9, 64. Timmy Galvin 17:26.8, 68. Brady Linn 17:49.0, 69. Gavin Becher 17:52.3, 71. John Constantino 18:36.0.
University runners: 55. Finaly Reid 17:09.8, 67. Mario Buoscio 17:42.6, 70. Walter Wilson 17:59.6, 72. Grant Fitzwater 20:33.6, 73. Calvin Xu 20:40.5, 74. Rhys Litke 20:46.3.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 25, Westfield 61, Fishers 77, Noblesville 113, Hamilton Southeastern 117, Guerin Catholic 126.
Race winner: Larkin Taylor (Carmel) 17:33.0.
Other Carmel runners: 2. Sadie Foley 17:35.7, 5. Annabel Pollert 17:53.6, 6. Margo Halle 18:40.4, 11. Kaitlyn Oshimura 18:52.3, 14. Anna Yoon 19:11.7, 20. Ashley Kent 19:20.7, 22. Maddie Cox 19:25.5, 23. Elise Maurer 19:26.7, 27. Majia Gilhooly 19:31.2, 28. Arden Finley 19:31.4, 29. Lilliana Cate 19:31.9.
Westfield runners: 3. Alivia Lozier 17:42.4, 12. Jenna Burns 18:53.0, 13. Jordyn Landrum 19:03.4, 15. Mackenna Condon 19:12.8, 18. Emma Pitney 19:16.3, 19. Gianna Ferreri 19:17.8, 34. Ella Bozarth 19:49.2, 42. Sam Plummer 20:06.7, 53. Vivienne Lyon 20:45.5, 59. Sam Foster 21:05.6, 63. Maggie Naas 21:16.7, 66. Izzy McCulloch 21:25.8.
Fishers runners: 4. Caitlin Hawkins 17:49.2, 8. Mia Quagliaroli 18:42.7, 16. Allie Belush 19:15.2, 17. Riley Teurman 19:15.5, 38. Aaliyah Hayes 19:55.9, 40. Eve Ziino 19:58.2, 45. Lorelai Polk 20:10.2, 47. Abby Lotter 20:20.9, 48. Kylie Lengner 20:31.0, 52. Lilah Gunn 20:44.4, 55. Lucy Clark 20:52.3, 62. Lucy Clendenen 21:15.3.
Noblesville runners: 9. Jayde Stamm 18:43.5, 21. Gretchen Graham 19:23.1, 25. Ansley Applegate 19:29.2, 35. Nelani Render 19:50.3, 37. Addy Scott 19:54.5, 44. Kate Mumaw 20:09.1, 51. Norah Mathes 20:44.1, Emmy Reeder 21:25.4, 69. Mabel Caughell 22:18.6, 70. Gabby Hopkins 22:37.7, 71. Gwen Goller 22:42.8.
Southeastern runners: 7. Zoe Gebhart 18:41.5, 24. Raegan Hissong 19:26.8, 30. Kate Evans 19:38.5, 36. Ali Johnson 19:50.6, 39. Kate Lux 19:56.2, 41. Aubrey Berger 19:59.0, 43. Anissa Lammie 20:07.4, 50. Danika Harris 20:42.9, 54. Charlotte Dragoo 20:50.1, Kenzie Blom 21:20.6, 67. Olivia Allen 21:26.8, 68. Avery Francis 21:31.7.
Guerin Catholic runners: 10. Chloe Tragesser 18:46.9, 26. Brinna Wolf 19:29.5, 31. Katie Kolb 19:39.6, 33. Claire Flannagan 19:48.3, 46. Jillian Tichenor 20:20.5, 49. Taylor Tragesser 20:37.5, 56. Kara Van Woerkom 20:57.1, 57. Delaney Gould 20:57.1, 60. Elly Rodgerson 21:12.8, 61. Keira Hines 21:14.5.
University runners: 32. Laurel Gough-Mckeown 19:46.8, 72. Navya Shah 23:29.6.
Hamilton Heights’ girls justified their top 25 ranking by winning the Oak Hill Invitational Saturday, Aug. 30.
The Huskies won with 27 team points and placed four runners in the top 10. Allie Bushey won the race in 18:35.6, while Lillian Higgins was third (19:07.7). Anna Monnin placed fifth (20:03.1) and Matilda Higgins finished seventh (20:16.8). Other runners were: 11. Ayla Madara, 20:28.5, 14. Amira Leer, 20:34.4, 31. Selah Heuer, 22:32.3 and 32. Hattie Graham, 22:39.6.
Heights’ boys team placed third with 67 points, just behind winner Oak Hill’s 63 points and runner-up Delta’s 64 points. Isaiah Heuer finished as runner-up in a time of 16:26.1.
Other top eight Huskies runners were: 11. Nicholas Bragg 17:13.7, 15. Thomas Girolamo 17:27.9, 18. Hudson Holt 17:43.8, 21. Aiden Clarke 17:52.6, 25. Charles Wedmore 18:03.6, 27. Will Monnin 18:09.7, 35. Finn Bowman 18:37.2.