Everyone was preparing for a hot time at the Hamilton County cross country meet Tuesday at the Chanquapin Ridge course in Noblesville.
The race was pushed back 45 minutes so the runners could race after the heat of the afternoon. Once everything was finished, Carmel had defended both of its team championships and an individual title.
The Greyhounds won the girls race easily, with a score of 32 points. The host Millers edged out Hamilton Southeastern for third place, 71 to 76, with Fishers placing fourth.
Carmel’s Phoebe Bates was the individual girls champion for the second year in a row. Bates cruised to victory in a time of 18 minutes, 12.09 seconds, over 47 seconds ahead of second place.
“I ended up feeling really good and I was very pleased with my time,” said Bates. She was also happy the Greyhounds won again in the team standings.
“I think we’re looking a lot stronger this year,” said Bates. “We got a lot of younger girls, so that’s a plus. I think they’ll be a big part of our team this year.”
Four other Carmel girls landed in the top 10. Abby Parker finished sixth, Lindsey Roper was seventh, Jamie Klavon eighth and Roni Ledzema 10th.
“I was real pleased with how they raced tonight,” said Greyhounds coach Andy Dalton. “It’s going to be hot and humid, but it’s August. It’s Indiana. You’re going to get races and the girls, they did exactly what they were supposed to do. I was interested to see how we would match up against some of these really strong teams in the county, and we looked real strong today.
The Millers also looked strong, with five girls finishing in the top 20. Bella Sharples-Gordon led the way by taking fifth place, while Sophie Reichard finished in 12th.
Meanwhile, Lulu Black had an outstanding race for the Royals, taking second place in a time of 18:59.97. Ellie Pedersen finished in 11th place, with Lilly Cummins placing 14th.
Fishers scored 95 points to take fourth as a team. Miya Wai landed in ninth place, with Abby Carter taking 15th.
Guerin Catholic was fifth and Hamilton Heights sixth, but both teams had a runner place in the top four. The Huskies’ Maria Mitchell finished in third place, with the Golden Eagles’ Ellie Schroeder taking fourth.
Carmel’s boys team held off Fishers to win that division, scoring 36 points to the Tigers’ 49.
The Greyhounds had two runners in the top four – Patrick Campbell was third (16:17.96) and Grant Moon fourth (16:24.10) – and two more reach the top 10. Calvin Bates placed eighth and Thomas Gastineau took 10th.
Despite the heat, Carmel coach Colin Altevogt pointed out that his top two runners ran their best times of their career.
“I think that set the tone for us,” said Altevogt. “The rest of our guys were obviously quite a bit off their best time ever, but I think a really good start to the season.”
Ethan Meyer led the Tigers by placing second overall in a time of 16:17.76. Will Clark placed sixth and Dylan Arive finished 12th.
Hamilton Southeastern finished third as a team with 88 points and had two top 10 runners: Grant Wilson took seventh and Eric Swinson was ninth.
Noblesville placed fourth in the team standings by scoring 112 points. Travis Hickner had a solid race for the Millers, taking fifth place.
Westfield finished in fifth as a team; Mahamet Djour led the Shamrocks by taking 20th place.
The overall winner was Guerin Catholic’s Quinn Gallagher, who ran the race in 16:05.79. Gallagher finished as the runner-up last year. The Golden Eagles were sixth as a team.
“All I was trying to do was put in a hard K on the fourth K,” said Gallagher. “We didn’t really care about the time, it was just go on effort.”
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 32, Noblesville 71, Hamilton Southeastern 76, Fishers 95, Guerin Catholic 126, Hamilton Heights 163, Westfield 185, University 254.
Race winner: Phoebe Bates (Carmel) 18:12.09.
Other Carmel runners: 6. Abby Parker 19:37.59, 7. Lindsey Roper 19:38.02, 8. Jamie Klavon 19:40.35, 10. Roni Ledzema 19:44.13, 13. Alivia Romaniuk 19:56.65, 16. Sydney Haines 19:59.86, 23. Brooke Waldal 20:12.06, 28. Annie Christie 20:34.70, 30. Madison Lindfeldt 20:36.95, 33. Halle Welch 20:44.11, 44. Lily McAndrews 21:31.88.
Noblesville runners: 5. Bella Sharples-Gordon 19:35.88, 12. Sophie Reichard 19:55.33, 17. Taylor Gregory 20:00.03, 18. Aubrey Swart 20:00.15, 19. Madison King 20:00.33, 21. Aubrie Deal 20:09.63, 39. Sophie Stahl 21:07.00, 46. Anna Hazelrigg 21:38.87, 50. Katherine Sandys 21:58.60, 53. Chloe Click 22:18.00, 65. Grace Miller 23:17.38, 74. Taylor Gossard 25:12.11.
Southeastern runners: 2. Lulu Black 18:59.97, 11. Ellie Pedersen 19:51.65, 14. Lilly Cummins 19:56.79, 24. Brooke Ratliff 20:16.66, 27. Lilly Patrick 20:34.39, 31. Halle Hill 20:37.08, 36. Ellie Johnson 20:56.27, 37. Allie Latta 20:57.15, 43. Maddie Mirro 21:25.70, 47. Regan Wans 21:42.44, 48. Jenna McLean 21:42.55, 51. Grace Howard 22:06.72.
Fishers runners: 9. Miya Wai 19:43.40, 15. Abby Carter 19:59.80, 22. Emma Gillespie 20:11.75, 25. Tessa Kraft 20:21.88, 26. Corinne Yorkman 20:22.80, 29. Natalie Segura 20:35.89, 32. Brynn Urban 20:38.43, 35. Elizabeth Barrett 20:52.65, 45. Vera Schafer 21:37.55, 58. Ellie Gaffin 22:34.85, 63. Mia Yates 23:15.03, 70. Megan Mybeck 24:01.56.
Guerin Catholic runners: 4. Ellie Schroeder 19:19.76, 20. Paige Schemanske 20:04.09, 34. Raegan Bohbrink 20:49.14, 40. Izzy Museck 21:08.03, 52. Bea Perez 22:16.07, 64. Joelle Klavon 23:16.39.
Heights runners: 3. Maria Mitchell 19:19.26, 49. Abby Roth 21:43.91, 55. Chloe Henderson 22:28.73, 56. Abby Christiansen 22:29.13, 59. Morgan Guthrie 22:38.87, 66. Victoria Lopez 23:17.90, 72. Madison Dotlich 24:18.24.
Westfield runners: 38. Kyla Curtis 21:05.15, 41. Ashley Baldwin 21:14.72, 42. Sophia Brown 21:16.90, 54. Ashley Senerius 22:18.25, 60. Alyssa Schleper 22:39.79, 61. Havana Hudson 22:47.60, 62. Grace McNeely 22:59.93, 67. Jenna Phillips 23:18.28, 69. Georgia Boothe 24:00.48, 71. Bella Bishop 24:09.32, 73. Sarah Hamlet 24:46.21.
University runners: 68. Jada Swearingen 23:51.86, 75. Zoe Napier 28:11.15, 76. Isabella Garino-Heisey 28:20.12, 78. Robin Karwath 34:04.94, 79. Caitlin Clark 34:12.73.
Sheridan runners: 57. Alexis Weiss 22:33.31, 77, Brianna Hunter 29:13.24.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 36, Fishers 49, Hamilton Southeastern 88, Noblesville 112, Westfield 120, Guerin Catholic 137, Hamilton Heights 231, University 237.
Race winner: Quinn Gallagher (Guerin Catholic) 16:05.79.
Carmel runners: 3. Patrick Campbell 16:17.96, 4. Grant Moon 16:24.10, 8. Calvin Bates 16:38.32, 10. Thomas Gastineau 16:42.38, 11. William Murphy 16:46.05, 13. Cameron Harless 16:49.87, 16. Samuel Stage 16:59.54, 19. Brett Ploss 17:01.47, 22. Jacob Fisher 17:08.57, 28. William Anderson 17:22.82, 30. Bingham Hudson 17:28.37, 39. Benjamin Johnson 17:37.45.
Fishers runners: 2. Ethan Meyer 16:17.76, 6. Will Clark 16:32.92, 12. Dylan Arive 16:46.55, 14. Max McCollum 16:51.30, 15. Quintin Goldman 16:59.08, 23. Alex Meyer 17:12.62, 24. Thomas Brelage 17:16.22, 29. Jared Halamka 17:26.68, 42. Hunter Christy 17:39.50, 43. Drew Smith 17:39.83, 50. Kaleb Gucinski 17:58.23, 54. Jake Brattain 18:09.34.
Southeastern runners: 7. Grant Wilson 16:33.23, 9. Eric Swinson 16:39.28, 21. Jacob Wiggers 17:08.52, 26. Eric Carothers 17:18.71, 33. James Rathbun 17:29.91, 38. Will Marquardt 17:36.80, 47. Nolan Satterfield 17:49.02, 48. Will Tuckis 17:51.89, 65. Connor Sarkovics 18:44.91, 67. AJ Brisben 19:07.96, 69. Max Anderson 19:48.27.
Noblesville runners: 5. Travis Hickner 16:25.74, 17. Justin Amburgy 16:59.61, 34. Nick Dombroski 17:33.92, 35. Billy Gregory 17:34.56, 36. Ian Montarsi 17:34.94, 37. Jack Taylor 17:35.99, 41. Luke Shinneman 17:37.55, 49. Blake Hipkiss 17:54.34, 52. Seth Koszyk 18:02.34, 55. Kolby Kazmierski 18:11.25, 62. Cole Kimmel 18:36.45, 68. Evan Campbell 19:17.08.
Westfield runners: 20. Mahamet Djour 17:04.05, 25. Noah Douthit 17:17.63, 27. Kai Connor 17:22.24, 31. Joe Barnett 17:29.37, 32. Tyler Smith 17:29.67, 40. Emerson Bostic 17:37.49, 45. Nikolas Pensyl 17:47.33, 46. Kyler Koning 17:48.52, 51. Samuel Novak 17:59.75, 53. Jacob Beene 18:05.03, 58. Robby Bogdajewicz 18:25.81, 59. Josh Springborn 18:25.94.
Other Guerin Catholic runners: 18. Joseph Barrett 17:00.11, 44. Matthew Fletcher 17:47.23, 57. Austin Callahan 18:19.35, 61. Wes Gingerich 18:36.16, 63. Dominic Stein 18:36.70, 64. JP Spoonmore 18:43.53, 72. Aaron Banks 21:43.06.
Heights runners: 60. Price Knowles 18:31.13, 70. Landon Steele 19:48.32, 71. Preston Miller 19:50.84, 73. Clayton Forrer 21:51.58, 74. Landon Hurley 22:01.23.
University runners: 56. Noah Laramore 18:18.22, 66. Lucca Conti 18:51.72, 76. Thomas Price 23:38.06, 77. Tommy Kaplan 24:13.59, 79. Neal Pettinga 26:05.82, 80. Ben Westerkamm 26:16.37, 81. Cole Reinholt 26:32.47.
Sheridan runners: 75. Luke Poprik 23:33.08, 78. Taylor Jacobs 25:57.06, 82. Eli Garner 26:52.82.
Carmel’s Phoebe Bates won the girls race at the Hamilton County cross country meet on Tuesday at Noblesville’s Chinquapin Ridge course. Bates ran the race in 18:12.09 to defend her individual championship. (Kent Graham)
Guerin Catholic’s Quinn Gallagher won the boys race in a time of 16:05.79. Gallagher was the runner-up at county last year. (Kent Graham)