By RICHIE HALL
NOBLESVILLE – Carmel scored a sweep at the Hamilton County cross country meet, which took place Tuesday at Noblesville’s Chanquapin Ridge course at White River Elementary School.
The Greyhounds finished first in both the boys and girls team standings, and had the individual race winners as well. The Carmel boys held off Fishers by six points, 37-43.
The ‘Hounds were helped by having the top two runners. Kole Mathison was the race winner in a time of 16:14.0, with Grant Moon placing second in 16:21.5. Austin Throckmorton placed 10th.
“I think it’s good to come out in the first 5,000-meter race,” said Carmel coach Colin Altevogt. “Fishers, we know they’re always a contender, and so to come out and see our guys against them, we feel good about it. It’s really, really warm today, so the times I don’t think reflect how good either of the two teams are.”
“It feels amazing, honestly, but it definitely wouldn’t have happened without my teammates,” said Mathison of his win. “They’ve been pushing me every workout, every day. It felt good to get the first race under the belt like that.”
The Tigers had the most finishers in the top 10 of any boys team. Jaylen Castillo, Matthew Leppert and Will Clark finished 4-5-6 respectively, with Drew Smith placing eighth.
“Our top four ran well, and then we just got find a fifth guy that has to step up,” said Fishers coach Nathan Warnecke.
Hamilton Southeastern scored 83 points to finish third as a team. Nolan Satterfield led the Royals with a third-place individual finish, and Eric Swinson was ninth.
Noblesville placed fourth in the team standings with 91 points. Andrew Anderson’s seventh-place finish led the Millers.
In the girls meet, Carmel won by a little more comfortable margin over Fishers, 32-51. The Greyhounds had four runners in the top 10, the only girls team to do so.
Senior Phoebe Bates won the individual race, clocking in at 18:38.0. Bates can claim an undefeated record at the county meet, as she also won her sophomore and junior years. (The meet was not held in her freshman year.)
“I just ran just to win today,” said Bates. “I have a big race on Saturday, so I didn’t want to go out too hard today, so I just ran with the pack and then surged when I needed to surge.”
Brooke Waldal finished fifth, while freshman Jasmine Klopstad took seventh. Jamie Klavon placed eighth.
“It was good,” said Carmel coach Andy Dalton. “We’ve been training hard and they’re fit. They might have a little tired legs, but it was a great first race to get the rust off for a lot of them, because a lot of them didn’t run last weekend.”
Hamilton Heights junior Maria Mitchell was the individual runner-up, taking second in a time of 18:51.6.
“It was good,” said Mitchell. “That top pack was fun to run with.”
The Tigers had three runners in the top 10. Hannah Sale, a senior transfer from Evansville Reitz, led Fishers with a third-place finish. Sale ran in the state cross country meet last year as a junior.
“It was tough and the heat was a little tough,” said Sale. “But I think I did okay and as a team we did okay today.”
“My teammates are very welcoming and I feel like I fit in pretty well,” said Sale. “I like it so far.”
Hamilton Southeastern finished third as a team with 82 points; Halle Hill led the Royals by placing fourth individually. Noblesville took fourth by scoring 91 points, with freshman Brooke Lahee taking 10th.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 37, Fishers 43, Hamilton Southeastern 84, Noblesville 93, Guerin Catholic 104, Westfield 171, Hamilton Heights 223.
Race winner: Kole Mathison (C) 16:14.0.
Other Carmel runners: 2. Grant Moon 16:21.5, 10. Austin Throckmorton 16:56.3, 11. Hudson Alden 16:57.6, 13. Jacob Fisher 17:00.6, 16. William Anderson 17:09.2, 17. Nicholas Schuster 17:11.2, 24. Kurt Stephens 17:28.6, 42. Charles Schuman 18:00.4, 53. Benjamin Myers 18:42.6, 57. Bingham Hudson 18:50.0, 66. Samuel Hooton 19:33.5.
Fishers runners: 4. Jaylen Castillo 16:36.8, 5. Matthew Leppert 16:36.8, 6. Will Clark 16:45.6, 8. Drew Smith 16:49.4, 21. Colin Simons 17:16.8, 22. Tate Meaux 17:20.9, 29. Austin Wilson 17:35.8, 30. Max McCollum 17:40.2, 32. Jonathon Roth 17:42.6, 34. Bailey Wilson 17:44.1, 38. Josh Brown 17:46.9, 39. Caden Carpenter 17:54.0.
Southeastern runners: 3. Nolan Satterfield 16:31.0, 9. Eric Swinson 16:50.1, 18. AJ Brisben 17:15.7, 27. Will Tuckis 17:34.1, 35. Jack Patrick 17:44.9, 36. Jack Struss 17:45.3, 49. Luke Pfanstiel 18:27.2, 60. Conner Wright 18:55.3, 61. Elliott Robinson 19:05.6, 65. Garrett Hicks 19:32.9, 75. Lucas Rankin 21:59.5.
Noblesville runners: 7. Andrew Anderson 16:49.2, 12. Evan Campbell 16:57.6, 23. Asher Propst 17:27.1, 26. Seth Koszyk 17:31.9, 33. Jack Taylor 17:43.9, 37. Joel Mumaw 17:45.4, 43. Kolby Kazmierski 18:01.8, 44. Ian Montarsi 18:02.5.
Guerin Catholic runners: 14. Austin Callahan 17:02.3, 15. Holden King 17:08.4, 19. Matt Fletcher 17:16.6, 25. Nicholas Schramm 17:30.4, 41. Dominic Stein 18:00.0, 46. Gavin Morrow 18:11.0, 48. Evan McNeany 18:20.2, 62. Christian Geary 19:08.1, 64. Ethan Hines 19:24.4, 69. Noah McNeany 19:51.5, 72. Tristan Henry 21:07.1.
Westfield runners: 31. Aidan Wright 17:41.0, 40. Max Woehler 17:54.0, 45. Robby Bogdajewicz 18:09.0, 47. Nik Pensyl 18:16.4, 50. Josh Springbord 18:29.4, 52. Bradley McManus 18:34.7, 54. Evan Besinger 18:44.7, 56. Michael Simpson 18:49.1, 58. Clay Kipper 18:50.7, 59. Johnny McClure 18:53.1, 63. Cole Micho 19:21.2.
Heights runners: 51. Preston Miller 18:33.0, 55. Price Knowles 18:48.5, 67. Landon Steele 19:41.6, 68. Evan Williamson 19:47.8, 70. Clay Forrer 19:54.9, 71. Landon Hurley 20:22.0, 73. Alec Pasalich 21:08.1, 74. Drew Monnin 21:12.7.
University runners: 20. Noah Laramore 17:16.7, 28. Lucca Conti 17:35.0.
NOTE: Two Sheridan runners competed, but their names were not listed.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 32, Fishers 51, Hamilton Southeastern 82, Noblesville 91, Guerin Catholic 168, Hamilton Heights 178, Westfield 179.
Race winner: Phoebe Bates (C) 18:38.0.
Other Carmel runners: 5. Brooke Waldal 19:20.2, 7. Jasmine Klopstad 19:20.9, 8. Jamie Klavon 19:29.4, 11. Brooklyn Edwards 19:31.4, 13. Roni Ledzema 19:43.6, 14. Alivia Romaniuk 19:53.0, 17. Annie Christie 20:04.4, 21. Halle Welch 20:45.5, 22. Lily McAndrews 20:49.3, 29. Kierstyn Guerrant 21:08.9, 66. Lilian Rose 23:41.9.
Fishers runners: 3. Hannah Sale 19:07.4, 6. Vera Schafer 19:20.6, 9. Elizabeth Barrett 19:30.6, 15. Abby Carter 19:53.3, 19. Brynn Urban 20:35.1, 24. Corinne Yorkman 20:58.1, 25. Megan Mybeck 20:58.4, 32. Kayla Rizzotte 21:20.4, 35. Lilia Bodnar 21:27.1, 40. Laura Masoni 21:40.0, 46. Arianna Kelley 21:49.9, 52. Emma Julien 22:34.6.
Southeastern runners: 4. Halle Hill 19:14.6, 16. Ellie Johnson 20:00.9, 20. Jacqueline Hurlock 20:43.0, 23. Ellie Pedersen 20:52.2, 26. Allie Latta 20:58.4, 27. Brooke Ratliff 21:01.6, 30. Grace Newton 21:12.4, 31. Jenna McLean 21:13.8, 38. Katherine Kesler 21:31.6, 41. Gretta Johnson 21:40.1, 48. Andi Shick 22:07.1, 59. Grace Howard 23:07.6.
Noblesville runners: 10. Brooke Lahee 19:30.6, 12. Madison King 19:33.6, 18. Bella Sharples-Gordon 20:17.9, 28. Paige Hazelrigg 21:03.4, 33. Sophie Reichard 21:22.1, 34. Anna Hazelrigg 21:26.9, 39. Mya McGavic 21:35.1, 44. Gracie Miller 21:44.1, 45. Ashley Newcome 21:47.0, 53. Isabel Click 22:34.9, 55. Taylor Gossard 22:40.2.
Guerin Catholic runners: 37. Raegan Bohbrink 21:29.7, 42. Joelle Klavon 21:42.0, 43. Sophia Woods 21:42.7, 50. Madison Scheidler 22:12.5, 51. Emma Hubbard 22:16.8, 56. Nicole Powers 22:51.9, 60. Rosie Barrett 23:17.0, 63. Maghan Gallagher 23:26.7, 64. Kinley Callahan 23:29.7, 69. Allison Wozniak 24:08.9, 60. Delaney Klee 24:18.1.
Heights runners: 2. Maria Mitchell 18:51.6, 54. Chloe Henderson 22:38.8, 65. Morgan Guthrie 23:34.6, 72. Maddie Dotlich 24:44.0, 74. Victoria Lopez 25:11.2.
Westfield runners: 36. Ashley Baldwin 21:28.0, 47. Bea Perez 22:02.3, 49. Alyssa Schleper 22:10.4, 57. Hannah Fife 22:58.1, 58. Jenna Barnes 23:07.3, 61. Margaret Barnett 23:17.3, 62. Ellie Ketcham 23:26.6, 67. Isabel Manley 23:55.0, 68. Lizzie Hirschfeld 23:58.5, 71. Morgen Houck 24:28.7, 73. Ava Zellers 25:09.5.
The Hamilton County cross country meet took place on Tuesday at Noblesville’s Chanquapin Ridge course at White River Elementary School. Pictured are the top 20 boys (above) and top 20 girls (below) finishers. (Kent Graham)
(Kent Graham)