The Noblesville boys cross country team went to Brownsburg on Saturday and came home as Hoosier Crossroads Conference champions.
The Millers won a close HCC meet – only 20 points separated the top four teams. Noblesville won with 66 points, with the Bulldogs scoring 72 for second place.
The Millers landed three runners in the top 10 – the only boys team to do so – then placed two more in the top 30 to close their scoring early. Travis Hickner led Noblesville by finishing in third, with Cole Kimmel taking fifth and Andrew Anderson placing seventh.
After Brownsburg, Fishers finished in third with 80 points. Will Clark led the Tigers by taking ninth; Fishers had four runners place in the top 20.
Westfield took fifth with 115 points; Mahamat Djour paced the Shamrocks with an eighth-place finish. Hamilton Southeastern took sixth by scoring 128 points; Nolan Satterfield led the Royals by taking 18th.
In the girls meet, Zionsville dominated by scoring 27 points. The Eagles had the race winner and had five runners place in the top 10.
Southeastern was the runner up in the girls race, totaling 81 points. Halle Hill was the individual runner-up, clocking in at 18:24.78. Noblesville finished third with 92 points; Brooke Lahee paced the Millers by taking eighth.
Westfield scored 128 points for fifth place; Sophia Brown led the Shamrocks by finishing 18th. Fishers was the sixth-place team with 153 points; Elizabeth Barrett took ninth to lead the Tigers.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Noblesville 66, Brownsburg 72, Fishers 80, Zionsville 86, Westfield 115, Hamilton Southeastern 128, Franklin Central 150, Avon 188.
Race winner: Jesus Garcia (Z) 15:26.18.
Noblesville runners: 3. Travis Hickner 15:33.53, 5. Cole Kimmel 15:40.65, 7. Andrew Anderson 15:56.18, 23. Jack Taylor 16:28.69, 28. Kolby Kazmierski 16:35.21, 38. Seth Koszyk 16:47.24, 41. Asher Propst 16:53.79, 45. Joel Mumaw 16:58.90, 75. Billy Gregory 17:38.93, 92. Ian Montarsi 18:32.95.
Fishers runners: 9. Will Clark 16:00.58, 12. Jaylen Castillo 16:01.67, 13. Matthew Leppert 16:02.35, 19. Max McCollum 16:19.69, 27. Jonathon Roth 16:34.92, 34. Colin Simons 16:42.72, 36. Drew Smith 16:44.86, 40. Alec Foster 16:49.70, 44. Tate Meaux 16:58.06, 49. Austin Wilson 17:01.75, 78. Aathreya Murthy 17:41.89, 79. Bailey Wilson 17:46.76.
Westfield runners: 8. Mahamat Djour 15:59.55, 14. Kai Connor 16:04.87, 25. Kyler Koning 16:31.36, 31. Garrett Mowry 16:38.56, 37. Johnny McClure 16:45.16, 43. Tyler Smith 16:55.55, 48. Max Woehler 17:01.36, 55. Nik Pensyl 17:09.20, 57. Clay Kipper 17:11.38, 63. Bradley McManus 17:17.56, 66. Joe Barnett 17:20.66, 80. Josh Barnett 17:50.03.
Southeastern runners: 18. Nolan Satterfield 16:18.00, 21. Will Marquardt 16:20.50, 35. Jack Patrick 16:42.86, 54. Jakeb Barnett 17:08.93, 61. AJ Brisben 17:16.98, 65. Elliott Robinson 17:19.17, 67. Will Tuckis 17:21.82, 69. Luke Pfanstiel 17:23.86, 70. Conner Wright 17:27.27, 73. Garrett Hicks 17:35.86, 81. Caleb Lindsay 17:54.85.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Zionsville 27, Hamilton Southeastern 81, Noblesville 92, Brownsburg 113, Westfield 128, Fishers 153, Avon 156, Franklin Central 157.
Race winner: Katelyn Wasson (Z) 18:16.88.
Southeastern runners: 2. Halle Hill 18:24.78, 15. Jenna McLean 19:24.59, 17. Allie Latta 19:31.51, 23. Lilly Patrick 19:44.55, 24. Ellie Johnson 19:45.10, 26. Brooke Ratliff 19:49.56, 31. Grace Newton 19:57.72, 50. Ellie Pedersen 20:29.92, 58. Jacqueline Hurlock 20:40.78, 65. Jehnea Mirro 20:54.11, 71. Katherine Kesler 21:24.05, 72. Andi Shick 21:27.66.
Noblesville runners: 8. Brooke Lahee 19:07.45, 12. Madison King 19:17.00, 13. Paige Hazelrigg 19:20.57, 20. Bella Sharples-Gordon 19:37.31, 41. Sophie Stahl 20:17.55, 43. Sophie Reichard 20:19.66, 60. Ashley Newcome 20:48.70, 61. Taylor Gossard 20:49.47, 66. Chloe Click 20:56.08, 75. Anna Hazelrigg 21:31.89, 78. Gracie Miller 21:45.93.
Westfield runners: 18. Sophia Brown 19:31.60, 22. Kyla Curtis 19:43.10, 30. Julia Clark 19:57.64, 33. Sophie Porter 20:01.39, 35. Samantha Taylor 20:05.99, 39. Robyn Schemel 20:14.22, 42. Alyssa Schleper 20:17.82, 45. Bea Perez 20:20.46, 51. Sydney Clifford 20:31.12, 64. Isabel Manley 20:53.58, 80. Sarah Coates.
Fishers runners: 9. Elizabeth Barrett 19:08.42, 16. Corinne Yorkman 19:27.03, 44. Emma Gillespie 20:20.42, 49. Megan Mybeck 20:26.36, 52. Laura Masoni 20:32.14, 53. Kayla Rizzotte 20:32.67, 56. Brynn Urban 20:37.68, 62. Emma Julien 20:52.40, 63. Lilia Bodnar 20:52.87, 67. Arianna Kelley 21:01.17, 73. Vera Schafer 21:31.48, 74. Kaitlyn Moriarty 21:31.88.
The Carmel cross country teams swept the Metropolitan Conference meet, which took place Saturday at North Central.
The Greyhound girls had an easy win, scoring 24 points to the runner-up Panthers’ 50 points. Carmel had the individual champion in Brooklyn Edwards, who clocked in at 19:04.8, and also placed five runners in the top eight and the other two in the top 20. Alivia Romaniuk was the race runner-up, with Emily Hand sixth, Roni Ledzema seventh and Lilian Rose eighth.
“Today our team did exactly what we had hoped,” said Greyhounds coach Andy Dalton. “First off, we won the MIC Championships which was one of our season goals. But even more so, we saw some of our mid-pack Varsity runners really step up today which gives us terrific momentum going into the IHSAA tournament season.”
In the boys race, Carmel won with 37 points, 20 points ahead of runner-up Center Grove. The ‘Hounds had four runners in the top 10, led by Kole Mathison in second place and Grant Moon in third. Hudson Alden placed ninth and Austin Throckmorton took 10th.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 37, Center Grove 57, North Central 88, Ben Davis 108, Lawrence North 118, Warren Central 164, Lawrence Central 179, Pike 191.
Race winner: Alex Frey (NC) 15:53.7.
Carmel runners: 2. Kole Mathison 15:57.3, 3. Grant Moon 16:04.6, 9. Hudson Alden 16:29.9, 10. Austin Throckmorton 16:31.5, 13. Charles Schuman 16:44.5, 14. Benjamin Myers 16:47.7, 17. William Anderson 16:56.7.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 24, North Central 50, Pike 62, Center Grove 112, Lawrence North 139, Warren Central 170, Ben Davis 195.
Race winner: Brooklyn Edwards (C) 19:04.8.
Other Carmel runners: 2. Alivia Romaniuk 19:15.5, 6. Emily Hand 19:54.7, 7. Roni Ledzema 19:54.8, 8. Lilian Rose 19:56.2, 12. Madalyn Sailors 20:13.5, 17. Halle Welch 20:29.1.
Guerin Catholic competed in the Culver Academies Invitational on Saturday, racing in the Open Race.
Bridget Gallagher had the highest finish for the Golden Eagles, taking fifth. The Guerin Catholic girls finished 11th out of 24 teams. In the boys race, the Golden Eagles placed eighth out of 28 teams, with Thomas King taking 33rd place.
GIRLS OPEN RACE
Team scores: Mason 66, Bloomington North 115, Bishop Chatard 117, Neuqua Valley 140, West Lafayette 149, Warsaw 189, Penn 198, Portage 242, Concordia Lutheran 242, Sylvania Northview 303, Guerin Catholic 305, Culver Academies 318, Fort Wayne Northrop 345, Elkhart Central 393, New Prairie 433, Lake Central 444, La Porte 502, South Bend St. Joseph 518, Fort Wayne Snider 526, Kankakee Valley 558, Kokomo 614, South Bend Adams 634, Logansport 639, Frankfort 704.
Race winner: Maddie Ullom (Mason) 19:12.8.
Guerin Catholic runners: 5. Bridget Gallagher 20:03.4, 71. Sophia Woods 22:18.1, 80. Madison Scheidler 22:34.5, 84. Rosie Barrett 22:40.5, 85. Allison Wozniak 22:42.0, 87. Emma Hubbard 22:45.8, 95. Joelle Klavon 22:59.0, 104. Raegan Bohbrink 23:12.5, 115. Nicole Powers 23:33.0, 133. Kinley Callahan 23:57.7.
BOYS OPEN RACE
Team scores: Concordia Lutheran 38, Mason 68, Crown Point 129, Lyons Township 134, Neuqua Valley 166, West Lafayette 184, Harrison 230, Guerin Catholic 266, Warsaw 268, Madeira 303, Sylvania Northview 332, New Prairie 347, Lake Central 370, Fort Wayne Snider 412, Culver Academies 416, Plymouth 443, Kankakee Valley 479, Bishop Chatard 484, South Bend Adams 504, Elkhart Central 538, South Bend St. Joseph 549, Fort Wayne Northrop 573, Frankfort 584, NorthWood 593, Logansport 739, La Porte 819, Michigan City 824, Kokomo 897.
Race winner: Reece Gibson (Concordia Lutheran) 16:28.6.
Guerin Catholic runners: 33. Thomas King 17:47.7, 36. Austin Callahan 17:52.7, 63. Matt Fletcher 18:14.7, 67. Nicholas Schramm 18:19.7, 74. Dominic Stein 18:25.2, 85. Gavin Morrow 18:40.7, 90. Ethan Hines 18:47.4, 105. Evan McNeany 18:56.8, 158. Christian Geary 19:52.3, 198. Noah McNeany 20:43.5.
Hamilton Heights ran in the New Haven Invitational on Saturday.
Maria Mitchell won the girls race, finishing in 18:53.2. The Huskies finished ninth as a team. In the boys race, Heights placed 11th; Price Knowles led the way by taking 37th.
BOYS AA RACE
Team scores: Columbia City 42, Bishop Dwenger 67, Oak Hill 89, Leo 123, New Haven 149, South Bend Riley 156, Wawasee 215, East Noble 223, DeKalb 234, Celina 247, Hamilton Heights 272, Mississinewa 349, Yorktown 362, Marion 367, Norwell 386.
Race winner: Nathan Mills (Columbia City) 16:40.1.
Heights runners: 37. Price Knowles 18:03.7, 42. Preston Miller 18:16.9, 46. Clayton Forrer 18:22.5, 74. Evan Williamson 19:03.5, 102. Landon Hurley 19:33.9, 111. Landon Steele 19:45.1, 135. Drew Monnin 20:11.1, 186. Austin Lamp 21:53.7, 192. Caleb Hurley 22:03.9.
GIRLS AA RACE
Team scores: Norwell 79, Columbia City 93, Leo 95, DeKalb 159, Yorktown 161, Celina 185, East Noble 187, West Noble 207, Hamilton Heights 263, South Bend Riley 275, NorthWood 285, Wawasee 285, New Haven 291, Mississinewa 305, Bellmont 348, Marion 442.
Race winner: Maria Mitchell (Heights) 18:53.2.
Other Heights runners: 49. Madison Dotlich 22:37.3, 59. Morgan Guthrie 22:55.6, 76. Victoria Lopez 23:38.8, 116. Marissa Kennedy 25:33.7, 122. Isis Dillman 26:20.1, 126. Hayden Hough 26:46.9, 146. Allyson Dinwiddie 28:29.1, 149. Elianna Watson 28:40.2.
University competed at the Pioneer Conference meet Saturday at Indiana University East.
The Trailblazers girls finished in third place, with Jada Swearingen taking 10th individually. University’s boys team placed sixth; Isaiah Smith led the way by finishing sixth.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Park Tudor 19, International 55, University 60.
Race winner: Sophia Kennedy (PT) 19:35.
University runners: 10. Jada Swearingen 23:51, 12. Chloe Kaplan 24:31, 18. Isabella Garino-Heisey 27:40, 20. Jolin Xu 28:50, 28. Sam Cooper 41:01.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Liberty Christian 42, Park Tudor 58, Greenwood Christian 75, Anderson Prep 106, Muncie Burris 108, University 116.
Race winner: Noah Price (LC) 17:55.
University runners: 6. Isaiah Smith 18:48, 17. Thomas Price 20:00, 30. Tommy Kaplan 21:42, 31. Foster Wilson 21:43, 45. Alfonzo Gallanosa 27:00, 47. Josiah Hughes 30:44.
The Noblesville boys cross country team won the Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet Saturday at Brownsburg. The Millers scored 66 points and landed three runners in the top 10. (Kent Graham)