Hamilton County could claim two winners at the Terre Haute Savings Bank State Preview, which took place Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course.
Fishers won the boys varsity race, scoring 54 points. The Tigers had three runners finish in the top 10: Will Clark placed fifth, Jaylen Castillo came in seventh and Matthew Leppert was eighth.
Guerin Catholic’s boys took ninth place as a team, scoring 257 points. Holden King paced the Golden Eagles by finishing in 16th.
The Golden Eagles had the girls individual winner: Bridget Gallagher led the field and clocked in with a time of 19:00.5. Guerin’s girls placed 10th as a team, totaling 237 points.
Terre Haute Savings Bank State Preview
GIRLS VARSITY RACE
Team scores: Center Grove 61, Crown Point 107, Cathedral 110, Seeger 127, Pike 128, Avon 153, Corydon Central 198, Brebeuf Jesuit 223, Terre Haute South 230, Guerin Catholic 237, Highland 279, Evansville Reitz 372, Perry Meridian 378, Terre Haute North 407, Clay City 445, Mooresville 467, Evansville Mater Dei 501, Danville 509, Decatur Central 512, Castle 513.
Race winner: Bridget Gallagher (Guerin Catholic) 19:00.5.
Other Guerin Catholic runners: 45. Rosie Barrett 21:47.1, 56. Raegan Bohbrink 22:06.0, 69. Allison Wozniak 22:22.0, 87. Macy Lips 22:43.1, 94. Madison Scheidler 22:54.1, 95. Joelle Klavon 23:05.4, 100. Katherine Constantino 23:19.4, 104. Sydney Smith 23:23.7, 110. Kalen Moe 23:39.3, 111. Ally Keller 23:41.7, 116. Kyndall Osborne 23:49.3.
BOYS VARSITY RACE
Team scores: Fishers 54, Center Grove 75, Zionsville 97, Crown Point 153, Terre Haute North 211, Castle 230, Valparaiso 240, Cathedral 256, Guerin Catholic 257, Terre Haute South 267, Avon 280, Wabash 295, Perry Meridian 340, Evansville Reitz 379, Pike 410, Danville 445, Evansville Mater Dei 452, Highland 526, Evansville Central 527, Decatur Central 558, Mooresville 560.
Race winner: Lucas Guerra (Highland) 15:45.9.
Fishers runners: 5. Will Clark 16:05.1, 7. Jaylen Castillo 16:06.3, 8. Matthew Leppert 16:07.9, 18. Tate Meaux 16:41.2, 25. Alec Foster 16:49.6, 44. Ben Greiwe 17:14.3, 46. Colin Simons 17:19.8, 49. Caden Carpenter 17:23.3, 52. Austin Wilson 17:25.3, 70. Bailey Wilson 17:45.8, 82. Josh Brown 18:00.7.
Guerin Catholic runners: 16. Holden King 16:34.5, 50. Nicholas Schramm 17:24.0, 57. Evan McNeany 17:32.0, 72. Ethan Hines 17:49.2, 93. Christian Geary 18:15.5, 101. Ben Grissom 18:25.3, 120. Jack Weber 18:47.2, 131. Johnny King 18:55.3, 132. Nathan Traub 18:55.6.
Carmel’s girls scored a razor-thin victory at the Marion XC Invitational on Saturday.
The Greyhounds edged out Fort Wayne Carroll by one point, 42-43, to win the Chuck Schlemmer Girls Elite Race. Carmel had three runners place in the top seven: Jasmine Klopstad took third, Annie Christie was fifth and Cara Naas finished seventh.
Two other county girls teams competed in the meet. Noblesville scored 160 points to place fifth; Summer Rempe paced the Millers by taking 18th. The Fishers girls finished in ninth place by scoring 228 points. Anna Runion led the Tigers with a 19th-place result.
In the boys Elite Race, Carmel finished fourth with 150 points. Charlie Leedke placed eighth for the Greyhounds.
Marion XC Invitational
CHUCK SCHLEMMER GIRLS ELITE RACE
Team scores: Carmel 42, Fort Wayne Carroll 43, Penn 139, Chesterton 152, Noblesville 160, North Central 171, Homestead 176, Concordia Lutheran 189, Fishers 228, Delta 293, Warsaw 294, Bishop Dwenger 320, Mount Vernon 333, Bishop Luers 401, West Noble 425.
Race winner: Nicki Southerland (Delta) 17:35.6.
Carmel runners: 3. Jasmine Klopstad 17:55.1, 5. Annie Christie 17:56.8, 7. Cara Naas 18:26.8, 12. Alivia Romaniuk 18:47.7, 38. Jamie Klavon 19:47.2, 42. Kara Wenzler 19:59.2, 52. Lily Rose 20:11.8, 59. Roni Ledzema 20:22.9, 73. Evelyn Taller 20:39.2, 88. Olivia McKee 21:03.1.
Noblesville runners: 18. Summer Rempe 19:17.8, 31. Kennedy Applegate 19:29.6, 33. Brooke Lahee 19:31.3, 34. Nadia Perez 19:31.4, 98. Chloe Click 21:16.6, 102. Siri Koszyk 21:21.5, 106. Megan Meinerding 21:23.9, 123. Abby Line 21:57.0, 135. Emily Blackburn 22:41.6.
Fishers runners: 19. Anna Runion 19:21.4, 20. Vera Schafer 19:24.0, 64. Brynn Urban 20:32.5, 70. Carolyn Szilagyi 20:34.9, 77. Mia Yates 20:42.2, 127. Megan Mybeck 22:06.9, 131. Brooke Butts 22:31.2, 134. Anna Mossing 22:41.1, 137. Erica Combs 22:45.9, 139. Libby Hayes 22:51.5, 145. Kelly Brandenburg 23:21.6.
BOYS ELITE RACE
Team scores: Brebeuf Jesuit 73, Concordia Lutheran 118, North Central 148, Carmel 150, Chesterton 150, Bishop Dwenger 179, Homestead 192, Warsaw 207, Fort Wayne Carroll 231, Mount Vernon 267, Westview 272, Pendleton Heights 289, Columbia City 295, Cardinal Ritter 297, West Noble 415, Frankrton 465, Norwell 512, Mississinewa 553.
Race winner: Izaiah Steury (Angola) 14:51.1.
Carmel runners: 8. Charlie Leedke 16:01.2, 30. Bingham Hudson 16:40.4, 37. Quavion Hooks 16:51.5, 38. Owen Urtel 16:51.7, 46. Carter Lindfelt 16:59.3, 49. Connor Mallon 17:05.2, 62. William Anderson 17:21.4, 70. Tomas Biltimier 17:25.9, 74. Neil Fairman 17:29.6, 77. Daniel Schrader-Dobris 17:32.3, 92. KJ Sweeney 17:47.8, 115. Liam Oman 18:07.2.
Noblesville’s boys traveled to Columbus North to take part in the Rick Weinheimer Cross Country Classic, and came home with a new school record.
That record now belongs to Travis Hickner, who set a new Millers mark of 15:01.8 while finishing second in the Boys AA Race. Hickner was just behind Whiteland’s Will Jefferson, the winner in a time of 14:59.6.
As a team, Noblesville placed second with 54 points, behind only the top-ranked Bull Dogs and their score of 38 points. Andrew Anderson finished fifth to give the Millers two runners in the top five.
Rick Weinheimer Cross Country Classic
At Columbus North
BOYS AA RACE
Team scores: Columbus North 38, Noblesville 54, Floyd Central 93, Northview 104, Bloomington North 144, Whiteland 233, Greenfield-Central 233, Jennings County 241, Lebanon 283, Austin 295, Southport 299, Tell City 356, Greenwood 368, Martinsville 379, New Albany 393, Evansville North 461, Greensburg 503, Bedford North Lawrence 520, Shelbyville 558, Silver Creek 564, Madison 643, Columbus East 653.
Race winner: Will Jefferson (Whiteland) 14:59.6.
Noblesville runners: 2. Travis Hickner 15:01.8, 5. Andrew Anderson 15:44.4, 13. Asher Propst 15:56.8, 16. Joel Mumaw 15:59.4, 18. Andrew Knight 16:03.6, 22. Luke Shinneman 16:17.4, 27. Caden Click 16:19.5, 43. Billy Gregory 16:47.1, 70. Evan Campbell 17:25.9.
Westfield competed in the Brownsburg Invitational and had high finishes for both teams and individuals.
The Shamrocks boys were the runners-up with a score of 48 points, behind only Franklin Central’s 33 points. Kai Connor was the individual runner-up, one of three Westfield runners in the top 10. Kyler Koning took eighth and Jacob Beene placed 10th.
In the girls race, the Shamrocks were a close third by scoring 59 points. Brownsburg won the championship with 50 points and Franklin Central was second with 54. Sophia Brown placed ninth for Westfield.
Brownsburg Invitational
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Brownsburg 50, Franklin Central 54, Westfield 59, Park Tudor 101, Plainfield 117, Warren Central 179, Cascade 191, Cloverdale 213, Ben Davis 288, Greencastle 291, Speedway 331.
Race winner: Gretchen Farley (Park Tudor) 18:14.95.
Westfield runners: 9. Sophia Brown 19:47.66, 11. Sophie Porter 19:57.56, 12. Sarah Coates 20:01.98, 13. Margaret Barnett 20:02.90, 14. Ashley Baldwin 20:10.74, 15. Julia Clark 20:10.95, 17. Sydney Klinglesmith 20:21.41, 18. Liz Smith 20:21.49, 24. Bea Perez 20:45.14, 29. Julia Gabennesch 21:01.89, 33. Jenna Barnes 21:09.83, 34. Mary Kate Sloan 21:11.67.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Franklin Central 33, Westfield 48, Brownsburg 66, Ben Davis 104, Warren Central 147, Plainfield 151, Greencastle 237, Cascade 255, Park Tudor 291, North Putnam 300, Cloverdale 315, Speedway 318, Lutheran 326.
Race winner: Trevor Nolan (Brownsburg) 15:30.85.
Westfield runners: 2. Kai Connor 15:39.19, 8. Kyler Koning 16:27.49, 10. Jacob Beene 16:32.69, 12. Emerson Bostic 16:35.02, 16. Max Woehler 16:55.07, 21. Aidan Wright 17:02.27, 22. Josh Springborn 17:05.03, 28. Tyler Smith 17:13.70, 30. Ike O’Neill 17:15.30, 35. Owen Ferreri 17:23.23, 38. Adam Fineberg 17:29.21, 45. Evan Besinger 17:54.57.