Hamilton County cross country runners had another successful race at the Riverview Health Flashrock Invitational, which took place Saturday at Northview Church in Carmel.
In the boys race, Hamilton Southeastern’s Gabe Fendel ran away with first place, cruising to the finish line in 15:05.88. As a team, the Royals placed sixth.
Westfield had the highest county placing for the boys teams, finishing in fourth with 148 points. Nick Leahy took seventh individually. Guerin Catholic’s Quinn Gallagher had another solid race, taking third.
Noblesville was led by Zachary Freeman, who placed 17th. Chris LaPlante paced Fishers’ runners by taking 75th.
In the girls race, Fishers finished second with 102 points, behind only Hinsdale Central’s 73. Debbie Shera landed in the top 10 by taking ninth place.
Southeastern placed third and had two top 10 runners: Lulu Black took fourth and Halle Hill placed eighth. Westfield’s Gabby Dilick was the highest-placing county runner, taking third and leading the Shamrocks to a fifth-place team finish.
Guerin Catholic was seventh as a team. Paige Schemanske placed 14th.
FLASHROCK INVITATIONAL
VARSITY BOYS
Team scores: Cathedral 66, North Central 92, Zionsville 127, Westfield 148, Franklin Community 168, Hamilton Southeastern 172, Homestead 187, Huntington North 200, Noblesville 218, Fort Wayne Snider 230, Pendleton Heights 232, Guerin Catholic 279, New Palestine 350, Fishers 390, Roncalli 394.
Race winner: Gabe Fendel (HSE) 15:05.88.
Westfield runners: 7. Nick Leahy 16:07.49, 19. Samuel Novak 16:30.99, 30. James McClure 16:46.26, 31. Max Gutwein 16:47.34, 63. Noah Douthit 17:14.61, 68. Duncan McGraw 17:19.06, 73. Tyler Smith 17:23.58, 80. Luke Tragesser 17:26.20, 86. Mahamet Djour 17:30.84, 106. Lincoln Strong 17:45.94, 113. Jon Huntley 17:54.00, 116. Gavin Clinkenbeard 17:58.45.
Other Southeastern runners: 27. Grant Wilson 16:40.17, 46. Brady Southern 17:02.51, 47. Brady Jarosinski 17:02.65, 52. Eric Carothers 17:07.11, 61. Nathan Cho 17:14.54, 62. James Rathbun 17:14.56, 82. Eric Swinson 17:26.65, 96. Connor Bryant 17:36.55, 107. Ryan Pfanstiel 17:48.41, 120. Brandon Barrientos 18:04.11, 134. Jaylen Castillo 18:24.83.
Noblesville runners: 17. Zachary Freeman 16:24.69, 45. Luke Balciunas 17:02.15, 51. Cole Kimmel 17:06.50, 53. Travis Hickner 17:07.82, 56. Billy Gregory 17:10.56, 59. Blake Hipkiss 17:12.71, 67. Jaden Wills 17:18.76, 70. Jack Commeville 17:20.62, 72. Nick Dombroski 17:22.11, 74. Andrew Anderson 17:24.07, 103. Seth Koszyk 17:42.93, 124. Braedon Goassard 18:07.59.
Guerin Catholic runners: 3. Quinn Gallagher 15:42.12, 37. Andrew Hall 16:56.34, 77. Holden King 17:24.80, 83. Joseph Barrett 17:26.92, 125. Nicholas Schramm 18:08.78, 126. JP Spoonmore 18:10.50, 145. Austin Callahan 18:36.93, 147. Weston Gingerich 18:43.14, 167. Tyler Backlund 19:55.58, 168. Noah McNeany 19:56.27, 170. James Huscroft 20:24.82, 172. Hank Lazzara 21:22.50.
Fishers runners: 75. Chris LaPlante 17:24.21, 87. Daniel King 17:30.91, 93. Kaleb Gucinski 17:34.03, 94. Bailey Wilson 17:34.65, 98. Sean Kurtock 17:39.38, 127. Daniel Hagedorn 18:13.59, 135. Brandon Reyess 18:25.34, 136. Jake Brattain 18:31.43, 139. Josh Brown 18:32.81, 140. Aathreya Murthy 18:32.90, 148. Jack Wittrock 18:48.49, 157. Griffin Semona 19:06.92.
GIRLS VARSITY
Team scores: Hinsdale Central 73, Fishers 102, Hamilton Southeastern 108, Cathedral 122, Westfield 149, Homestead 159, Guerin Catholic 185, DeKalb 261, Seymour 283, North Central 292, Franklin Community 310, Pendleton Heights 328, East Central 331, Norwell 331, Zionsville 346, Warren Central 392.
Race winner: Tyler Schwartz (DeKalb) 17:19.11.
Fishers runners: 9. Debbie Shera 19:07.96, 20. Abby Carter 19:45.35, 22. Tessa Kraft 19:47.01, 25. Kamya Lapsley 19:51.96, 26. Miya Wai 19:53.75, 30. Brynn Urban 20:05.48, 36. Elinor Carmona 20:13.71, 47, Margaret Saul 20:27.93, 52. Corinne O’Leary 20:34.67, 69. Emma Julien 21:01.45, 89. Mia Contino 21:32.51, 93. Corinne Yorkman 21:38.37.
Southeastern runners: 4. Lulu Black 18:39.79, 8. Halle Hill 19:07.11, 17. Lilly Cummins 19:26.93, 35. Ellie Pedersen 20:13.31, 44. Ellie Johnson 20:21.34, 49. Brooke Ratliff 20:30.47, 54. Abbie Lohman 20:39.08, 58. Lilly Patrick 20:43.85, 67. Grace Howard 20:59.02, 71. Sam Alphin 21:03.24, 81. Katie Murhling 21:16.33, 85. Jenna McLean 21:25.42.
Westfield runners: 3. Gabby Dilick 18:37.53, 24. Carly Bogdajewicz 19:49.09, 34. Sarah Coates 20:12.76, 43. Ava Zellers 20:21.03, 45. Julia Clark 20:26.14, 51. Kyla Curtis 20:33.17, 53. Morgen Houck 20:38.41, 55. Sarah Hamlet 20:39.73, 62. Ashley Baldwin 20:48.94, 65. Sophie Porter 20:54.84, 78. Sophia Brown 21:13.43, 83. Madison Smith 21:21.26.
Guerin Catholic runners: 14. Paige Schemanske 19:13.91, 19. Ellie Schroeder 19:38.06, 32. Bea Perez 20:06.43, 64. Raegan Bohbrink 20:53.77, 68. Lucia Perez 21:00.46, 96. Isabelle Museck 21:43.96, 98. Kaleigh Falimirski 21:47.56, 114. Delaney Klee 22:37.97, 116. Audrey Darland 22:41.55, 117. Nicole Powers 22:41.68, 131. Kinley Callahan 23:57.11, 135. Maghan Gallagher 24:09.88.
Noblesville’s girls team won the Class 1A division at the Crawford County Invitational on Saturday.
The Millers were led by sweeps in each of the class races. Sophie Reichard finished first in the sophomore race, Aubrey Swart won the junior race and Abi Little paced the senior division. Isabella Sharples-Gordon finished third among the freshmen runners.
AT CRAWFORD COUNTY
GIRLS CLASS 1A
Team scores: Noblesville 27, Edgewood 74, Forest Park 133, Charlestown 205, Jasper 218, Corydon 260, Brownstown Central 260, Jeffersonville 290, Boonville 313, Mitchell 327, North Harrison 340, Southridge 355, Paoli 382, Crawford County 385, Heritage Hills 397, Tell City 437, Springs Valley 456, Scottsburgh 474.
Noblesville freshmen: 3. Isabella Sharples-Gordon 20:11.4, 4. Sophie Stahl 20:57.2, 8. Chloe Click 22:12.6, 11. Lauren Sandys 22:48.1, 17. Kiersten Freeman 23:31.5, 21. Abigail Line 23:56.9, 22. Mary Dombroski 23:57.3, 24. Mya McGavic 24:04.0, 26. Audrey Rinker 24:17.1, 27. Megan Hoffman 24:28.5, 31. Callie Howell 24:50.1, 32. Andrea Costa 24:53.5, 33. Millikan Setmeyer 25:12.6, 34. Mary Molnar 25:13.4, 48. Natalie DeRold 27:54.2, 49. Natalie Gee 28:32.3.
Noblesville sophomores: 1. Sophie Reichard 19:30.2, 5. Madison King 20:59.6, 9. Grace Judy 21:31.8, 22. Kaylah Keating 24:05.0, 28. Elvira Mondragon 24:15.4, 33. Anna Hazelrigg 24:48.0, 55. Saige Kennedy 28:39.0.
Noblesville juniors: 1. Aubrey Swart 20:36.4, 5. Katherine Sandys 21:45.4, 8. Maria Anderson 22:53.7, 11. Grace Brisco 23:33.8, 32. Ashleigh DeLong 27:14.0, 33. Noelle Dennis 27:14.4, Hanna Cayton 27:15.4.
Noblesville seniors: 1. Abi Little 19:04.2, 23. Lauren Wolke 26:28.3.
Carmel competed in the Trinity Valkyrie Invitational in Louisville on Saturday.
The Greyhounds boys won the Seeded race with 70 points. Top seven runners were Colin Murphy (fourth, 15:34.30), Keelan Grant (seventh, 15:43.80), Ben Miller (13th, 15:50.40), Trey Harris (20th, 16:00.40), Thomas Gastineau (34th, 16:12.50), Will Murphy (42nd, 16:22.80) and Ben Johnson (55th, 16:32.80).
The Carmel girls were second with 142 points. Phoebe Bates placed third in a time of 18:04.60. Other Greyhound top seven runners were Maddie Dalton (10th, 18:33.40), Lindsey Roper (37th, 19:25.70), Sydney Haines (47th, 19:36.80), Lily McAndrews (54th, 19:40.40), Izza Khurram (71st, 19:57.40) and Anna Morozov (69th, 20:01.10).
Noblesville’s Zachary Freeman placed 17th in the Varsity Boys race at the Riverview Health Flashrock Invitational, which took place Saturday at Northview Church. (Kent Graham)
There were 172 runners in the Boys Championship division at Saturday’s Riverview Health Flashrock Invitational. In the center is Hamilton Southeastern’s Gabe Fendel, who won the race in a time of 15:05.88. (Kent Graham)
Hamilton Southeastern’s Grace Howard, Lilly Patrick and Sam Alphin helped the Royals girls to a third-place finish. (Kent Graham)