Hamilton County’s young runners took center stage at the John Cleland Zionsville Early Bird 4K meet, which was run Saturday morning at Northview Church in Carmel.
The Carmel boys team and the Noblesville girls team both won their respective Freshman/Sophomore races at the meet. The Millers’ victory was impressive because the team swept the top three positions.
Freshman Ansley Applegate took first place in the girls race, clocking in at 15 minutes, 24.79 seconds. Right behind her were sophomores Riley Flynn in second place and Brinkley Cooper in third place.
The Millers finished with 36 points, just ahead of Hamilton Southeastern. The Royals scored 46 points, with four runners placing in the top 10. Elizabeth Butler finished fourth, Addison Smith was sixth, Catey Campbell took eighth and Anaya Lammie placed ninth.
Carmel’s girls took third in that race by scoring 60 points. Charlotte Konow finished in fifth place, with Ella Gaddis in 10th.
In the boys race, the Greyhounds scored 42 points to win the team title. Jack Capes was the individual champion, finishing in 12:44.94. Carmel had two more top-10 placers: Kiefer Jay took sixth and Carter Buhr was seventh.
Southeastern was a strong second, totaling 52 points. The Royals got a 3-4 finish from Liam Powers and Nicolas Vega, while Zach Swedarsky took 10th.
In the junior/senior races, Noblesville’s girls finished as runner-up to Zionsville. The Eagles won with 61 points, with the Millers scoring 69 points. Nadia Perez was second with Paige Hazelrigg finished eighth.
Carmel took third with 72 points and had three top-10 runners. Jasmine Klopstad led the ‘Hounds by placing fourth, Audrey Ricketts was seventh and Kara Wenzler placed 10th.
Hamilton Southeastern was fifth as a team, and had the race winner: Maggie Powers took first place by clocking in at 14:49.94.
The Royals also placed second in the boys junior/senior race by scoring 59 points. Ash Caylor finished in sixth place while Ian Ross took eighth.
BOYS JUNIOR/SENIOR 4K
Team scores: Zionsville 28, Hamilton Southeastern 59, North Central 108, Ben Davis 137, West Lafayette 142, Center Grove 169, Carmel 173, Lebanon 175, Pike 255, New Palestine 297, Herron 317, University 352.
Race winner: Nate Killeen (North Central) 12:30.18.
Southeastern top eight runners: 6. Ash Caylor 13:04.29, 8. Ian Ross 13:23.91, 13. Joe Augustine 13:35.97, 14. Andrew Smith 13:37.57, 18. Adam Warski 13:46.13, 22. Brayden Gebhard 13:52.05, 25. Matthew Hemmerling 13:57.90, 34. Drew Kennedy 14:09.42.
Carmel top eight runners: 26. Alex Mundt 14:00.07, 31. Julien Gourgue 14:06.95, 42. Neil Fairman 14:20.46, 56. Patton Lee 14:48.47, 57. Ryland Hill 14:48.66, 65. Nate Dierckman 14:54.33, 67. Everett Carlisle 14:55.73, 71. Josh Goedde 14:56.75.
University runners: 70. Ben Gleason 14:56.33, 126. Foster Wilson 16:21.47, 153. Owen Ascioti 17:48.49, 154. Will Besinger 17:49.10, 179. Alfonzo Gallanosa 20:10.35, 180. David Beaty 20:21.19, 188. Christian Gray 27:34.79.
GIRLS JUNIOR/SENIOR 4K
Team scores: Zionsville 61, Noblesville 69, Carmel 72, North Central 79, Hamilton Southeastern 98, West Lafayette 176, Center Grove 188, Lebanon 265, New Palestine 281, Pike 289, Rushville 326, Herron 354, Ben Davis 360, University 360.
Race winner: Maggie Powers (Hamilton Southeastern) 14:49.94.
Noblesville top eight runners: 2. Nadia Perez 14:50.55, 8. Paige Hazelrigg 15:39.94, 12. Kennedy Applegate 15:49.01, 17. Summer Rempe 16:17.62, 31. Dana Behlmer 16:58.50, 37. Siri Koszyk 17:08.77, 39. Brooke Lahee 17:18.79, 43. Allie Stamm 17:25.25.
Carmel top eight runners: 4. Jasmine Klopstad 15:07.30, 7. Audrey Ricketts 15:38.94, 10. Kara Wenzler 15:46.73, 25. Emersyn Weaver 16:43.84, 28. Christina McCollum 16:53.49, 33. Madeline Weisner 1700.74, 35. Savannah Paulson 17:06.63, 53. Sophia Hudak 17:52.29.
Other Southeastern top eight runners: 19. Grace Newton 16:19.54, 21. Elise Herman 16:28.50, 27. Jackie Hurlock 16:49.70, 32. Angie Anglum 16:59.21, 38. Julianne McLean 17:11.33, 60. Haley Johnson 18:12.41, 62. Diana Tekeste 18:17.19.
University runners: 63. LJ Gregory 18:17.68, 95. Emily Comparini 19:44.00, 133. CC Brown 21:03.09, 152. Emma Laborsky 23:06.44, 161. Kendall Booth 23:45.00, 174. Sam Cooper 27:03.64.
BOYS FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE 4K
Team scores: Carmel 42, Hamilton Southeastern 52, Zionsville 80, Center Grove 150, North Central 152, West Lafayette 188, Pike 198, Rushville 222, Ben Davis 264, New Palestine 271, Lewis Cass 272, Horizon Christian 277, Herron 399, University 447, New Castle 458.
Race winner: Jack Capes (Carmel) 12:44.94.
Other Carmel top eight runners: 6. Kiefer Jay 13:28.29, 7. Carter Buhr 13:28.33, 13. Eli Gomez 13:40.78, 15. Josh Cale 13:45.15, 19. Will Gilhooly 13:53.45, 24. Cohen Levy 14:08.11, 29. Lucas Mallon 14:14.69.
Southeastern top eight runners: 3. Liam Powers 13:11.59, 4. Nicolas Vega 13:22.18, 10. Zach Swedarsky 13:32.85, 17. Michael Chalfant 13:47.80, 18. Zeke Benedict 13:49.86, 23. Ben Tuckis 14:06.26, 25. William Henning 14:08.14, 26. Tate Watson 14:10.51.
University runners: 157. Philip Berebitsky 17:12.11, 182. Charlie Coffey 17:46.12, 189. Ked Laborsky 17:57.13, 202. Mikey Cardwell 18:30.30, 205. Dominic Poulter 18:33.14, 208. Noah Moshe 18:37.39, 241. Mason Syrek 22:15.01, 243. Brody McMurtray 24:30.08.
GIRLS FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE 4K
Team scores: Noblesville 36, Hamilton Southeastern 46, Carmel 60, Zionsville 114, Center Grove 131, North Central 172, West Lafayette 188, New Castle 274, Herron 278, New Palestine 302, Ben Davis 313, University 342.
Race winner: Ansley Applegate (Noblesville) 15:24.79.
Other Noblesville top eight runners: 2. Riley Flynn 15:30.91, 3. Brinkley Cooper 15:32.61, 14. Gretchen Graham 16:11.39, 18. Ella Wirkner 16:17.79, 36. Brooklyn Couch 17:19.92, 37. Addi Emerson 17:20.74, 42. Annabelle Kemerling 17:29.70.
Southeastern top eight runners: 4. Elizabeth Butler 15:33.03, 6. Addison Smith 15:41.51, 8. Catey Campbell 15:45.25, 9. Anaya Lammie 15:51.29, 20. Ava Powers 16:22.09, 28. Ciara Kepner 16:50.54, 44. Kayla Brinley 17:38.72, 47. Daisy Dayberry 17:41.74.
Carmel top eight runners: 5. Charlotte Konow 15:38.28, 10. Ella Gaddis 15:53.68, 15. Raya Chauhan 16:13.04, 16. Kaitlyn Oshimura 16:13.47, 17. Nola Elling 16:14.63, 22. Sadie Foley 16:31.77, 23. Ellie Smith 16:40.33, 26. Ronni Strzynski 16:42.74.
University runners: 127. Kelley Trowbridge 20:14.10, 138. Polina Nix 20:44.17, 175. Karmen Bond 22:53.21, 189. Eleanor Dillman 25:15.71, 190. Evie King 30:32.47.
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Guerin Catholic hosted the All-Catholic meet on Saturday.
In the boys race, the Golden Eagles were the team runner-up, scoring 53 points. Brebeuf Jesuit won the meet with a total of 35 points, led by a 1-2-3 sweep. Ethan Hines and Jack Weber took fourth and fifth respectively for Guerin Catholic, and all of GC’s top five runners placed in the top 16.
The Golden Eagles’ girls team placed third, scoring 50 points. It was a close meet, with Bishop Chatard scoring 45 points to take the team win. Brebeuf was second with 48 points.
Bridget Gallagher finished third for Guerin, followed by Bailey Freese in fifth place. The Trojans took the top two spots, with Lily Cridge running an astonishing 17:11.0 for the win. Cridge outdistanced her teammate, runner-up Julia Score, by 1 minute and 18 seconds.
BOYS RACE
Race winner: Cameron Todd (Brebeuf Jesuit) 16:07.9.
Guerin Catholic runners: 4. Ethan Hines 16:17.6, 5. Jack Weber 16:27.8, 13. Johnny King 17:33.5, 15. James Crocker 17:40.6, 16. Maxwell Fish 17:42.4, 18. Hunter Kinzle-Gorman 17:50.4, 20. Luke Moster 18:03.6, 23. Nathan Traub 18:23.2, 27. William Gebhardt 18:37.9, 38. John Constantino 20:37.2.
GIRLS RACE
Race winner: Lily Cridge (Bishop Chatard) 17:11.0.
Guerin Catholic runners: 3. Bridget Gallagher 18:50.6, 5. Bailey Freese 19:55.5, 11. Rosie Barrett 20:38.2, 14. Katherine Kolb 21:01.0, 17. Claire Milam 21:14.4, 21. Camille Morrow 21:22.8, 22. Keira Hines 21:27.2, 24. Eva Parr 21:36.0, 27. Sophia Galvin 21:50.3, 28. Ada Mertes 21:51.9.
The Noblesville boys team scored a dominant victory at the Huntington North Invitational on Saturday.
The Millers took five of the top seven spots to total 19 points, well ahead of runner-up Northridge’s 83 points. Asher Propst won the race in a time of 16:06.7, Jack Strong was second in 16:06.8, and Ronnie Neal placed third in 16:18.7.
Other Noblesville top seven runners were Caden Click (sixth, 16:27.9), Sam Rinker (seventh, 16:30.4), Alec Moore (11th, 16:43.3) and Ashton Burns (38th, 17:30.1).