Four Hamilton County girls cross country teams and three boys teams qualified for the semi-state after finishing in the top five at Saturday’s Noblesville regional, which took place at the Chinquapin Ridge Cross Country Course at White River Elementary School.
In the boys race, Carmel won the team championship with a solid 41 points. Fishers placed second with 72, while Westfield took the fifth qualifying spot by scoring 138 points.
The Greyhounds landed three runners in the top 10. Colin Murphy took fourth, with Keelan Grant right behind in fifth place. Ben Myers took 10th.
“We really wanted to see a couple of our younger guys run today and I thought they did a really good job,” said Carmel coach Colin Altevogt. “Ben Myers ran 15:55, so that’s a best time for him. He had some small setbacks in the middle of the season, but kept encouraging him. His teammates did a good job to help him through training.”
Will Murphy finished 16th, also running a best time of 16:12.
Fishers had two runners in the top 10, with Sam Kuhn placing seventh and Alexander Meyer taking ninth. Nicholas Leahy led Westfield with an eighth-place finish.
Hamilton Southeastern finished sixth as a team with 140 points, but had the highest-placing county runner in Gabe Fendel, who took second. Fendel is one of two Royals who will run at semi-state; the top 10 runners not on an advancing team also move on to semi-state. Grant Wilson took 19th and qualified for semi-state as well.
Guerin Catholic’s Quinn Gallagher placed third and qualified for semi-state as an individual, as did Noblesville’s Zachary Freeman, who took 20th overall.
In the girls race, Brebeuf Jesuit ran away with the team trophy, scoring 47 points. The rest of the top five was tight: Carmel edged out Southeastern for second place: Both teams scored 91 points; the Greyhounds earned the runner-up spot based on their sixth runner’s place. Fishers was a point behind in fourth, with 92. Noblesville scored 117 for fifth place.
The individual winner was Carmel’s Phoebe Bates, who held off Brebeuf’s Katherine Modrall by less than a second. Bates’ winning time was 18:01.65.
“I think I ran pretty well,” said Bates. “It was a tough finish, a tight finish. She had a good kick, and I think I did what I could have in order to get there.”
The Royals were led by Lulu Black and Halle Hill, who took third and fourth respectively. Fishers also landed a runner in the top 10, with Deborah Shera placing ninth. Noblesville’s consistency led it to fifth. Abi Little took 12th, while Aubrie Deal finished 16th.
Westfield finished seventh as a team, but will have an individual racing at semi-state: Gabby Dilick took sixth overall. Guerin Catholic will also send two runners to semi-state: Ellie Schroeder placed 21st and Paige Schemanske finished 26th.
The semi-state takes place next Saturday in Shelbyville.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 41, Fishers 72, Cathedral 98, North Central 100, Westfield 138, Hamilton Southeastern 140, Brebeuf Jesuit 167, Noblesville 209, Lawrence North 217, Lawrence Central 266.
Race winner: Cole Hocker (Cathedral) 15:07.98.
Carmel runners: 4. Colin Murphy 15:32.30, 5. Keelan Grant 15:32.60, 10. Ben Myers 15:55.54, 11. Ben Miller 15:56.64, 16. Will Murphy 16:12.33, 27. Ben Johnson 16:30.91, 36. Patrick Campbell 16:52.76.
Fishers runners: 7. Sam Kuhn 15:53.71, 9. Alexander Meyer 15:54.85, 18. William Clark 16:13.85, 21. Ethan Meyer 16:15.39, 22. Thomas Brelage 16:16.13, 24. Quintin Goldman 16:27.92, 50. Mathew Brown 17:08.64.
Westfield runners: 8. Nicholas Leahy 15:54.51, 25. Samuel Novak 16:29.29, 30. Noah Douthit 16:37.42, 38. Maxwell Gutwein 16:55.10, 48. Gavin Clinkenbeard 17:06.90, 55. Luke Tragesser 17:14.56, 60. Tyler Smith 17:23.88.
Southeastern runners: 2. Gabe Fendel 15:14.62, 19. Grant Wilson 16:14.07, 42. Nathan Cho 16:58.00, 44. Brady Southern 16:59.32, 46. Brady Jarosinski 17:03.20, 54. Eric Carothers 17:10.23, 57. James Rathbun 17:15.47.
Noblesville runners: 20. Zachary Freeman 16:15.36, 40. William Gregory 16:57.45, 45. Andrew Anderson 17:00.85, 62. Blake Hipkiss 17:29.48, 69. Cole Kimmel 17:40.16, 78. Travis Hickner 17:57.08, 84. Nicholas Dombroski 18:09.12.
Guerin Catholic runners: 3. Quinn Gallagher 15:20.50, 39. Andrew Halle 16:57.21, 59. Joseph Barrett 17:18.40, 67. Nicholas Schramm 17:37.76, 68. JP Spoonmore 17:38.18, 76. Holden King 17:54.72.
University runner: 87. Noah Laramore 18:20.46.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Brebeuf Jesuit 47, Carmel 91, Hamilton Southeastern 91, Fishers 92, Noblesville 117, Cathedral 130, Westfield 176, Lawrence North 199, Cardinal Ritter 218, North Central 273.
Race winner: Phoebe Bates (Carmel) 18:01.65.
Other Carmel runners: 11. Lindsey Roper 18:49.83, 23. Izza Khurram 19:15.17, 30. Roni Ledzema 19:31.82, 31. Lily McAndrews 19:35.34, 32. Sydney Haines 19:38.80, 35. Anna Morozov 19:49.17.
Southeastern runners: 3. Lulu Black 18:30.60, 4. Halle Hill 18:32.47, 17. Lilly Cummins 19:03.07, 25. Sam Alphin 19:23.73, 47. Ellie Pedersen 20:11.90, 61. Abbie Lohman 20:39.37, 62. Ellie Johnson 20:41.95.
Fishers runners: 9. Deborah Shera 18:45.46, 13. Miya Wai 18:57.15, 14. Abigail Carter 18:59.59, 22. Teresa Kraft 19:13.01, 38. Corinne O’Leary 19:51.93, 46. Kamya Lapsley 20:10.36, 50. Brynn Urban 20:21.50.
Noblesville runners: 12. Abi Little 18:53.61, 16. Aubrie Deal 19:02.02, 28. Sophie Reichard 19:27.94, 33. Bella Sharples-Gordon 19:40.62, 34. Taylor Gregory 19:43.18, 37. Aubrey Swart 19:51.40, 51. Sophie Stahl 20:21.82.
Westfield runners: 6. Gabby Dilick 18:34.46, 43. Kyla Curtis 20:05.14, 45. Julia Clark 20:08.33, 48. Carly Bogdajewicz 20:15.73, 49. Ashley Baldwin 20:21.43, 52. Ava Zellers 20:23.03, 53. Sarah Coates 20:23.30.
Guerin Catholic runners: 21. Ellie Schroeder 19:07.96, 26. Paige Schemanske 19:24.28, 63. Lucia Perez 20:43.40, 66. Bea Perez 20:51.27, 67. Raegan Bohbrink 20:52.50.
Hamilton Heights runners: 36. Maria Mitchell 19:50.01, 68. Abby Christiansen 20:56.18, 72. Abby Roth 21:12.39.
University runner: 80. Charlotte Kumler 21:42.36.
The Carmel boys cross country team won the Noblesville regional Saturday at the Chinquapin Ridge Cross Country Course at White River Elementary School. The Greyhounds scored 41 points to claim the title.
(Kent Graham)
Four Hamilton County girls cross country teams were among the top five at the Noblesville regional, with all advancing to next week’s Shelbyville semi-state. From left are the teams from Noblesville, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Carmel and winner Brebeuf Jesuit. (Kent Graham)