The rainy weather on Saturday caused some problems in the cross country world, although some of the meets involving Hamilton County teams were able to run to completion.
Noblesville’s girls team traveled to the Columbus North for what was to be a showdown between the Millers and the Bull Dogs, two teams considered to be among the best in the state. But the meet was abandoned after rain forced the competition to be halted.
Riley Flynn was among the Millers runners at Columbus North. (Kent Graham)
Meanwhile, one big meet at a big venue was able to finish: The Hometown Savings Bank State Preview Meet at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute. Fishers’ boys team and both Guerin Catholic squads were at that meet, and each team had a good result.
The Tigers boys placed third as a team, scoring 69 points. Zionsville won the meet with 45 points, and Valparaiso edged out Fishers for runner-up with 68 points. The Tigers were led by sophomore Sam Quagliaroli, who placed fourth in a time of 16 minutes, 6.8 seconds.
Guerin Catholic totaled 243 points, good for sixth place. Jack Weber led the Golden Eagles by placing 12th.
In the girls varsity race, Guerin Catholic finished fifth with a team score of 140 points. The Golden Eagles had the individual winner, with Bridget Gallagher cruising to victory in 19:30.1.
Fishers boys runners: 4. Sam Quagliaroli 16:06.8, 8. Tate Meaux 16:26.3, 15. Austin Wilson 16:55.1, 20. Cooper Kane 16:51.5, 22. Caden Carpenter 16:57.3, 26. Nate Thomas 17:03.0, 27. Matthew Kim 17:04.2, 33. Bryson Slagle 17:14.1, 40. Parker Melling 17:20.1, 41. Logan Arive 17:20.8, 44. Jaden Guffey 17:26.9, 73. Ethan Nix 17:55.0.
Guerin Catholic boys runners: 12. Jack Weber 16:37.4, 48. Luke Moster 17:34.8, 68. Maxwell Fish 17:48.2, 91. Luke Ross 18:38.6, 101. William Gebhardt 18:49.7, 108. James Crocker 19:04.7, 129. John Museck 20:00.8, 134. Luke Jarymowycz 20:09.5, 141. Nathan Traub 20:13.0, 149. Luke Woods 20:34.1, 164. John Constantino 21:24.3.
Guerin Catholic girls runners: 1. Bridget Gallagher 19:30.1, 28. Sophia Galvin 22:03.2, 36. Ella Smith 22:14.5, 43. Eva Parr 22:32.5, 44. Isabella Galvin 22:33.0, 65. Madison Scheidler 23:08.8, 67. Mallory Ryan 23:10.0, 75. Melaina Eckhart 23:37.3, 83. Annie Shedlock 23:54.4, 90. Kyndall Osborne 24:21.1, 94. Delaney Gould 24:47.0, 95. Kadie Coon 24:51.3.
Carmel and Westfield competed at the Brownsburg Invitational on Saturday.
The Greyhounds boys team won the team title, scoring 40 points and placing five runners in the top 10 individually. Carmel’s first five runners finished sixth through 10th, starting with Connor Mallon in sixth. He was followed by Kyle Grove (seventh), Kevin Sweeney (eighth), Liam Oman (ninth) and Kiefer Jay (10th).
Westfield’s boys placed sixth with 176 points. Sam Hinds led the Shamrocks by taking 21st.
In the girls race, Carmel finished a close second to Franklin Central. The Flashes scored 55 points to win the meet. The Greyhounds and the host Bulldogs both totaled 56 points, but Carmel got the runner-up finish on the sixth runner.
Three Greyhounds reached the top 10. Ella Gaddis finished eighth, just ahead of teammate Sadie Foley, who took ninth. Kaitlyn Oshimura placed 10th.
Westfield was sixth as a team, scoring 158 points. Olivia Barnett led the Shamrocks, finishing in 29th place.
Carmel boys results: 6. Connor Mallon 16:21.62, 7. Kyle Grove 16:28.38, 8. Kevin Sweeney 16:30.10, 9. Liam Oman 16:31.80, 10. Kiefer Jay 16:33.84, 12. Maxwell Meisner 16:38.56, 19. Carter Buhr 16:48.75, 27. Alexander Mundt 17:07.22, 30. Neil Fairman 17:15.26, 31. Hayden Nagel 17:15.82, 33. Eli Gomez 17:19.56, 37. William Gilhooly 17:34.99.
Westfield boys results: 21. Sam Hinds 16:56.36, 35. Ike O’Neill 17:32.62, 47. Ian Porter 18:01.30, 50. William Snedeker 18:08.30, 52. Owen Ferreri 18:11.90, 54. Caleb Douthit 18:19.13, 58. Evan Shupe 18:31.65, 62. Drew Neely 18:46.49, 65. Corwyn Barrows 18:53.93, 68. Owen Dilley 18:59.71, 70. Charlie Naas 19:06.20, 72. John Degan 19:09.30.
Carmel girls results: 8. Ella Gaddis 19:47.87, 9. Sadie Foley 19:47.87, 10. Kaitlyn Oshimura 20:02.77, 13. Emersyn Weaver 20:09.12, 16. Ellie Smith 20:26.87, 20. Nola Elling 20:31.48, 21. Katy Dascoli 20:38.46, 23. Veronica Strzynski 21:00.95, 26. Savannah Paulson 21:15.35, 30. Arden Finley 21:35.57, 31. Madeline Weisner 21:40.28, 39. Emma Kistler 22:04.43.
Westfield girls results: 29. Olivia Barnett 21:33.77, 32. Galiena Colon 21:40.89, 41. Hannah Gallagher 22:08.06, 45. Maddie Samreta 22:23.06, 47. Mary Kate Sloan 22:31.26, 50. Izzy McCulloch 22:39.67, 51. Ava Britton-Heitz 22:39.75, 52. Cecilia Schmidt 22:40.29, 58. Rachel Kovacs 22:45.84, 62. Emmeline Hahn 23:27.60, 64. Alana Shank 23:38.08, 72. Laura Shupe 24:22.11.
The Fishers girls team competed in the Marion Invitational Saturday at Indiana Wesleyan University.
The Tigers placed ninth in the Women’s Chuck Schlemmer Elite Race, scoring 260 points. Emma Schwertfeger led Fishers individually, finishing in 37th place.
Fishers runners: 37. Emma Schwertfeger 20:37.0, 51. Nithya Murthy 20:59.8, 62. Addison Kane 21:17.1, 64. Abby Lotter 21:18.9, 73. Joana Anton 21:32.3, 85. Claire Riebe 22:04.8, 88. Isabella Murch 22:15.0, 89. Grier Swaim 22:16.5, 90. Corinne McClanahan 22:16.6, 94. Alexandra Baker 22:20.1, 110. Katelyn Thomas 23:15.2.