Several Hamilton County cross country teams took part in the State Preview Meet, which took place at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, the site of the IHSAA state finals.
Carmel and Fishers swept the top two positions, with the Greyhounds winning by scoring 68 points and the Tigers taking second with 112. Colin Murphy led Carmel by placing sixth.
“We always look forward to the opportunity to compete on the course that holds the state meet in Terre Haute,” said Greyhounds coach Colin Altevogt. “We were particularly excited for this meet because of the high level of competition this year with many of the state’s best teams.”
Fishers had two runners land in the top 10. Sam Kuhn finished in fifth place, with Ethan Meyer taking 10th.
Westfield took 10th by scoring 279 points. Nick Leahy led the Shamrocks by taking 27th.
Guerin Catholic had the highest-placing county individual. Quinn Gallagher finished in fourth. The Golden Eagles were 17th as a team.
In the girls meet, Westfield finished third and Fishers was fourth. Floyd Central won the meet with 61 points, then Cathedral placed second with 116. The Shamrocks scored 118 and the Tigers totaled 120 points.
Gabby Dilick had a sensational meet, finishing as the individual runner-up with a time of 18:40.9. Fishers’ Debbie Shera took 10th place to lead the Tigers.
Guerin Catholic placed seventh as a team with 206 points. Paige Schemanske finished 13th.
AT TERRE HAUTE
GIRLS VARSITY RACE
Team scores: Floyd Central 61, Cathedral 116, Westfield 118, Fishers 120, Crown Point 128, Evansville Memorial 206, Guerin Catholic 206, Avon 245, Center Grove 249, Plainfield 253, NorthWood 295, Terre Haute North 358, Perry Meridian 404, Terre Haute South 408, Evansville Mater Dei 445, Christian Academy 510, Park Tudor 528, Mooresville 533, Northview 543, Evansville Reitz 555, Loogootee 569, Danville 602, Seeger 684, Decatur Central 689.
Race winner: Emma Wilson (Greencastle) 18:25.9.
Westfield runners: 2. Gabby Dilick 18:40.9, 24. Morgen Houck 20:04.6, 25. Carly Bogdajewicz 20:04.7, 34. Ava Zellers 20:23.6, 38. Ashley Baldwin 20:32.0, 39. Kyla Curtis 20:33.6, 62. Madison Smith 21:05.2, 66. Sophia Brown 21:08.1, 67. Sophie Porter 21:09.8, 68. Julia Clark 21:11.0, 74. Ali Becker 21:16.5, 87. Sarah Coates 21:33.1.
Fishers runners: 10. Debbie Shera 19:15.4, 15. Abby Carter 19:35.9, 23. Tessa Kraft 19:57.8, 32. Brynn Urban 20:19.9, 45. Emma Julien 20:43.5, 48. Margaret Saul 20:49.1, 54. Liz Rogers 20:59.3, 70. Corinne O’Leary 21:12.4, 77. Corinne Yorkman 21:18.7, 81. Elinor Carmona 21:24.6, 85. Mia Contino 21:32.3, 108. Erin Johnson 22:15.6.
Guerin Catholic runners: 13. Paige Schemanske 19:26.0, 17. Ellie Schroeder 19:37.6, 30. Bea Perez 20:14.1, 79. Raegan Bohbrink 21:20.4, 98. Isabelle Museck 21:54.2, 100. Lucia Perez 21:54.9, 129. Kaleigh Falimirski 22:44.0, 135. Nicole Powers 22:50.2, 140. Kinley Callahan 23:05.8, 146. Marian Grskovich 23:16.0, 191. Amanda Schafer 24:54.3.
BOYS VARSITY RACE
Team scores: Carmel 68, Fishers 112, Westview 120, Cathedral 157, Valparaiso 181, Avon 213, Zionsville 236, Tell City 256, Crown Point 277, Westfield 279, Castle 336, Christian Academy 371, Floyd Central 445, Pike 459, Terre Haute South 469, Center Grove 489, Guerin Catholic 492, Evansville Mater Dei 513, Evansville Memorial 515, Danville 543, Plainfield 573, Terre Haute North 575, Evansville Reitz 615, Clay City 643, Seeger 695, Northview 735, Park Tudor 783, Decatur Central 875, Mooresville 877, Greencastle 900, Loogootee 911.
Race winner: Cole Hocker (Cathedral) 15:18.7.
Carmel runners: 6. Colin Murphy 15:43.1, 12. Benjamin Miller 15:56.9, 13. Keelan Grant 15:59.3, 19. Calvin Bates 16:05.6, 22. Benjamin Myers 16:05.8, 35. Thomas Gastineau 16:20.2, 36. William Harris 16:22.7, 46. Patrick Campbell 16:34.0, 59. David Anderson 16:43.7, 66. Hudson Alden 16:52.3, 73. Austin Throckmorton 17:00.7, 98. William Murphy 17:17.5.
Fishers runners: 5. Sam Kuhn 15:40.8, 10. Ethan Meyer 15:52.6, 20. Alex Meyer 16:05.6, 37. Matt Brown 16:25.9, 44. Will Clark 16:33.0, 54. Nick Simopoulos 16:38.9, 60. Quintin Goldman 16:44.4, 64. Thomas Brelage 16:51.2, 65. Dylan Arive 16:51.6, 99. Luke Sorrell 17:17.5, 105. Chris LaPlante 17:22.4, 122. Brandon Reyes 17:32.7.
Westfield runners: 27. Nick Leahy 16:14.8, 56. Sam Novak 16:40.2, 71. Noah Douthit 16:59.1, 72. Max Gutwein 17:00.4, 76. Luke Tragesser 17:02.0, 96. Gavin Clinkenbeard 17:16.7, 108. James McClure 17:23.7, 145. Lincoln Strong 17:46.4, 154. Nik Pensyl 17:53.0, 160. Jon Huntley 17:58.5, 161. Joe Barnett 17:59.1, 162. Robby Bogdajewicz 17:59.1.
Guerin Catholic runners: 4. Quinn Gallagher 15:36.8, 129. Joseph Barrett 17:36.0, 139. Holden King 17:43.5, 163. Nicholas Schramm 17:59.4, 166. JP Spoonmore 18:00.8, 171. Aaron Banks 18:05.4, 200. Austin Callahan 18:37.9, 209. Weston Gingerich 18:46.6, 260. Tyler Backlund 19:44.1, 264. Noah McNeany 19:48.5, 269. Josh Young 20:02.0.
Noblesville’s boys team ran in the Columbus North Invitational Saturday, placing third.
Bloomington North won the meet with 51 points, followed by Jennings County with 71 and the Millers with 89. Blake Hipkiss was Noblesville’s leader with a sixth-place finish, followed by freshman Andrew Anderson, who took 11th place.
AT COLUMBUS NORTH
BOYS AA RACE
Team scores: Bloomington North 51, Jennings County 71, Noblesville 89, Columbus North 117, Southport 120, Whiteland 181, Greenfield-Central 216, Martinsville 234, Silver Creek 237, Greenwood 244, Shelbyville 267, Evansville North 268, Columbus East 368, Madison 446.
Race winner: Michael Crook (Southport) 15:53.0.
Noblesville runners: 6. Blake Hipkiss 16:24.9, 11. Andrew Anderson 16:35.9, 23. Zachary Freeman 16:51.2, 24. Luke Balciunas 16:52.1, 25. Cole Kimmel 16:53.2, 36. Jack Commeville 17:11.5, 37. Travis Hickner 17:12.6, 40. Jaden Wills 17:17.8.
A showdown between three of the top girls cross country teams in the state took place at Marion Saturday.
Noblesville and Carmel competed at the Marion Cross Country Invitational. The meet was won by Fort Wayne Carroll, which has been ranked No. 1 in the state by IndianaRunner.com and the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches since the start of the season. The Chargers scored 43 points.
The Millers came in second with 92 points, edging out the third-place Greyhounds’ 97 points. Abi Little led Noblesville by taking sixth, then the Millers’ next five runners all finished between positions 20 and 29, greatly helping out with the team score.
Carmel’s Phoebe Bates placed third individually.
AT MARION
GIRLS HS ELITE
Team scores: Fort Wayne Carroll 43, Noblesville 92, Carmel 97, Penn 143, Chesterton 170, Bishop Dwenger 176, Homestead 182, Oak Hill 189, Huntington North 256, Warsaw 269, DeKalb 281, North Central 340, Columbia City 363, Pendleton Heights 378, Fort Wayne Northrop 430, Bellmont 476, Heritage 541.
Race winner: Tyler Schwartz (DeKalb) 17:34.9.
Noblesville top seven: 6. Abi Little 18:19.7, 20. Sophie Reichard 19:15.2, 21. Aubrie Deal 19:16.4, 22. Bella Sharples-Gordon 19:16.5, 27. Aubrey Swart 19:27.3, 29. Taylor Gregory 19:32.6, 41. Sophie Stahl 19:49.5.
Carmel top seven: 3. Phoebe Bates 17:52.3, 19. Lily McAndrews 19:11.2, 23. Lindsay Roper 19:18.8, 26. Abby Parker 19:25.4, 30. Anna Morozov 19:36.7, 32. Sydney Haines 19:39.4, 33. Tasha Geisler 19:40.3.
Noblesville’s Blake Hipkiss (198) placed sixth for the Millers at the Columbus North Invitational on Saturday. (Kent Graham)