The REPORTER
The Hamilton Southeastern boys and the Carmel girls cross country teams triumphed at the John Cleland Zionsville Invitational, which took place last Saturday at Northview Church in Carmel.
The Royals boys won the junior/senior race, scoring 77 points. Homestead was the runner-up, totaling 97 points. Liam Powers led Southeastern by finishing sixth individually.
The Greyhounds girls scored 61 points, outpacing runner-up Zionsville’s 82 points. Sadie Foley won the individual race, completing the 4K course in 14 minutes, 37.3 seconds. Hamilton Southeastern placed fifth in the girls race with 102 points; Elizabeth Butler and Catey Campbell placed seventh and eighth respectively.
In the girls freshman/sophomore race, Carmel placed second with 47 points, just behind Homestead’s 43. The Greyhounds had three of the top four individual places: Annabel Pollert won in a time of 14:47.5, with Larkin Taylor second and Margo Halle fourth.
Two county runners placed in the top five of the boys freshman/sophomore race. Southeastern’s Isaac Smith took third and Carmel’s Benjamin Meisner was fifth.
GIRLS JUNIOR/SENIOR 4K
County team scores: 1. Carmel 61, 5. Hamilton Southeastern 102, 10. University 311.
Race winner: 1. Sadie Foley (Carmel) 14:37.3.
Other Carmel’s top 10 runners: 11. Katy Dascoli 15:38.3, 13. Ella Gaddis 15:44.6, 16. Kaitlyn Oshimura 15:56.3, 25. Lilliana Cate 16:29.6, 26. Noelle Avila 16:34.6, 29. Arden Finely 16:40.4, 32. Nola Elling 16:51.0, 37. Caroline Schmidt 17:05.3, 42. Veronica Strzynski 17:16.6.
Southeastern runners: 7. Elizabeth Butler 15:25.4, 8. Catey Campbell 15:30.7, 30. Addison Smith 16:42.5, 33. Raegan Hissong 17:00.6, 38. Carly Viars 17:07.1, 40. Olivia Allen 17:13.6, 43. Kate Evans 17:18.4, 54. Abby Randolph 17:47.7, 57. Aubrey Berger 17:58.9, 138. Morgan Wright 21:36.6.
University runners: 48. Laurel Gough-McKeown 17:34.0, 53. Kelley Trowbridge 17:46.3, 113. Duygu Arseven 19:54.6, 126. Polina Nix 20:55.7, 163. Evie King 24:34.5, 165. Karmen Bond 25:32.9, 167. Leah Norvell 27:00.8, 168. Sydney Culp 27:11.0.
BOYS JUNIOR/SENIOR 4K
County team scores: 1. Hamilton Southeastern 77, 10. Carmel 233, 15. University 406.
Race winner: Aboubakar Ibrahim (Ben Davis) 12:16.0.
Southeastern’s top 10 runners: 6. Liam Powers 12:45.8, 11. Zach Swedarsky 12:59.1, 14. Nick Vega 13:02.1, 17. Isaac Ober 13:13.4, 29. Michael Chafant 13:22.2, 30. Ben Tuckis 13:22.3, 31. Aidan Lawson 13:22.5, 35. Tate Watson 13:41.4, 41. Deagan Baker 13:50.3, 43. Monroe Cluff 13:50.4.
Carmel’s top 10 runners: 27. Zachary Flint 13:21.4, 54. William Gilhooly IV 14:06.7, 55. Dominic Riego 14:07.6, 56. Noah Yoon 14:08.7, 66. Max Bontrger 14:18.7, 73. Amory Spence 14:29.6, 83. Sebastian Balarezo 14:43.9, 85. Jesus Mejia 14:45.1, 92. Ryan Finkbeiner 14:51.7, 95. Isaac Mehle 14:56.8.
University runners: 36. Finlay Reid 13:42.0, 132. Mikey Cardwell 15:45.3, 141. Henry Wang 15:58.5, 193. Xander Odle 17:34.1, 225. Gabe Pryor 19:44.8, 230. Sam Tarvin 20:19.0, 233. Brody McMurtray 20:39.6, 240. Mason Syrek 28:59.9.
GIRLS FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE RACE
County team scores: 1. Carmel 47, 5. Hamilton Southeastern 134.
Race winner: Annabel Pollert (Carmel) 14:47.5.
Other Carmel’s top 10 runners: 2. Larkin Taylor 14:57.1, 4. Margo Halle 15:13.0, 15. Ella Weaver 16:12.8, 25. Katie Zhuravlev 16:46.9, 26. Malia Larger 16:47.4, 50. Emma Meisner 17:26.8, 57. Eleanor Snopek 17:35.8, 62. Annabelle Inman 17:41.8, 63. Lauren Goedde 17:42.2.
Southeastern’s top 10 runners: 16. Anissa Lammie 16:13.0, 18. Danika Harris 16:20.8, 30. Kate Lux 16:56.2, 38. Anna Irish 17:09.3, 42. Lily Sargent 17:14.0, 48. Sarah Roeder 17:24.0, 54. Avery Francis 17:33.0, 56. Evie Patch 17:35.7, 87. Eleanor Henry 18:28.9, 95. Morgan Bledsoe 18:38.9.
BOYS FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE RACE
County team scores: 5. Hamilton Southeastern 135, 6. Carmel 136, 14. University 389.
Race winner: Keegan Terry (North Central) 12:45.2.
Carmel’s top 10 runners: 5. Benjamin Meisner 13:09.6, 24. Zachary Judy 13:48.6, 29. Cooper Szotek 13:52.9, 30. Trevor Walton 13:54.1, 49. Grant Vannahmen 14:13.2, 53. Neil Adesara 14:18.2, 55. Nathan Yang 14:21.3, 62. Cameron Scher-Millan 14:27.5, 65. Ben Snyder 14:31.5, 68. Grant Parkevich 14:34.4.
Southeastern’s top 10 runners: 3. Isaac Smith 13:04.4, 20. Hayden Hoback 13:39.7, 21. Charlie Ritter 13:56.0, 37. Max Kleinbub 14:04.9, 43. Drew McNiven 14:10.7, 50. PJ Key 14:14.3, 52. Cameron Conn 14:17.8, 58. Drew Cole 14:25.1, 60. Aiden Brier 14:26.6, 72. Trewman Francis 14:37.2.
University runners: 64. Mario Buoscio 14:30.5, 88. Walter Wilson 14:51.5, 129. Rhys Litke 15:28.5, 204. Ryan Northrop 16:25.3, 238. Calvin Xu 17:05.4, 316. Chris Hocutt 19:27.4.
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Westfield’s girls team swept its way through the Plainfield Relays last Saturday at Swinford Park.
The Shamrocks won both the varsity and junior varsity titles, both team and individual. Westfield had three relay pairs finish in the top five of the varsity race, including the winning duo of Olivia Lozier and Mackenna Condon. The sophomore/freshman pair finished the 6×1 mile relay in 35:36. Gianna Ferreri and Ella Bozarth placed fourth and Sam Foster and Maggie Naas were fifth. The Shamrocks’ other two pairs were Emily Loiselle-Carly Davis and Lina Abriana-Ena Durbin.
The junior varsity race was a traditional two-mile individual run, and the Rocks took care of business by placing eight in the top 10, and 15 in the top 20. Junior Jordyn Landrum won in 12:51, with Olivia Barnett taking third. Other top 10 finishers were Lyla Osborn (fourth), Eliana Colon (fifth), Izzy McCulloch (sixth), Sam Plummer (seventh), Claudia Southworth (eighth) and Charlotte Isaacs (10th).
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Fishers placed second out of four teams in both the boys and girls races at the Brownsburg 4K last Saturday.
Brownsburg the boys race 24-38 over the Tigers. Fishers did have the individual winner, with senior Sam Quagliaroli cruising to victory in 11:53.03. Other top seven Tigers runners were Bryson Slagle (seventh, 12:45.42), Parker Melling (ninth, 13:06.92), Nate Thomas (10th, 13:09.90), Declan Mohr (11th, 13:11.29), Dylan Wolf (12th, 13:13.42) and Grant Yount (14th, 13:16.19).
In the girls race, Brebeuf Jesuit was the team winner, scoring 25 points. Fishers totaled 46 points for second place. Abby Lotter led the Tigers by taking third in 15:09.38, followed by Caitlin Hawkins in fourth; she clocked in at 15:18.81. Other top seven Fishers runners were Ashley Wright (11th, 16:13.32), Allie Belush (13th, 16:18.48), Mia Quagliaroli (15th, 16:41.58), Melanie Perez (16th, 16:43.20) and Grier Swaim (17th, 16:45.28).