By RICHIE HALL
CARMEL – The Northview Church cross country course was filled with some of the best talent in the state Saturday morning during the annual Riverview Health Flashrock Invitational.
Six Hamilton County teams were among the participants. That included Carmel, which swept the team competitions in both the Boys Championship and Girls Championship races.
The Greyhounds boys team scored 53 points, leading a county sweep of the top three. Hamilton Southeastern was the runner-up with 76 points and Westfield was third with 126 points.
In addition, Carmel’s Kole Mathison made some Greyhound history at the meet. Mathison set a new 5,000-meter school record by running his race in 14 minutes, 52.10 seconds.
“I think it’s really cool,” said Mathison. “I wasn’t really focusing on that too much this year. I was just focusing on racing and coming down here and competing in each and every race throughout the season.”
The junior finished second in the Championship race, with Angola’s nationally-ranked senior Izaiah Steury the winner in 14:51.03. Another senior, Brebeuf Jesuit’s Krishna Thirunavukkarasu, placed third in 14:58.05. The top three were the only runners to finish under 15 minutes.
“Today was just a great day,” said Mathison. “I had great competition in Izaiah and Krishna. I think just all those things came together and ended up being a school record. That was really cool.”
After Mathison, Charles Schuman placed fifth, giving Carmel two runners in the top five.
“I’m ecstatic,” said Altevogt. “We know that our guys tend to perform better in more challenging conditions. Not necessarily that they tend to run faster, but they just compete a little bit better on a more challenging course and in more challenging conditions. When we knew that it was going to be above 70 degrees and very humid, our guys were not concerned about that at all. Izaiah Steury is one of the best kids in the country, if not the best kid in the country, so for Kole to be that close to him I thought was just thrilling. And the rest of our guys were just great.
The Royals had two runners in the top 10: Nolan Satterfield placed ninth and Garret Hicks was 10th.
Westfield placed third with 126 points. Kai Connor led the Shamrocks with a fourth-place individual finish, clocking in at 15:35.22.
“It’s good to have competition like this, try to take risks, because I feel like every week I’m getting a little bit closer to those top guys,” said Connor.
Noblesville had one runner reach the top 10: Asher Propst finished in seventh place.
Guerin Catholic scored 163 points, with Ethan Hines leading the Golden Eagles by taking 17th. Fishers finished with 348 points; Mitchell Giesting placed 69th for the Tigers.
The county also swept the top three teams in the Girls Championship race. Carmel finished first with 56 points, followed by Westfield with 85 and Noblesville with 91.
The Greyhounds had their top three runners finish in the top six. Alivia Romaniuk placed third, followed by Jamie Klavon in fifth and Jasmine Klopstad in sixth. The Shamrocks were led by Hannah Pensyl’s 10th-place finish, while Brinkley Cooper took ninth for the Millers.
Hamilton Southeastern placed fifth as a team by scoring 153 points. Maggie Powers finished in 11th place and Allie Latta was 12th.
Fishers’ Elizabeth Barrett led her team by finishing in eighth place.
“I think I ran okay,” said Barrett. “It was definitely a lot of good competition. I know the hills and everything made it a little tough, but it was a lot of fun.”
Guerin Catholic’s girls team ran in the Invitational race, where it placed third. Anna Hoshaw finished 10th individually.
BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
Team scores: Carmel 53, Hamilton Southeastern 76, Westfield 126, North Central 135, Brebeuf Jesuit 154. Noblesville 163, Guerin Catholic 163, Zionsville 249, Angola 255, Center Grove 274, Batesville 307, Cathedral 320, Huntington North 331, Fishers 348, Warren Central 429, Lawrence Central 453.
Race winner: Izaiah Steury (Angola) 14:51.03.
Carmel runners: 2. Kole Mathison 14:52.10, 5. Charles Schuman 15:48.80, 11. Charles Leedke 16:11.23, 15. Connor Mallon 16:19.01, 20. Kevin J. Sweeney 16:29.89, 21. Connor Heagy 16:31.30, 26. Thomas Biltimier 16:38.87, 28. Lucas Lemme 16:42.34, 39. Maxwell Meisner 17:01.27, 61. Jack Capes 17:24.28, 63. Kiefer Jay 17:28.26.
Southeastern runners: 9. Nolan Satterfield 16:00.30, 10. Garrett Hicks 16:09.94, 12. Will Marquardt 16:11.36, 22. Bennett DuBois 16:31.56, 23. Ash Caylor 16:35.17, 32. Ian Ross 16:49.76, 35. Connor Sarkovics 16:52.08, 37. Andrew Knight 16:56.88, 71. Will Tuckis 17:36.84, 77. Matthew Hemmerling 17:43.43, 85. Adam Warski 17:48.70, 90. Joe Augustine 17:52.81.
Westfield runners: 4. Kai Connor 15:35.22, 13. Josh Barnett 16:16.98, 24. Sam Hinds 16:38.15, 43. Aidan Wright 17:07.52, 51. Drew Lovelace 17:16.91, 55. Max Woehler 17:20.43, 56. Colin Lakomek 17:21.17, 58. Ike O’Neill 17:22.65, 62. Jack Loiselle 17:26.21, 74. Owen Flynn 17:40.80, 78. William Cummings 17:43.50, 118. Caub Douthit 18:26.48.
Noblesville runners: 7. Asher Propst 15:53.46, 25. Caden Click 16:38.82, 45. Ronnie Neal 17:09.95, 46. Alex Cole 17:10.77, 53. Alec Moor 17:18.83, 70. Luke Shinneman 17:36.28, 75. Grant Cummins 17:41.25, 105. Simon Adams 18:13.13, 113. Luke Mumaw 18:17.78, 116. Sam Rinker 18:19.50, 120. Brendan Uggen 18:29.89, 149. Cohen Hartley 19:29.19.
Guerin Catholic runners: 17. Ethan Hines 16:26.64, 30. Jack Weber 16:45.79, 38. Ben Grissom 16:57.38, 42. Evan McNeany 17:06.27, 49. Johnny King 17:12.22, 87. Patrick McParland 17:51.04, 95. Christian Geary 18:00.46, 98. Carson Hess 18:02.26, 122. William Gebhardt 18:31.29, 126. Luke Ross 18:44.48, 139. Nathan Traub 19:01.73, 150. Luke Moster 19:30.28.
Fishers runners: 69. Mitchell Giesting 17:35.14, 80. Tyler Schiesser 17:44.87, 82. Parker Melling 17:45.44, 83. Micah Young 17:46.27, 101. Jacob Maehler 18:06.38, 104. Grant Belush 18:10.42, 107. Carter Pritchett 18:16.48, 109. Luke Godleski 18:16.80, 115. Jake Schwanke 18:19.45, 123. Jacob Dowd 18:34.78, 141. Tommy Clark 19:06.87, 146. Andrew Davis 19:24.35.
GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
Team scores: Carmel 56, Westfield 85, Noblesville 91, Avon 124, Hamilton Southeastern 153, Brebeuf Jesuit 174, Zionsville 197, Fishers 202, North Central 206, Franklin Community 267, Batesville 272, New Palestine 361, Center Grove 367, Lebanon 414, Cathedral 422, Pendleton Heights 432, Warren Central 449.
Race winner: Gretchen Farley (Park Tudor) 18:03.69.
Carmel runners: 3. Alivia Romaniuk 18:25.29, 5. Jamie Klavon 18:42.83, 6. Jasmine Klopstad 18:46.89, 23. Olivia Mundt 19:56.25, 30. Charlotte Konow 20:03.64, 31. Evelyn Taller 20:04.92, 51. Raya Chauhan 20:49.41, 63. Aleksa Aiello 21:01.95, 73. Cara Naas 21:20.25, 79. Emersyn Weaver 21:31.24, 86. Olivia McKee 21:40.03.
Westfield runners: 10. Hannah Pensyl 19:19.99, 16. Sydney Klinglesmith 19:35.50, 17. Liz Smith 19:43.87, 27. Samantha Taylor 20:02.46, 29. Robyn Schemel 20:03.58, Kelly Pesyna 20:07.72, 56. Alyssa Schleper 20:58.03, 74. Mary Kate Sloan 21:23.91, 95. Lizzie Hirschfeld 21:50.47, 102. Nezira Djour 22:05.51, 156. Camryn Herring 23:49.11, 164. Rachel Kovacs 24:39.15.
Noblesville runners: 9. Brinkley Cooper 19:16.54, 18. Paige Hazelrigg 19:46.49, 19. Nadia Perez 19:48.40, 25. Summer Rempe 19:59.86, 34. Kennedy Applegate 20:12.06, 37. Brooke Lahee 20:17.06, 42. Riley Flynn 20:29.01, 71. Ella Wirkner 21:14.08, 91. Allie Stamm 21:46.14, 100. Lexi Miller 21:59.75, 117. Dana Behlmer 22:39.03.
Southeastern runners: 11. Maggie Powers 19:20.15, 12. Allie Latta 19:21.12, 28. Addison Smith 20:02.78, 54. Ciara Kepner 20:50.91, 61. Jackie Hurlock 21:01.51, 70. Catey Campbell 21:13.18, 72. Anaya Lammie 21:15.69, 80. Elizabeth Butler 21:33.95, 87. Sarah Gastineau 21:42.26, 93. Julianne McLean 21:49.89, 105. Elise Herman 22:13.78, 179. Grace Newton 27:39.63.
Fishers runners: 8. Elizabeth Barrett 18:58.81, 44. Vera Schafer 20:32.28, 46. Anna Runion 20:40.83, 53. Megan Mybeck 20:50.66, 66. Aubrey Baldwin 21:10.24, 83. Emma Schwertfeger 21:37.40, 90. Nithya Murthy 21:44.76, 104. Brooke Butts 22:12.99, 122. Ana Foutty 22:42.09, 130. Addie Kane 22:51.27, 133. Erica Combs 22:58.73, 152. Anna Williams 23:40.66.
GIRLS INVITATIONAL RACE
Team scores: Roncalli 75, Mount Vernon 82, Guerin Catholic 86, DeKalb 140, Troy (Ohio) 151, Western Boone 161, Crawfordsville 198, Norwell 203, Heritage Christian 223, Fort Wayne Snider 284, Delta 285, Shelbyville 294, Lawrence Central 322, Marion 377.
Race winner: Lydia Bennett (DeKalb) 20:10.92.
Guerin Catholic runners: 10. Anna Hoshaw 21:02.55, 14. Allison Wozniak 21:35.07, 15. Rosie Barrett 21:37.56, 22. Madison Scheidler 21:59.12, 25. Joelle Klavon 22:08.11, 26. Camille Morrow 22:12.89, 27. Grace Boivin 22:14.18, 31. Ally Keller 22:26.26, 34. Anna Stubbs 22:29.81, 41. Sydney Smith 22:45.12, 45. Sophia Galvin 22:59.00.