Hamilton County cross country teams swept the top spots at the Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcat Classic on Saturday.
In the Boys Red race, Hamilton Southeastern dominated by scoring 35 points, well ahead of runner-up Westfield’s 113 points. The Royals landed four runners in the top 10: Nolan Satterfield placed fourth, Bennett Dubois was fifth, Will Marquardt placed eighth and Garrett Hicks finished ninth.
The Shamrocks’ Kai Connor was the individual runner-up in a time of 15 minutes, 25.1 seconds. Josh Barnett also reached the top 10, finishing in 10th place.
Fishers took sixth as a team; Logan Arive led the Tigers by placing 29th. Noblesville finished in seventh, with Joel Mumaw pacing the Millers by taking 12th.
In the Girls Red race, Noblesville held off Westfield for the team championship. The Millers scored 55 points to the Shamrocks’ 71.
Noblesville had two runners place in the top 10: Brinkley Cooper was seventh and Nadia Perez came in ninth. Westfield’s Liz Smith placed sixth. Hamilton Southeastern was fourth as a team, but had two top-five runners: Allie Latta took fourth and Maggie Powers was fifth.
AT INDIANA WESLEYAN
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 35, Westfield 113, Columbia City 134, Penn 142, Valparaiso 168, Fishers 197, Noblesville 217, West Lafayette 226, Pendleton Heights 292, Harrison 327, Wapahani 328, Lafayette Jefferson 340, Oak Hill 392, Fort Wayne Northrop 393, Yorktown 406, McCutcheon 432, East Noble 490, Homestead 518, Fort Wayne North Side 538, New Haven 539, Fort Wayne Snider 556, Kokomo 621, Arsenal Tech 667.
Race winner: Hunter Jones (Benzie Central) 14:54.2.
Southeastern runners: 4. Nolan Satterfield 15:37.4, 5. Bennett Dubois 15:38.71, 8. Will Marquardt 15:55.4, 9. Garrett Hicks 15:56.4, 15. Ash Caylor 16:23.4, 18. Connor Sarkovics 16:32.3, 20. Andrew Knight 16:34.1, 33. Ian Ross 16:52.4, 40. Matthew Hemmerling 16:59.4, 54. Will Tuckis 17:13.4, 65. Adam Warski 17:24.8, 74. Brayden Gebhard 17:34.0.
Westfield runners: 2. Kai Connor 15:25.1, 10. Josh Barnett 16:00.6, 31. Owen Flynn 16:47.5, 37. Sam Hinds 16:55.9, 44. Max Woehler 17:00.8, 45. Colin Lakomek 17:02.8, 52. Drew Lovelace 17:10.8, 57. Ike O’Neill 17:16.9, 61. Aidan Wright 17:20.3, 75. William Cummings 17:36.9, 89. Evan Besinger 17:46.6.
Fishers runners: 29. Logan Arive 16:46.3, 34. Ethan Nix 16:53.5, 46. Bryson Slagle 17:04.5, 51. Jaden Guffey 17:10.1, 55. Mitchell Giesting 17:14.2, 68. Micah Young 17:27.3, 69. John Myers 17:27.5, 70. Elza Niemeier 17:30.7, 79. Carter Pritchett 17:42.4, 85. Luke Godleski 17:45.2, 101. Nate Albin 17:53.7, 119. Tyler Schiesser 18:08.6.
Noblesville runners: 12. Joel Mumaw 16:04.8, 30. Bode Barnes 16:47.0, 62. Caden Jackson 17:20.4, 63. Luke Bodinus 17:23.2, 81. Cohen Hartley 17:44.1, 87. Levi Denniston 17:45.7, 90. Ryan Glenn 17:46.9, 92. Grant Cummings 17:47.6, 103. Sayne Jeong 17:54.1, 106. Cooper Hedges 17:56.4, 110. Aiden Larson 17:59.6, 144. Bradyn Livingston 18:35.1.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Noblesville 55, Westfield 71, Valparaiso 80, Hamilton Southeastern 100, East Noble 153, Huntington North 197, Harrison 216, West Lafayette 216, Culver Academies 267, Pendleton Heights 279, Columbia City 302, Fort Wayne Northrop 340, Warren Central 358, Faith Christian 372, Norwell 428, McCutcheon 429, Oak Hill 458, Fort Wayne Snider 524, Logansport 630.
Race winner: Kaylie Politza (Valparaiso) 17:46.6.
Noblesville runners: 7. Brinkley Cooper 18:56.4, 9. Nadia Perez 19:02.8, 19. Paige Hazelrigg 19:07.4, 14. Kennedy Applegate 19:22.1, 15. Brooke Lahee 19:25.6, 19. Summer Rempe 19:29.3, 34. Ella Wirkner 19:54.5, 42. Riley Flynn 20:14.1, 60. Lexi Miller 20:50.1, 68. Allie Stamm 21:09.1, 71. Lauren Scott 21:17.3, 92. Makenzie Pursch 21:45.9.
Westfield runners: 6. Liz Smith 18:49.0, 11. Hannah Pensyl 19:08.8, 12. Sydney Klinglesmith 19:15.6, 18. Kelly Pesyna 19:29.0, 24. Robyn Schemel 19:36.21, 41. Alyssa Schleper 20:10.8, 54. Mary Kate Sloan 20:41.8, 57. Emily Loiselle 20:47.2, 90. Lizzie Hirschfield 21:42.0, 91. Rachel Kovacs 21:42.5, 99. Camryn Herring 21:54.1, 121. Ava Britton-Heitz 22:35.6.
Southeastern runners: 4. Allie Latta 18:46.4, 5. Maggie Powers 18:48.5, 26. Grace Newton 19:38.5, 32. Addison Smith 19:52.5, 36. Elise Herman 19:55.7, 47. Elizabeth Butler 20:28.9, 48. Sarah Gastineau 20:31.5, 49. Anaya Lammie 20:31.6, 50. Catey Campbell 20:32.3, 61. Ciara Kepner 20:56.5, 62. Jackie Hurlock 20:56.6, 77. Jehnea Mirro 21:23.5.
Hamilton Heights and Westfield both had teams participate in the Maconaquah Invitational on Saturday.
In the girls race, the Huskies placed third as a team. Juliana Springman led the way with a ninth-place individual finish. The Shamrocks took eighth place; Audrey Young finished 28th for Westfield.
The Shamrocks boys team placed second in that race, with Heights taking third. Drew Neely led Westfield by finishing in 12th, while Rudy Bowman paced the Huskies by coming in 22nd place.
AT MACONAQUAH
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Western 75, Maconaquah 107, Hamilton Heights 164, Blackford 169, Twin Lakes 171, Delta 179, Eastbrook 183, Westfield 185, Lewis Cass 196, Northwestern 208, Eastern 247, Pioneer 262, Marion 278, Lapel 356, Peru 358.
Race winner: Nicki Southerland (Delta) 17:27.9.
Heights runners: 9. Juliana Springman 21:03.3, 13. Mary Ella Bichey 21:15.8, 35. Ella Ewing 23:16.5, 55. Allyson Dinwiddie 24:14.8, 56. Veronica Pruitt 24:15.4, 61. Ahli Buzan 24:36.8, 83. Chloe Flanders 26:24.6.
Westfield runners: 28. Audrey Young 22:50.8, 36. Carolina Santiago-Ramirez 23:16.8, 38. Emmeline Hahn 23:17.1, 39. Eliza Joyce 23:18.3, 45. Abby Clark 23:35.8, 52. Lucy Cummings 24:07.2, 57. Hannah Gallagher 24:19.5.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Northwestern 88, Westfield 99, Hamilton Heights 129, Lewis Cass 135, Maconaquah 163, Western 179, Pioneer 180, Tipton 229, Twin Lakes 230, Eastbrook 234, Delta 254, Lapel 257, Eastern 262, Peru 319.
Race winner: Evan Long (Tipton) 16:27.6.
Westfield runners: 12. Drew Neely 17:42.2, 16. Caleb Douthit 17:47.1, 23. Will Snedeker 17:55.3, 27. Charlie Naas 18:12.5, 29. Samuel Schmidt 18:14.4, 36. Landon Jones 18:47.8, 40. Ian Porter 18:49.6.
Heights runners: 22. Rudy Bowman 17:53.6, 25. Steven Case 17:59.0, 28. Nathan Cox 18:14.1, 31. Aiden Orton 18:26.6, 33. Max Bowman 18:35.1, 44. Evan Williamson 18:59.5, 59. Aiden Helm 19:56.4.
Carmel competed in the Brown County Eagle Classic on Saturday, with the Greyhounds girls team winning and the boys finishing in second place.
In the Girls Elite race, Carmel scored 52 points, just ahead of Columbus North with 59 points. The ‘Hounds had three runners reach the top seven, starting with second-place Jasmine Klopstad in 17:59.4, Alivia Romaniuk finished fourth in 18:08.5 and Jamie Klavon took seventh in 18:27.5.
Other Carmel runners were: 16. Olivia Mundt (18:53.4), 25. Charlotte Konow (19:17.6), 36. Evelyn Taller (19:34.2), 51. Cara Naas (20:07.9), 60. Raya Chauhan (20:24.7), 76. Chloe Del Carlo (20:50.5), 78. Sofia Vasquez (20:53.7).
In The Boys Elite race, the Greyhounds scored 70 points, with Columbus North the winner by scoring 52 points. Carmel did have the individual champion, as Kole Mathison held off CN’s Reese Kilbarger-Stump by 0.8 seconds. Mathison finished in 14:57.3; Kilbarger-Stump in 14:58.1. The Greyhounds’ Charlie Schuman took fifth in 15:32.4.
Also finishing for Carmel were: 16. Charlie Leedke (15:53.9), 24. Connor Mallon (16:02.4), 39. Connor Heagy (16:20.5), 49. Thomas Biltmier (16:29.8), 51. Lucas Lemme (16:30.1), 52. KJ Sweeney (16:30.7), 60. Quavion Hooks (16:46.3), 78. Liam Oman (17:11.4).
Guerin Catholic hosted the All-Catholic meet on Saturday, with both the Golden Eagles girls and boys teams placing second to Bishop Chatard.
The Guerin girls scored 73 points, with the Trojans far and away the winners by scoring 24 points. Chatard’s Lily Cridge won the individual race in a spectacular time of 17:04.55.
The Golden Eagles had three runners reach the top 10. Meg Schemanske placed eighth (20:58.23), Anna Hoshaw was ninth (20:58.26) and Rosie Barrett took 10th (21:00.63). Other Guerin Catholic finishers were: 25. Madison Scheidler (21:45.87), 28. Sydney Smith (21:59.93), 29. Anna Stubbs (22:00.94), 36. Sophia Galvin (22:14.47), 39. Joelle Klavon (22:27.82), 40. Ally Keller (22:29.92), 44. Kalen Moe (22:46.83).
In the boys race, the Golden Eagles were edged out by one point, as the Trojans scored 38 points to Guerin Catholic’s 39. Three GC runner landed in the top 10, led by second-place Ethan Hines, who clocked in at 16:31.51. Jack Weber was fifth in 16:43.37 and Evan McNeany placed ninth in 17:11.95.
Other Golden Eagles finishers were: 11. Ben Grissom (17:18.88), 12. Johnny King (17:22.41), 15. Christian Geary (17:36.91), 21. Carson Hess (18:03.10), 25. Patrick McParland (18:09.55), 28. William Gebhardt (18:11.60), 38. Nathan Traub (18:34.11).
University competed at the Ben Davis Invitational on Saturday.
The Trailblazers boys team scored 375 points to finish in 13th place. Lucca Conti led University by coming in 63rd place (19:07.75). Other UHS results are: 72. Ben Gleason (19:27.47), 93. Tommy Kaplan (20:31.49), 94. Alexis Gonzalez (20:32.25), 100. Owen Ascioti (20:37.87), 105. Charlie Coffey (21:08.72), 110. David Beaty (21:37.23), 118. Benjamin Pollack-Milgate 22:15.41, 131. Noah Moshe 24:19.97.
University’s girls team had four runners compete: 67. Kelley Trowbridge (22:37.34), 86. Leanne Alsatie (23:34.64), 112. Emily Comparini (26:18.12), 115. Zoe Napier (26:53.01).