It was rainy on Saturday, which in cross country usually means by default, it will also be a muddy run.
Still, several meets took place around the state anyway. Three Hamilton County boys teams and two girls teams participated in the Wildcat Classic, which Marion hosted at Indiana Wesleyan University.
In the boys race, Hamilton Southeastern was edged out by Valparaiso, 70-71, for the team championship. Noblesville placed third with 86 points while Westfield, splitting its squad between this meet and the Brown County Eagle Invite (see below), placed eighth.
Grant Wilson led the way for the Royals by taking third, while Eric Crothers finished ninth. Travis Hickner was the Millers’ top finisher, placing fourth. Jacob Beene led Westfield, taking 33rd.
In the girls race, HSE finished third and Westfield fourth. The Royals’ Lulu Black had the best finish for any county runner, taking second place. Sarah Coates placed 11th for the Shamrocks.
WILDCAT CLASSIC
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Valparaiso 49, West Lafayette 53, Hamilton Southeastern 71, Westfield 109, Norwell 111, Culver Academies 164, South Adams 222, Harrison 259, McCutcheon 260, Wawasee 264, Van Wert Lincolnview 275, Garrett 310, Heritage Christian 399, Warren Central 425.
Race winner: Lexi Allen (Culver) 19:45.4.
Southeastern runners: 2. Lulu Black 19:54.6, 13. Halle Hill 20:45.5, 15. Lilly Patrick 20:53.8, 17. Lilly Cummins 21:01.3, 24. Brooke Ratliff 21:20.9, 30. Maddie Mirro 21:32.3, 37. Ellie Pedersen 21:49.8, 48. Elle Johnson 22:17.8, 51. Allie Latta 22:27.8, 53. Jehnea Mirro 22:32.9, 55. Katie Murhling 22:36.8, 67. Madie McNarney 23:08.7.
Westfield runners: 11. Sarah Coates 20:41.0, 20. Morgen Houck 21:13.4, 23. Julia Clark 21:18.7, 27. Ashley Baldwin 21:27.1, 28. Sophia Brown 21:27.4, 33. ChristyAnn Delahunty 21:37.5, 36. Sophie Porter 21:46.7, 39. Kyla Curtis 21:52.3, 44. Sydney Clifford 22:11.5, 45. Alyssa Schleper 22:12.5, 47. Ava Zellers 22:17.7, 50. Jasmine Herrell 22:24.5.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Valparaiso 70, Hamilton Southeastern 71, Noblesville 86, West Lafayette 118, Zionsville 128, Huntington North 152, Harrison 196, Westfield 226, Van Wert Lincolnview 245, McCutcheon 262, New Haven 312, Wapahani 343, Wawasee 395, Norwell 397.
Race winner: Brennan Butche (Mississinewa) 16:56.7.
Southeastern runners: 3. Grant Wilson 17:23.0, 9. Eric Crothers 17:42.1, 14. Eric Swinson 17:54.1, 24. Jacob Wiggers 18:07.7, 26. AJ Brisben 18:12.0, 34. James Rathbun 18:17.9, 38. Nolan Satterfield 18:24.7, 45. Brady Jarosinski 18:36.6, 46. Will Marquardt 18:38.0, 59. Elliot Robinson 18:50.7, 81. Will Tuckis 19:20.0, 111. Brandon Barrientos 20:12.8.
Noblesville runners: 4. Travis Hickner 17:24.7, 18. Cole Kimmel 17:56.9, 19. Blake Hipkiss 17:59.5, 22. Nick Dombroski 18:03.8, 28. Seth Koszyk 18:14.6, 31. Justin Amburgy 18:17.5, 37. Luke Shinneman 18:22.0, 44. Jack Taylor 18:36.2, 65. Garrett Olges 18:57.3, 74. Ian Montarsi 19:09.0, 78. Billy Gregory 19:12.3, 94. Sam Chezem 19:39.1.
Westfield runners: 33. Jacob Beene 18:17.8, 48. Josh Springborn 18:38.4, 49. Robby Bodajewicz 18:38.4, 55. Duncan McGraw 18:44.2, 58. Max Woehler 18:49.0, 63. Kyler Koning 18:55.1, 69. Luke Tragesser 19:01.5, 77. Alex Matthews 19:11.1, 80. Aidan Wright 19:17.8, 82. Josh Barnett 19:20.8, 92. Lincoln Strong 19:38.7, 100. Corey Phillips 19:48.9.
Carmel took its team to Brown County for the Eagle Invite, while Westfield also had a group of varsity runners in the boys race as well.
The Greyhound boys were a close runner-up to Bloomington South, with the Panthers scoring 58 points and Carmel 60. Grant Moon led the ‘Hounds by taking eighth. The Shamrocks finished in fifth place; Noah Douthit was Westfield’s top runner by taking 28th.
Meanwhile, the Carmel girls finished in third place with a score of 107 points. Lily McAndrews led the Greyhounds by placing 18th.
BROWN COUNTY EAGLE INVITE
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Pike 66, Bloomington North 87, Carmel 107, Columbus North 121, Bloomington South 128, Floyd Central 147, Edgewood 206, Forest Park 249, North Central 251, Evansville Memorial 266, Seymour 285, Barr-Reeve 286, Terre Haute South 305, Greensburg 322, Terre Haute North 392.
Race winner: Annalyssa Crain (Edgewood) 18:38.4.
Carmel runners: 18. Lily McAndrews 20:15.0, 20. Roni Ledezma 20:25.3, 23. Annie Christie 20:28.4, 26. Sydney Haines 20:34.5, 31. Halle Welch 20:49.1, 34. Madison Lindfelt 20:52.7, 65. Elle Nichol 21:44.2, 69. Emily Hand 21:48.4, 75. Lilian Rose 21:55.1, 84. Kierstyn Guerrant 22:11.0.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Bloomington South 58, Carmel 60, Franklin Community 106, Bloomington North 143, Westfield 180, North Central 187, Homestead 191, Columbus North 223, Jennings County 249, Floyd Central 254, Austin 260, Tell City 290, Christian Academy of Indiana 310, Northview 328, Terre Haute North 411.
Race winner: Caleb Futter (Christian Academy) 16:14.9.
Carmel runners: 8. Grant Moon 17:00.7, 11. William Murphy 17:03.9, 12. Benjamin Johnson 17:05.5, 14. Calvin Bates 17:10.2, 20. Patrick Campbell 17:30.3, 27. Cameron Harless 17:43.1, 33. Samuel Stage 17:47.4, 43. Jacob Fisher 17:58.5, 58. Will Anderson 18:13.6, 64. Brendan Mudd 18:17.3.
Westfield runners: 28. Noah Douthit 17:44.0, 31. Max Gutwein 17:46.7, 38. Kai Connor 17:53.2, 39. Mahamat Djour 17:55.4, 56. Tyler Smith 18:11.9, 66. Nik Pensyl 18:20.6, 67. Sam Novak 18:23.4, 74. Emerson Bostic 18:30.3, 83. Joe Barnett 18:41.1.
Hamilton Heights and Sheridan both traveled to the Maconaquah Invitational.
The Huskies girls were a close second to Twin Lakes; the Indians won the meet with 82 points to Heights’ 84. Maria Mitchell gave the Huskies a runner-up individual finish, with Abby Roth placing ninth.
The Heights boys finished fourth as a team. Freshman Preston Miller finished in sixth place.
Sheridan had three runners in the boys race, with Luke Poprik clocking in at 22:13.4 to lead the Blackhawks. (Individual placings were not available). Sheridan also had two girls run, with Alexis Weiss finishing the race in 24:38.0.
MACONAQUAH INVITATIONAL
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Eastbrook 55, Delta 107, Western 111, Hamilton Heights 116, Lewis Cass 160, Maconaquah 190, Northwestern 197, Eastern 202, Twin Lakes 204, Lapel 214, Peru 225, Marion 241, Kokomo 360.
Race winner: Ben Neideck (Eastbrook) 18:21.3.
Heights runners: 6. Preston Miller 19:10.2, 15. Price Knowles 19:44.7, 19. Landon Hurley 19:55.5, 31. Landon Steele 20:31.0, 45. Clayton Forrer 21:24.3, 66. Alexander Pasalich 22:43.9, 67. Drew Monnin 22:47.6.
Sheridan runners: Luke Poprik 22:13.4, Taylor Jacobs 24:57.1, Eli Garner 25:59.4.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Twin Lakes 82, Hamilton Heights 84, Western 90, Maconaquah 103, Delta 127, Lewis Cass 132, Northwestern 159, Lapel 186, Eastern 232, Eastbrook 276, Kokomo 285, Marion 348.
Race winner: Maggie Gutwein 19:39.8.
Heights runners: 2. Maria Mitchell 20:19.3, 9. Abby Roth 21:55.6, 13. Abby Christianson 22:26.2, 28. Madison Dotlich 23:43.0, 28. Morgan Guthrie 23:49.7, 36. Chloe Henderson 24:06.4, 39. Alex Lopez 24:17.8, Victoria Lopez 24:36.7, Jenna Tomaszewski 26:11.8, Molly Hilarides 26:55.3.
Sheridan runners: Alexis Weiss 24:38.0, Brianna Hunter 30:56.1.
Fishers won the First to the Finish Invitational, which took place Saturday in Peoria, Ill.
The Tigers competed in a field of 47 full teams, most of which were from Illinois. Fishers scored 147 points, with the runner-up school, Lyons Township, scoring 165.
Ethan Meyer led the Tigers by placing 14th in a time of 15:04.4 on the 3-mile course. Will Clark finished 20th in 15:16.6, while Alex Meyer took 25th, clocking in at 15:20.3.
Other Fishers runners were: Quintin Goldman (41st, 15:29.4), Drew Smith (52nd, 15:35.1), Dylan Arive (56th, 15:37.9), Jared Halmka (76th, 15:47.5), Max McCollum (92nd, 15:53.6), Thomas Brelage (122nd, 16:10.0) and Jake Brattain (194th, 16:41.6).
The Hamilton Southeastern and Westfield girls cross country teams ran in the Wildcat Classic at Indiana Wesleyan University on Saturday. The Royals placed third and the Shamrocks were fourth.
Pictured for HSE is Lilly Cummins (283). Pictured for Westfield are Julia Clark (1193), Sophie Porter (1224) and Morgen Houck (1210). (Kent Graham)
The Hamilton Southeastern and Noblesville cross country teams ran at the Wildcat Classic on Saturday.
Pictured: AJ Brisben, HSE (332); Travis Hickner, Noblesville (746); Grant Wilson, HSE (389), Blake Hipkiss, Noblesville (748); Eric Swinson, HSE (381). (Kent Graham)