Hamilton Heights’ Maria Mitchell led the way for the Huskies at Saturday’s Hoosier Conference cross country tournament.
Mitchell won the girls race and helped Heights to a third-place team finish. Mitchell finished in a time of 18:25.23. The Huskies scored 95 points, behind champion West Lafayette’s 35 and runner-up Twin Lakes’ 81.
In the boys meet, West Lafayette dominated, placing all seven of its runners in the top eight to score 18 points. Heights placed fourth with 115 points; Price Knowles led the Huskies by taking 14th.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: West Lafayette 35, Twin Lakes 81, Hamilton Heights 95, Western 114, Rensselaer Central 114, Benton Central 146, Lewis Cass 166, Northwestern 171, Tipton 283.
Race winner: Maria Mitchell (Heights) 18:25.23.
Other Heights runners: 17. Abby Roth 20:39.00, 18. Abby Christiansen 20:40.26, 29. Victoria Lopez 21:36.29, 30. Chloe Henderson 21:36.86, 38. Madison Dotlich 21:55.98, 40. Morgan Guthrie 22:15.00.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: West Lafayette 18, Western 93, Benton Central 103, Hamilton Heights 115, Rensselaer Central 145, Lewis Cass 152, Northwestern 152, Lafayette Central Catholic 189, Twin Lakes 207.
Race winner: Harry Shook (West Lafayette) 16:43.95.
Heights runners: 14. Price Knowles 17:45.80, 17. Preston Miller 17:53.53, 26. Landon Steele 18:48.34, 29. Landon Hurley 18:59.43, 33. Clayton Forrer 19:07.94, 56. Alexander Pasalich 20:31.83, 58. Drew Monnin 20:41.41.