Cross country: Kai Connor takes first at Dave Bannon Invitational

The Westfield cross country teams participated in the Dave Bannon Invitational at Franklin Central on Saturday.
The Shamrocks boys placed fourth as a team with 81 points. Kai Connor was the race winner, pacing the field in 15 minutes, 57.09 seconds. Josh Barnett landed in eighth place.
Westfield’s girls finished seventh as a team, totaling 177 points. Nezira Djour was the Shamrocks’ top runner, taking 23rd.

BOYS RACE
Team scores: Bloomington North 37, Zionsville 56, Franklin Central 71, Westfield 81, South Oldham 156, Terre Haute South 165, Ben Davis 202.
Race winner: Kai Connor (Westfield) 15:57.09.
Other top seven Westfield runners: 8. Josh Barnett 16:38.12, 17. Owen Flynn 17:03.68, 29. Aidan Wright 17:37.72, 30. Colin Lakomek 17:39.86, 34. Jack Loiselle 17:44.08, 36. Drew Lovelace 17:45.88.

GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Zionsville 53, Bloomington North 62, Brownsburg 69, Franklin Central 85, South Oldham 106, Terre Haute South 142, Westfield 177, Ben Davis 256.
Race winner: Abigail Crask (South Oldham) 19:47.
Westfield top seven runners: 23. Nezira Djour 22:10, 40. Priya Mishra 23:25, 43. Maryn Babb 23:27, 54. Alana Shank 23:57, 62. Hannah Gallagher 24:21, 66. Carolina Santiago-Ramirez 24:39, 69. Zoe Strahl 24:54.

Hamilton Heights raced in the Oak Hill Invitational on Saturday.
The Huskies boys finished fourth as a team with 132 points. Clayton Forrer led Heights by placing 18th. The Huskies girls were fifth with 145 points; Juliana Springman earned a top-10 finish by taking sixth.

BOYS RACE
Team scores: Columbia City 33, Oak Hill 46, Heritage Christian 118, Hamilton Heights 132, Bluffton 159, Elwood 256, Delta 269, Fairfield 298, Madison-Grant 305, Carroll 314.
Race winner: Austin Hall (Columbia City) 15:59.80.
Heights top eight runners: 18. Clayton Forrer 18:41.4, 24. Rudy Bowman 18:51.1, 27. Steven Case 18:54.6, 31. Evan Williamson 19:15.1, 32. Aidan Orton 19:17.9, 34. Drew Monnin 19:21.9, 36. Nathan Cox 19:25.5, 64. Landon Day 20:32.71.

GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Columbia City 53, Heritage Christian 92, Oak Hill 102, Delta 124, Hamilton Heights 145, Fairfield 145, Faith Christian 158, Bluffton 225, Southern Wells 257.
Race winner: Nicki Southerland (Delta) 17:48.80.
Heights runners: 6. Juliana Springman 21:26.17, 11. Mary Ella Bichey 22:09.11, 44. Victoria Lopez 25:23.9, 45. Ella Ewing 25:39.03, 48. Ahli Buzan 25:58.22, 55. Allyson Dinwiddie 26:57.49, 65. Veronica Pruitt 28:10.22, 79. Isis Dillman 32:19.54.