Cross country: Miller boys, HSE girls triumph at HCC meet

Noblesville's Travis Hickner (left), Westfield's Kai Connor (center) and Fishers' Jaylen Castillo (right) battle for position during the boys race at the Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet on Saturday. Hickner won the race, with Connor placing fourth and Castillo sixth. (Kent Graham)

The Noblesville boys cross country team defended its Hoosier Crossroads Conference championship on Saturday at the Millers’ Chinquapin Ridge course at White River Elementary School.
Noblesville squeaked past Fishers 56-60, with Hamilton Southeastern a close third by scoring 69 points. The Millers were led by race winner Travis Hickner, who finished the race in a time of 15:20.45. Asher Propst placed 10th, and Noblesville had all of its scoring runners place in the top 20.
The Tigers had three runners in the top 10, the only team to achieve that. Will Clark was fifth, Jaylen Castillo finished sixth and Matthew Leppert placed eighth. The Royals had the runner-up in Nolan Satterfield, while Will Marquardt took ninth.
Westfield finished fourth with 121 points. Kai Connor took fourth individually.
In the girls race, Hamilton Southeastern outpaced defending champion Zionsville for the team title. The Royals scored 45 points to the Eagles’ 55 points.
Southeastern’s Halle Hill was the individual winner, finishing the race in 18:20.53. Two other Royals reached the top 10: Maggie Powers placed sixth and Grace Newton was 10th.
Westfield and Noblesville both scored 121 points; the Shamrocks took fourth place on the sixth runner. Westfield had six runners place in the top 30, led by Sophie Porter’s 21st-place finish. Nadia Perez took seventh for the Millers.
Fishers placed sixth as a team with 144 points. Anna Runion finished in fourth individually for the Tigers.

BOYS RACE
Team scores: Noblesville 56, Fishers 60, Hamilton Southeastern 69, Westfield 121, Zionsville 125, Brownsburg 132, Franklin Central 147, Avon 205.
Race winner: Travis Hickner (Noblesville) 15:20.45.
Other Noblesville runners: 10. Asher Propst 15:52.59, 12. Andrew Anderson 16:0.424, 14. Joel Mumaw 16:09.70, 19. Cole Kimmel 16:17.30, 20. Billy Gregory 16:19.58, 23. Caden Click 16:20.71, 35. Evan Campbell 16:41.75, 50. Sam Greenaway 16:54.86, 51. Alex Hipkiss 16:57.83, 81. Luke Shinneman 17:48.89.
Fishers runners: 5. Will Clark 15:39.26, 6. Jaylen Castillo 15:39.46, 8. Matthew Leppert 15:41.84, 16. Alec Foster 16:14.70, 25. Tate Meaux 16:22.97, 26. Nick Pulos 16:24.00, 30. Colin Simons 16:31.30, 37. Jonathon Roth 16:44.84, 44. Caden Carpenter 16:51.96, 53. Austin Wilson 17:00.96, 59. Bailey Wilson 17:09.28, 73. Ben Greiwe 17:34.91.
Southeastern runners: 2. Nolan Satterfield 15:30.06, 9. Will Marquardt 15:4.38, 11. Bennett Dubois 16:02.45, 18. Connor Sarkovics 16:16.78, 29. Garrett Hicks 16:30.42, 57. Ian Ross 17:05.93, 66. William Tuckis 17:24.16, 83. Luke Pfanstiel 17:51.97, 86. Adam Warski 18:04.50, 88. Noah Haines 18:10.43, 92. Nolan Pham 18:17.49, 94. Cade Ogan 18:34.34.
Westfield runners: 4. Kai Connor 15:36.77, 21. Tyler Smith 16:19.65, 24. Kyler Koning 16:20.88, 33. Jacob Beene 16:37.88, 41. Josh Springborn 16:49.38, 42. Owen Ferreri 16:50.08, 45. Aidan Wright 16:52.46, 47. Josh Barnett 16:53.94, 58. Emerson Bostic 17:08.97, 61. Max Woehler 17:15.48, 69. Ike O’Neill 17:28.48, 74. Robby Bogdajewicz 17:35.46.

GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 45, Zionsville 55, Brownsburg 113, Westfield 121, Noblesville 121, Fishers 144, Franklin Central 152, Avon 164.
Race winner: Halle Hill (Southeastern) 18:20.53.
Other Southeastern runners: 6. Maggie Powers 19:02.04, 10. Grace Newton 19:12.59, 12. Allie Latta 19:24.66, 16. Katherine Kesler 19:35.80, 24. Brooke Ratliff 19:53.30, 32. Lilly Patrick 20:04.12, 38. Olivia Lund 20:17.57, 45. Ellie Johnson 20:26.61, 48. Jacqueline Hurlock 20:30.92, 52. Destiney Rose 20:37.77, 57. Brianna Wright 20:46.27.
Westfield runners: 21. Sophie Porter 19:48.03, 22. Julia Gabennesch 19:49.89, 25. Margaret Barnett 19:55.42, 26. Sarah Coates 19:55.87, 27. Robyn Schemel 19:57.21, 30. Bea Perez 20:00.73, 33. Julia Clark 20:06.92, 40. Sydney Klinglesmith 20:19.67, 43. Mary Kate Sloan 20:25.07, 64. Parker Provost 21:06.83.
Noblesville runners: 7. Nadia Perez 19:07.21, 23. Bella Sharples-Gordon 19:51.11, 28. Mya McGavic 19:57.67, 29. Kennedy Applegate 20:00.45, 34. Summer Rempe 20:08.16, 49. Paige Hazelrigg 20:31.26, 53. Megan Meinerding 20:40.83, 66. Chloe Click 21:12.24, 69. Dana Behlmer 21:22.39, 80. Siri Koszyk 21:57.35.
Fishers runners: 4. Anna Runion 18:52.22, 19. Vera Schafer 19:47.01, 37. Brynn Urban 20:16.39, 41. Mia Yates 20:21.40, 58. Kaitlyn Moriarty 20:47.03, 73. Erica Combs 21:43.29, 78. Alexia Kline 21:50.53, 81. Ana Foutty 21:57.63, 82. Megan Mybeck 22:01.87, 83. Libby Hayes 22:15.35, 84. Brooke Butts 22:19.00, 86. Anna Mossing 22:39.25.

Carmel swept both the boys and girls races at the Metropolitan Conference meet, which took place Saturday at Pike.
The Greyhound girls dominated the race, scoring 18 points, not too far from a perfect score. Carmel had all six of its runners place in the top seven, with Jasmine Klopstad the champion in a time of 18:25.4.
Carmel’s boys edged out Center Grove 30-31 for the team title. Kole Mathison paced the race, winning in a time of 15:31.9. Three more Greyhounds landed in the top 10: Jacob Fisher was third, Hudson Alden took sixth and Charles Schuman placed seventh.

GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 18, North Central 65, Center Grove 74, Pike 91, Lawrence North 128, Warren Central 161, Ben Davis 221, Lawrence Central 246.
Race winner: Jasmine Klopstad (Carmel) 18:25.4.
Other Carmel runners: 2. Annie Christie 18:29.0, 4. Jamie Klavon 18:49.1, 5. Abby Parker 19:14.3, 6. Alivia Romaniuk 19:18.2, 7. Brooke Waldal 19:26.9.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 30, Center Grove 31, North Central 106, Ben Davis 116, Warren Central 138, Lawrence North 145, Pike 177, Lawrence Central 214.
Race winner: Kole Mathison (Carmel) 15:31.9.
Other Carmel runners: 3. Jacob Fisher 16:18.8, 6. Hudson Alden 16:33.7, 7. Charles Schuman 16:35.0, 13. Bingham Hudson 16:51.4, 14. William Anderson 16:53.1, 27. Kevin Sweeney Jr. 17:32.3.

The Guerin Catholic boys won the Shelbyville Golden Bear Invitational on Saturday, scoring 39 points.
Austin Callahan led the Golden Eagles by taking third, while Thomas King placed sixth.
Guerin’s girls finished fourth as a team, with Bridget Gallagher finishing as the individual runner-up.

BOYS RACE
Team scores: Guerin Catholic 39, Mount Vernon 84, Cathedral 99, Bishop Chatard 154, New Albany 181, Lebanon 183, Southport 214, Pendleton Heights 220, New Castle 229, Cardinal Ritter 257, Herron 267, Arsenal Tech 365, Shelbyville 374, New Palestine 377, Kokomo 385, Beech Grove 452, McCutcheon 460.
Race winner: Paul Stamm (Cardinal Ritter) 15:36.3.
Guerin Catholic runners: 3. Austin Callahan 16:15.1, 6. Thomas King 16:27.6, 11. Ethan Hines 16:34.3, 12. Gavin Morrow 16:34.5, 17. Nicholas Schramm 16:39.8, 18. Dominic Stein 16:41.2, 41. Christian Geary 17:30.6, 43. Ben Grissom 17:39.0, 52. Evan McNeany 17:49.9, 53. Johnny King 17:50.8.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Bishop Chatard 77, New Palestine 79, Cathedral 92, Guerin Catholic 97, Mount Vernon 125, Lebanon 140, Southport 194, Beech Grove 215, Kokomo 240, New Castle 244, Herron 299, Shelbyville 329, McCutcheon 349.
Race winner: Lily Cridge (Bishop Chatard) 18:42.
Guerin Catholic runners: 2. Bridget Gallagher 18:57, 18. Raegan Bohbrink 20:41, 23. Rosie Barrett 20:55, 28. Joelle Klavon 21:01, 29. Sophia Woods 21:03, 34. Allison Wozniak 21:12, 44. Macy Lips 21:35, 45. Kinley Callahan 21:37, 48. Madison Scheidler 21:52, 54. Ally Keller 22:22.

Hamilton Heights competed in the New Haven Cross Country Classic on Saturday.
In the girls race, Maria Mitchell finished second for the Huskies in a time of 18:46.2. Heights finished eighth as a team with 243 points.
Clayton Forrer led the Huskies boys by taking 55th in that race.

GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Leo 75, Oak Hill 97, Delta 140, West Noble 146, Yorktown 159, Maconaquah 171, Centerville 210, Hamilton Heights 243, Garrett 275, NorthWood 277, Bellmont 289, Woodlan 301, Westview 306, Angola 322, Wawasee 406, Fort Wayne North Side 422, Marion 472, Muncie Central 477, South Bend Riley 503, Lakeland 525.
Race winner: Nicki Southerland (Delta) 18:04.4.
Heights runners: 2. Maria Mitchell 18:46.2, 41. Teegan Madara 22:22.3, 44. Mary Ella Bichey 22:36.7, 78. Madison Dotlich 23:31.7, 91. Morgan Guthrie 23:53.3, 94. Ella Ewing 24:02.7, 103. Julia Springman 24:24.3, 111. Allyson Dinwiddie 24:45.8, 128. Ahli Buzan 25:26.3, 167. Marissa Kennedy 27:34.2, 173. Isis Dillman 28:14.2, 181. Chloe Flanders 28:52.4.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: NorthWood 62, South Bend Riley 92, Angola 104, New Haven 106, Garrett 213, West Noble 245, Yorktown 256, Norwell 291, Delta 296, Leo 300, Lakeland 321, Centerville 340, Wawasee 342, Fort Wayne North Side 350, Muncie Central 408, Heritage 413, Celina 435, Hamilton Heights 436, Fort Wayne South Side 462, Mississinewa 468, Tippecanoe Valley 554, Maconaquah 594, Marion 652, Fort Wayne Wayne 669.
Race winner: Izaiah Steury (Angola) 15:55.6
Heights runners: 55. Clayton Forrer 18:35.8, 75. Preston Miller 18:54.8, 97. Drew Monnin 19:20.2, 110. Nathan Cox 19:31.5, 132. Evan Williamson 19:57.8, 142. Landon Hurley 20:11.1, 145. Landon Day 20:13.4, 169. Steven Case 20:47.1, 178. Caleb Hurley 21:14.4, 183. Jack Monnin 21:29.1, 191. Kaleb Jacobs 22:06.6, 196. Chazz Hitt 22:12.4.

Sheridan’s Luke Poprik finished eighth for the Blackhawks at the Heritage Days Classic, which took place Saturday at Hauser.
Angel Cuautle took 27th in the race.

Hamilton Southeastern’s Halle Hill won the girls race at Saturday’s Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet. (Kent Graham)