The Noblesville girls and the Carmel boys cross country teams ran away with top honors at the Athletic Annex Flashrock XC Invitational, which took place Saturday morning at Northview Church in Carmel.
The Greyhounds boys scored 36 points on their way to the championship, well ahead of runner-up Center Grove’s 78 points. Carmel had four runners reach the top 10, including individual winner Kole Mathison. The senior won the race in 15 minutes, 4.68 seconds.
Anthony Provenzano also had a strong finish, placing third. Charles Leedke and Jack Capes provided strong support for Carmel, taking ninth and 10th place respectively. Thomas Biltimeier closed the scoring for the ‘Hounds by finishing in 13th place.
Carmel’s Anthony Provenzano finished third in the Boys Championship race at the Athletic Annex Flashrock XC Invitational
Saturday at Northview Church in Carmel. The Greyhounds’ boys team finished first in that race. (Kent Graham)
Hamilton County schools took up five of the top six team places in the boys race; Center Grove was the only non-Hamilton school in that echelon. Noblesville finished in third place as a team by scoring 82 points, landing three runners in the top 11. Caden Click took fifth, Asher Propst was eighth and Jack Strong finished 11th.
Hamilton Southeastern took fourth as a team; Ash Caylor led the Royals by placing 16th. Guerin Catholic finished fifth, with Ethan Hines (12th) and Jack Weber (19th) pacing the Golden Eagles. Westfield took sixth place; the Shamrocks’ leader was Jack Loiselle in 23rd place.
Noblesville’s girls led a 1-2-3 sweep for Hamilton County schools. The Millers won the race with 68 points, followed by Carmel with 105 and Southeastern with 130. Nadia Perez led Noblesville by taking sixth, with freshman Ansley Applegate finishing in 11th place. Carmel’s Jasmine Klopstad was the top Greyhounds runner, taking 10th place, and Maggie Powers led the Royals by finishing in seventh place.
Guerin Catholic’s Bridget Gallagher was the county’s top girls finisher, placing fifth. Westfield was led by Sydney Klinglesmith, who placed 15th.
GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
Team scores: Noblesville 68, Carmel 105, Hamilton Southeastern 130, East Central 172, Princeton 190, Avon 197, Guerin Catholic 198, Cathedral 215, Westfield 235, North Central 242, Batesville 257, Franklin Community 300, Fishers 352, Mount Vernon 360, Park Tudor 370, Brebeuf Jesuit 409, Western Boone 482, Zionsville 491, Center Grove 585.
Race winner: Nicki Southerland (Delta) 17:27.83.
Noblesville runners: 6. Nadia Perez 18:32.12, 11. Ansley Applegate 19:07.62, 16. Riley Flynn 19:21.39, 17. Brinkley Cooper 19:22.49, 23. Summer Rempe 19:35.90, 32. Kennedy Applegate 19:55.06, 35. Paige Hazelrigg 20:01.28, 40. Brooke Lahee 20:07.97, 54. Ella Wirkner 20:27.69, 66. Gretchen Graham 20:41.28, 87. Brooklyn Couch 21:10.93, 119. Lexi Miller 21:49.26.
Carmel runners: 10. Jasmine Klopstad 18:43.45, 21. Audrey Ricketts 19:32.60, 22. Kara Wenzler 19:33.45, 26. Sadie Foley 19:45.61, 31. Raya Chauhan 19:53.63, 38. Ella Gaddis 20:05.33, 39. Katy Dascoli 20:06.77, 41. Emersyn Weaver 20:08.39, 46. Kaitlyn Oshimura 20:16.51, 47. Nola Elling 20:17.21, 62. Ronni Strzynski 20:37.00, 67. Ellie Smith 20:42.07.
Southeastern runners: 7. Maggie Powers 18:36.47, 13. Elizabeth Butler 19:13.82, 33. Catey Campbell 19:56.83, 37. Anaya Lammie 20:05.05, 49. Grace Newton 20:20.20, 52. Ciara Kepner 20:23.51, 54. Ava Powers 20:27.12, 84. Jackie Hurlock 21:09.49, 91. Angie Anglum 21:17.71, 111. Julianne McLean 21:41.98.
Guerin Catholic runners: 5. Bridget Gallagher 18:24.90, 18. Bailey Freese 19:22.83, 58. Rosie Barrett 20:31.20, 68. Katherine Kolb 20:45.57, 75. Claire Milam 20:55.58, 77. Grace Boivin 20:56.61, 80. Camille Morrow 20:59.73, 82. Isabella Galvin 21:06.85, 90. Keira Hines 21:15.64, 107. Eva Parr 21:35.92, 108. Ella Smith 21:39.81, 123. Sophia Galvin 21:56.03.
Westfield runners: 15. Sydney Klinglesmith 19:18.41, 29. Gianna Ferreri 19:48.57, 60. Emily Loiselle 20:35.71, 61. Robyn Schemel 20:35.79, 99. Galiena Colon 21:28.49, 105. Lizzie Hirschfield 21:35.15, 115. Lina Abriani 21:44.33, 133. Izzy McCulloch 22:10.10, 137. Cecilia Schmidt 22:15.13, 142. Ava Britton-Heitz 22:18.87, 145. Hannah Gallagher 22:22.84, 165. Mary Kate Sloan 23:14.13.
Fishers runners: 59. Emma Schwertfeger 20:33.04, 64. Abby Lotter 20:37.87, 89. Isabella Murch 21:12.23, 92. Nithya Murthy 21:19.39, 102. Mia Schiesser 21:33.72, 126. Addison Kane 21:58.63, 144. Corinne McClanahan 22:22.32, 147. Claire Riebe 22:25.85, 148. Katelyn Thomas 22:28.64, 150. Alexandra Baker 22:40.35, 159. Sarah Almaya 23:03.44, 169. Elle Powers 23:19.23.
BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
Team scores: Carmel 36, Center Grove 78, Noblesville 82, Hamilton Southeastern 159, Guerin Catholic 185, Westfield 189, Mount Vernon 194, Brebeuf Jesuit 226, North Central 261, Zionsville 268, Pendleton Heights 293, Franklin Community 330, Northeastern 332, Cathedral 347, Batesville 440.
Race winner: Kole Mathison (Carmel) 15:04.68.
Other Carmel runners: 3. Anthony Provenzano 15:18.67, 9. Charles Leedke 15:53.80, 10. Jack Capes 15:54.74, 13. Thomas Biltimier 16:03.50, 22. Kiefer Jay 16:29.46, 25. Connor Mallon 16:32.01, 27. Kyle Grove 16:33.97, 31. Kevin J. Sweeney 16:40.61, 32. Liam Oman 16:40.76, 41. Carter Buhr 16:55.37, 54. Maxwell Meisner 17:10.07.
Noblesville runners: 5. Caden Click 15:34.75, 8. Asher Propst 15:48.00, 11. Jack Strong 15:57.41, 30. Ronnie Neal 16:39.59, 34. Alec Moor 16:45.61, 38. Sam Rinker 16:49.54, 56. Caden Jackson 17:12.01, 58. Noah Melton 17:13.52, 73. Ashton Burns 17:23.95, 74. John Libs 17:24.71, 83. Jude Naville 17:41.64, 102. Jack Shinneman 18:00.85.
Southeastern runners: 16. Ash Caylor 16:08.38, 33. Ian Ross 16:43.88, 35. Liam Powers 16:45.68, 44. Andrew Smith 16:58.02, 49. Michael Chalfant 17:04.59, 50. Nicolas Vega 17:04.78, 64. Joe Augustine 17:16.90, 69. Zeke Benedict 17:22.29, 80. Zach Swedarsky 17:37.05, 89. Adam Warski 17:48.30, 92. Brayden Gebhard 17:53.51.
Guerin Catholic runners: 12. Ethan Hines 16:02.76, 19. Jack Weber 16:12.70, 37. Luke Moster 16:48.25, 60. Maxwell Fish 17:14.13, 85. Hunter Kinzle-Gorman 17:41.91, 98. Nathan Traub 17:59.10, 103. William Gebhardt 18:01.18, 110. Luke Ross 18:06.98, 116. Johnny King 18:16.96, 146. Luke Jarymowycz 19:23.22.
Westfield runners: 23. Jack Loiselle 16:29.74, 39. Owen Flynn 16:50.58, 47. William Cummings 17:02.80, 48. Caleb Haney 17:03.67, 51. Sam Hinds 17:05.81, 53. Drew Lovelace 17:08.43, 63. Owen Mohler 17:14.94, 76. Ike O’Neill 17:28.75, 78. Colin Lakomek 17:30.05, 94. William Snedeker 17:54.53, 109. Ian Porter 18:06.27, 114. Caub Douthit 18:12.46.
Fishers also had a boys team compete in the Invitational race. The Tigers placed fourth with a score of 114 points. Dylan Wolf led Fishers by placing 16th.
Fishers runners: 16. Dylan Wolf 17:33.23, 20. Cooper Mohr 17:41.71, 21. Henry Wood 17:42.91, 22. Tommy Clark 17:45.32, 35. John Myers 18:15.02, 38. Grant Belush 18:16.98, 41. Micah Young 18:18.72, 45. Carter Pritchett 18:28.33, 47. Wade Hillman-Strabbing 18:29.64, 48. Luke Godleski 18:30.33, 54. Hans Moore 18:48.68, 56. Tyler Schiesser 18:50.14.
The Hamilton Heights girls team had a near-perfect day at the Tipton Invitational on Saturday.
The Huskies won the meet by scoring 16 points, just one point off a perfect score. Heights had nine of its runners finish in the top 16. Mary Ella Bichey led the Huskies by taking second in a time of 21:59.33.
Lapel’s Sophie Goodwin was the race winner in 21:03.44. The Bulldogs did not have a complete team at the meet, so Bichey scored one point for her team and third-place Anna Monnin scored two points.
In the boys meet, Heights finished second as a team with 61 points; Lewis Cass was the winner with 50 points. The Huskies had two runners finish in the top 10: Steven Case placed fifth and Rudy Bowman was seventh.
GIRLS RACE
Race winner: Sophie Goodwin (Lapel) 21:03.44.
Heights runners: 2. Mary Ella Bichey 21:59.33, 3. Anna Monnin 22:30.63, 5. Juliana Springman 23:30.64, 6. Kendell Moe 23:54.74, 8. Waverly Wolever 24:24.24, 11. Madison Shively 25:42.71, 13. Ahli Buzan 25:58.78, 15. Ella Ewing 26:23.79, 16. Veronica Pruitt 26:24.28, 30. Chloe Flanders 30:38.22, 34. Gwendolyn Pritsch 33:48.45.
BOYS RACE
Race winner: Cameron Smith (Lapel) 17:04.32.
Heights runners: 5. Steven Case 18:02.12, 7. Rudy Bowman 18:14.60, 13. Isaiah Heuer 18:51.70, 16. Max Bowman 19:00.70, 25. Evan Williamson 19:27.30, 27. Aiden Orton 19:34.70, 29. Aiden Clarke 19:39.66, 32. Hudson Holt 20:03.51, 35. Brayden Jewell 20:13.31, 37. Freddy Flack 20:28.86, 43. Charles Wedmore 20:47.08, 44. Jack Monnin 20:51.23, 46. Landon Day 21:06.87, 48. Jackson Cantlon 21:08.95, 54. JT Bailey 21:45.33, 62. Landon Poland 26:11.77, 68. Shamar Stapleton 31:02.47.