The Hamilton Southeastern cross country teams started their season on Saturday by winning the Fort Wayne Snider Coed Hokum Karem.
In the event, a pairing of one boy and one girl ran three miles each. The Royals finished with a total team time of 2 hours, 13 minutes and 36 seconds. Nolan Satterfield and Maggie Powers led Southeastern, placing second in a time of 32 minutes, 25 seconds.
Wil Tuckis and Allie Latta placed fifth in 33:33. The Royals then took positions 10th through 13th: Bennett Dubois/Grace Newton were 10th (33:45), Garrett Hicks and Elizabeth Butler 11th (33:53), Will Marquardt and Elise Herman 12th (33:58) and Ash Caylo and Addison Smith were 13th (33:59).
Two more HSE teams placed in the top 20: Andrew Knight and Jackie Hurlock were 15th (34:26) and Connor Sarkovics and Ciara Kepnter were 16th (34:36).
Carmel and Westfield ran in the Valley Cross Kickoff tournament, which took place Saturday at Terre Haute South.
In the boys race, the Greyhounds finished second with 131 points; Center Grove was the team champion by scoring 65 points. Charlie Leedke led Carmel with a sixth-place finish. Westfield placed eighth, totaling 250 points. Josh Barnett was the Shamrocks’ leader, finishing 19th.
Westfield’s girls placed second, scoring 101 points. Chesterton was the team winner with 72 points. The Shamrocks had four runners score under 20 points, which helped them hold off North Central; the Panthers were third with 104 points. Robyn Schemel led the Shamrocks by placing 12th.
Carmel’s girls team finished in 14th place; Evie Taller took 25th to lead the Greyhounds.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Center Grove 65, Carmel 131, Bloomington North 162, Bloomington South 204, Floyd Central 206, North Central 220, Mount Vernon 235, Westfield 250, Northridge 251, Greenfield-Central 273, Jasper 274, Brebeuf Jesuit 306, Northview 358, Jennings County 403, Batesville 432, Lafayette Jefferson 485, West Lafayette 512, Terre Haute South 518, Terre Haute North 554, Bloomfield 554, Brown County 628, Wheeler 654, Hebron 669, Clay City 705, North Putnam 749, West Vigo 784, Lawrence Central 803, Bedford North Lawrence 843, Maconaquah 854
Race winner: Abe Eckman (Jasper) 16:04.8.
Carmel runners: 6. Charlie Leedke 16:19.8, 22. Connor Mallon 16:51.6, 31. KJ Sweeney 17:03.1, 32. Thomas Biltimier 17:04.2, 30. Eli Gomez 17:12.1, 42. Connor Heagy 17:14.0, 57. Max Meisner 17:31.3, 67. Liam Oman 17:40.6, 76. Kiefer Jay 17:48.2, 102. Jack Capes 18:18.2, 123. Hayden Nagel 18:48.7.
Westfield runners: 19. Josh Barnett 16:44.7, 46. Jack Loiselle 17:16.8, 52. Max Woehler 17:23.4, 64. Owen Flynn 17:38.3, 70. Drew Lovelace 17:42.6, 72. Colin Lakomek 17:44.0, 78. Sam Hinds 17:51.6, 90. William Cummings 18:07.7, 93. Ike O’Neill 18:10.0, 101. Aidan Wright 18:17.0, 113. Samuel Schmidt 18:29.5.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Chesterton 72, Westfield 101, North Central 104, Avon 172, Jasper 241, Center Grove 242, Bloomington South 248, Franklin Community 252, Northview 253, Brebeuf Jesuit 288, Batesville 322, Northridge 340, Mount Vernon 352, Carmel 358, Lawrence North 360, Harrison 365, West Lafayette 437, Terre Haute South 517, Kouts 523, Wheeler 544, Morgan Township 545, Faith Christian 586, Terre Haute North 660, Owen Valley 707, Hebron 749, Clay City 766, Bloomfield 768, Bedford North Lawrence 815, Sullivan 829, Linton-Stockton 921.
Race winner: Bailey Ranta (Chesterton) 19:27.1.
Westfield runners: 12. Robyn Schemel 20:11.5, 14. Hannah Pensyl 20:11.6, 15. Sydney Klinglesmith 20:17.0, 17. Liz Smith 20:26.7, 45. Mary Kate Sloan 21:21.3, 49. Samantha Taylor 21:31.9, 61. Emily Loiselle 21:52.8, 77. Parker Provost 22:10.1, 103. Rachel Kovacs 22:49.2, 108. Lizzie Hirschfield 23:00.7, 137. Camryn Herring 23:43.6.
Carmel runners: 25. Evie Taller 20:58.0, 64. Emerson Weaver 21:56.4, 84. Christina McCollum 22:23.1, 104. Audrey Ricketts 22:49.5, 109, Lani Samms 23:03.5, 111. Sophia Turner 23:07.0, 115. Ava Sinex 23:12.0, 151. Madeline Weisner 24:08.3, 181. Darshini Shankar 24:48.8, 185. Emily Slade 24:57.9, 200. Andrea Bendaly 25:17.2.