Hamilton County once again had another fine showing at the IHSAA state cross country meet, which took place Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute.
The Carmel boys had the highest team finish, placing second by scoring 112 points. Concordia Lutheran won the boys team championship with 93 points. That was the beginning of a Fort Wayne team sweep, as Carroll would later win the girls team title.
The Greyhounds were led by two runners finishing in the top 15. Freshman Kole Mathison placed 11th, the highest-finishing county boy, while senior Grant Moon took 15th. Both runners earned All-State honors due to their finishes. This marked the eighth consecutive year that the Carmel boys finished in the top two, a record for that streak.
Fishers placed eighth in the team standings by scoring 262 points. Junior Will Clark placed 19th, also earning him a place on the All-State team.
Hamilton Southeastern took 10th place, with Eric Swinson finishing in 30th place. Noblesville was 13th as a team, but had an All-State runner in junior Travis Hickner, who finished in 13th place. Westfield’s Kai Connor competed as an individual, finishing 126th.
In the girls meet, Carmel and Fishers took third and fourth in the team standings respectively.
The Greyhounds scored 162 points, behind only Carroll’s 101 and runner-up Zionsville’s 143. Freshman Jamie Klopstad led Carmel by finishing in 28th place.
The Tigers totaled 192 points to place fourth, edging out Columbus North by three points. The Bull Dogs led Fishers by 20 points after four runners, but the Tigers’ Corinne Yorkman finished well ahead of Columbus North’s fifth runner to clinch the team’s fourth-place finish. Vera Schafer led Fishers by finishing in 41st place.
Noblesville’s girls were seventh as a team, with freshman Brooke Lahee leading the way with a 47th-place finish. Hamilton Southeastern placed 15th; junior Halle Hill took 22nd place to earn All-State honors.
Hamilton Heights junior Maria Mitchell competed as an individual, and was the county’s highest-finishing girl by placing 16th. This gave her a state medal and All-State honors, matching the two medals she won at last spring’s track and field meet.
BOYS MEET
Team scores: Concordia Lutheran 93, Carmel 112, Brebeuf Jesuit 135, Columbus North 161, Brownsburg 214, Homestead 215, Crown Point 243, Fishers 262, Bloomington South 284, Hamilton Southeastern 320, Valparaiso 331, Zionsville 332, Noblesville 352, Center Grove 357, Harrison 374, Chesterton 377, Jasper 377, Bloomington North 414, Floyd Central 432, West Lafayette 455, West Noble 456, New Prairie 462, Columbia City 464, Northview 589, Lake Central 608.
Race winner: Gabriel Sanchez (Lowell) 15:28.7.
Carmel runners: 11. Kole Mathison 15:54.1, 15. Grant Moon 15:56.8, 40. Austin Throckmorton 16:23.2, 48. Will Murphy 16:26.2, 50. Ben Myers 16:26.7, 58. Charlie Schuman 16:31.0, 137. Hudson Alden 17:08.6.
Fishers runners: 19. Will Clark 16:06.6, 42. Jaylen Castillo 16:24.5, 65. Drew Smith 16:34.0, 116. Tate Meaux 16:59.5, 129. Matthew Leppert 17:05.3, 161. Max McCollum 17:22.1, 187. Alec Foster 17:47.9.
Southeastern runners: 30. Eric Swinson 16:18.5, 46. Nolan Satterfield 16:25.9, 96. Will Marquardt 16:52.4, 123. Jack Patrick 17:02.5, 150. AJ Brisben 17:15.5, 169. Elliott Robinson 17:32.7, 211. Jack Struss 18:49.8.
Noblesville runners: 13. Travis Hickner 15:55.4, 53. Cole Kimmel 16:28.3, 109. Evan Campbell 16:57.2, 146. Jack Taylor 17:13.4, 160. Asher Propst 17:21.0, 171. Luke Shinneman 17:33.3, 188. Kolby Kazmierski 17:48.7.
Westfield runner: 126. Kai Connor 17:04.2.
GIRLS MEET
Team scores: Fort Wayne Carroll 101, Zionsville 143, Carmel 162, Fishers 192, Columbus North 195, Brebeuf Jesuit 201, Noblesville 243, Valparaiso 259, Homestead 287, Bloomington North 290, Bishop Chatard 309, West Lafayette 321, Cardinal Ritter 329, Concordia Lutheran 338, Hamilton Southeastern 344, Northridge 367, Harrison 442, Lake Central 448, Floyd Central 456, Lowell 459, Portage 464, Bloomington South 485, Edgewood 505, Northview 536.
Race winner: Erin Strzelecki (Bishop Dwenger) 17:22.9.
Carmel runners: 28. Jasmine Klopstad 18:56.0, 39. Brooklynn Edwards 19:08.3, 58. Phoebe Bates 19:22.1, 59. Alivia Romaniuk 19:22.8, 64. Brooke Waldal 19:25.5, 74. Jamie Klavon 19:33.0, 121. Emily Hand 20:16.4.
Fishers runners: 41. Vera Schafer 19:09.7, 45. Elizabeth Barrett 19:10.7, 46. Abigail Carter 19:11.6, 52. Hannah Sale 19:15.3, 97. Corinne Yorkman 19:55.1, 134. Emma Gillespie 20:28.8, 186. Brynn Urban 21:34.3.
Noblesville runners: 47. Brooke Lahee 19:12.5, 61. Sophie Reichard 19:23.8, 76. Madison King 19:35.5, 79. Bella Sharples-Gordon 19:40.5, 103. Paige Hazelrigg 19:56.9, 170. Sophie Stahl 21:05.7, 178. Anna Hazelrigg 21:20.3.
Southeastern runners: 22. Halle Hill 18:47.8, 86. Grace Newton 19:48.7, 89. Lilly Patrick 19:49.3, 143. Ellie Pedersen 20:35.9, 147. Jenna McLean 20:37.8, 183. Ellie Johnson 21:29.0, 191. Brooke Ratliff 21:56.3.
Hamilton Heights runner: 16. Maria Mitchell 18:37.4.
The Carmel boys cross country team finished second at the IHSAA state meet Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute. The Greyhounds scored 112 points, behind only Concordia Lutheran’s score of 93 points. (Kent Graham)