A handful of Hamilton County cross country teams traveled west to Terre Haute Saturday afternoon to compete in the Nike Valley Twilight Race, which took place that evening at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course, the site of the IHSAA state finals.
Carmel’s boys finished second in the varsity race, with Kole Mathison leading the county individual runners by taking eighth. Fishers placed fifth in that event; Jaylen Castillo was the top Tigers runner, placing 24th. Hamilton Southeastern finished 20th, with Eric Swinson placing 16th.
In the girls varsity race, Carmel finished fourth, with Jamie Klavon’s 15th-place finish pacing the Greyhounds. Fishers took seventh as a team, led by Vera Schafer, who was 16th individually. Southeastern finished ninth, with Halle Hill taking 10th to lead the county runners.
Four county boys teams competed in the junior varsity race. Carmel was first, Fishers finished second, Noblesville placed fourth and Southeastern finished 13th. The Greyhounds’ Will Anderson was the leading county runner by taking fifth, while the Millers’ Evan Campbell placed eighth.
In the girls JV race, Carmel won, with Fishers placing fourth and Southeastern taking eighth. The ‘Hounds had six runners in the top 10, led by Lily McAndrews’ runner-up finish. Laura Masoni placed ninth for Fishers.
Hamilton Southeastern’s Nolan Satterfield won the boys freshman/sophomore race in a time of 16:25.4, and helped his team to a runner-up finish. Southeastern was also second in the girls freshman/sophomore race, with Allie Latta taking second individually. Fishers finished fourth as a team.
BOYS VARSITY RACE
Team scores: Elmhurst (York) 78, Carmel 113, Bloomington South 187, Brownsburg 188, Fishers 198, Columbus North 205, Zionsville 227, Beavercreek 248, Trinity For Boys 262, Conner 286, Turpin 306, Yorkville 350, Lebanon 374, Bloomington North 399, Loveland 457, Herculaneum 459, Plainfield 475, Louisville Holy Cross 480, Carroll 487, Hamilton Southeastern 491, Cathedral 492, Fairmont 535, Terre Haute south 556, Apollo 559, Avon 605, Terre Haute North 631, Butler 773, Eureka 787, DuPont Manual 805.
Race winner: Dalton Kane (Plainfield) 15:31.8.
Carmel runners: 8. Kole Mathison 15:46.1, 14. Grant Moon 15:54.6, 20. Charlie Schuman 15:59.7, 33. Austin Throckmorton 16:11.1, 43. Will Murphy 16:18.5, 46. Hudson Alden 16:21.0, 50. Ben Myers 16:25.2.
Fishers runners: 24. Jaylen Castillo 16:01.2, 31. Will Clark 16:09.7, 40. Matthew Leppert 16:16.0, 53. Drew Smith 16:28.7, 57. Max McCollum 16:31.7, 71. Alec Foster 16:40.0, 139. Jonathon Roth 17:20.4.
Southeastern runners: 16. Eric Swinson 15:56.2, 102. Jack Patrick 16:58.7, 122. Elliott Robinson 17:06.4, 130. Jack Struss 17:13.8, 142. AJ Brisben 17:24.4, 173. Luke Pfanstiel 17:49.2.
GIRLS VARSITY RACE
Team scores: Beavercreek 53, Columbus North 107, Yorkville 108, Carmel 117, Loveland 150, Springboro 159, Fishers 182, Brownsburg 245, Hamilton Southeastern 251, DuPont Manual 254, Lebanon 256, Turpin 269, Bloomington South 308, Plainfield 363, Fairmont 406, Terre Haute South 463, Herculaneum 470, Carroll 544, Avon 584, Martinsville 650, Terre Haute North 653, Althoff Catholic 706, Atherton 717.
Race winner: Taylor Ewert (Beavercreek) 17:11.7.
Carmel runners: 15. Jamie Klavon 18:50.7, 19. Jasmine Klopstad 18:56.5, 24. Alivia Romaniuk 19:07.4, 26. Brooklynn Edwards 19:11.2, 40. Roni Ledezma 19:26.8, 46. Emily Hand 19:43.4, 61. Brooke aldal 20:01.0.
Fishers runners: 16. Vera Schafer 18:51.3, 32. Elizabeth Barrett 19:19.7, 37. Abby Carter 19:23.4, 39. Corinne Yorkman 19:26.7, 72. Emma Gillespie 20:10.1, 74. Megan Mybeck 20:12.3, 85. Brynn Urban 20:33.1.
Southeastern runners: 10. Halle Hill 18:31.0, 50. Ellie Pedersen 19:48.1, 52. Lilly Patrick 19:49.2, 70. Ellie Johnson 20:07.5, 95. Jenna McLean 20:57.5, 113. Brooke Ratliff 21:19.6, 121. Andi Shick 21:38.3.
BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY RACE
Team scores: Carmel 25, Fishers 88, Bloomington South 103, Noblesville 149, Yorkville 199, Springboro 215, Christian Brothers College 297, Centennial 305, Zionsville 320, Trinity For Boys 328, Loveland 340, Beavercreek 366, Hamilton Southeastern 376, Martha Layne Collins 402, Columbus North 449, Oldenburg Academy 456, Turpin 496, Atherton 505, Brownsburg 564, Carroll 577, Conner 577, Fairmont 620, Plainfield 630, Avon 654, Eureka 657, Terre Haute North 703, Lapel 712, Providence 763, Althoff Catholic 764, Terre Haute South 826, Martinsville 900, Providence Cristo Rey 1045.
Race winner: Luke Manolakes (Centennial) 16:21.2
Carmel top eight: 5. Will Anderson 16:44.1, 6. Sam Hootong 16:44.3, 7. Nick Schuster 16:46.0, 9. Nate Seketa 16:54.5, 13. Bing Hudson 16:58.6, 17. Charlie Leedke 17:01.4, 20. Jacob Fisher 17:03.8, 22. Ben Johnson 17:05.2.
Fishers top eight: 14. Josh Brown 16:59.4, 18. Tate Meaux 17:03.1, 19. Caden Carpenter 17:03.7, 26. Bailey Wilson 17:08.1, 31. Elza Niemeier 17:11.7, 37. Austin Wilson 17:18.5, 38. Ethan Nix 17:21.7, 47. Nick Pulos 17:28.8.
Noblesville top eight: 8. Evan Campbell 16:53.8, 30. Billy Gregory 17:10.4, 45. Ian Montarsi 17:28.1, 51. Alex Cole 17:32.6, 60. Luke Shinneman 17:40.7, 62. Joel Mumaw 17:41.1, 78. Caleb Dugger 17:51.1, 95. Tyler McGovern 17:58.4.
Southeastern top eight: 73. Max Anderson 17:48.4, 79. Conner Wright 17:51.3, 88. Andre Salgado 17:54.6, 138. Auggie Isaac 18:17.0, 144. Anthony Castillo 18:17.9, 188. Tanner Kutoloski 18:40.4, 224. Jack Fontanin 18:55.2, 270. Tyler Fiddler 19:19.1.
GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY RACE
Team scores: Carmel 22, Yorkville 75, Loveland 84, Fishers 88, Zionsville 108, Bloomington South 219, Hamilton Southeastern 226, Brownsburg 260, DuPont Manual 301, Beavercreek 304, Fairmont 316, Turpin 368, Columbus North 402, Plainfield 420, Terre Haute South 427, Carroll 472, Lapel 515, Terre Haute North 522.
Race winner: Kailey Fox (Yorkville) 19:42.6.
Carmel top eight: 2. Lily McAndrews 19:43.1, 3. Abby Parker 19:58.2, 4. Lily Rose 20:02.1, 5. Madalyn Sailors 20:03.3, 8. Halle Welch 20:09.5, 10. Sydney Haines 20:20.6, 12. Elle Nichol 20:22.3, 13. Evelyn Taller 20:30.2.
Fishers top eight: 9. Laura Masoni 20:11.9, 14. Arianna Kelley 20:31.6, 17. Kayla Rizzotte 20:33.8, 19. Emma Julien 20:38.4, 37. Lilia Bodnar 21:11.2, 48. Evelyn Butler 21:19.9, 60. Mia Yates 21:35.9, 61. Katie Pfeifer 21:41.3.
Southeastern top eight: 36. Grace Howard 21:06.6, 71. Gabby Huffer 21:48.3, 78. Olivia Schenck 21:59.3, 81. Brianna Wright 22:03.1, 82. Madeline McNarney 22:03.4, 87. Sam Alphin 22:08.3, 121. Katie Edwards 22:49.3, 158. Ally Geis 23:31.2.
BOYS FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE RACE
Team scores: Bloomington North 33, Hamilton Southeastern 53, Columbus North 89, Bloomington South 112, Beavercreek 146, Avon 159, Brownsburg 200, Butler 215, Terre Haute North 251, Shelbyville 294.
Race winner: Nolan Satterfield (HSE) 16:25.4.
Other Southeastern top eight: 2. Will Marquardt 16:42.8, 11. Garrett Hicks 17:28.9, 16. Will Tuckis 17:35.2, 24. Caleb Lindsay 17:48.8, 26. Connor Sarkovics 17:51.9, 27. Ash Caylor 17:54.1, 47. Andrew Koehler 18:15.4.
GIRLS FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE RACE
Team scores: Columbus North 21, Hamilton Southeastern 43, Beavercreek 56, Fishers 122, Avon 147.
Race winner: Emma Endress (Butler) 19:33.8.
Southeastern top eight: 2. Allie Latta 19:49.9, 7. Grace Newton 20:28.1, 10. Katherine Kesler 20:43.6, 14. Jacqueline Hurlock 20:58.6, 17. Jehnea Mirro 21:21.9, 21. Jenna Iglio 21:38.8, 22. Olivia Lund 21:40.7, 24. Haley Johnson 21:42.9.
Fishers top eight: 31. Kate Baumgatner 22:28.4, 38. Erica Combs 22:28.4, 39. Alexia Kline 23:22.5, 40. Anna Mossing 23:26.8, 48. Nithya Murthy 24:40.2, 50. Danielle Moriarty 24:43.1, 54. Gabby Besel 24:56.5, 58. Grace Olovich 25:34.2.