Tuesday’s Hamilton County cross country meet had a familiar finish: Carmel swept the boys and girls team championships and individual races.
Both Greyhounds squads took different paths to the title. The Carmel girls had five of the top nine finishers on their way to an easy victory at the meet, which took place at the Chinquapin Ridge course at Noblesville’s White River Elementary School.
The Greyhound boys, however, were involved in a tight race. Only nine points separated first and third place. Carmel scored 50 points, with the host Millers totaling 56 points and Fishers taking third with 59 points.
The ‘Hounds had three finishers in the top 11, which coach Colin Altevogt said “really helped us out.” Kole Mathison defended his individual title, finishing the race in 15:25.5. Jacob Fisher placed fifth and Charles Schuman took 11th. Hudson Alden placed 16th and Nathan Seketa finished 17th, which kept Carmel’s score low.
“I think our guys did a good job of executing our strategy of trying to move up,” said Altevogt. “We really moved up in the second half of the race.”
Travis Hickner finished second individually and was one of three Noblesville runners in the top 10. Andrew Anderson was eighth and Asher Propst placed 10th.
Meanwhile, Fishers’ Matthew Lepert and Will Clark were third and fourth respectively, The Tigers had all five of their scoring runners place in the top 20.
Hamilton Southeastern was a strong fourth, scoring 74 points. The Royals had two runners finish in the top 10: Jack Patrick took sixth and Nolan Satterfield placed ninth.
Guerin Catholic scored 102 points to take fifth; Austin Callahan finished in seventh place individually. Westfield was sixth as a team; Aiden Wright led the Shamrocks by taking 42nd.
In the girls meet, Annie Christie led Carmel and the field, clocking in at 18:22.1 to win the individual championship. Jasmine Klopstad took third place, Alivia Romaniuk was fifth, Cara Naas placed seventh and Abby Parker finished in ninth.
Southeastern was the team runner-up with 57 points, and had the individual runner-up as well. Halle Hill took second place, while Maggie Powers finished in eighth.
Noblesville took third as a team; Summer Rempe paced the Millers by taking 13th place. Fishers finished in fourth, with Anna Runion placing 10th. Westfield was fifth as a team; Ashley Baldwin led the Shamrocks by taking 28th.
Hamilton Heights’ Maria Mitchell finished in fourth place individually, while Guerin Catholic’s Bridget Gallagher took sixth place.
GIRLS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 25, Hamilton Southeastern 57, Noblesville 83, Fishers 115, Westfield 149, Guerin Catholic 161, Hamilton Heights 183.
Race winner: Annie Christie (Carmel) 18:22.1.
Other Carmel runners: 3. Jasmine Klopstad 18:37.2, 5. Alivia Romaniuk 18:54.1, 7. Cara Naas 19:18.4, 9. Abby Parker 19:19.6, 11. Brooke Waldal 19:40.3, 14. Jamie Klavon 19:50.8, 15. Roni Ledezma 19:51.9, 24. Lilly Rose 20:29.8, 35. Kara Wenzler 21:16.2, 40. Olivia McKee 21:30.8, 47. Emersyn Weaver 21:57.3.
Southeastern runners: 2. Halle Hill 18:34.7, 8. Maggie Powers 19:19.3, 12. Allie Latta 19:47.0, 16. Grace Newton 20:00.8, 21. Destiney Rose 20:21.5, 25. Ellie Johnson 20:43.1, 26. Lilly Patrick 20:47.2, 29. Jacqueline Hurlock 20:56.5, 34. Brooke Ratliff 21:15.3, 36. Haley Johnson 21:16.9, 37. Katherine Kesler 21:18.2, 39. Jehnea Mirro 21:25.4.
Noblesville runners: 13. Summer Rempe 19:47.4, 17. Nadia Perez 20:04.8, 18. Paige Hazelrigg 20:04.8, 19. Bella Sharples-Gordon 20:04.8, 20. Brooke Lahee 20:17.0, 23. Kennedy Applegate 20:26.1, 31. Sophie Stahl 21:01.8, 42. Siri Koszyk 21:41.1, 49. Chloe Click 2:59.8, 50. Megan Meinerding 22.11.9, 54. Abby Line 22:14.6, 68. Emily Blackburn 23:26.0.
Fishers runners: 10. Anna Runion 19:21.5, 22. Vera Schafer 20:25.6, 27. Caroline Szilagyi 20:51.4, 30. Brynn Urban 20:59.3, 41. Kaitlyn Moriarty 21:39.1, 44. Mia Yates 21:45.9, 59. Megan Mybeck 22:56.1, 61. Anna Mossing 23:01.4, 70. Kelly Brandenburg 23:29.2, 71. Erica Combs 23:33.2, 72. Brooke Butts 23:39.1, 75. Katie Pfeifer 23:57.1.
Westfield runners: 28. Ashley Baldwin 20:55.4, 32. Mary Kate Sloan 21:10.6, 33. Jenna Barnes 21:15.2, 38. Clara Cameron 21:19.6, 43. Alyssa Schleper 21:41.2, 45. Rachel Kovacs 21:49.4, 48. Hannah Pensyl 21:58.3, 51. Bella Bishop 22:12.4, 53. Samantha Taylor 22:14.5, 55. Parker Provost 22:21.9, 57. Lizzie Hirschfeld 22:31.4, 58. Sarah Slover 22:55.0.
Guerin Catholic runners: 6. Bridget Gallagher 19:16.7, 46. Allison Wozniak 21:53.5, 52. Katherine Constantino22:14.1, 56. Rosie Barrett 22:28.8, 62. Kalen Moe 23:01.8, 63. Allison Keller 2307.6, 64. Sydney Smith 23:08.4, 67. Kyndall Osborne 23:17.9, 73. Anna Stubbs 23:55.3, 74. Meg Schemanske 23:56.0, 76. Madison Scheidler 23:58.5.
Heights runners: 4. Maria Mitchell 18:45.4, 60. Teegan Madara 22:59.9, 65. Maddie Dotlich 23:12.4, 66. Morgan Guthrie 23:17.3, 69. Mary Ella Richey 23:26.4, 77. Ella Ewing 25:26.7, 78. Allyson Dinwiddie 26:03.1.
BOYS RACE
Team scores: Carmel 50, Noblesville 56, Fishers 59, Hamilton Southeastern 74, Guerin Catholic 102, Westfield 177, Hamilton Heights 226, Sheridan 255.
Race winner: Kole Mathison (Carmel) 15:25.5.
Other Carmel runners: 5. Jacob Fisher 15:54.8, 11. Charles Schuman 16:19.9, 16. Hudson Alden 16:36.9, 17. Nathan Seketa 16:46.1, 30. Kevin Sweeney Jr. 17:11.3, 32. Quavion Hooks 17:12.6, 34. Daniel Schrader-Dorbis 17:20.2, 35. Owen Urtel 17:21.1, 40. Bingham Hudson 17:29.4, 46. Connor Heagy 17:49.3.
Noblesville runners: 2. Travis Hickner 15:29.5, 8. Andrew Anderson 16:08.5, 10. Asher Propst 16:10.5, 15. Evan Campbell 16:31.0, 21. Caden Click 16:56.3, 24. Joel Mumaw 17:01.7, 27. Luke Shinneman 17:04.2, 38. Andrew Knight 17:26.8, 41. Billy Gregory 17:39.2, 54. Alex Cole 18:21.7, 62. Jacob Bragg 19:00.5.
Fishers runners: 3. Matthew Leppert 15:50.1, 4. Will Clark 15:53.5, 14. Jaylen Castillo 16:30.3, 18. Alec Foster 16:47.5, 20. Jonathon Roth 16:54.4, 23. Tate Meaux 17:01.4, 26. Colin Simons 17:04.0, 28. Caden Carpenter 17:07.7, 29. Ben Greiwe 17:10.2, 33. Bailey Wilson 17:16.0, 36. Austin Wilson 17:21.8.
Southeastern runners: 6. Jack Patrick 16:02.7, 9. Nolan Satterfield 16:08.6, 12. Will Marquardt 16:21.9, 22. Connor Sarkovics 16:57.1, 25. William Tuckis 17:02.7, 39. Ash Caylor 17:29.2, 45. Bennett Dubois 17:48.5, 50. Adam Warski 17:55.8, 52. Luke Pfanstiel 18:04.8, 53. Ian Ross 18:15.0, 56. Noah Haines 18:25.9.
Guerin Catholic runners: 7. Austin Callahan 16:07.4, 13. Dominic Stein 16:22.9, 19. Gavin Morrow 16:51.1, 37. Evan McNeany 17:26.1, 43. Christian Geary 17:41.3, 59. Johnny King 18:45.1, 65. Ben Grissom 19:26.2, 67. Jack Weber 19:36.4, 68. Christian Ward 19:38.9, 71. Conner Lawrence 20:17.9.
Westfield runners: 42. Aidan Wright 17:39.2, 44. Adam Fineberg 17:46.0, 47. Ike O’Neill 17:50.3, 48. Evan Besinger 17:53.7, 49. Sam Hinds 17:55.8, 51. Cole Micho 17:57.7, 55. Ethan Lyons 18:22.0, 57. Justin Santiago 18:29.6, 58. Samuel Schmidt 18:44.5, 61. Lincoln Strong 18:56.0, 64. Evan Rink 19:02.6.
Heights runners: 60. Evan Williamson 18:55.9, 63. Clay Forrer 19:00.8, 69. Preston Miller 19:46.5, 70. Drew Monnin 19:49.9, 72. Landon Hurley 20:19.1, 73. Nathan Cox 20:23.6, 74. Caleb Hurley 20:59.4.
Sheridan runners: 66. Axel Aleman 19:27.5, 75. Luke Poprik 21:26.7, 76. Austin Woodhouse 21:36.1, 77. Angel Cuautle 21:54.5, 78. Zach Poprik 25:57.7.
Carmel’s Kole Mathison (right) won the boys race, with Noblesville’s Travis Hickner finishing in second. (Kent Graham)