It was a record-setting day at the Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet, which took place Saturday at Noblesville’s Chinquapin Ridge Cross Country Course.
New meet records were set in both the boys and the girls races. Hamilton Southeastern’s Gabe Fendel set a new mark in the boys race, running home in 15:17.45, a full 17 seconds ahead of second place.
Fishers won the team meet, scoring 41 points and placing three runners in the top 10. Sam Kuhn was the individual runner-up, with Ethan Meyer taking fourth and Will Clark finishing 10th. Westfield placed fourth and had two top-10 runners: Nick Leahy placed fifth and Samuel Novak took eighth.
Noblesville’s top runner was Zachary Freeman, who finished 21st.
In the girls race, Zionsville won the team championship with 59 points, led by Sophia Rigg’s new record time of 17:45.97. Hamilton Southeastern was a close second by scoring 64 points.
Lulu Black and Halle Hill led the Royals, placing fourth and fifth respectively. Lilly Cummins also landed in the top 10, taking ninth. Fishers was fourth as a team, with Debbie Shera finishing 10th.
Noblesville’s Abi Little was sixth for the Millers, while Westfield’s Gabby Dilick took seventh.
BOYS MEET
TEAM SCORES: Fishers 41, Avon 58, Zionsville 100, Westfield 109, Hamilton Southeastern 117, Brownsburg 133, Noblesville 142.
Race winner: Gabe Fendel (HSE) 15:17.45, new meet record.
Fishers runners: 2. Sam Kuhn 15:34.46, 4. Ethan Meyer 15:52.29, 10. Will Clark 16:05.38, 12. Thomas Brelage 16:10.84, 13. Matt Brown 16:12.49, 14. Alex Meyer 16:13.63, 20. Quintin Goldman 16:19.84, 27. Dylan Arive 16:32.40, 30. Jared Halamka 16:37.53, 50. Max McCollum 16:54.78, 51. Brandon Reyes 16:56.39, 59. Luke Sorrell 17:02.39.
Westfield runners: 5. Nick Leahy 15:56.20, 8. Samuel Novak 16:00.49, 26. Max Gutwein 16:36.32, 28. Noah Douthit 16:36.32, 46. Luke Tragesser 16:52.24, 49. Tyler Smith 16:54.66, 55. Jon Huntley 17:00.19, 57. Gavin Clinkenbeard 17:00.40, 60. Duncan McGraw 17:03.65, 62. Kyle Koning 17:06.01, 63. Mahamet Djour 17:07.75, 68. Lincoln Strong 17:19.60.
Other Southeastern runners: 17. Grant Wilson 16:17.39, 34. James Rathbun 16:42.53, 35. Brady Jarosinski 16:42.83, 36. Brady Southern 16:43.25, 42. Nathan Cho 16:50.44, 43. Eric Carothers 16:51.22, 53. Ryan Pfanstiel 16:58.26, 66. Eric Swinson 17:16.65, 76. Connor Bryant 17:37.84, 79. Elliott Robinson 17:48.91, 82. AJ Brisben 18:23.34.
Noblesville runners: 21. Zachary Freeman 16:24.00, 25. Cole Kimmel 16:31.65, 31. Nick Dombroski 16:37.65, 33. Billy Gregory 16:41.49, 38. Andrew Anderson 16:46.09, 41. Travis Hickner 16:48.87, 44. Jaden Wills 16:51.32, 52. Jack Commeville 16:57.09, 65. Luke Balciunas 17:13.63, 72. Seth Koszyk 17:29.25.
GIRLS MEET
TEAM SCORES: Zionsville 59, Hamilton Southeastern 64, Brownsburg 69, Fishers 75, Noblesville 84, Westfield 158, Avon 199.
Race winner: Sophia Rigg (Z) 17:45.97, new meet record.
Southeastern runners: 4. Lulu Black 18:06.02, 5. Halle Hill 18:07.84, 9. Lilly Cummins 18:19.53, 20. Ellie Pedersen 19:06.86, 26. Sam Alphin 19:18.90, 37. Ellie Johnson 19:42.15, 46. Brooke Ratliff 19:53.20, 53. Jenna McLean 20:05.96, 55. Lilly Patrick 20:13.33, 66. Grace Howard 20:40.00, 73. Katie Murhling 21:07.91.
Fishers runners: 10. Debbie Shera 18:26.04, 12. Tessa Kraft 18:33.67, 15. Miya Wai 18:51.49, 17. Abby Carter 19:04.31, 21. Kamya Lapsley 19:13.04, 25. Corinne Yorkman 19:18.67, 31. Corinne O’Leary 19:33.06, 32. Elinor Carmona 19:33.81, 43. Emma Julien 19:52.12, 52. Margaret Saul 20:05.72, 54. Mia Contino 20:09.11, 70. Liz Rogers 21:05.99.
Noblesville runners: 6. Abi Little 18:08.27, 13. Sophie Reichard 18:43.92, 16. Bella Sharples-Gordon 18:52.55, 22. Taylor Gregory 19:14.73, 27. Aubrie Deal 19:20.62, 28. Aubrey Swart 19:20.72, 36. Sophie Stahl 19:40.72, 59. Katherine Sandys 20:21.53, 65. Lauren Sandys 20:35.53, 68. Madison King 20:46.02, 75. Grace Judy 21:25.10, 81. Maria Anderson 22:07.25.
Westfield runners: 7. Gabby Dilick 18:09.07, 35. Sarah Coates 19:39.42, 39. Ava Zellers 19:44.44, 40. Carly Bogdajewicz 19:44.67, 41. Kyla Curtis 19:49.47, 42. Ashley Baldwin 19:49.50, 47. Julia Clark 19:55.16, 50. Andie Martin 20:02.26, 56. Sarah Hamlet 20:13.50, 57. Sydney Clifford 20:15.66, 58. Morgen Houck 20:20.61, 62. Isabel Manley 20:32.11.
ABOVE: Hamilton Southeastern’s Gabe Fendel set a new record of 15:17.45 in the boys meet.
BELOW: Southeastern’s Halle Hill (284) and Noblesville’s Abi Little (398) finished in the top 10 of the girls race. (Kent Graham)
