The future is looking good for the Noblesville boys cross country team, which also means the present season will be a good one.
The Millers have a dramatically larger roster this season compared to last year. Noblesville coach Kent Graham said that 56 runners are out for the team, compared to 38 last season. With all those new runners added to some solid returning athletes, Graham said he is hoping “to be a little more competitive in the conference and the sectional” this year.
“I’m really excited with our roster size, for one,” said Graham.
Among the returning runners are a handful of seniors with varsity experience. Seniors Truman Angell, Luke Balciunas, Jack Commeville and Zachary Freeman are back. Two more seniors, Bryce Gatewood and Jaden Wills, both reached the state finals in track and field; Graham noted that running cross country “certainly should help their track season as well” in the spring.
“We have a good set of seniors,” said Graham.
Returning juniors include Justin Amburgy, Braedon Gossard and Blake Hipkiss. Sophomore Seth Koszyk also saw varsity races last season.
Already some of the freshmen are making an impact. Andrew Anderson, Cole Kimmel, Billy Gregory and Ian Montarsi have been early leaders of the new class.
“We have some incoming freshman that are doing very well,” said Graham.
Noblesville opens its season Saturday at the Zionsville Invitational.
ROSTER
Seniors: Truman Angell, Luke Balciunas, Nash Calvin, Jack Commeville, Zachary Freeman, Bryce Gatewood, Nasser Hegar, Ethan Holland, Luke Kimmel, Benjamin Nelson-Mercer, Ricky Nguyen, Connor Sullivan, Jaden Wills.
Juniors: Justin Amburgy, Samuel Chezem, Nicholas Dombroski, Brenden Donnelly, Eric Foley, Braedon Gossard, Blake Hipkiss, Kearns Nelson, Patrick Simpson, Dwayne Zeissig.
Sophomores: Aaron Donnelly, Zachary Holove, Jeffrey Iles, Seth Koszyk, Jack Taylor, Michael Wolff.
Freshmen: Andrew Anderson, Evan Burnette, Evan Campbell, Caleb Dugger, Garion Eaton, Nathaniel Foster, Billy Gregory, Jack Harmeyer, Alexander Helton, Jack Hickner, Travis Hickner, Steven Ho, Cole Kimmel, Tao Larson, Ian Montarsi, Blake Moore, Samuel Passey, Charles Radcliffe, Jacob Renner, Maxwell Sackenheim, Thadeus Shipley, Conner Simpson, William Sndyer, Anthony Vieceli, Logan Warner, Parker Weis.
SCHEDULE
Aug. 19: at Zionsville Invitational, 9 a.m.
Aug. 22: Harrison 8-Way, 5 p.m.
Aug. 26: Noblesville Hokum Karem, 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 29: County meet, 5:30 p.m. at Noblesville
Sept. 2: at Columbus North Classic, 8:30 a.m.
Sept. 9: at Wildcat Classic Invitational, 8:30 a.m.
Sept. 14: at Brebeuf Jesuit JV Invitational, 5 p.m.
Sept. 16: Flashrock Invitational, 9:30 a.m. at Northview Church
Sept. 19: at Hamilton Southeastern JV Triangular Meet, 5 p.m.
Sept. 23: at New Haven Classic, 9 a.m.
Sept. 30: HCC meet, 10 a.m. at Noblesville
Oct. 3: at North Central JV Invitational, 5 p.m.