By RICHIE HALL
sports@readthereporter.com
This year’s Hamilton County cross country meet was a little different.
(Reporter photos by Kent Graham)
Noblesville Champions, during the 2022 Hamilton County Cross Country Meet
on 8 8/27/22,2022
It was a new time, a new date, and some new (and some familiar) lineups for the meet. And Carmel’s boys and Noblesville’s girls were feeling good – because they were team champions.
The meet took place Saturday morning at the Chinquapin Ridge course at White River Elementary School in Noblesville, a change from its traditional Tuesday afternoon slot. The Greyhounds boys team sailed to victory by scoring 19 points, monopolizing five of the top seven positions, with the great Kole Mathison leading the way. Meanwhile, the Millers girls placed all of their top seven runners in the top 14, totaling 30 points to easily win that meet.
Mathison was unstoppable as he cruised to a first-place finish. The senior’s time of 15 minutes, 7.1 seconds was 25 seconds ahead of the runner-up, his teammate Anthony Provenzano. Charles Leedke placed fourth, Jack Capes was fifth and Thomas Biltimier was seventh, quickly sealing the team win for Carmel.
Noblesville placed second in the boys meet with a score of 55 points. The Millers had three runners finish in the top 10. Asher Propst took eighth, Ronnie Neal was ninth and Sam Rinker placed 10th.
Bridget Gallagher, during the 2022 Hamilton County Cross Country Meet
on 8 8/27/22,2022
Fishers had a solid result, taking third place by scoring 72 points. Sophomore Sam Quagliaroli was the Tigers’ leader by placing third; Fishers had four runners place in the top 20.
Hamilton Southeastern was fourth as a team; Ashenafi Caylor led the Royals by taking 11th. Westfield was led by Owen Flynn’s 17th place finish. Guerin Catholic’s Ethan Hines finished in sixth place.
In the girls meet, Noblesville had five top-10 finishers. Nadia Perez placed third, while freshman Ansley Applegate took fifth. Summer Rempe and Paige Hazelrigg were sixth and seventh respectively, followed by Riley Flynn in ninth, closing the Millers’ scoring early.
Carmel scored 69 points to take second place. Greyhounds senior Jasmine Klopstad led the way by finishing fourth, and Carmel landed its top five runners in the top 21 to ensure a strong finish.
Hamilton Southeastern was a close third, totaling 73 points. Junior Maggie Powers placed second individually, with Elizabeth Butler taking 11th.
Westfield was fourth, with two runners reaching the top 10. Sydney Klinglesmith finished in eighth and freshman Gianna Ferreri placed 10th.
Guerin Catholic’s Bridget Gallagher was the individual winner, finishing in a time of 18:20.9.
Sam Quagliaroli , during the 2022Hamilton County Cross Country Meet
on 8 8/27/22,2022
Emma Schwertfeger led Fishers by placing 38th.
BOYS MEET
Team scores: Carmel 19, Noblesville 55, Fishers 72, Hamilton Southeastern 111, Westfield 135, Guerin Catholic 138, University 225.
Race winner: Kole Mathison (C) 15:07.1
Other Carmel runners: 2. Anthony Provenzano 15:32.9, 4. Charles Leedke 15:43.1, 5. Jack Capes 15:43.2, 7. Thomas Biltimier 15:54.8, 15. Liam Oman 16:20.0, 23. Carter Buhr 16:34.8, 25. Kyle Grove 16:35.7, 27. Connor Mallon 16:45.2, 28. Kiefer Jay 16:46.2, 34. Maxwell Meisner 16:49.3, 45. Eli Gomez 17:02.5.
Noblesville runners: 8. Asher Propst 15:54.9, 9. Ronnie Neal 15:59.2, 10. Sam Rinker 16:07.3, 12. Alec Moor 16:12.3, 20. Caden Click 16:32.9, 37. Caden Jackson 16:58.3, 44. John Libs 17:02.0, 49. Ashton Burns 17:07.8, 50. Noah Melton 17:10.3, 60. Jack Shinneman 17:40.7, 66. Luke Mumaw 18:15.8.
Fishers runners: 3. Sam Quagliaroli 15:33.7, 13. Austin Wilson 16:14.7, 14. Tate Meaux 16:18.4, 18. Bryson Slagle 16:31.2, 24. Ethan Nix 16:35.6, 30. Caden Carpenter 16:46.8, 33. Cooper Kane 16:49.3, 38. Matthew Kim 16:58.7, 40. Parker Melling 16:58.9, 42. Jaden Guffey 17:01.1, 46. Nate Thomas 17:06.0, 58. Tommy Clark 17:38.6.
Southeastern runners: 11. Ashenafi Caylor 16:09.3, 21. Liam Powers 16:33.2, 22. Ian Ross 16:34.2, 31. Nicolas Vega 16:47.4, 32. Matthew Hemmerling 16:47.4, 36. Zeke Benedict 16:55.8, 41. Michael Chalfant 16:59.1, 48. Adam Warski 17:07.3, 51. Zach Swedarsky 17:14.4, 52. Joe Augustine 17:15.0, 55. Andrew Smith 17:28.5, 57. Brayden Gebhard 17:34.8.
Westfield runners: 17. Owen Flynn 16:31.1, 26. Jack Loiselle 16:37.2, 29. William Cummings 16:46.4, 35. Colin Lakomek 16:54.8, 43. Drew Lovelace 17:01.3, 47. Caleb Haney 17:06.6, 53. Owen Mohler 17:18.2, 56. Ike O’Neill 17:34.6, 63. William Snedeker 17:58.9, 65. Ian Porter 17:59.5, 67. Drew Neely 18:18.9, 71. Charlie Naas 18:45.1.
Guerin Catholic runners: 6. Ethan Hines 15:43.4, 19. Jack Weber 16:31.8, 39. Luke Moster 16:58.7, 54. Maxwell Fish 17:23.9, 59. Johnny King 17:39.4, 61. James Crocker 17:46.0, 62. Hunter Kinzle-Gorman 17:56.1, 64. Nathan Traub 17:59.2, 68. William Gebhardt 18:30.5, 69. Luke Ross 18:35.9, 72. John Museck 18:55.5, 73. Luke Jarymowycz 18:56.1.
University runners: 70. Ben Gleason 18:38.3, 74. Philip Berebitsky 21:28.6, 75. Owen Ascioti 21:32.5, 76. Foster Wilson 21:39.8, 77. Will Besinger 21:41.5.
GIRLS MEET
Team scores: Noblesville 30, Carmel 69, 3. Hamilton Southeastern 73, 4. Westfield 100, 5. Guerin Catholic 106, 6. Fishers 170.
Race winner: Bridget Gallagher (Guerin Catholic) 18:20.9.
Noblesville runners: 3. Nadia Perez 18:33.3, 5. Ansley Applegate 19:03.8, 6. Summer Rempe 19:04.5, 7. Paige Hazelrigg 19:10.4, 9. Riley Flynn 19:15.5, 13. Brooke Lahee 19:21.4, 14. Kennedy Applegate 19:21.5, 16. Brinkley Cooper 19:22.3, 31. Gretchen Graham 20:10.4, 33. Ella Wirkner 20:30.7, 43. Dana Behlmer 21:02.5, 54. Siri Koszyk 21:34.6.
Carmel runners: 4. Jasmine Klopstad 18:42.9, 12. Audrey Ricketts 19:20.8, 17. Kara Wenzler 19:23.4, 18. Emersyn Weaver 19:29.0, 21. Charlotte Konow 19:38.8, 23. Sadie Foley 19:50.6, 27. Ella Gaddis 20:04.9, 30. Nola Elling 20:08.6, 35. Ronni Strzynski 20:35.1, 36. Ellie Smith 20:36.6, 41. Kaitlyn Oshimura 20:55.4.
Southeastern runners: 2. Maggie Powers 18:27.0, 11. Elizabeth Butler 19:16.3, 19. Catey Campbell 19:34.0, 20. Addison Smith 19:35.4, 24. Anaya Lammie 19:51.5, 25. Ciara Kepner 19:58.7, 28. Grace Newton 20:07.5, 29. Ava Powers 20:08.3, 37. Jackie Hurlock 20:36.7, 44. Julianne McLean 21:03.2, 49. Elise Herman 21:13.1.
Westfield runners: 8. Sydney Klinglesmith 19:11.9, 10. Gianna Ferreri 19:15.8, 22. Robyn Schemel 19:42.6, 26. Emily Loiselle 20:01.4, 47. Ena Durbin 21:09.3, 50. Lina Abriani 21:21.0, 53. Olivia Barnett 21:28.1, 59. Izzy McCulloch 21:49.4, 60. Ava Britton-Heitz 21:55.3, 63. Cecilia Schmidt 21:59.2, 69. Hannah Gallagher 22:32.2, 71. Mary Kate Sloan 23:04.0.
Other Guerin Catholic runners: 15. Bailey Freese 19:21.5, 32. Rosie Barrett 20:11.0, 34. Katherine Kolb 20:31.2, 42. Claire Milam 20:59.2, 45. Keira Hines 21:06.3, 46. Grace Boivin 21:06.5, 48. Camille Morrow 21:11.9, 55. Eva Parr 21:36.2, 57. Ella Smith 21:43.8, 58. Isabella Galvin 21:46.8, 70. Sophia Galvin 22:45.4.
Fishers runners: 38. Emma Schwertfeger 20:38.8, 39. Abby Lotter 20:45.6, 40. Addison Kane 20:51.6, 51. Nithya Murthy 21:25.4, 52. Isabella Murch 21:27.9, 56. Mia Schiesser 21:36.9, 61. Katelyn Thomas 21:57.0, 62. Grier Swaim 21:58.1, 64. Claire Riebe 22:08.0, 65. Joana Anton 22:12.3, 66. Corinne McClanahan 22:19.9, 67. Brooke Butts 22:27.8.
University runners: 68. LJ Gregory 22:32.0, 72. Emily Comparini 24:11.3, 73. Kelley Trowbridge 25:51.3.