Royals break through at Wildcat Classic

The Hamilton Southeastern girls cross country team won the Wildcat Classic at Indiana Wesleyan University on Saturday, with the Royals boys team finishing as runner-up. (Photo provided)

The Hamilton Southeastern girls cross country team won the Wildcat Classic Invitational, which took place Saturday at Indiana Wesleyan University.

The Royals scored 42 points, and landed three runners in the top 10. Maggie Powers was the individual runner-up, Elizabeth Butler placed seventh and Addison Smith was 10th.

Noblesville finished fourth in the invitational, with Gretchen Graham placing 19th.

In the boys race, Southeastern finished as the runner-up with 86 points, behind only Penn, the winner with 64 points. Ash Caylor had a good result for the Royals, placing third.

Fishers placed seventh; Jaden Guffey led the Tigers by finishing 38th. Noblesville took 12th as a team, with Ashton Burns pacing the Millers by placing 45th.

 

GIRLS RACE

Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 42, Concordia Lutheran 66, East Noble 90, Noblesville 161, West Lafayette 167, Norwell 194, Harrison 220, Adams Central 261, Pendleton Heights 275, Yorktown 303, Columbia City 312, Huntington North 314, South Bend Riley 324, Warren Central 366, Culver Academies 372, Lafayette Jefferson 376.

Race winner: Addison Lindsey (East Noble) 18:00.9.

Southeastern runners: 2. Maggie Powers 18:21.6, 7. Elizabeth Butler 19:16.8, 10. Addison Smith 19:37.6, 14. Catey Campbell 19:45.6, 16. Ciara Kepner 19:53.5, 18. Ava Powers 19:55.5, 22. Grace Newton 19:58.9, 24. Elise Herman 20:04.3, 31. Anaya Lammie 20:20.8, 47. Angelina Anglum 21:01.0, 49. Jackie Hurlock 21:01.9, 55. Julianne McLean 21:07.6.

Noblesville runners: 19. Gretchen Graham 19:56.7, 30. Ella Wirkner 20:20.3, 34. Lexi Miller 20:26.3, 44. Brooklyn Couch 20:56.2, 53. Allie Stamm 21:04.3, 54. Dana Behlmer 21:04.3, 60. Addison Emmerson 21:17.8, 69. Siri Koszyk 21:42.1, 80. Megan Meinerding 22:09.2, 91. Lauren Scott 22:25.8, 94. Hailee Ballard 22:30.7, 98. Isabella Lingenfelter 22:37.3.

 

BOYS RACE

Team scores: Penn 64, Hamilton Southeastern 86, Concordia Lutheran 131, NorthWood 171, West Lafayette 183, Pendleton Heights 238, Fishers 240, Harrison 252, Belpre 256, Wapahani 260, McCutcheon 266, Noblesville 272, Columbia City 333, South Bend Riley 337, Culver Academies 351, Southport 434, Lafayette Jefferson 45, Yorktown 486.

Race winner: Blake Rodgers (Belpre) 15:48.2.

Southeastern runners: 3. Ash Caylor 16:11.9, 14. Liam Powers 16:41.0, 26. Adam Warski 16:54.0, 28. Matthew Hemmerling 17:02.7, 29. Andrew Smith 17:04.91, 31. Zeke Benedict 17:05.6, 33. Michael Chalfant 17:06.4, 35. Ian Ross 17:09.8, 58. Zach Swedarsky 17:24.0, 78. Brayden Gebhard 17:38.71, 94. Tate Watson 17:54.1.

Fishers runners: 38. Jaden Guffey 17:11.7, 48. Elza Niemeier 17:17.1, 57. Henry Wood 17:23.0, 64. Cooper Mohr 17:28.2, 66. Dylan Wolf 17:30.3, 67. Tommy Clark 17:31.1, 76. Grant Belush 17:37.21, 77. Ethan Nix 17:38.3, 102. Carter Pritchett 18:03.1, 103. Wade Hillman-Strabbing 18:03.5, T108. Luke Godleski 18:06.8, 125. John Myers 18:23.5.

Noblesville runners: 45. Ashton Burns 17:15.7, 51. Caden Jackson 17:18.2, 61. Jackson Unthum 17:27.0, 70. Jack Shinneman 17:33.4, 83. Jude Naville 17:43.6, 96. Grant Warnock 17:56.6, 99. Luke Mumaw 17:59.7, 120. Bode Barnes 18:20.8, 124. Simon Adams 18:23.0, 126. Luke Conrad 18:26.5, 131. Cooper Click 18:32.21, 150. Ryan Clark 19:08.3.

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Guerin Catholic hosted the All-Catholic meet on Saturday, and swept both the boys and girls divisions.

The Golden Eagles boys team scored 39 points to claim first place. Jack Weber was the race winner, clocking in at a time of 16 minutes, 3.9 seconds. Ethan Hines placed third and Luke Moster was 10th.

Guerin Catholic’s girls won their meet with a score of 37 points. Bridget Gallagher led the way by taking third, while Bailey Freese, Rosie Barrett and Katherine Kolb finished 6-7-8. Bishop Chatard’s Lily Cridge won the race in a time of 17:17.5.

 

Guerin Catholic boys runners: 1. Jack Weber 16:03.9, 3. Ethan Hines 16:21.4, 10. Luke Moster 17:11.9, 11. Maxwell Fish 17:22.5, 14. Hunter Kinzle-Gorman 17:32.9, 16. Johnny King 17:46.0, 17. James Crocker 17:49.1, 25. Luke Ross 18:13.0, 36. William Gebhardt 18:36.2, 39. Nathan Traub 18:47.2.

Guerin Catholic girls runners: 3. Bridget Gallagher 18:39.3, 6. Bailey Freese 20:10.4, 7. Rosie Barrett 20:13.2, 8. Katherine Kolb 20:14.2, 13. Claire Milam 20:48.2, 15. Grace Boivin 20:51.7, 18. Keira Hines 20:57.7, 22. Camille Morrow 21:13.7, 29. Ella Smith 21:41.7, 33. Sophia Galvin 21:52.3.

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The Carmel boys team won the Brown County Eagle Classic on Saturday.

The Greyhounds scored 66 points and were led by Kole Mathison, who easily won the individual title in a time of 14:52.1. Two more Carmel runners reached the top 10: Anthony Provenzano placed sixth and Charlie Leedke finished 10th.

Westfield’s boys placed ninth with 281 points; Jack Loiselle led the Shamrocks by placing 39th.

In the girls race, Carmel finished second with 125 points. Jasmine Klopstad led the ‘Hounds by taking fifth. Westfield’s girls placed 11th; Sydney Klinglesmith finished in 13th place.

 

GIRLS RACE

Team scores: Columbus North 75, Carmel 125, Zionsville 145, North Central 159, Floyd Central 190, Bloomington South 191, Northview 220, Indian Creek 248, Edgewood 252, Morgan Township 253, Westfield 265, East Central 268, Corydon Central 323, Bloomington North 329, Brebeuf Jesuit 339, Franklin Community 352, Jasper 361.

Race winner: Julia Kiesler (Columbus North) 17:28.7.

Carmel runners: 5. Jasmine Klopstad 18:25.6, 24. Sadie Foley 19:15.2, 29. Kara Wenzler 19:22.6, 33. Charlotte Konow 19:25.5, 38. Audrey Ricketts 19:29.0, 39. Emerson Weaver 19:33.5, 47. Kaitlyn Oshimura 19:42.2, 49. Ella Gaddis 19:45.5, 53. Raya Chauhan 19:54.7, 63. Nola Elling 20:07.8.

Westfield runners: 13. Sydney Klinglesmith 18:54.3, 36. Gianna Ferreri 19:27.5, 64. Robyn Schemel 20:11.0, 84. Emily Loiselle 20:48.5, 94. Ena Durbin 21:03.0, 103. Galiena Colon 21:12.3, 116. Olivia Barnett 21:28.6, 131. Hannah Gallagher 21:52.1, 140. Ava Britton-Heitz 22:19.9, 146. Lina Abriani 22:39.7.

BOYS RACE

Team scores: Carmel 66, Zionsville 93, Columbus North 103, Center Grove 150, Brebeuf Jesuit 193, Bloomington South 226, Floyd Central 234, Bloomington North 236, Westfield 281, New Albany 282, North Central 304, Jasper 310, Avon 313, Perry Meridian 338, Northview 353, Austin 399, Lawrence North 408, Castle 453, Tell City 455.

Race winner: Kole Mathison (Carmel) 14:52.1.

Other Carmel runners: 6. Anthony Provenzano 15:20.7, 10. Charlie Leedke 15:28.1, 25. Jack Capes 15:45.9, 28. Thomas Biltimier 15:52.9, 34. Connor Mallon 16:04.0, 40. Max Meisner 16:13.1, 47. KJ Sweeney 16:18.8, 55. Kyle Grove 16:29.5, 56. Liam Oman 16:34.4.

Westfield runners: 39. Jack Loiselle 16:12.5, 66. Sam Hinds 16:44.4, 69. Drew Lovelace 16:47.1, 73. William Cummings 16:51.3, 85. Caleb Haney 17:08.1, 89. Ike O’Neill 17:10.0, 92. Owen Mohler 17:14.3, 98. Owen Flynn 17:19.5, 110. Colin Lakomek 17:31.2, 126. Ian Porter 17:50.2.

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Hamilton Heights competed in the Maconaquah Invitational on Saturday, with the Huskies boys placing fifth and the girls taking sixth.

Heights boys runners: 13. Steven Case 17:51.8, 22. Rudy Bowman 18:30.9, 23. Isaiah Heuer 18:33.6, 35. Aiden Orton 18:57.8, 44. Max Bowman 19:23.3, 47. Evan Williamson 19:31.9, 55. Frederick Flack 20:01.2, 57. Hudson Holt 20:06.2, 59. Aiden Clarke 20:15.0, 60. Brayden Jewell 20:16.5.

Heights girls runners: 11. Mary Ella Bichey 21:08.6, 29. Kendall Moe 23:03.8, 33. Juliana Springman 23:25.1, 41. Waverly Wolever 24:15.7, 52. Ella Ewing 25:07.3, 54. Anna Monnin 25:16.5, 56. Madison Shively 25:19.9, 71. Ahli Buzan 27:05.8, 72. Veronica Pruitt 27:12.4, 78. Mary Ella Bowman 28:04.5.

 

CUTLINES

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The Hamilton Southeastern girls cross country team won the Wildcat Classic at Indiana Wesleyan University on Saturday, with the Royals boys team finishing as runner-up.