The Carmel cross country teams swept the championships at the Brownsburg Invitational Saturday, Sept. 6.
The Greyhounds dominated the girls race, scoring 33 points and finishing well ahead of runner-up Franklin Central’s 100 points. Annabel Pollert (17 minutes, 23.03 seconds), Larkin Taylor (17:32.21) and Sadie Foley (17:44.08) finished 2-3-4 for Carmel. Indian Creek’s Libby Dowty won in a time of 17:04.30.
Margo Halle placed seventh for Carmel, clocking in at 18:35.46. Also racing for the ‘Hounds were: 17. Kaitlyn Oshimura, 19:03.47, 19. Anna Yoon 19:05.32, 21. Elise Maurer 19:08.40, 22. Ashley Kent 19:15.13, 27. Maddie Cox 19:24.60, 32. Maija Gilhooly 19:33.48, 38. Arden Finley 19:44.89, 43. Lilliana Cate 20:00.86.
Guerin Catholic placed fourth as a team with 139 points. Chloe Tragesser finished ninth individually with a time of 18:37.07.
Other Golden Eagles runners were: 27. Katherine Kolb 19:29.03, 28. Brinna Wolf 19:29.16, 37. Jillian Tichenor 19:44.08, 46. Taylor Tragesser 20:04.28, 60. Claire Flannagan 20:25.88, 77. Delaney Gould 20:55.86, 80. Kara Van Woerkom 21:00.63, 82. Elly Rodgerson 21:04.60, 100. Lucy Esposito 21:22.21, 156. Anna Maurovich 22:50.30.
In the boys race, Carmel held off Brownsburg 63-66 for the team championship. The Greyhounds were led by Jonah Kaul (15:38.65), Deklin Bowser (15:39.29) and Zach Flint (15:39.53), who finished 9-10-11.
Other Carmel runners were: 17. Cooper Szotek 15:53.48, 21. Lucas Bartlett 15:58.84, 25. Grant Vannahmen 16:01.43, 43. Carter Kellett 16:11.83, 51. Ben Meisner 16:19.77, 63. Isaac Perrin 16:34.66, 65. Cameron Scher-Millan 16:35.01, 76. Grant Parkevich 16:43.93, 92. Kerolos Khalil 17:00.66.
Guerin Catholic placed 12th with 381 points. Cole Eckstein led the Golden Eagles, taking 38th in a time of 16:08.74.
Other GC runners were: 55. Hunter Kinzle-Gorman 16:22.42, 113. Ashton Sommer 17:21.18, 126. Austin Rankin 17:34.81, 130. Brady Linn 17:37.53, 144. John Constantino 17:54.86, 149. Gavin Becher 17:58.48, 175. Andrew Santos 18:26.49, 177. Luke Jarymowycz 18:27.35, 188. Matthias Hoffmann 18:35.82, 192. Adam Koch 18:40.44, 207. Thomas Snyder 18:56.95.
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The Westfield boys won the Harrison Invitational Saturday, Sept. 5.
The Shamrocks scored 93 points, just ahead of runner-up Penn’s 102. Bryce Pittman led Westfield by placing 12th in 16:07.5. Nathan McKeever took 14th in 16:09.9, while Luke Moulder finished 16h in 16:11.2.
Other Shamrocks runners were: 25. Deagan Imel 16:36.7, 26. Carson Ackley 16:37.2, 34. Donovan Ledford 16:45.9, 37. Chase Niccum 16:52.2, 41. Dexter Hoffman 17:02.4, 49. JP Mikels 17:16.2.
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Fishers competed at the Terre Haute North State Preview meet Saturday, Sept. 5 at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course, the site of the IHSAA state finals.
The Tigers placed second in the boys meet, scoring 49 points. Center Grove won the meet with 42 points. Fishers had the individual race winner: Nate Thomas won by a comfortable margin, finishing in 15:51.00.
Declan Mohr placed sixth in 16:12.86, while Mason Lapp finished eighth in 16:24.09. Other Tigers runners were: 13. Reece Torres 16:30.87, 21. Brady FitzGerald 16:38.99, 24. Kale Ormes 16:45.36, 26. Braylen Floyd 16:50.62, 33. Grant Fasnacht 16:58.77, 37. Sam Wing 17:05.13, 49. Cameron Shirvinski 17:23.36, 50. Noah Coles 17:23.55, 52. Ajuna Muzoora 17:24.85.
Fishers placed third in the girls race with 81 points. Caitlin Hawkins was the Tigers’ top runner in that division, placing fourth in 18:45.19.
Other Fishers runners were: 14. Mia Quagliaroli 19:38.05, 17. Riley Teurman 19:43.69, 21. Abby Lotter 19:56.00, 27. Lilah Gunn 20:13.76, 28. Allie Belush 20:23.59, 33. Eve Ziino 20:41.21, 36. Lorelai Polk 20:47.96, 40. Kylie Lenger 21:01.56, 43. Lucy Clark 21:06.48, 48. Laila Jackson 21:14.57, 59. Kate Sheidler 21:33.06.
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Noblesville traveled to Columbus North Saturday, Sept. 6 for the Rick Weinheimer Invitational.
In the boys meet, the Millers placed second to the host Bull Dogs in the AA division. Columbus North scored 42 points to Noblesville’s 53; the Bull Dogs placed five runners in the top 12.
John Libs led the Millers, taking third in 14:58.82. Isaiah Vohs clocked in at 15:09.93 for fourth place, while Banner Barnes finished eighth in a time of 15:12.45.
Other Noblesville runners were: 16. Cooper Click 15:42.66, 18. Jack Rush 15:45.27, 36. Noah Melton 16:23.68, 41. Matthew Huseman 16:24.98, 58. Cohen Baumer 16:53.51, 64. Preston Wells 16:59.14, 65. Kolten Simpson 17:00.58.
The Millers placed third in the girls race, scoring 122 points. Jayde Stamm led Noblesville by taking 11th in 18:52.85. Other runners were: 22. Gretchen Graham 19:25.22, 27. Nelani Render 19:44.81, 29. Kate Mumaw 19:49.84, 33. Addy Scott 19:52.93, 38. Ansley Applegate 20:05.29, 52. Izzy Salinas 20:31.24, 56. Norah Mathes 20:39.00, 80. Emily Reeder 21:22.22, 91. Haylen Kaiser 21:34.64.
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Westfield’s girls competed at the Marion Invitational Saturday, Sept. 6 at Indiana Wesleyan University.
The Shamrocks placed third in the Schlemmer Elite Varsity race, scoring 90 points. Alivia Lozier led Westfield, taking fifth place in a time of 18:01.4.
Other Shamrocks runners were: 18. Jenna Burns 18:56.3, 19. Emma Pitney 18:56.5, 27. Jordyn Landrum 19:33.21, 28. Mackenna Condon 19:35.5, 30. Ella Bozarth 19:42.7, 37. Sam Plummer 19:50.0, 48. Sam Foster 20:23.1, 50. Lyla Osborn 20:31.3, 51. Gianna Ferreri 20:32.5, 73. Vivienne Lyon 21:15.5, 79. Sofia Grisel 21:25.9.
