The REPORTER
The Carmel girls cross country team put together a remarkable performance at the Nike Twilight meet, which took place Saturday, Oct. 4 at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute.
The Greyhounds easily won the team title, scoring 74 points. Carmel landed three runners in the top 10: Annabel Pollert placed fifth in 17 minutes, 31.29 seconds, Sadie Foley placed seventh in 17:35.22 and Larkin Taylor was eighth in 17:37.83.
Margo Halle finished 36th (18:41.02), while Kaitlyn Oshimura placed 49th (18:56.36). Other Greyhounds runners were: 103. Maddie Cox 19:27.80, T104. Anna Yoon 19:28.53, 120. Lilliana Cate 19:36.24, 137. Ashley Kent 19:48.51, 207. Elise Maurer 20:25.63.
Westfield scored 297 points, placing seventh as a team. Alivia Lozier finished 25th to lead the Shamrocks, clocking in at 18:15.92. Other Westfield runners were: 53. Jenna Burns 18:59.76, 67. Emma Pitney 19:08.05, 107. Ella Bozarth 19:28.82, 114. Jordyn Landrum 19:35.35, 117. Gianni Ferreri 19:35.60, 123. Mackenna Condon 19:38.32, 145. Samantha Foster 19:51.79, 178. Sam Plummer 20:04.96, 195. Ella Lidskin 20:16.14.
Guerin Catholic totaled 422 points to finish in 10th place. Chloe Tragesser led the Golden Eagles by placing 29th in a time of 18:29.60.
Other Guerin Catholic runners were: 72. Brinna Wolf 19:11.27, 96. Katherine Kolb 19:25.64, 129. Claire Flannagan 19:42.22, 186. Jillian Tichenor 20:10.47, 232. Delaney Gould 20:44.84, 241. Elly Rodgerson 20:52.32, 250. Caroline Ford 20:56.38, 264. Keira Hines 21:05.44, 278. Kara Van Woerkom 21:15.52.
Fishers placed 12th as a team with 439 points. Caitlin Hawkins took 12th individually to lead the Tigers, finishing in a time of 17:55.46.
Other Fishers runners were: 93. Allie Belush 19:24.09, 94. Mia Quagliaroli 19:24.41, 151. Riley Teurman 19:52.95, 181. Lilah Gunn 20:06.82, 183. Kylie Lengner 20:08.96, 187. Abby Lotter 20:11.60, 209. Eve Ziino 20:27.24, 212. Lorelai Polk 20:30.43, 303. Aaliyah Hayes 21:30.06.
Noblesville finished 13th with 460 points. Jayde Stamm led the Millers by placing 35th with a time of 18:37.48.
Other Noblesville runners were: 80. Ansley Applegate 19:14.44, 131. Nelani Render 19:42.89, 143. Gretchen Graham 19:51.25, 174. Addy Scott 20:03.83, 190. Izzy Salinas 20:12.36, 196. Kate Mumaw 20:16.79, 257. Norah Mathes 21:00.66, 273. Emmy Reeder 21:11.80, 328. Haylen Kaiser 21:53.18.
Hamilton Southeastern had three runners compete. Ali Johnson placed 110th in 19:30.15, Anissa Lammie finished 244th in 20:54.06 and Danika Harris placed 262nd in 21:04.24.
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In the boys race, Noblesville finished as runner-up to Columbus North. The Bull Dogs scored 115 points to win, with the Millers scoring 187 points.
Banner Barnes led Noblesville with a 10th-place finish, clocking in at 15:01.9. Other Millers runners were: 15. John Libs 15:09.3, 27. Isaiah Vohs 15:29.6, 61. Cooper Click 15:49.4, 113. Jack Rush 16:11.9, 171. Noah Melton 16:33.3, 176. Matt Huseman 16:34.2, 253. Josh Moller 16:57.2, 342. Preston Wells 17:25.2, 377. Kolten Simpson 17:37.4.
Carmel scored 345 points to finish eighth as a team. Greyhounds runners were: 31. Jonah Kaul 15:31.4, 77. Zach Flint 15:55.9, 84. Lucas Bartlett 16:00.8, 92. Carter Buhr 16:04.8, 118. Ben Meisner 16:14.5, 167. Cooper Szotek 16:31.8, 180. Isaac Perrin 16:35.5, 186. Carter Kellett 16:39.5, 243. Grant Vannahmen 16:54.4, 309. Cameron Scher-Millan 17:13.0.
Hamilton Southeastern placed 13th, scoring 431 points. Liam Powers finished eighth individually with a time of 15:01.3. Other Royals runners were: 47. Isaac Smith 15:43.0, 112. Hayden Hoback 16:10.6, 134. Charles Ritter 16:21.0, 195. PJ Key 16:42.3, 245. Will Henning 16:54.6, T270. Andrew Butler 17:01.6, 283. Omar Elsayed 17:06.5, 305. Aiden Brier 17:12.4, 363. Trewman Franci 17:32.7.
Fishers scored 497 points, placing 16th. Tigers runners were: 43. Reece Torres 15:39.3, 84. Declan Mohr 16:00.8, 142. Kale Ormes 16:24.6, 144. Brady FitzGerald 16:25.3, 154. Nathan Thomas 16:27.8, 168. Braylen Floyd 16:32.5, 184. Sam Wing 16:39.1, 189. Mason Lapp 16:40.4, 252. Grant Fasnacht 16:56.8, T270. Cameron Shirvinski 17:01.6.
Westfield scored 621 points to take 22nd place. Shamrocks runners were: 57. Bryce Pittman 15:48.4, 87. Luke Moulder 16:01.9, 152. Nathan McKeever 16:27.3, 187. Carson Ackley 16:40.0, 222. Chase Niccum 16:49.4, 284. Deagan Imel 17:06.6, 308. Graham Hoffman 17:12.8, 323. Donovan Ledford 17:18.0, 325. JP Mikels 17:18.7, 356, Dexter Hoffman 17:30.9.
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Hamilton Heights swept the Bluffton Stan Gilbert Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 4.
The Huskies’ girls scored 21 points, placing all six of their runners in the top 20. Lillian Higgins was the individual runner-up, clocking in at 19:56.1. Matilda Higgins placed fourth in 20:56.2 and Amira Leer finished fifth with a time of 21:08.3.
Ayla Madara (eighth, 21:28.1) and Selah Heuer (10th, 23:06.0) also landed in the top 10. Hattie Graham placed 18th, with a time of 24:55.7.
The Huskies’ boys team scored 31 points to win that division, taking three of the top five places. Aiden Clarke finished third with a time of 17:27.7, followed by Hudson Holt in fourth (17:33.8) and Isaiah Heuer in fifth (17:37.0).
Nicholas Bragg also reached the top 10, placing seventh in 17:40.7. Heights’ other top seven runners were Charles Wedmore in 12th (18:01.7), Will Monnin in 13th (18:03.0) and Thomas Girolamo in 14th (18:09.2).
