The REPORTER
The Carmel girls cross country team kept the pace and then some at an exceptionally fast Eagle Classic, which took place Saturday, Sept. 13 at Eagle Park in Brown County.
The Greyhounds won the team event with 49 points, comfortably ahead of runner-up Bloomington South’s 83 points. Carmel placed three runners in the top five to quickly take control of the team standings.
Annabel Pollert was the race runner-up in a time of 17 minutes, 28.6 seconds, just ahead of her third-place teammate Sadie Foley (17:28.9). Larkin Taylor finished fifth in 17:37.1. The race winner was Pendleton Heights’ Anya Zoeller, who stunned the field with a winning time of 16:53.5. That is a new course record and the first time a girls runner has run a sub-17 minute race at Eagle Park.
Other Greyhounds runners were: 22. Margo Halle 18:38.4, 33. Anna Yoon 19:07.9, 39. Elise Maurer 19:23.1, 40. Kaitlyn Oshimura 19:25.3, 45. Ashley Kent 19:29.1, 62. Maija Gilhooly 19:50.2, 80. Madeline Cox 20:29.1.
Carmel also won the boys race, scoring 83 points. Jonah Kaul led the Greyhounds by taking third place in 15:28.0, while Deklin Bowser also reached the top 10, placing ninth in 15:38.8.
Other Carmel boys runners were: 16. Zach Flint 15:47.0, 31. Carter Buhr 16:07.8, 36. Lucas Bartlett 16:10.6, 47. Ben Meisner 16:19.0, 49. Grant VanNahmen 16:20.8, 70. Isaac Perrin 16:33.4, 106. Zachary Judy 16:55.1, 151. Cooper Szotek 17:37.7.
Westfield’s boys placed ninth with 231 points. Nathan McKeever led the Shamrocks with a 23rd-place finish (16:00.7).
Other Westfield runners were: 33. Bryce Pittman 16:08.7, 37. Luke Moulder 16:11.5, 87. Carson Ackley 16:42.0, 93. Graham Hoffman 16:46.8, 96. JP Mikels 16:48.1, 110. Deagan Imel 16:56.6, 111. Donovan Ledford 16:57.1, 117. Chase Niccum 16:59.5, 121. Dexter Hoffman 17:00.9.
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Guerin Catholic hosted the All-Catholic Invitational Saturday, Sept. 13, with the Golden Eagles boys team winning its division.
The GC boys scored 36 points, placing solidly ahead of Bishop Chatard’s 54 points. Guerin sewed up the title quickly by landing five runners in the top 11. Cole Eckstein led the way, finishing as individual runner-up in a time of 16:23.9.
Other top 12 Golden Eagles boys runners were: 5. Hunter Kinzle-Gorman 16:53.1, 8. Ashton Sommer 17:06.4, 10. Austin Rankin 17:13.6, 11. Timmy Galvin 17:15.8, 32. Gavin Belcher 18:13.0, 33. Andrew Santos 18:13.4, 37. Brady Linn 18:22.3, 38. Adam Koch 18:25.8, 42. John Constantino 18:32.3, 47. Matthias Hoffmann 18:41.6, 48. Luke Jarymowycz 18:42.9.
The Guerin Catholic girls finished a close second to Chatard; the Trojans edged out the Golden Eagles 45-47. Chloe Tragesser was the individual runner-up, clocking in at 18:50.5.
Other top 12 Guerin Catholic runners were: 5. Brinna Wolf 19:37.7, 7. Katie Kolb 19:42.2, 14. Taylor Tragesser 20:05.2, 19. Jillian Tichenor 20:19.9, 26. Delaney Gould 20:53.4, 29. Keira Hines 20:57.1, 33. Kara Van Woerkom 21:19.4, 34. Lucy Esposito 21:26.1, 52. Anna Maurovich 22:33.7, 54. Maggie Scott 22:35.7, 55. Isabella Galvin 22:37.4.
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Four Hamilton County teams competed in the Indiana Wesleyan Wildcat Classic Saturday, Sept. 13.
In the girls race, Hamilton Southeastern placed third with 120 points, Hamilton Heights took sixth by scoring 183 points, and Westfield finished 10th with 236 points. The Huskies’ Allie Bushey was the top county finisher, placing ninth. Anissa Lammie (15th) and Zoe Gebhart (18th) both reached the top 20 for the Royals.
In the boys race, Southeastern also placed third, scoring 102 points. Noblesville finished sixth by scoring 148 points, and Heights took 12th place with a total of 364 points.
The Royals’ Isaac Smith was the top county finisher, placing fourth in a time of 15:33.1.
GIRLS RACE
Southeastern runners: 15. Anissa Lammie 19:13.5, 18. Zoe Gebhart 19:21.1, 27. Katelyn Evans 19:36.5, 29. Ali Johnson 19:37.6, 31. Raegan Hissong 19:43.4, 42. Charlotte Dragoo 20:01.1, 49. Aubrey Berger 20:08.2, 57. Kate Lux 20:26.6, 61. Danika Harris 20:32.4, 74. Avery Francis 20:56.8, 79. Makenzie Blom 21:07.2, 86. Olivia Allen 21:12.8.
Heights runners: 9. Allie Bushey 18:38.4, 17. Lillian Higgins 19:16.3, 46. Anna Monnin 20:05.8, 48. Matilda Higgins 20:08.1, 65. Amira Leer 20:36.3, 104. Ayla Madara 21:32.3, 144. Selah Heuer 22:59.4, 172. Hattie Graham 23:54.4.
Westfield runners: 35. Ella Bozarth 19:48.2, 37. Sam Foster 19:53.8, 52. Sam Plummer 20:17.7, 55. Ella Lidskin 20:25.3, 58. Lyla Osborn 20:26.8, 87. Sofia Grisel 21:13.1, 95. Carly Davis 21:25.5, 103. Elle Meyers 21:32.3, 109. Sylvia O’Neill 21:39.5, 110. Claudia Southworth 21:40.1, 112. Maggie Naas 21:41.6, 136. Vivienne Lyon 22:35.21.
BOYS RACE
Southeastern runners: 4. Isaac Smith 15:33.1, 14. Monroe Cluff 16:01.11, 16. Charles Ritter 16:04.2, 29. Hayden Hoback 16:25.2, 39. Porter Key 16:35.71, 47. Aiden Brier 16:42.7, 49. Max Kleinbub 16:45.1, 58. Trewman Francis 16:49.3, 61. Mackey Pope 16:51.1, 69. Omar Elsayed 16:56.5, 76. Andrew Butler 17:02.21, 79. Cameron Conn 17:03.3.
Noblesville runners: 20. John Libs 16:08.0, 21. Banner Barnes 16:08.1, 22. Isaiah Vohs 16:08.2, 42. Noah Melton 16:37.8, 43. Cohen Baumer 16:38.3, 44. Cooper Click 16:38.3, 66. Preston Wells 16:56.1, 71. Jack Rush 16:59.8, 74. Charlie Kimmel 17:00.2, 84. Kolten Simpson 17:10.4, 85. Matthew Huseman 17:10.6, 159. Gavin Flynn 18:25.9.
Heights runners: 36 Isaiah Heuer 16:33.4, 50. Nicholas Bragg 16:45.4, 112. Thomas Girolamo 17:41.5, 128. Hudson Holt 17:59.0, 138. Aiden Clarke 18:03.9, 148. Charles Wedmore 18:09.7, 158. Finn Bowman 18:24.6, 162. Will Monnin 18:33.6, 183. Noah Heuer 19:07.0, 188. Luke Alwardt 19:19.7.
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University and Westfield’s boys raced in the Ben Davis Invitational Saturday, Sept. 13.
In the boys race, the Shamrocks placed third with 127 points, while the Trailblazers were 13th with 361 points. Luke Stevens led Westfield, placing 15th in 17:13.11, with University’s Finlay Reid right behind him in 16th place (17:13.51).
Other Shamrocks runners were: 19. Owen Dilley 17:15.84, 27. Max Lynaugh 17:32.41, 29. Jace Lee 17:34.27, 37. Corbin Hasler 17:41.58, 42. Tyler O’Rourke 17:45.74, 43. Brayden Cring 17:46.14, 59. John Obusek 18:06.27, 62. Brecken Snyder 18:07.57, 89. Taye Gutwein 18:44.28.
Other Trailblazers runners were: 58. Mario Buoscio 18:05.49, 68. Walter Wilson 18:15.17, 144. Calvin Xu 20:42.16, 151. Chris Hocutt 21:11.70, 159. Grant Fitzwater 21:36.90.
University’s girls team placed ninth with 215 points. Laurel Gough-McKeown finished fourth for the Blazers in 19:54.16. Other University runners were: 36. Raya Stennis 22:50.39, 43. Navya Shah 23:12.18, 75. Helen Ernst 25:34.65, 87. Duygu Arseven 27:07.68, 88. Delaney Blair 27:21.52.
