Indiana High School Athletic Association state cross country meet
Tim Creason | Tribune Correspondent
It all depends upon the way you wish to take a look at it: is the glass half empty or half full?
Penn’s women positioned sixth within the state cross country finals on Saturday. That means they missed out on a spot on the IHSAA prize sales space by one spot. That hurts.
On the opposite hand, 5 of Penn’s seven collegiate runners will return subsequent season, together with three freshmen. The Kingsmen women completed higher than their No. 8 state rating. And if you concentrate on it, they missed out on a spot on the IHSAA awards podium by only one spot.
Zelasko from New Prairie is a dominant semi-state champion in cross country
“I’m definitely on the ‘glass is half full’ side,” stated Penn coach Michael Clements after the 5,000m on the Wabash Valley Sports Center in Terre Haute.
“Really, it would have been hard for us to do better,” he stated. “The five teams that finished ahead of us are really outstanding. All in all, I’m thrilled with how the day went.”
In a slight flurry, 2nd-ranked Noblesville toppled Noblesville No. 1 Columbus North for the ladies’ crew title 122-153.
In a tremendous show of pack working, Noblesville’s prime six runners all positioned within the prime 50 and completed inside 28 seconds. Carmel was third and Homestead fourth.
Penn scored 234, simply forward of Valparaiso (247).
Mary Eubank, a junior, led the Kingsmen women at 18th-Place particular person end, timing 18:37.0. She was the highest finisher from the Tribune division and obtained the primary IHSAA awards medal of her profession.
The prime 5 groups and the highest 20 people obtained medals.
“I’m definitely going to put this up in my room somewhere,” Eubank stated of her award. She ran the second quickest time of her life, solely quicker than her 18:11.7 at New Haven Semistate final week.
“That was definitely one of my best races,” stated Eubank. She ran her first 1,000m in 3:20 and was 3:54 in a strong final 1000 that was largely uphill. “I wanted to start controlled and then just blast to the end.”
One of the runners she handed alongside the best way was New Prairie senior Lilly Zelasko, who did not repeat her superb performances of the previous few weeks. she turned 21St in 18:42.8, one place off the rostrum.
Fort Wayne Concordia’s Alexa Panning edged out Zelasko for the ultimate medal by eight-tenths of a second.
Julia Economou, a senior, was Penn’s No. 2 finisher, 42nd at 19:18.4. Ellie Stabnik was 48th in a private better of 19:25.4.
MorganCollins (101St) and Arianna Balinang (133approx) rounded off the Kingsmen’s rating.
Lily Cridge of Indianapolis Bishop Chatard defended her particular person state championship in 17:14.6. The Oregon senior received a troublesome race from Delta’s Nicki Southerland, who completed second in 17:17.5.
Cridge’s time was the third quickest in State Finals historical past. Mishawaka’s Anna Rohrer nonetheless holds the highest two spots in 2014 and 2012 with 17:08.8 and 17:13.2.
Northridge was not entered as a crew, however three Raider women completed very nicely with Tame Baylis 33approx at 19:03.7. Dakota Moore was 49th and Haylee Hile 54th. LaPorte’s Lila Gillisse, in the meantime, was 41 years outdatedSt at 19:17.1.
Marian Junior Deirdre Tomasek, triple state qualification, was 102ndnd on 20.01.1. She has the chance subsequent season to turn out to be one in all a choose few four-time single-state qualifiers.
IHSAA GIRLS STATE CROSS COUNTY FINALS
At the Wabash Valley Sports Center, Terre Haute
TEAM RESULTS: 122 Noblesville, 153 Columbus North, 177 Carmel, 187 Homestead, 197 Indianapolis North Central, Penn 234, Valparaiso 247, Fort Wayne Concordia 274, Floyd Central 275, Zionsville 279, Guerin Catholic 332, Carroll (Fort Wayne) 334, East Central 346, East Noble 350, Hamilton Southeastern 357, Bloomington South 388, Northview 397, Princeton Community 403, Morgan Ward 429, Warsaw 430, Lake Central 509, Corydon Central 511, Maconaquah 515, Crown Point 526.
Earlier this season, Mishawaka sophomore Liam Bauschke stated he was nonetheless studying methods for highschool cross-country racing.
Looks like the teachings are sinking in.
In his first look on the IHSAA Boys State Finals, Bauschke raced to ninth particular person place on Saturday afternoon in Terre Haute.
He accomplished a 5,000 meter distance on the Wabash Valley Sports Center in quarter-hour and 36.3 seconds and earned a spot on the IHSAA awards sales space. He was the one boy from the Tribune space to obtain a medal.
He was additionally the youngest finisher within the prime 10 – the eight runners earlier than him have been all seniors and juniors – and he was the primary finisher not from an Indianapolis-area faculty.
Yes, that stuff can be vital sooner or later.
As anticipated, Carmel senior Kole Mathison clinched the person championship in 15:02.8. And his teammate Tony Provenzano was second in 15:11.2.
The 1-2 put the Greyhounds in seventeenth placeth Boys Team Title. But it was shut as Carmel defeated Zionsville 103-106, the second narrowest margin in state assembly historical past.
Center Grove completed third and Columbus North fourth.
Northridge ended a superb season with an eighth place end within the boys’ crew standings. The Raiders had 267 factors with Jaxon Miller in twenty ninthth in 16:02.4 to level the best way.
Penn completed 14thth with 361 factors whereas Goshen completed fifteenthth at 370 and La Porte 19th with 444.
Penn’s pack was excellent – 5 Kingsmen completed inside 21 seconds. But it wasn’t far sufficient within the discipline to advantage a visit to the awards platform.
The prime 5 groups and the highest 20 people obtained medals.
Nicholas Probst pulled Penn’s backpack down the goal shaft and stopped for a 90 at 4:40 p.mth– Finish place.
Hudson Kaser got here dwelling in ’93approx at 4:41 p.m. Then Brandon Mueller, 112th at 16:54, William Mickelson 114th at 16:58 and Jack Ryan 119th at 17:01.
Northridge was a bit extra unfold out than typical, however Baylor Miller collected 51St Place in 16:20 and David Gingerich 86th at 4:40 p.m.
For the second straight week, Brayden Sobecki was the La Porte crew chief, driving 16:25.3 for 59th. Goshen’s Tommy Claxton, in the meantime, clocked 16:07.3 for 33approx place in his final highschool cross-country race.
IHSAA BOYS STATE CROSS COUNTRY FINALS
At the Wabash Valley Sports Center, Terre Haute
TEAM RESULTS: Carmel 103, Zionsville 106, Center Grove 143, Columbus North 157, Noblesville 166, Fishers 224, Bloomington North 265, Northridge 267, Chesterton 304, Franklin Central 322, Indianapolis Brebeuf 325, Floyd Central 328, Valparaiso 352, Penn 361, Goshen 370 , 389 Bloomington South, 398 Fort Wayne Concordia, 420 Warsaw, 444 La Porte, 446 Jasper, 465 Lake Central, 505 Hamilton Southeastern, 544 Evansville Reitz, 616 West Lafayette.
25 BEST FINISHERS: 1, Kole Mathison (Carmel) 15:02.8. 2, Tony Provenzano (Carmel) 15:11.2. 3, Cameron Todd (Brebeuf) 15:11.2. 4, Ty Garrett (Center Grove) 15:31.6. 5, Matteo Rosio (Brebeuf) 15:32,4. 6, Asher Propst (Noblesville) 15:33.7. 7, Nate Killeen (Indianapolis North Central) 15:34.7. 8, Brayden Henkle (Franklin Central) 15:35.6. 9, William Bauschke (Mishawaka) 15:36.3. 10, Aaron Lord (New Albany) 15:36.5. 11, Kyle Clark (Bloomington North) 15:37.3. 12, Noah Bontrager (West View) 15:41.0. 13, Ryan Rheam (Bloomington South) 15:42.2. 14, Caden Click (Noblesville) 15:44.6. 15, Samuel Spees (Zionsville) 15:45.1. 16, Emerson Nehring (Plainfield) 15:46.6. 17, Nathan Burns (Mooresville) 15:48.9. 18, Sam Quagliaroli (Fisherman) 15:49.8. 19, Jackson Nolan (Evansville Reitz) 15:49.8. 20, Mateo Mendez (Columbus North) 15:50.0. 21, James Dillabaugh (Valparaíso) 15:51.1. 22, Jaryn Weinel (Jasper) 15:51.4. 23, Ryan York (Hanover Central) 15:54.8. 24, Clayton Guthrie (Columbus North) 15:55.2. 25, Noah Nifong (Floyd Central) 15:57.1.
NORTHRIDGE FINISHER: 29, Jaxon Miller 16:02…51, Baylor Miller 16:20…86, David Gingerich 16:40…110, Will Knox 16:53…116, Marc Hernandez 16:59…125, Xavier Miller 17:09…141, Jonathan Spicher 17:20.
PENN FINISHER: 90, Nicholas Probst 16:40…93, Hudson Kaser 16:41…112, Brandon Mueller 16:54…114, William Mickelson 16:58…119, Jack Ryan 17:01…132, Matthew Givens 17:16…201, Kush Grewal 18:54.
GOSHEN FINISHER: 33, Tommy Claxton 16:07…48, Luis Loera-Arambula 16:19…103, Dorian Diaz 16:50…140, Alexander Lopez 17:19…180, Peter Moser 18:03…193, Lincoln Clark 18:31… 203, Brady Abney 19:06.
LA PORTE FINISHER: 59, Brayden Sobecki 16:25…81, Janan Pillai 16:38…130, Hunter Quadlin 17:15…162, Preston Peterson 17:37…170, Stephen Klimczak 17:47…171, Liam Lilly 17:50…173, Karl Tonagel 17:51.
