CARL RISCH
WZBD.com
The IHSAA state cross country meets were held Saturday in Terre Haute.
In the boys’ race, Westview’s Noah Bontrager was denied a state title in an agonizing way, being passed at the line by Springs Valley’s Calvin Seitz. Both runners were credited with the same time, but the photo finish gave the title to Seitz, a junior.
Meanwhile, in the girls’ race, Carmel edged out Concordia Lutheran for the team state title.
Indian Creek’s Libby Dowty dominated the field late in the race, winning in 17:10 by beating Macey Thompson of Lake Central by eight points.
Boys’ Meet
Team Scores: 1st-Columbus North 58, 2nd-Noblesville 129, 3rd-Homestead 150
Local Teams: 16th-Carroll (FW) 374, 22nd-Angola 558, 23rd-Concordia Lutheran 582
Local Competitors: 15th-Sam Sweet-Carroll (FW) (15:34.7), 16th-Bryan Garcia-New Haven (15:36.0), 26th-Jace Trevino-Homestead (15:44.9), 35th-Cooper Knoblauch-Homestead (15:51.7), 41st-Kai Feasel-Carroll (FW) (15:55.5)
Girls’ Meet
Team Scores: 1st-Carmel 100, 2nd-Concordia Lutheran 129, 3rd-Bloomington South 150, 4th-Homestead 172, 5th-Penn 210, 20th-Columbia City 473
Local Competitors: 5th-Daphne Weller-Concordia Lutheran (17:34.2), 13th-Kenya Leitch-Columbia City (17:52.4), 17th-Clare Lebrija-Homestead (17:58.9), 42nd-Chloe Gibson-East Noble (18:46.6), 43rd-Rowyn Norris-Leo (18:46.7), 137th-Abigail Ramseyer-Bluffton 19:41.2
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