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Nearly every area high school cross country team was in action Saturday at the New Haven Classic and there were plenty of impressive times registered as the season creeps ever closer to the first IHSAA state series after the major format change.
In the big school division, Tyler Godwin competed for Bluffton, finishing fourth overall. He ran with some of the most elite high school runners in the race, including Westview’s phenomenal sophomore, Noah Bontrager, who won the race by over 22 seconds.
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That left the Tigers without their best runner, but they still managed a seventh-place finish in the mid-school division race out of 20 teams.
Bellmont’s Hayden Whittenbarger finished as the top Braves’ runner for the first time in his career, carrying the torch for the team after Hudson Krull was hampered by an injury. The Braves finished in 12th place without Krull’s usual performance.
Boys AA Team Scores
1. SB Riley 142
2. West Noble 154
3. Lapel 157
4. Norwell 165
5. Heritage 173
7. Bluffton 205
12. Bellmont 263
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Notable Individual Results
1. Cam Smith-Lapel 16:18.5
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6. Keaton Walker-Blackford 17:03.9
9. Levi Johns-Bluffton 17:12.5
18. Jude Baumgartner-Bluffton 17:35.7
21. Jaxon Hoting-Heritage 17:40.4
23. Gage Reinhard-Norwell 17:44.3
26. Corban Roth-Heritage 17:50.6
27. Elijah Jacob-Norwell 17:56.2
31. Gabe Hanford-Heritage 18:10.9
35. Lukas Mashuda-Norwell 18:15.5
37. Hayden Whittenbarger-Bellmont 18:17.6
38. Gavin Threewits-Norwell 18:18.6
42. Luke Johnson-Norwell 18:27.0
43. Harry Gunsett-Bellmont 18:28.1
45. Marshall Harris-Heritage 18:33.0
49. Aidan Graves-Bluffton 18:42.1
50. Hayden Amstein-Heritage 18:44.6
52. Hudson Krull-Bellmont 18:45.4
54. Maddux Miller-Bellmont 18:46.0
64. Jackson Rockwell-Bluffton 19:02.3
65. Brett Kuhlenbeck-Bluffton 19:06.8
Boys AAA Team Scores
1. Goshen 74
2. Homestead 82
3. Carroll (FW) 91
8. Leo 185
10. Columbia City 313
12. DeKalb 349
14. New Haven 383
16. Huntington North 445
Individual Results
1. Noah Bontrager-Westview 15:48.9
2. Zane Meyer-Edgewood 16:11.5
3. Dorian Diaz-Goshen 16:23.9
4. Tyler Godwin-Bluffton 16:28.3