East Noble put four girls in the Top Ten at Saturday’s NE8 XC Meet and took the team title, beating out Huntington North for the trophy.
Norwell finished fifth as a team and the Bellmont Braves were sixth in a race that featured the conference’s best 54 runners.
The Braves finished in four consecutive spots with their top four runners taking 33rd through 36th, led by Abigail Rudy. Bre Feasel and Madison Witte each ran season bests for coach Carl Risch’s team.
Risch also noted the effort of Lillian Garner as key in holding on to sixth place as a team.
“Lillian did a nice job of keeping a group of DeKalb and New Haven runners behind her to help us place ahead of those two schools.”
The Bellmont reserves finished in 4th place in the JV race. They got season-best times from Shaylin McCray, Chloe Garcia and Emma Fuelling.
With the new format and new location for the IHSAA Sectional, the Braves will head to Delta for the Delta Invite next week ahead of the IHSAA Sectional race at Delta the following Saturday.
Team Scores
1. East Noble 40
2. Huntington North 51
3. Columbia City 61
4. Leo 92
5. Norwell 104
6. Bellmont 181
7. DeKalb 201
8. New Haven 215
Norwell Times
11. Ashley Waldman 20:49.80
16. Haleigh Reinhard 21:00.84
17. Elizabeth Norris 21:07.78
28. Brooklyn Meyer 22:15.83
32. Alana Cady 23:37.03
38. Teagan Lesley 23:37.03
42. Addison Meyer 24:20.28
Bellmont Times
33. Abigail Rudy 23:03.60
34. Keeley Carpenter 23:13.86
35. Bre Feasel 23:16.28
36. Madison Witte 23:17.03
43. Lillian Garner 24:25.46
51. Bridget Juengel 26:11.06
53. Lilly Franz 26:55.82
