DANE FUELLING
WZBD.com
It’s been a year full of firsts for local cross country runners. The first sectional not held at Bellmont in a lifetime. The first team sectional title for the Adams Central Girls. And now a first look at the new regional format.
It may be called a regional by the IHSAA, but it won’t be much different than the old semi-state. Under the new format, the top 15 individuals will advance once they exclude all the runners from the top five advancing teams.
There are now five of these regionals, whereas there were once four semi-states leading up to the State Finals. Saturday’s race will be held at the Plex off Coliseum in Fort Wayne with the boys running at 10:30 a.m. and the girls running thereafter.
Follow WZBD this weekend for full coverage of both races with plenty of pictures of those competing and the state qualifiers from Z Land!
Teams Competing in Boys Regional
From Manchester: Warsaw, Wabash, Columbia City, Culver Academies, Manchester
From West Noble: Angola, Carroll (FW), Leo, East Noble, Garrett
From Woodlan: Concordia Lutheran, Homestead, FW Northrop, FW Bishop Dwenger, FW Snider
From Delta: Wapahani, Bluffton, Norwell, Bellmont, Southern Wells
From Marion: Oak Hill, Marion, Yorktown, Madison-Grant, Muncie Burris
Z-Land Individuals competing: Joseph Boggs-Jay County, Dakota Sprunger-South Adams, Ethan Crockett-Adams Central, Caleb Garringer-Jay County, Deacon Bierbaum-South Adams, Logan Clark-Adams Central, Trevor Schwartz-Adams Central, Jaxon Hoting-Heritage, Corban Roth-Heritage, Gabe Hanford-Heritage, Hayden Amstein-Heritage
Teams Competing in Girls Regional
From Manchester: Warsaw, Huntington North, Columbia City, Manchester, Plymouth
From West Noble: Carroll (FW), East Noble, West Noble, Leo, Prairie Heights
From Woodlan: Homestead, Concordia Lutheran, Northrop, Dwenger, Woodlan
From Delta: Adams Central, Monroe Central, Norwell, Eastbrook, Wapahani
From Marion: Yorktown, Oak Hill, Marion, Daleville, Blue River Valley
Z-Land individuals competing: Adalynn Watson-South Adams, Alexis Silbray-Jay County, Nia Litwiller-South Adams, Dakota Lee-Bluffton, Keeley Carpenter-Bellmont, Aleena Bierbaum-South Adams