Knowing that Columbia City would have a chance to put all five scorers in the top 15 on their home course in the NE8 meet, Bellmont head coach Randy Hisner set his team’s sights on a runner-up finish Saturday.
They delivered.
“A very satisfying day,” noted Hisner Saturday as his top runner, Hayden Whittenbarger, ran with the upper echelon of the conference, while the core of his team crossed the line successively in 13th, 14th and 15th place.
Boys’ Race
Team Scores: 1st-Columbia City 48, 2nd-Bellmont 79, 3rd-Norwell 96, 4th-East Noble 100, 5th-New Haven 104, 6th-Leo 130, 7th-DeKalb 155, 8th-Huntington North 171
Top 10 Times: 1st-Gavin Good-CC 15:40.30; 2nd-Bryan Garcia-NH 15:50.40; 3rd-Daniel Mullett-CC 16:47.80; 4th-Thomas Brinker-East Noble; 5th-Hayden Whittenbarger-B 16:58.60; 6th-Gavin Threewits-N 17:01.10; 7th-Robert Warren-EN 17:03.40; 8th-Gage Reinhard-N 17:04.70; 9th-Gavin Sowles-EN 17:08.40; 10th-Corbin Smith-D 17:10.40
Bellmont Times: 5th-Hayden Whittenbarger 15:40.30; 13th-Hudson Krull 17:44.70; 14th-Maddux Miller 17:45.70; 15th-Harry Gunsett 17:45.90; 32nd-Landon Rich 18:44.30; Ethan Curtis 18:56.60; Logan Whitacre 19:07.40
Rudy leads Braves with strong performance
For Bellmont, Sydney Angel ran her best time in a month, but it was the career-best time of Abigail Rudy that helped the Braves beat DeKalb for sixth place. The junior finished in 20:52.80 and prior to last week’s race at the New Haven Classic, she had not gone under 22 minutes this season.
Senior Madison Witte ran her best time of the season by breaking the 23-minute mark by a fraction of a second to finish in 29th place. Bre Feasel was right alongside her classmate, coming in under the 24-minute barrier for her season best.
Sophomores Lilly Franz and Bridget Juengel also had season bests as part of the Braves’ solid day.
Girls’ Race
Team Scores: 1st-Columbia City 31, 2nd-Norwell 63, 3rd-Huntington North 76, 4th-East Noble 101, 5th-Leo 116, 6th-Bellmont 136, 7th-DeKalb 187, 8th-New Haven
Top 10 Times: 1st-Kenya Leitch-CC 18:12.5; 2nd-Rowyn Norris-Leo 18:30.8; 3rd-Alice Friesen-HN 18:40.50; 4th-Samantha Lickey-CC 19:29.30; 5th-Riley Myers-CC 19:45.30; 6th-Johanna Carpenter-EN 20:14.80; 7th-Mia Kurtz-Norwell 20:28.80; 8th-Madelyn Shively-CC 20:31.70; 9th-Ashley Tucker-N 20:38.5; 10th-Macy Oatess-N 20:44.70
Bellmont Times: 12th-Abigail Rudy 20:52.80; 24th-Sydney Angel 22:08.40; 29th-Madison Witte 22:59.30; 33rd-Bre Feasel 23:57.20; 38th-Lilly Franz 24:19.60; Bridget Juengel 25:09.40; Isabella Suarez 27:23.60
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