It was a very busy Saturday for local cross country teams as they draw closer to the postseason and put their mid-week races behind them. The cool temperatures also had a big impact on times and performances.
Here’s a summary of all four teams and how they performed this weekend, beginning with the girls this week.
Heritage Girls at South Side Archer Invite
Rosalinda Medina led the Heritage girls with a fourth-place finish. Emily High was 13th overall and second for the Patriots with her best time of the season.
The Patriots also got season-best times from Elise Hissong, Ava Gerber, and Dhylan Gilbert.
Addie Bacon had an outstanding race, trimming almost 2.5 minutes from her previous personal best, set just three weeks ago.
Team Scores: 1st-Garrett 19, 2nd- Heritage 51
Top Five Individuals: 1st-Kaidance Green-Garrett 21:23.08; 2nd-Melissa Tan-FW Canterbury 21:30.49; 3rd-Vera Bruce-FW South 22:22.84; 4th-Rosalinda Medina-Heritage 22:29.50; 5th-Lilyanna Hermann-FW South 22:50.57
Heritage Places & Times: 4th-Rosalinda Medina 22:29.50; 13th-Emily High 23:57.22; 15th-Ava Gerber 24:28.57; 16th-Elise Hissong 24:38.59; 20th-Adalina Bacon 27:41.17; 22nd-Audrey Meyer 28:22.94; 23rd-Addison Smith 28:38.72; 24th-Dhylan Gilbert 33:20.34
Adams Central and Bellmont Girls at Wildcat Invite
Alyssa Fruechte ran a season best to lead Adams Central to a 10th-place finish Saturday.
Ella Bluhm and Haley Jauregui also had season bests for the Jets.
Grey Race Team Scores: 1st-Heritage Christian 30; 2nd-Bluffton 117; 3rd-Elkhart Christian 125; 9th-Woodlan 219; 10th-Adams Central 266; 12th-Southern Wells 293
Top 5 Individuals: 1st-Charly Wolfrum-Heritage Christian 19:01.90; 2nd-Cora Kunkel-Bluffton 20:05.50; 3rd-Ava Dowd-Lakewood Park Christian 20:12.20; 4th-Kendall Depoy-Western 20:12.70; 5th-Anna Meyer-Elkhart Christian 20:15.60
Adams Central Times & Places: 36th-Hailey Brune 22:51.20; 66th-Adi Rumschlag 24:18.80; 72nd-Macy Isch 24:33.40; 74th-Ella Bluhm 24:36.21; 76th-Alyssa Fruechte 24:45.50; 99th-Haley Jauregui 26:14.10; 102nd-Lexi Linder 26:17.00
Red Race Team Scores: 1st-Penn 60; 2nd-Harrison (WL) 117; 3rd-Hamilton Southeastern 120; 5th-Columbia City 151; 8th-East Noble 210; 11th-Huntington North 324; 13th-Norwell 353; 20th-Bellmont 610
Top 5 Individuals: 1st-Kenya Leitch-Columbia City 17:48.80; 2nd-Alice Friesen-Huntington North 17:56.90; 3rd-Shreya Nayee 18:00.60; 4th-Kaitlyn Manfra-Harrison (WL) 18:03.90; 5th-Whitney Anderson-Valpo 18:06.30
Bellmont Places & Times: 138th-Quinn Buchan 22:35.80; 154th-Sydney Angle 23:25.40; 155th-Madeline Witte 23:25.50; 171st-Lilly Franz 23:54.20; 183rd-Haylee Franz 24:40.71; 190th-Kaleah Niece 24:51.80; 191st-Bridget Juengel 24:58.70; 208th-Jaylin Reed 26:02.00; 211th-Isabella Suarez 26:52.20; 218th-Addison Rich 28:33.60; 219th-Tori McCullough 29:08.30
South Adams Girls at Maconaquah Invite
Adalynn Watson was eighth overall for the Starfires with a time of 21:04.2.
Heritage Boys at South Side Archer Invite
The Patriots were led by Corban Roth once again. He came in ten seconds behind the overall winner.
Gavin Juricak cut 37 seconds from his season best for the Patriots.
Mo Esarhaek and Nick Flores also had season bests for Heritage.
Team Scores: 1st-South Side 48, 2nd-Heritage 54, 3rd-Garrett 57, 4th-FW Wayne 90, 5th-Smith Academy 153
Top Five Individuals: 1st-Jesse Embry-FW South 17:42.68; 2nd-Corban Roth-Heritage 17:53.18; 3rd-Carter Coffman-Garrett 18:19.56; 4th-Sergio Mamani-FW South 18:23.36; 5th-Emerson Sewelin-Garrett 18:44.17
Heritage Places & Times: 2nd-Corban Roth 17:53.18; 10th-Jaxon Kerr-Heritage 19:34.57; 11th-Alexander Smith 19:35.15; 15th-Nick Flores 20:01.70; 16th-Gavin Juricak 20:04.57; 23rd-William Voglewede 21:02.09; 36th-Mo Esarhaek 23:45.62;
South Adams Boys at Maconaquah Invite
Dakota Sprunger was in October form Saturday at the Maconaquah Invite, running an impressive 16:36 for the Starfires and taking fourth place individually.
Team Scores: 1st-Western 36; 2nd-Northwestern 52; 3rd-McCutcheon 95; 4th-South Adams 106
Top Five Individuals: 1st-Camden Raab-Western 16:04.7; 2nd-Miles Rudy-Western 16:10.9; 3rd-Beck Bennett-Western 16:36.3; 4th-Dakota Sprunger-South Adams 16:38.6; 5th-Logan Fredel-Winamac 16:42.8
South Adams Places & Times: 4th-Dakota Sprunger 16:38.6; 18th-Deacon Bierbaum 17:56.3; 20th-Wyatt Mann 18:01.5; 33rd-Carson Laux 18:46.9; 35th-Maddox Miller 19:00.8; 48th-Jacob Heflin 19:41.4; 66th-Daniel Rupp 21:14.6; 71st-Zhayne Wagner 21:24.7; 76th-Zeke Baumer 21:36.5
Adams Central and Bellmont Boys at Wildcat Invite
The last three races for Ethan Crockett have finished with times within 11 seconds of each other and Crockett used his 16:44 Saturday at IWU to give the Jets a spot on the podium with a third-place finish.
Trevor Chamberlain set a new season best for the Jets with his finish.
In the Red Race, Bellmont got a season best from their leader, Hayden Whittenbarger. They competed without Gavin Braun, who was playing for the soccer team instead. Maddux Miller showed major improvement and came in under 17:30.
Grey Race Team Scores: 1st-Bluffton 83; 2nd-Woodlan 130; 10th-Southern Wells 275; 17th-Adams Central 363
Top 5 Individuals: 1st-Kyler North-Mississinewa 15:58.20; 2nd-Kamden Shields-Parke Heritage 16:36.21; 3rd-Ethan Crockett-AC 16:44.90; 4th-Chase Palmer-Culver Acad. 16:45.10; 5th-John Burger-Wisdom Builders 16:46.00
Adams Central Places & Times: 3rd-Ethan Crockett 16:44.90; 41st-Tyler Schwartz 18:47.60; 101st-Preston Hoffman 20:41.10; 108th-Trevor Chamberlain 20:53.90; 147th-Phillip Bayer 22:26.20
Red Race Team Scores: 1st-Homestead 59; 2nd-Penn 91; 3rd-HSE 102; 11th-Columbia City 363; 15th-Norwell 411; 16th-Bellmont 463
Top 5 Individuals: 1st-Zander Ritenour-Lakewood Park Christian 15:16.40; 2nd-Wyatt Turner-Yorktown 15:26.60; 3rd-Jace Trevino-Homestead 15:27.10; 4th-Isaac Smith-HSE 15:33.10; 5th-Cooper Knoblauch-Homestead 15:38.60
Bellmont Places & Times: 80th-Hayden Whittenbarger 17:03.30; 101st-Maddux Miller 17:29.80; 118th-Hudson Krull 17:50.05; 151st-Logan Whitacre 18:14.00; 156th-Owen Adams 18:18.80; 172nd-Joe Kozlowski 18:46.00; 184th-Landon Sielschott 19:07.40; 186th-Landon Rich 19:13.90; 206th-Cayden Rauch 19:51.90; 207th-Brandt Painter 19:53.90; 218th-Owen Garcia 20:35.40; 222nd-Brock Scherry 20:55.50
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