The Bluffton Tigers had a strong showing at Saturday’s Wildcat / Jackson Classic Invitational on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion and the Adams Central boys’ had a clean sweep of career PRs in their race to finish a solid sixth in a 22-team field.
Abigail Ramseyer won the small school (Grey) race by an impressive 33 seconds, finishing in 18:52.30 and Cora Kunkel was third for Bluffton.
Tyler Schwartz (pictured above) paced the AC boys with his second straight week of setting a new career mark. He broke the 18-minute mark and shaved 15.5 seconds off last week’s time. He set the tempo for the rest of the team, who all came across with their own personal bests.
Isaiah Bedwell cut 23 seconds and the trio of Preston Hoffman (38 seconds cut), Trevor Chamberlain (10 seconds), and Henry Michaels (56) all went under 19 minutes for the first time, finishing in a group at the finish line.
AC head coach Chris Terry noted that this was just the second time in the past eight years that the Jets have been able to get five guys over the finish line in a 5K under 19 minutes.
South Adams also had some fine performances, with Carson Laux running a career-best time and Ben Rupp and Jamison Patterson making big gains on their career times at the back of the SA lineup.
The Adams Central girls also had a good day, with the top runner on the team, Adi Rumschlag, setting a career mark of 21:27.00. The Jets also got new PRs from Haley Jauregui and Ava Powell in the race.
The two new members of the South Adams girls team also set new career marks, with Hadley Sprunger (shown below) running a 21:59 and Aleena Bierbaum a 25:14.
Boys’ Race
Team Scores (22 Teams): 1st-Oak Hill 64, 2nd-Bluffton 94, 3rd-Heritage Christian 104, 6th-Adams Central 201, 10th-Southern Wells 261, 14th-South Adams 362
Top Ten Individuals
1st-Wyatt Hart-Oak Hill 16:31.80
2nd-Josh Tang-Heritage Christian 16:39.10
3rd-Colin Elam-Daleville 16:41.90
4th-Galvin Hunt-Heritage Christian 16:46.00
5th-Albert Tucker-Marion 16:57.60
6th-Elik Pahl-Wisdom Builders 17:05.20
7th-Josh Clark-Oak Hill 17:15.50
8th-Bret Hueston-Oak Hill 17:18.60
9th-Micah Hawkins-Marion 17:23.60
10th-Nathan Brown-Elkhart Christian 17:24.10
Adams Central Places & Times: 20th-Tyler Schwartz 17:46.50, 26th-Isaiah Bedwell 18:00.30; 52nd-Henry Michaels 18:58.00, 53rd-Preston Hoffman 18:58.70, 56th-Trevor Chamberlain 18:59.70, 66th-Phillip Bayer 19:18.30, 129th-Corbin Houk 21:24.70
South Adams Places & Times: 32nd-Carson Laux 18:10.30, 61st-Maddox Miller 19:13.00, 64th-Gabe Peralez 19:16.60, 80th-Jacob Heflin 19:40.30, 157th-Benjamin Rupp 22:49.40, 210th-Jamison Patterson 27:47.60
Girls’ Race
Team Scores (16 Teams): 1st-Oak Hill 100, 2nd-Bluffton 105, 3rd-Logansport 150, 4th-Wisdom Builders 155, 5th-Elkhart Christian 160, 6th-Woodlan 165, 7th-Southern Wells 187, 12th-Adams Central 261
Top Ten Individuals
1st-Abigail Ramseyer-Bluffton 18:52.30
2nd-Alette Woodhouse-Logansport 19:25.70
3rd-Cora Kunkel-Bluffton 19:37.60
4th-Cana DuBois-Wisdom Builders 19:44.60
5th-Anna Meyer-Elkhart Christian 20:05.00
6th-Lynden Boese-EN 20:08.10
7th-Aubree Neuenschwander-Southern Wells 20:09.30
8th-Erin Ramseyer-Bluffton 20:11.40
9th-Quinn Brunner-Oak Hill 20:30.00
10th-Piper Fihma-Wisdom Builders 20:35.90
Adams Central Places & Times: 22nd-Adi Rumschlag 21:27.00, 43rd-Hailey Brune 22:44.20, 58th-Haley Jauregui 23:20.90, 77th-Nola Ortiz 24:38.50, 92nd-Lexi Linder 25:19.80, 101-Ava Powell 26:04.91
South Adams Places & Times: 28th-Hadley Sprunger 21:59.50, 35th-Adi Watson 22:12.20, 88th-Aleena Bierbaum 25:14.20,
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