DANE FUELLING
WZBD.com
Emmett Glenn kept the fall sports season alive at Bellmont High School for another week as he ran a career best to qualify for the State Finals in cross country in Terre Haute on October 31st.
The Bellmont Braves had a strong showing as a team with a 14th-place finish, exactly where they were seeded to finish. In a display of just how tough the course and the field were, Glenn was the only Brave to better his PR after last week’s sectional, where nearly the entire team set new marks.
Glenn cut .16 seconds from his time, running with the extreme confidence that a simple repeat of last week’s pace was going to be enough to qualify. The margins were extremely tight, though, and in the end, Glenn only qualified by eight seconds.
Carroll dominated the boys’ race with an incredible effort by their top five, who all finished in the top nine and under 16 minutes.
In the girls’ race, both Abigail and Erin Ramseyer qualified for the State Finals for Bluffton with excellent efforts. They’ll represent Z-Land next week at Terre Haute.
In another way to view Saturday’s race, there were 15 Adams County runners in the boys’ race and two more from Heritage. Only Glenn and Heritage’s Julius Garrido were able to set new career marks on the Manchester course.
It was much the same in the girls’ race with the field just as tough. Heritage’s Caelin Voglewede and Emily High (pictured below) both managed to cut six seconds from their career bests to finish their seasons on high notes.
The championship race for the girls will take place at noon at the Lavern Gibson championship course at Indiana State, with the boys to follow at 1 p.m.
Boys’ Regional Race
Team Scores (25-team field): 1st-Carroll (FW) 29, 2nd-Homestead 69, 3rd-Concordia Lutheran 111, 4th-Yorktown 116, 5th-Bishop Dwenger 205, 6th-Warsaw 212, 7th-Wabash 247, 8th-Leo 270, 12th-Norwell 308, 14th-Bellmont 406, 24th-Adams Central 581
Top Ten Individuals
1st-Zander Ritenour-Lakewood Park Christian 15:16.58
2nd-Jace Trevino-Homestead 15:19.54
3rd-Kai Feasel-Carroll (FW) 15:19.65
4th-Samuel Sweet-Carroll (FW) 15:19.74
5th-Taegan McKinney-Carroll (FW) 15:20.08
6th-Memphis Martin-Lakeland 15:29.69
7th-Brantley Blair-Oak Hill 15:46.76
8th-Calum Sloffer-Carroll (FW) 15:52.77
9th-Cohen Brunson-Carroll (FW) 15:55.06
10th-Kamden Oswalt-Wabash 15:56.84
Advancing Individuals
From the Top Ten: Ritenour, Martin, Oswalt
James Unger-Wabash 16:17.50
Chase Wilson-Northrop 16:19.61
Peyton Engle-Delta 16:23.43
Emmett Glenn-Bellmont 16:31.14
Graysen Ruch-West Noble 16:33.14
Robert Schiek-Hamilton 16:34.21
Jaxon Lehman-Warsaw 16:34.43
Colin Elam-Daleville 16:35.38
Hugh Robertson-Angola 16:35.71
Jordan Perez-Yenna-Northrop 16:36.48
Jaiden Gould-Leo 16:39.10
Wyatt Hart-Oak Hill 16:39.26
Bellmont Places & Times: 26th-Emmett Glenn 16:31.14, 67th-Frank Heimann 17:09.74, 69th-Joe Kozlowski 17:11.32, 161st-Owen Adams 18:12.80, 186th-Landon Sielschott 18:45.96, 207th-Hudson Krull 19:06.40, 215th-Gavin Braun 19:17.55
Adams Central Places & Times: 130th-Isaiah Bedwell 17:50.69, 132nd-Tyler Schwartz 17:53.25, 144th-Trevor Chamberlain 18:01.92, 151st-Preston Hoffman 18:07.53, 182nd-Henry Michaels 18:37.78, 197th-Phillip Bayer 18:59.50, 238tht-Corbin Houk 20:41.13
Other Local Places & Times: 39th-Caleb Garringer-Jay County 16:40.53, 51st-Maddux Thornton-Norwell 16:51.56, 55th-Julian Torres-Norwell 16:57.34, 60th-Easton Reinhard-Norwell 17:02.29, 88th-Gage Reinhard-Norwell 17:27.54, 93rd-Grant Keller-Norwell 17:32.44, 109th-Mason Zent-Norwell 17:39.41, 126th-Case Neuenschwander-Bluffton 17:47.27, 139th-Nolan Hitzfield-Norwell 17:59.48, 145th-Kelton Barr-So. Wells 18:02.78, 156th-Carson Laux-South Adams 18:09.03, 177th-Clayton Brubaker-Bluffton 18:33.31, 180th-Julius Garrido-Heritage 18:35.75, 210th-Alex Smith-Heritage 19:09.86
Girls’ Regional Race
Team Scores (24-team field): 1st-Homestead 65, 2nd-Concordia Lutheran 104, 3rd-Columbia City 150, 4th-Carroll (FW) 151, 5th-Bishop Dwenger 164, 6th-Warsaw 169, 11th-Bluffton 330, 16th-Norwell 433,
Top Ten Individuals
1st-Daphne Weller-Concordia Lutheran 17:08.45
2nd-Kenya Leitch-Columbia City 17:20.46
3rd-Emery Knoblauch-Homestead 17:37.24
4th-Clare Lebrija-Homestead 17:39.57
5th-Leighton Archer-Concordia Lutheran 17:41.87
6th-Teresina Cordes-Wabash 17:42.25
7th-Alice Friesen-Huntington North 17:43.47
8th-Rylie Paskiewicz-Yorktown 18:19.51
9th-Abigail Ramseyer-Bluffton 18:22.38
10th-Lindsey Arnold-Homestead 18:25.14
Advancing Individuals
From Top Ten: Cordes, Friesen, Paskiewicz, Ramseyer
Alayna Bruckner-Eastbrook 18:30.69
Shiloh Bunch-Delta 18:32.28
Gwen Chambers-Snider 18:34.87
Dani Rastrelli-Warsaw 18:40.77
Georgia Leininger-Snider 18:51.73
Summer Ross-Angola 18:56.11
Cecilia Scheetz-Holland-Warsaw 18:58.33
Erin Ramseyer-Bluffton 19:05.17
Rowyn Norris-Leo 19:07.64
Olivia Ritter-Prairie Heights 19:09.62
Vivy Miller-Plymouth 19:11.95
Local Places & Times: 41st-Cora Kunkel-Bluffton 19:33.91, 62nd-Aubree Neuenschwander-So. Wells 20:05.16, 82nd-Tenley Fiechter-So. Wells 20:43.56, 92nd-Mia Kurtz-Norwell 20:52.78, 126th-Adi Rumschlag-AC 21:27.91, 146th-Caelin Voglewede-Heritage 21:43.76, 163rd-Hadley Sprunger-SA 22:01.25, 176th-Emily High-Heritage 22:12.13, 199th-Bristol Scherry-Bellmont 22:50.12
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