{"id":28139,"date":"2025-08-19T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=28139"},"modified":"2025-08-19T06:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:17:02","slug":"patriots-back-to-full-strength-in-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/patriots-back-to-full-strength-in-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots back to full strength in ’25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DANE FUELLING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first girls’ cross country meet of the season for the Heritage Patriots ended with a third-place finish in a field of five teams, but more importantly, the team ran with a full stable of seven runners for the first time in years when they ran their first 5K at Northfield Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Addison Smith ran her first high school 5K at Monday’s Northfield Invite as the Heritage Patriots brought a full complement of runners to the event. (Photo by Patrick Gunsett)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The meet, which was originally scheduled for Saturday but was rained out, was a rare Monday evening run, but the Patriots showed just how much better they will be in 2025 than they were in 2024 with their finishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosalinda Medina and Emily High fought for the top finishing spot for the team, with Medina’s experience winning out. Her improvement over the last 12 months is noticeable. Medina began last season with a time over 27 minutes. When she crossed the line in fourth Monday, she was clocked at 24:26. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High finished two placement spots and 29 seconds behind Medina. Her time of 24:55 was not reached last season until Mid-October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meet was also the first high school 5K for new runners Ava Gerber, Audrey Meyer, Addison Smith and Addie Bacon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Newcomer Ava Gerber was the fourth runner across the line for the Heritage Patriots Monday night at Northfield. (Photo by Patrick Gunsett)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Patriots will be back in action on a normal Saturday when they run at the South Side Invite in Fort Wayne in a much bigger meet than Monday’s five-team field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team Scores: 1st-Southwood 27; 2nd-Wabash 43; 3rd-Heritage 50; 4th-Northfield; 5th-Bishop Luers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Five Individuals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st-Kaleigh Rice-Northfield 22:46.14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd-Paige Nelson-Southwood 23:50.24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd-Hailey Collins-Southwood 23:54.14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4th-Andrea Wideman-Southwood 24:22.14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5th-Rosalinda Medina-Heritage 24:26.12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elise Hissong of Heritage competes in her first race of the year for the Heritage Patriots at Monday’s rescheduled Northfield Invite. (Photo by Patrick Gunsett)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Heritage Times: Rosalinda Medina 24:26.12; Emily High 24:55.48; Elise Hissong 28:28.85; Ava Gerber 30:46.44; Audrey Meyer 31:37.08; Addison Smith 32:02.43; Addie Bacon 32:59.23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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