Published: September 06, 2008 11:54 pm            

North boys validate state ranking

Boys cross country team places second

TERRE HAUTE — Among all the talented high school runners Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course, the biggest statement may have been made by Terre Haute North’s boys.

With Brandon Query finishing fourth and John Mascari just a second behind him in sixth, the Patriots showed their preseason top-10 cross country ranking was quite legitimate, as they were outscored only by Carmel at the Terre Haute Savings Bank Invitational.

North actually finished third, edged for the team runner-up spot by Carroll (Allen) on the basis of the sixth runners’ places. But the meet, formerly known as the State Preview, featured almost 40 teams and provided plenty of opportunities for all competitors to be tested.

“There were quality teams in the field today,” coach Lon McDonald pointed out, “so now we know what it’s going to be like running against the best teams in the state.

“To have the top five guys all under 17 minutes [for the 5K run], for the first time on this course this year, that’s pretty good effort,” McDonald added. “I was very pleased with the short interval between our first and fifth runners [40.5 seconds, to be exact]. For our team to be successful, that’s what it’s going to take.”

Query, a solid No. 2 runner for the Patriots last year, showed he’s ready to take over the leadership spot on the team from 2008 graduate Zach Mayhew.

“I tried to just go out fast,” he explained after his race. “Getting up front [right away] mentally helped me stay there.

“I hit my goals [time-wise] … and teamwise we ran awesome.”

“All his hard work has paid off,” McDonald said of Query, “and today he brought Mascari right along with him.

“He’s really developed into a leader this year. He just quietly does his job.”

Carmel was the team champion for both boys and girls; although Mascari beat Carmel’s second-best male runner, the female Greyhounds had three of the top five finishers.

Terre Haute South placed 16th and Northview 18th in the Class 3A boys competition; North was ninth, while the Knights were 14th and the Braves 15th in the girls race.

Among smaller schools, Greencastle’s girls were runners-up and Sullivan seventh in 2A competition while Shakamak and Riverton Parke were the only girls teams to have at least five competitors in Class A. Among boys teams, an emerging West Vigo team was fifth with Greencastle seventh and Sullivan 10th in 2A, while Clay City was second and Shakamak, North Vermillion and Riverton Parke placed fifth through seventh respectively in Class A.

North’s girls probably could have moved up at least a couple of places in the team standings had they been at full strength. Junior Lindy Jones was unavailable because of a back problem, so freshman Emily Cotterman led the Patriots with a 26th-place overall finish.

“I just went out there and did my best, tried to keep my pace,” said Cotterman. “I just wanted to run a good race, since I hadn’t run a 5K on this course yet.

“I want Lindy back as soon as possible. I love running with her,” Cotterman added.

“This meet was just to get us into the season,” coach Mike Dason of the Patriot girls team said. “How we do [this early] doesn’t matter; our end goal is to get back to the state finals.

“Now these girls have a chance to compare themselves to other runners [in the state],” Dason added. “I was happy with how our top three [Cotterman, Liz Marietta and Katie Shew] finished.”

Shakamak’s Drew Gambill, a state finalist a year ago, had the best time among Class A boys and was 13th overall while a trio of freshmen — Kaleb Blair and brothers Andrew and Nathan Kump — were the top three finishers for the Vikings.

Top three Class A girls finishers were Jennifer Hugh of White River Valley, Casey Fougerousse of Shakamak and Carmela Roeschlein of Clay City, with North Vermillion’s Bethany Chew in fifth place. Greencastle’s Sara Culler had the eighth-best Class 2A girls time.

All varsity competitors ran together, with the individual class results sorted by computer. Runners other than the top seven from each team competed in open races for girls and boys that followed — with much larger fields, two examples being that Indianapolis Cathedral brought 58 girls and Carmel 53



Girls results

Class 3A team scores — Carmel 40, Carroll (Allen) 51, Westfield 97, Center Grove 151, Indianapolis Cathedral 165, Hamilton Southeastern 170, Daviess County (Ky.) 211, Franklin 222, Terre Haute North 249, Perry Meridian 274, Southport 277, Plainfield 367, Evansville Memorial 374, Northview 397, Terre Haute South 449, Evansville North 474, Seymour 475, Vincennes Lincoln 489, Castle 552, South Dearborn 586; East Central incomplete.

Class 2A team scores — Brebeuf 22, Greencastle 64, Danville 82, Park Tudor 83, Clinton Prairie 116, Indianapolis Ritter 178, Sullivan 197; Silver Creek, West Vigo incomplete.

Class A team scores — Shakamak 18, Riverton Parke 43; White River Valley, Clay City, Signature, North Vermillion, North Daviess incomplete.

Overall top 25 — Brianna Johnson (Carr) 18:44.4, Sarah Higgens (CG) 18:45.3, Alex Chitwood (Carm) 18:50.7, Renee Wellman (Carm) 18:52.6, Kayla McCurdy (Carm) 19:00.5, Ciersten Deardorf (Carr) 19:12.9, Kristal Studer (EC) 19:13.7, Katy Achtien (IC) 19:16.8, Kaitlyn Love (W) 19:19.9, Elizabeth Miller (DC) 19:21.3, Shelbi Burnett (CG) 19:26.1, Samantha Ginter (Carr) 19:29.0, Sarah Bennett (Carm) 19:33.1, Brook Morgan (HSE) 19:35.1, Molly Winters (B) 19:40.9, BreAnna Smith (W) 19:42.0, Kaylee McClanahan (Carr) 19:50.5, Lauren Kahre (Carm) 19:59.4, Kelly McCurdy (Carm) 20:02.3, Rebecca Downs (Carr) 20:05.8, Rachel Whitman (B) 20:06.4, Nicolette Crouch (Sp) 20:11.1, Alex Holland (W) 20:13.3, Jessica Postlewait (HSE) 20:13.6, Molly Lawless (IC) 20:15.0.

Terre Haute North — Emily Cotterman 20:19.7, Liz Marietta 20:33.7, Katie Shew 22:02.6, Tayler Jackson 22:05.1, Andie Clark 22:22.4, Mariyam Houston 23:30.9, Erin Richards 23:51.7, Jordan Cresgy 23:02.5, Shelby Tatman 25:18.0, Erika Maxwell 25:39.5, Erin Luken 25:46.2, Kayla Fauber 25:47.6, Taylor Norman 25:47.8, Macie Jackson 25:49.8, Meghan Carney 25:55.3, Katie Carney 26:21.0, Katie Urban 26:31.9, Crystal Clapp 26:37.2, Karly Smock 26:37.4, Allison Odean 26:44.8, Courtney Eleopoulos 27:08.6, Paige Trierweiler 27:31.3, Jessica Sotak 28:29.0, Kylee Turner 28:44.1, Morgan Odean 29:08.1.

Northview — Alyssa Conrad 22:06.5, C.J. Barnett 22:24.7, Allie True 22:46.2, Shelby Sands 22:59.1, Nicole Nelson 23:30.4, Corey Laue 23:34.5.

Terre Haute South — Kate Samson 22:31.7, Jen Samson 22:58.6, Brianne Steppe 23:07.3, Lauren Prickel 23:24.6, Katie Mullican 23:56.5, Caitlin Fears 23:58.9, Katie Cammack 25:09.7, Alina Thomas 25:16.3, Ellen Gottschling 25:26.9, Olivia Stockton 25:46.5, Ally Vaeth 25:53.9, Natalie Mitchell 26:10.6, Molly Nasser 26:18.1, Morgan Kellar 28:02.1, Lindsey Pfrommer 28:04.7.

Greencastle — Sara Culler 22:51.7, Jasmine Dwiggans 23:16.0, Kaitlyn Murtagh 23:35.6, Felicia Barger 24:07.0, Emily Gill 24:27.6, Ivonne Martinez 25:41.1, Olivia Humphreys 27:00.1, Brittany Johnson 29:48.7.

Sullivan — Samantha Thompson 24:30.4, Haylie James 25:03.8, Kaylyn Finley 26:40.1, Erica Schroeder 29:00.9, Chelsa Snapp 29:22.1.

West Vigo — Sarah Hudson 24:10.1, Ariel Bose 24:30.5, Lindsay Stroot 34:16.2, Desiree Marion 37:22.3.

Shakamak — Casey Fougerousse 21:41.6, Samantha Ellis 23:53.1, Brandi Ashcraft 25:19.1, Alison Miller 26:37.0, Cassandra Holdaway 27:05.3, Elise Miller 27:34.9, Chelsea Stevens 27:36.3.

Riverton Parke — Ashton Searing 24:09.8, Elizabeth Bedwell 27:19.7, Sarah Julian 31:17.7, Makenzie Haltom 31:33.3, Taylor Mansinne 32:01.9, Katie McElheny 32:39.9.

White River Valley — Jennifer Hugh 20:55.7, Shanna McDonald 26:38.6, Abby Henry 30:53.0.

Clay City — Carmela Roeschlein 21:46.9, Tiffany Goodman 27:06.1, Danielle Gossage 27:06.6.

North Vermillion — Bethany Chew 22:24.4, Taylor Poynter 24:31.3, Derryn Axtell 26:37.8, Brittany Hollowell 28:47.4.



Boys results

Class 3A team scores — Carmel 59, Carroll (Allen) 95, Terre Haute North 95, Westfield 123, Daviess County (Ky.) 154, Valparaiso 173, Indianapolis Cathedral 209, Hamilton Southeastern 295, Castle 297, Southport 302, Plainfield 308, Franklin Central 310, Ben Davis 337, Seymour 377, Franklin 379, Terre Haute South 415, Evansville Memorial 467, Northview 479, South Dearborn 529, Vincennes Lincoln 554, Evansville North 583.

Class 2A team scores — Silver Creek 55, Brebeuf 61, Mount Vernon (Posey) 114, Park Tudor 114, West Vigo 120, Clinton Prairie 121, Greencastle 131, Danville 173, North Knox 200, Sullivan 320.

Class A team scores — Barr-Reeve 53, Clay City 69, Signature 73, Union Homeschool 81, Shakamak 117, North Vermillion 134, Riverton Parke 184; North Daviess, Vincennes Rivet incomplete.

Overall top 25 — Jr. Ricker (IC) 16:00.71, Daniel Kinn (Carm) 16:11.93, Zach Tranter (F) 16:16.03, Brandon Query (THN) 16:16.75, Dustin Neff (W) 16:17.19, John Mascari (THN) 16:17.76, Christopher Walden (Carm) 16:18.49, Connor Martin (W) 16:20.81, Nolan Fife (Sey) 16:22.40, James Martin (Carr) 16:22.69, J.D. Smith (Carm) 16:23.70, Landon Taylor (DC) 16:25.76, Drew Gambill (Shak) 16:26.10, Colby Shiver (W) 16:28.22, Robby Kieber (Carr) 16:28.30, Austin Kilmer (Carr) 16:35.27, Kevin Costalunga (V) 16:36.23, Daniel Porter (Carm) 16:36.56, Jason Hoard (B) 16:37.30, Kyle Marks (PT) 16:38.09, Traishaun Johnson (BD) 16:38.30, Michael Callison (ND) 16:40.34, Milton Brinza (THN) 16:41.61, Lance Nelson (Sp) 16:42.06, Hale O’Herren (IC) 16:42.61.

Other North — John Davis 16:54.6, Brian Depasse 16:57.2, Ethan Page 17:39.0, Ryan Payonk 18:03.6, Tyeson Mundy 21:23.6, Dylan Bertsch 21:36.3, Nate Page 21:48.1, David Tucker 21:54.0, Shayne Roman 22:21.5, Kyle Bays 22:23.9, Sam Bunch 22:35.5, Connor Curley 22:46.0, Zach Raubuck 22:51.0, Brenden Longfellow 22:55.7, Chris Marietta 22:56.7, Carson Bishop 23:06.6, Dustin Query 23:29.0, Steven Church 24:06.9, Alex Longa 24:31.5, Adrian Alexander 24:33.9.

Terre Haute South — Morgan Goetschel 17:30.5, Taylor Head 17:49.4, Matt Collier 18:17.4, Clayton Harlan 18:22.2, Lonnie Wiram 18:31.5, Dale Young 19:07.2, Jessie Bender 19:22.6, Scott Noble 23:25.0, Ian Berner 23:28.3, Max Oberle 23:47.4, Joshua Bracken 23:56.2, Dalton Verseman 24:42.5.

Northview — Conor Strain 16:49.5, Ryan Lutes 18:04.1, Eli Kirby 18:47.1, James Trackwell 19:19.0, Kyle Yocum 20:43.4, E.C. Moody 21:51.3, Christian Swan 26:11.6, Thad Whittington 26:58.8, Ryan South 28:28.2.

West Vigo — Kaleb Blair 18:22.67, Andrew Kump 18:30.60, Nathan Kump 19:08.21, Dylan Graves 19:28.25, Austin Deal 19:31.65, Jack Sanders 20:32.97, Landon Ellis 21:17.78.

Greencastle — Ben Wilson 17:13.01, Jordan Lewis 18:39.62, Ryan Gillespie 18:51.61, Kyle Harlan 20:00.82, Ryan Stevens 20:38.31, Nathan Eubank 21:01.76, Walter Chiarella 24:16.61.

Sullivan — Tyler Beard, Ethan Taylor, Robert Graves, Holden Fudurich, Ross Ferree, Matt Fleace, Ashton Thompson, Richard Carnahan, James Hickner.

Clay City — Parker Modesitt 17:39.02, Jesse Vansickle 17:59.54, Braxton Griffith 18:33.86, Ben Denker 20:03.33, D.J. Newton 20:07.22, Conner Modesitt 20:26.03, Austin Sinders 20:59.41.

Other Shakamak — Tyler Richardson 19:07.86, Travis Coleman 20:41.61, Scott McNabb 21:12.50, Brock Dowell 21:41.59, Cory Deschamp 22:10.17, Tyler Grissom 23:33.68.

North Vermillion — Austin Shell 18:11.77, Ed Moore 20:16.65, Taylor Kilgore 21:00.41, Ryan Mendenhall 21:12.19, Zach Burney 21:12.75, Quentin Bemis 22:05.04, Ben McGinley 22:50.30, Rylan Smith 22:53.07, Walter Jones 23:28.36, Damon Tolbert 23:31.07.

Riverton Parke — Zachary Babyak 20:01.05, Jarrid McLaughlin 20:48.11, Adam Hill 22:37.90, Evan Hill 22:50.21, Niles Meschen 23:07.37, Austin Guoli 25:45.11, Dylan Davis 25:45.78, Patrick Snellgrose 26:08.14.

        

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