Published: October 14, 2008 11:14 pm            

Patriot runaway: North boys, girls turn in impressive performances to take sectional crowns

TERRE HAUTE — With temperatures near 80 degrees and humidity near 90 percent Tuesday afternoon, Terre Haute North sophomore John Mascari ran his fastest 5,000-meter time (15 minutes, 55.1 seconds) on the LaVern Gibson Championship Course as the North boys and girls cross country teams took home titles.

While four seconds off a personal best, Mascari and senior teammate Brandon Query set a breakneck pace from the start of the Terre Haute North Sectional, running a 4:55 opening mile to separate from the pack.

“We knew that [third-place finisher] Drew Gambill from Shakamak has a stellar kick so we were just trying to put as much space as we could between us and him,” Query said.

Mascari pulled away from his teammate as the Patriots climbed the rolling hills near the 4K mark. Query held on for second place with a time of 16:16.5 as the No. 6-ranked team in the state cruised to a sectional championship.

“He ran an awesome race,” Query said of Mascari. “I’m proud of him, being only a sophomore and all that’s pretty impressive. I couldn’t be happier that it was a guy on my own team that won it.”

Mascari said he knew early on, he could maintain his quick pace.

“After that first mile, my confidence got going and the crowd helped me out,” he said. “I just felt like I could pull away for the victory.”

The Patriots boys placed seven runners in the top 12, totaling just 18 points with its top 5.

Emily Cotterman also pulled away from the girls field, leading the Patriots to a 1-2-3 finish.

“I just tried to stay on my pace the whole time. I just did my best,” said Cotterman, whose mile pace was 6:33 for a time of 20:21.4.

Sophomore Tayler Jackson was second and senior Liz Marietta third, with Katie Shew ninth and Erin Richards 14th to pace North to the win.

Northview was a solid second place behind Alyssa Conrad (fifth, 21:35.4), Casandra Barnett (sixth, 21:44.2), Allie True (8th, 22:04.5) and Shelby Sands (10th, personal-best 22:21.1).

“Everybody would have had to set PRs to catch North, but we live to fight another day,” coach Ryand Tucker said.

Terre Haute South’s girls finished third, Shakamak fourth and South Vermillion took fifth, advancing to its first regional since the 1996 season, coach Mike Costello said.

“We ran a good race tonight. The girls have really worked hard all year,” Costello said.

Terre Haute South’s boys were a strong second, with Clay City, Northview and West Vigo rounding out the top five teams to advance to Saturday’s regional meet at Brown County.

Taylor Head and Morgan Goetschel were 10th and 11th respectively for the Braves.

“The goal was second place,” Head said. “We knew our job was to get up ahead of West Vigo’s first runner [Andrew Kump], and the others fall in behind him.”

Kump, a freshman, was 15th as a young Vikings’ squad took fifth place. Connor Strain paced Northview in ninth as the Knights beat their Western Indiana Conference rival Vikings for the first time this season, coach Chad Smith said.

With 120 points, the Knights were two behind their smaller Clay County rival, Clay City. The Eels advanced to their 10th straight regional behind top-20 finishes from Parker Modesitt, Jesse Vansickle, Braxton Griffith.

“That’s not bad for a school our size,” coach Keith Jones said.

In addition to Shakamak’s Gambill, North Central senior Ethan Jacob (seventh) and South Vermillion’s Brice Webster (13th) advanced to the regional by making the top 15.

West Vigo freshman Sarah Hudson advanced to the regional with an 11th-place finish.



Terre Haute North sectional results

Boys 5K

Top 5 teams advance

Top 15 — John Mascari (THN) 15:55.1, Brandon Query (THN) 16:16.5, Drew Gambill (Shakamak) 16:26.7, John Davis (THN) 16:45.5, Milton Brinza (THN) 16:54.2, Brian Depasse (THN) 16:54.9, Ethan Jacob (North Central) 16:58.1, Ethan Page (THN) 17:05.9, Connor Strain (Northview) 17:06.3, Taylor Head (THS) 17:13.4, Morgan Goetschel 17:29.4, Tyeson Mundy (THN) 17:39.4, Brice Webster (South Vermillion) 17:42.9, Parker Modesitt (Clay City) 17:45.0, Andrew Kump (West Vigo) 17:53.1

1. Terre Haute North (18) — See above.

2. Terre Haute South (88) — 10. Taylor Head 17:13.4, 11. Goetschel 17:29.4, 20. Matt Collier 18:11.9, 21. Lonnie Wiram 18:12.0, 26. Dale Young 18:37.3, 28. Jessie Bender 18:47.7, 31. Ian Berner 18:53.6.

3. Clay City (118) — Modesitt 17:45.0, 16. Jesse Vansickle 17:58.3, 18. Braxton Griffith (CC) 18:05.4, 29. Conner Modesitt 18:51.4, 41. D.J. Newton 19:37.1, 43. Austin Sinders 19:59.8, 46. Ben Denker 20:19.7.

4. Northview (120) — 9. Conor Strain 17:06.3, 17. Ryan Lutes 17:59.2, 23. Eli Kirby 18:27.7, 33. James Trackwell 19:01.7, 38. Tanner Brown 19:30, 48. Earl Moody 20:35.8, 59. Ryan South 22:13.1.

5. West Vigo (130) — 15. Andrew Kump 17:53.1, 22. Kaleb Blair 18:13.0, 24. Austin Deal 18:33.9, 32. Nathan Kump 18:54.2, 37. Dylan Graves 19:26.7, 39. Michael Norris 19:32.9, 52. Landon Ellis 20:56.

6. North Central (171) — 7. Ethan Jacob 16:58.1, 30. David Danner 18:52.6, 36. Devin Stutler 19:18.9, 40. Trevor Pinkston 19:36.2, 58. Cullen Johnson 21:49.7, 67. Billy Stines 23:16.2.

7. Shakamak (178) — 3. Gambill 16:26.7, 27. Tyler Richardson 18:46.2, 44. Jacob Stevenson 20:05.1, 50. Jason Allen 20:43.4, 54. Scott McNabb 21:16.5, 57. Brock Dowell 21:42.6, 68. John Stevenson 23:21.2.

8. South Vermillion (179) — 13. Brice Webster 17:42.9, 25. Dylan Reyher 18:35.5, 45. Logan Laswell 20:14.4, 47. Dion Scott 20:25.7, 49. Jared Emery 20:42.6, 51. John Gross 20:51.9.

9. Riverton Parke (260) — Zachary Babyak 19:13.7, 42. Jarrid McLaughlin 19:43.3, 56. Adam Hill 21:32.4, 61. Patrick Snellgrose 22:14.5, 66. Niles Meschen 23:08.1, 69. Austin Guoli 24:17.8, 70. Dylan Davis 25:00.6.

10. Sullivan (276) — 34. Robert Graves 19:03.3, 55. Holden Fudurich 21:25.7, 60. Ross Rerree 22:13.6, 63. Matther Fleace 22:38.3, 64. Ashton Thompson 22:44.8, 65. Ross Gambill 23:02.8.

11. Union (277) — 19. Jacob Phegley 18:11.1, 53. Brian Arnold 21:03.2, 62. Caleb Hale 22:26.0, 71. Tel Sherman 28:24.9, 72. Michael Abrams 31:51.0.



Girls 5K

Top 15 overall — Emily Cotterman (THN) 20:21.4, Tayler Jackson (THN) 21:11.4, Liz Marietta (THN) 21:12.3, Casey Fougerousse (Shakamak) 21:27.5, Alyssa Conrad (Northview) 21:35.4, Casandra Barnett (Northview) 21:44.2, Brandi West (Northview) 21:56.1, Allile True (Northview) 22:04.5, Katie Shew (THN) 22:16.3, Shelby Sands (Northview) 22:21.1, Sarah Hudson (West Vigo) 22:26.4, Carmela Roeschlein (Clay City) 22:42.8, Kate Samson (THS) 22:51.6, Megan Galloway (SV) 22:55.9, Mandy Kelly (SV) 22:57.3.

1. Terre Haute North (29) — See top 5 above. 24. Taylor Norman 23:46.3, 28. Mariyam Houston 23:57.9.

2. Northview (48) — See top 4 above. 19. Corey Laue 23:18.9, 23. Nicole Nelson 23:34.5.

3. Terre Haute South (79) — 11. Samson 22:51.6, 15. Lauren Prickel 23:06, 16. Caitlin Fears 23:14.1, Katie Mullican 23:17.4, Olivia Stockton 23:19.5, Ellen Gottschling 23:28.8, Brianne Steppe 23:31.2.

4. Shakamak (140) — 4. Casey Fougerousse 21:27.5, 25. Samantha Ellis 23:49.3, 36. Brandi Ashcraft 25:23.5, 37. Cassandra Holdaway 25:31.0, 38. Elise Miller 25:34.8, 39. Chelsea Stevens 25:35.0, 53. Erika Stenstrom 30:25.4.

5. South Vermillion (142) — 12. Galloway 22:55.9, 13. Mandy Kelly 22:57.3, 34. Elizabeth Hodson 25:16.7, 35. Jessica Wright 25:22.5, 48. Blaire Webster 28:17.9.

6. North Central (151) — 7. Brandi West 21:56.1, 27. Kayla Irwih 23:51.7, 33. Shelby Higginbottom 25:15.1, 41. Meghan Rehmel 25:50.3, 43. Samantha Barbee 26:25.2, 44. Laura Sparks 26:32.0.

7. Sullivan (165) — 18. Samantha Thompson 23:17.9, 30. Kaylyn Finley 24:43.1, 31. Haylie James 24:57.4, Olivia Trimble 25:43.5, 46. Tyree Watkins 27:06.8, 50. Erica Schroeder 29:13.4, 56. Anna Atkinson 32:01.8.

8. Linton (179) — 26. Kerri Waskom 23:49.3, 29. Kelsey Overton 24:08.9, 32. Breanne Aisman 25:13.6, 45. Haley Rennick 27:02.6, 47. Mindy Vandebrink 27:33.6, 49. Timna Bressgott 28:58.5, 58. Cortney Astleford 34:46.4.

9. Riverton Parke (254) — 42. Ashton Searing 26:05.6, 51. Elizabeth Bedwell 29:34.1, 52. Sarah Julian 29:52.4, 54. Taylor Mansinne 30:39.8, 55. Katie McElhenny 30:51.9, 57. Makenzie Haltom 32:55.3.

        

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