Beckham, Warsaw Boys Claim NLC Cross Country Titles

Beckham, Warsaw Boys Claim NLC Cross Country Titles

DUNLAP – Warsaw’s Mia Beckham won the girls race, and the Tiger boys team placed five runners in the top 15 to claim Northern Lakes Conference cross country titles Saturday at Ox Bow Park.

The Lady Tigers finished second in the team competition, also placing five runners in the top 15. Beckham completed the course in 18:39, Emma Bohnenkamper was ninth in 20:02, Taylor Gunter 11th in 20:19, Remi Beckham 12th in 20:21 and Carmen Yoder 15th in 20:45.

Lucas Howett paced the Tiger boys with a third-place finish in 16:25. Taylor Mills was fifth in 16:30, Xavi Ramirez 11th in 16:46, Justin Fleming 12th in 16:47 and Sam Lechlitner 15th in 17:03.

The Wawasee boys were fourth in the team competition, led by spencer Hare’s second-place finish in 16:23. Luke Griner was eighth in 16:39 and Michael Hammer 16th in 17:06.

The Lady Warriors were sixth. McKenzie Smith was 14th in 20:36.

Warsaw will run in the Culver Academies Sectional, and Wawasee returns to Ox Bow for the Elkhart Central Sectional, both on Saturday morning.



NORTHERN LAKES CONFERENCE

CROSS COUNTRY MEET

at Ox Bow Park, Dunlap

GIRLS RESULTS

Team Standings – 1. Northridge 43, 2. Warsaw 48, 3. Concord 86, 4. NorthWood 98, 5. Elkhart Memorial 135, 6. Wawasee 140, 7. Goshen 195, 8. Plymouth 213.

Warsaw – 1. Mia Beckham 18:39, 9. Emma Bohnenkamper 20:02, 11. Taylor Gunter 20:19, 12. Remi Beckham 20:21, 15. Carmen Yoder 20:45, 20. Amslie Howett 21:02, 23 Angie Sanchez 21:09.

Wawasee – 14. McKenzie Smith 20:36, 27. Caitlin Wortinger 21:19, 30. Aubrey Kuhn 22:04, 34. Reagan Atwood 22:23, 35. Autumn Turner 22:26, 36. Valeria Pizana 22:28, 43. Ella Beezley 22:55.

BOYS RESULTS

Team Standings – 1. Warsaw 46, 2. Concord 84, 3. Northridge 85, 4. Wawasee 87, 5. Goshen 106, 6. Elkhart Memorial 113, 7. NorthWood 180, 8. Plymouth 218.

Warsaw – 3. Lucas Howett, 16:25 , 5.  Taylor Mills 16:30, 11.  Xavi Ramirez 16:46, 12. Justin Fleming 16:47, 15. Sam Lechlitner 17:03, 24. Nathaniel Gottschalk 17:25, 29. Tanner Stiver 17:34.

Wawasee – 2. Spencer Hare 16:23, 8. Luke Griner 16:39, 16. Michael Hammer 17:06, 27. Jace Alexander 17:32, 34. Thomas Conley 17:44.

Warsaw Junior Varsity Results

1. Hunter Thompson 17:25, 3. Eric Williamson 17:38, 5. Jacob Kissling 17:44, 15. Nick Bazzoni 18:15, 16. Jack Horoho 18:16, 18. Anthony Bass 18:17, 19. Kennis Dye 18:18, 56. Gary Keys 19:06, 69. Issiac Mitchell 19:18,  70. Noah Marshall 19:19, 74. Jack May 19:27, 84. Marston Norris  19:34, 86. Ryan Bonebrake 19:35, 97. Hunter Metzger 19:44, 100.  Santos Zamarripa 19:47, 108. Jacob Denzer  19:53, 111. Ian Peloza 20:06, 139. Jorge Alvarez 20:46, 141. Ethan Thompson 20:48, 157. Chase Byron 21:10, 165. National Tylor 21:21,  172. Timothy Farmer 21:41, 176. Jeremy Campbell 22:01, 184. Victor Mejia 22:15, 186. Thane Bolton 22:21, 208. Austin Fleming 23:26, 230. Alejandro Cervantes 26:13.



Squires 2nd, Manchester Ladies 3rd at TRC Meet

NORTH MANCHESTER – The Lady Squires were third in the girls race, and the Manchester boys finished second in the Three Rivers Conference cross country meet Saturday at Manchester High School.

Jaelyn Webb finished third for the Lady Squires in 19:58. Torina Runkel was ninth in 20:37, Katie Barker 15th in 21:44, Sydney Diefenbaugh 20th in 22:26 and Maddy Evans 25th in 23:13.

Lance Bennett paced the Manchester boys, finishing 10th in 17:39, followed by Carter Bedke in 11th in 17:41. Montgomery Pattison was 22nd in 18:26, Benjamin Reichenbach 23rd in 18:27, and Reece Adamiec was 31st in 19:04.

Jordan Owens finished eighth for Tippecanoe Valley, leading the Vikings to a sixth-place showing in the team standings. Whitko was 10th.

Jadyn  Kolesiak was 16th for Valley in 21:46, and Valerie Jimenez was 18th in 22:05, leading the Lady Vikings to a fifth-place in the team standings. Whitko did not field a full team.

Manchester and Tippecanoe Valley will run in the Culver Academies Sectional on Saturday. Whitko competes in the Fort Wayne Northrop Sectional, also on Saturday.



THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE

CROSS COUNTRY MEET

at Manchester High School

GIRLS RESULTS

Team Standings – 1. Rochester 36, 2. Maconaquah 42, 3. Manchester 72, 4. Northfield 111, 5. Tippecanoe Valley 127, 6. North Miami 139, 7. Wabash 167.

Manchester – 3. Jaelyn Webb 19:58, 9. Torina Runkel 20:37, 15. Katie Barker 21:44, 20. Sydney Diefenbaugh 22:26, 25. Maddy Evans 23:13, 34. Anna Markham 24:09, 41. Guri Hoidahl 24:54, Kaitlyn Blum 28:56.

Valley – 16. Jadyn Kolesiak 21:46, 18. Valeria Jimenez 22:05, 27. Ava Craig 23:25, 29. Haley Hoover 23:40, 37. Marissa Mclean 24:47, 40. Caleigh Byrer 24:53, 42. Lorena Santiago 25:00, Alyssa Bell 25:18, Lauren Sponseller 26:13.

Whitko – Elizabeth Foutz 26:24, Angel Moyer 28.22.

BOYS RESULTS

Team Standings – 1. Wabash 40, 2. Manchester 87, 3. Rochester 110, 4. Maconaquah 122, 5. Southwood 122, 6. Tippecanoe Valley 159, 7. Northfield 159, 8. Peru 186, 9. North Miami 230, 10. Whitko 234.

Manchester – 10. Lance Bennett 17:39, 11. Carter Bedke 17:41, 21. Ethan Davis 18:26, 22. Montgomery Pattison 18:26, 23 Benjamin Reichenbach 18:27, 31. Reece Adamiec 19:04, 50. Kaden Dillon 20:14.

Valley – 8. Jordan Owens 17:30, 29. Matthew Howes 18:50, 34. Colt Demske 19:15, 42. Justin Peconga 19:43, 46. Ethan Hartman 20:00, 58. Jace Honeycutt 21:35.1, 59. Evan Lowman 21:35.6, Dwight Conley 22:34.

Whitko – 20. Logan Busz 18:24, 33. Zach Freel 19:11, 54. Ezra Miller 20:50, 62. Jeremiah Hildebrant 22:05, 65. Caden Compton 26:24.