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AKRON – Manchester’s Rae Bedke finished second overall, leading the Lady Squires to a second-place finish as a team in the Tippecanoe Valley Invitational cross country meet Saturday.
Bedke covered the course in 19:51.6, behind Jasmine Early of team champ Columbia City. Tahnee Fuentes took sixth, Jaelyn Webb 14th, Clara Burdette 23rd and Katie Baker 25th for the Lady Squires.
Triton freshman Whytnie Miller was 17th overall, leading the Lady Trojans to an eighth-place finish. Tippecanoe Valley took 11th, paced by Claudia Ramos, who covered the course in 25:13.2.
Whitko didn’t field a full team. Amanda Leppek was the top finisher for the Lady Wildcats, completing the course in 25:27.9.
The Manchester boys team was sixth. Drew Jones finished in 24th place, Wilson Nettleton 27th and Ethan Davis 29th for the Squires.
Triton was led by Bailey Watkins and Russel Reichard, who finished tied for 20th in 18:24.2. Valley was paced by Justin Peconga’s 20:52.3. Lakeland Christian’s Rye Stevens ran in 21:56.1 and Whitko’s Logan Busz was 29th overall in 18:55.5.
Triton will run again on Tuesday, hosting Rochester. Valley and Manchester are off until Saturday when they will be joined by Triton and Warsaw at the New Prairie Invitational.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY
INVITATIONAL
Girls Race
Team Standings – 1. Columbia City 22, 2. Manchester 70, 3. Rochester 108, 4. Bremen 123, 5. Caston 126, 6. Northfield 132, 7. West Noble 137, 8. Triton 171, 9. Adams Central 258, 10. Wabash 309, 11. Tippecanoe Valley 317, 12. Jimtown 332.
Local Team Results
Manchester – 2. Rae Bedke 19:51.5. 6. Tahnee Fuentes 20:46.4, 14. Jaelyn Webb 21:35.1, 23. Clara Burdette 22:37.8, 25. Katie Baker 22:43.6, 41. Sydney Diefenbaugh 23:43.9, 54. Maddy Evans 24:23.3
Triton – 17. Whytnie Miller 21:55.7, 19. Baylee McIntire 22:10.9, 42. Briana Wilhite 23:56.8, 43. Abigail Powell 23:58.2, 50. Aimee Gladieux 24:19.2, 63. Michaela Best 25:34.8, 81. Makayla Greenawalt 33:17.0
Tippecanoe Valley – 58. Claudia Ramos 25:13.2, 60. Valeria Jimenez 25:14.3, 62. Haley Hoover 25:29.4, 65. Lexi Durkes 26:20.7, 72. Alyssa Bell 27:06.5, 75. Laura Sponseller 28:04.6, 78. Abbi Miller 30.04.5
Whitko – Amanda Leppek 25:27.9, Lizz Fouts 26:54.9, Manon Sonneville 26:57.7, Angel Moyer 28:02.1
Boys Race
Team Standings – 1. West Noble 36, 2. Columbia City 91, 3. Rochester 106, 4. Bremen 142, 5. Wabash 149, 6. Manchester 153, 7. Caston 189, 8. John Glenn 217, 9. Adams Central 221, 10. Jimtown 225, 11. Triton 257, 12. Argos 12, 13. Tippecanoe Valley 371
Local Team Results
Manchester – 24. Drew Jones 18:42.5, 27. Wilson Nettleton 19:01.2, 29. Ethan Davis 19:08.3 36. Ben Reichenbach 19:30.9, 37. Montgomery Pattison 19:35.5, 41. Hunter Miller 19:45.7, 59. Reece Adamiec 20:44.9.
Triton – 20. Bailey Watkins 18:24.2, 21. Russell Reichard 18:24.2, 66. Brock Watkins 21:08.3, 74. Ty Ferry 21:39.3, 76. Shaun Honeycutt 21:48.2, 83. Jeremiah Goodrich 20:55.5, 84. Agosto Salgado 24:55.9
Tippecanoe Valley – 61. Justin Peconga 20:52.3, 68. 21:19.5, 77. Colt Demske 22:06.0, 79. Tristen Nuest 23:08.3, 86. Joseph Irons 25:30.2
Lakeland Christian – Rye Stevens 21:56.1, Trenton Parker 22:48.0, Turner Samuel 25:41.9
Whitko – Logan Busz 18:55.5, Zach Freel 19:54.9, 3. Ezra Miller 20:41
