CULVER – Warsaw senior Mia Beckham emerged as the individual girls champion for the third straight year, and Warsaw’s boys and girls cross country teams each won championships at the Culver Academies Regional Saturday.
Beckham’s time of 19:04 was 34 seconds faster than runner-up Madison Winegardner of Maconaquah. Emma Bohnenkamper was fourth in 19:59, Carmen Yoder 16th in 21:08, Angie Sanchez–Vijil 17th in 21:11 and Taylor Gunter 21st in 21:28. The regional title was the fifth straight for the Lady Tigers.
Warsaw’s boys team placed all five scoring runners in the top 12 to beat host Culver Academies by 50 points for the regional title.
Lucas Howett was third overall in 16:40, and Taylor Mills was fifth in 17:02. Xavi Ramirez was seventh in 17:15, Justin Fleming 10th in 17:24 and Nathaniel Gottschalk was 12th in 17:29.
Manchester’s boys team advanced to Saturday’s semistate at New Prairie with a fifth-place finish. Lance Bennett was 13th in 17:34, and freshman Carter Bedke was 19th in 17:59. Ben Reichenbach was 30th in 18:25, Montgomery Pattison 49th in 18:50 and Reece Adamiec was 61st in 19:15.
The Lady Squires saw Jaelyn Webb and Torina Runkel advance to semistate as individuals, with the team finishing in seventh place. Webb was eighth in 20:21 and Runkel 12th in 20:47. Katie Barker was 43rd for Manchester in 22:37, Maddy Evans 67th in 23:42 and Anna Markham was 78th in 24:36.
Tippecanoe Valley senior Jordan Owens qualified for the boys semistate race by finishing among the top 10 runners not on an advancing team. Owens was 15th overall in 17:15.
Runners advancing from the Culver Academies Regional will run in the New Prairie Semistate races Saturday, with the girls race at 11 a.m. Eastern time and the boys starting an hour later.
Warrior Boys Advance At Elkhart Central Regional
DUNLAP – Wawasee’s boys cross country team won a tiebreaker for fourth place over Goshen at the Elkhart Central Regional cross country race Saturday at Ox Bow Park.
Luke Griner finished in 12th place for the Warriors in 16:38. Spencer Hare was 19th in 16:50, Michael Hammer 34th in 17:27, Jace Alexander 48th in 17:41 and Braxton Alexander 49th in 17:43.
McKenzie Smith will represent the Lady Warriors at semistate by virtue of her 18th-place finish in 20:26. Wawasee’s girls finished ninth in the team standings.
Wawasee runners will compete in the New Haven semistate on the IPFW campus in Fort Wayne on Saturday, The girls race will begin at 1 p.m., and the boys race will be about 45 minutes later.
CULVER ACADEMIES REGIONAL
Note – the top 5 teams, plus the top 10 individuals not on an advancing team, qualify for semistate.
(BOYS)
Team Scores – 1. Warsaw 32, 2. Culver Academies 82, 3. Plymouth 87, 4. Caston 121, 5. Manchester 145, 6. Logansport 152, 7. Western 179, 8.Kokomo 188, 9. Lewis Cass 196, 10. Winamac 222
Race Winner – Mitchell Rans (Caston) 16:19
Warsaw – 3. Lucas Howett 16:40, 5. Taylor Mills 17:02, 7. Xavi Ramirez 17:15, 10. Justin Fleming 17:24, 12. Nathaniel Gottschalk 17:29, 25. Hunter Thompson 18:10, 36. Jack Horoho 18:32.
Manchester – 13. Lance Bennett 17:34, 19. Carter Bedke 17:59, 30. Ben Reichenbach 18:25, 61. Reece Adamiec 19:15, 62. Ethan Davis 19:16, 87. Kaden Dillon 22:09
Tippecanoe Valley – 15. Jordan Owens 17:15, 41. Matthew Howes 18:40.
Triton – 63. Russell Reichard 19:19, 73. Brandon Kitch 20:00
(GIRLS)
TEAM SCORES – 1. Warsaw 55, 2. Rochester 81, 3. Maconaquah 99, 4. Western 106, 5. Culver Academies 135, 6. Lewis Cass 154, 7. Manchester 159, 8. Northwestern 162, 9. Logansport 203, 10. Plymouth 222
Race Winner – Mia Beckham (Warsaw) 19:04
Warsaw – 1. Beckham 19:04, 4. Emma Bohnenkamper 19:59, 16. Carmen Yoder 21:08, 17. Angie Sanchez-Vijil 21:11, 21. Taylor Gunter 21:28, 31. Remi Beckham 22:10, 44. Amslie Howett 22:38
Manchester – 8. Jaelyn Webb 20:21, 12. Torina Runkel 20:47, 43. Katie Barker 22:37, 67. Maddy Evans 23:42, 78. Anna Markham 24:36.
Team Scores – 1. Penn 45, 2. Northridge 110, 3. Concord 116, 4. Wawasee 133, 5. Goshen 133, 6. Elkhart Memorial 135, 7. South Bend Riley 136, 8. Mishawaka 144, 9. S.B. St. Joseph 144, 10. S.B. Adams 260.
Race Winner – Amani Morrell (St. Joe) 16:18
Wawasee – 12. Luke Griner 16:38, 19. Spencer Hare 16:50, 34. Michael Hammer 17:27, 48. Jace Alexander 17:41, 49. Braxton Alexander 17:43, 52. Thomas Conley 17:45, 55. Bennett Hoffert 17:51
