Prep Report: Eight area cross country runners qualify for Shelbyville Regional

Five Golden Bears secured regional berths Saturday in the IHSAA cross country sectional held at Blue River Memorial Park in Shelbyville.

The top five teams and the top 15 individuals not on an advancing team qualified for the regional also to be held at the cross country venue in Shelbyville.

Shelbyville’s Shia Veach (16:59) and America Leon-Torres (21:24) each finished 15^th overall in their respective races to earn All-Sectional honors.

They will be joined at the Shelbyville Regional by Logan Reinhart, who finished 33^rd (17:44) in the boys race, and Macey Robbins (29^th in 22:20) and Kat Seal (44^th in 23:23).

The Golden Bears finished ninth in the team standings in both events.

Also running for Shelbyville in the boys race were Kendryk Pike (58^th in 19:21), Anderson Mollenkopf (61^st in 19:31), Eden Ortega (69^th in 20:08), Everett Stegemiller (85^th in 22:24) and Alex Wells (90^th in 27:21).

Southwestern finished 13^th in the team standings. Representing the Spartans were Chris Claiborne (70^th in 20:12), Jackson Bentz (84^th in 22:02), Samuel Wilson (87^th in 24:25), Maxmilian Wilson (88^th in 24:45) and Jayden Thurston (91^st in 28:50).

Waldron’s Jackson Kuhn finished 59^th in 19:27 and Triton Central’s Max Tupper placed 86^th in 22:40.

Completing the roster for Shelbyville in the girls race were Aerin Garcia-Santiago (48^th in 23:50), Avery Keller (58^th in 25:07), Claire Kamplain (67^th in 27:26) and Haylee Barnes (68^th in 27:40).

Waldron’s Kassidy Meulen finished 59^th in 25:16; Triton Central’s Audrey Morris finished 69^th in 27:58; Southwestern’s Kyndra King placed 72^nd in 29:30; Triton Central’s Reese Kelley was 73^rd in 29:58; and Southwestern’s Adalyn Brewer finished 75^th in 32:10.

At the Mt. Vernon Sectional, Morristown’s Ryan Crisman (38^th in 18:24), Lakshdeep Singh (41^st in 18:31) and Audrey VanDyke (33^rd in 22:00) qualified for the Shelbyville Regional.

Also competing for Morristown at the sectional were Evan Trittipo (85^th in 24:28), Brooke Kuhn (56^th in 24:36) and Gracie Theobald (68^th in 27:56).

In another postseason event Saturday:

Boys tennis

North Central Regional

Southwestern’s Kyle Beck lost his regional semifinal singles match to Richmond’s Alexander Harrick, 6-0, 6-1.

Harrick (19-1), a freshman, suffered the first loss of his high school career to Indianapolis Chatard’s Casey Beckmann, 6-1, 6-1, in the regional championship match.

Mt. Vernon senior Bryndan Wylie and Tate Cougill avenged a Hoosier Heritage Conference loss earlier this season with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2 win over Shelbyville’s Aiden Smith, a senior, and Wyatt Armstrong, a junior.

Smith’s career ended with a 78-26 doubles record, three sectional titles, a regional championship and a state finals appearance in 2023.

The Marauders defeated Seymour’s Shunsuke Takeuchi and Braylon Busby in the regional championship match, 0-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3).

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