Shelbyville girls cross country advances out of Franklin Sectional, six more area runners qualify for regional

Shelbyville girls cross country needed every second to count Saturday morning at the Franklin Sectional.

With Kat Seal and Anne Marie Fansler securing top 50 finishes, Shelbyville earned fifth place at the sectional and advanced as a team to the Franklin Regional.

Whiteland won the sectional title with 28 points. Center Grove was second at 47 ahead of Franklin (123), Roncalli (130) and Shelbyville (147). The Golden Bears edged out Greenwood (150) and Perry Meridian (155) for the final advancing spot.

America Leon (photo, pink jersey) led Shelbyville with a 12^th-place finish in 20 minutes, 10 seconds. Macey Robbins followed in 15^th at 20:26.

Also scoring points for Shelbyville were Harper Kinsey (38^th in 22:57), Seal (44^th in 23:48) and Fansler (46^th in 24:08). Also competing for the Golden Bears were Belle Orem (53^rd in 24:58) and Claire Kamplain (55^th in 25:05).

In the boys race at Franklin, Shelbyville placed ninth overall but advanced two runners to the regional.

Shia Veach finished sixth in 16:14 and Eden Ortega was 25^th in 17:25.

Waldron’s Jacob Kuhn also advanced to the regional with a 32^nd place finish in 17:47.

Mt. Vernon Regional

Morristown girls cross country finished eighth in the team standings and advanced its top two runners to the Franklin Regional.

Audrey VanDyke placed 41^st (22:13) and Lauren Kuhn finished 43^rd in 22:18.

Morristown’s Ryan Crisman placed 47^th in the boys race in 18:16 to also advance to the Franklin Regional.

Franklin Regional

The top five teams and top 15 individuals not on an advancing team from five separate sectionals qualified for the Franklin Regional this Saturday at CERAland Sports Park in Columbus.

The sectionals feeding the Franklin Regional are Noblesville, Mt. Vernon, Rushville, Southwestern (Hanover) and Franklin.

The advancing rules from the regional are the same to reach the state finals – the top five teams and top 15 individuals not on an advancing team.

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