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Wilson completes career sweep; four others all-WIC
Greencastle’s Emma Wilson won the Western Indiana Conference cross country meet for the fourth straight year to highlight Putnam County performances in Saturday’s event at South Putnam.
Wilson, the defending state champion, won in a time of 18:16.8 and defeated Edgewood’s Annalyssa Crain by 12.2 seconds.
Cloverdale’s Chelsie Edwards placed seventh and teammate Lily Monnett was 11th for the Clovers, while South Putnam’s Samara Young was 12th.
The top 15 individuals earned all-WIC honors.
Edgewood won the team title with 33 points to easily outdistance runnerup Northview.
North Putnam was fifth (despite not having anyone in the top 15), while Cloverdale was sixth, Greencastle was seventh and South Putnam was eighth.
In the boys’ meet, South Putnam’s Austin Rumley placed fourth overall and was the only Putnam County runner to earn all-WIC honors.
Northview won the team title with 44 points, while Edgewood was second with 61.
North Putnam, which had swept the Putnam County titles earlier last week, was fourth in the team standings — edging out fifth-place South Putnam just as in the county meet.
Cloverdale was eighth in the team standings while Greencastle did not have enough runners for the team competition.
Edgewood’s Austin Haskett won the individual title.
Comments from Putnam County coaches:
• North Putnam’s Kevin Lutes: “I was very pleased with how our kids raced today. In total, all but three kids ran their personal best this season which is saying a lot for a hilly course! I love that they are seeing such positive results from working so hard this season. We are excited to see what happens in Sectionals.”
• Cloverdale’s Andy Tyler: “I am very happy with our performance today. Our girls ran extremely well. Lily and Macie were both down about their performances at the county meet. They ran with some purpose today, and they both hit personal bests on this course. Chelsie and Rylan set a great pace as our front runners. Our boys team continues to improve week by week. We are looking forward to the tournament.”
• South Putnam’s Brandon Welti: “The conditions for racing on Saturday were perfect for the WIC meet at South Putnam. The girls’ team ran first and were led again by Samara Young. Samara stuck with her usual strategy of progressively moving up over the course of the race. She was around 20th place after the first mile and made her way up to 12th by finish, earning her All-Conference title. Lilly Vittetow, Catherine Hodge, Sarah Jones and Ally Menke all ran well, improving their times quite a bit from Tuesday’s meet. Together, these girls ran well enough to finish in eighth as a team. The boys’ team also had a great meet, all running much faster than they did on the same course at the county meet on Tuesday. Austin Rumley again led the way for the boys. He was in the chase pack the entire race and finished in fourth place, earning All-Conference honors. Rounding out the scoring for the boys were Eric Hinkle, Karl Egold, Andrew Carr, and Eli Smith. The boys as a team ran to a strong fifth-place finish.”
• Greencastle’s Craig Jordan — “The girls recorded their best performances of the season which was phenomenal. The weather and level of competition definitely played a big part. The confidence they’re gaining is crucial as we will need to perform well at Sectionals if we are to qualify out as a team. We believe we have more to give and we’re excited to see how things will shake out on Saturday.”
All Putnam County schools will return to South Putnam on Saturday for the sectional.
Girls’ meet
Team standings — Edgewood 33, Northview 77, Owen Valley 132, Indian Creek 135, North Putnam 147, Cloverdale 156, Greencastle 160, South Putnam 163, Cascade 184, West Vigo 205.
Top 15 (all-WIC) — Emma Wilson (G) 18:16.8, Annalyssa Crain (E) 18:29.0, Kaylee Meyer (E) 20:10.6, Sareah Foster (E) 20:23.4, Evie Noel (N) 20:57.4, Eme Koester (BC) 21:03.8, Chelsie Edwards (Cl) 21:18.6, Eden Siples (N) 21:22.3, Claire Sherfield (E) 21:34.1, Anna Fleetwood (BC) 21:42.5, Lily Monnett (Cl) 21:45.0, Samara Young (SP) 21:45.8, Jozee Spatta (OV) 21:56.0, Shae Biddle (IC) 22:00.2, Kenzi Brown (OV) 22:05.8
North Putnam runners — 17. Grace Elmore 22:25, 18. Anna Haste 22:28, 28. Madison Trotter 23:12, 41. Jaden Day 24:30, 43. Taylor Hensley 24:34, 45. Katie Fry 24:51, 63. Reghan Christy 27:01
Other Cloverdale runners — 20. Macie Couch 22:40, 56. Megan Miller 26:04, 65. Abigail Bernard 27:15, 66. Jasmine Blankenship 28:17
Other South Putnam runners — 32. Lilly Vittetow 24:10, 33. Sarah Jones 24:13, 34. Catherine Hodge 24:17, 54. Ally Menke 25:49.
Other Greencastle runners — 22. Sydney Kallem 22:44, 39. Mika Mozawa 24:24, 46. Olivia Headley 24:59, 52. Audrie Brennan 25:33, 61. Ella Thomas 26:38, 62. Allison Fajt 26;45
Boys’ meet
Team standings — Northview 44, Edgewood 61, Brown County 124, North Putnam 139, South Putnam 143, West Vigo 151, Sullivan 156, Cloverdale 200, Owen Valley 205, Indian Creek 222, Cascade 282
Top 15 (all-WIC) — Austin Haskett (E) 16:51.8, Marino Dolph (BC) 17:22.6, Braden Norris (N) 17:25.6, Austin Rumley (SP) 17:27.5, Damon Kesler (WV) 17:32.7, Thomas Chapman (N) 17:37, Jackson McPheeters (BC) 17:44.2, Stuart Bennett ( N) 17:44.7, Corbin Buttsd (N) 17:53.9, Cameron Banister (E) 18:07.1, Liam Nelson (E) 18:10.1, Brandon Leslie (BC) 18:12.9, Zay Doering (E) 18:13.4, Colsyn Head (OV) 18:20.1, Preston Fox (Ca) 18:21.2
North Putnam runners — 16. Zach Huff 18:24, 19. John Huffman 18:45, 30. Matthew Trotter 19:10, 31. Kyle Young 19:10, 43. Ellis Lyons 19:46, 50. Adam Bonebrake 20:05, 54. Grant Jarboe 20:21.
Cloverdale runners — 22. Rylan Hall 18:48, 32. Seth Geiger 19:11, 42. Nate Nees 19:42, 46. Chase Ashcraft 19:56, 58. Ray Bates 20:42, 60. Josh Beikman 20:53, 67. Elliott Williamson 21:46.
Other South Putnam runners — 20. Eric Hinkle 18:46, 27. Karl Egold 19:00, 44. Andrew Carr 19:50, 48. Eli Smith 20:01, 53. Brent Wiggins 20:17, 59. Clay Cash 20:51.
Greencastle runners — 41. Ian Frank 19:36, 56. Tyler Adams 20:28, 61. Brandon Olson 20:51, 68. John Brook 21:07.