Boys Cross Country at West Noble Invitational

By Kassidy Love
Head Cross Country Coach 

LIGONIER, Ind. —  West Noble Cross Country Invitational was a friendly place for the running Bruins on Saturday. Season bests for Ryan Miller and Jesse Bontreger and a personal best for Austin Hooley. Colin Samuel also ran a strong race. The middle schoolers also turned in personal best times.



Team scores — Goshen 87, West Noble 104, Dwenger 130, Northfield 157, South Adams 167, DeKalb 193, Blackhawk 265, Homestead 274, NorthWood 275, FW North Side 283, Lakeland 291, Churubusco 301, Prairie Heights 350, FW South Side 358, FW Wayne 373, Columbia City 388, New Haven 407, Leo 424, Elkhart Christian 496, Bishop Luers 514, Woodlan 593, Manchester 598.

Top finishers — Ryan Smith (Central Noble) 15:47.8, Joel Hartman (ECA) 16:02.7, Mark Beckmann (DeK) 16:07.7, Brandon Arnold (WN) 16:23.4, Caleb Augustus (Nfd) 16:25.4, Luke Kaufman (Goshen) 16:32.0, Joseph Trost (LL) 16:43.9, Nicholas Lagemann (PH) 16:44.5, Jonathan Weimer (WN) 16:45.5, Aaron Mast (WN) 16:48.2, Matthew Fahs-Brown (Man) 16:48.9, Manny Ratliff (FWNS) 16:51.8, Brody Shane (SA) 16:56.1, Luke Miller (Dw) 16:59.9, Devin Tracy (Nfd) 17:00.4.

Bethany runners — 79th, Jesse Bontreger 18:30.1; 161st, Colin Samuel 22:16.6; 167th, Austin Hooley 23:00.9; 173rd, Ryan Miller 23:42.0.