Middle school results from West Noble Invitation​al

By Michael Yeakey
Head Middle School Cross Country Coach 

LIGONIER, Ind. — While neither the boys nor the girls fielded a complete team at today's West Noble Invitational, some very good times were logged.

In the girls varsity race, eighth-grader Hannah Yeakey placed 17th in a field of 196, clocked at 11:51.0, while sister Fiona (sixth grade) finished in 175th with a time of 15:52.4. Both times are personal bests. 

Seventh-grader Jonah Hochstetler was Bethany's leader in the boys varsity race, taking 90th out of 210 runners in 11:54.9, followed closely by fellow seventh-grader Dustin Miller at 106th in 12:07.8.  Rounding out the Bethany runners were seventh-grader Lucas Brownsburger-Keyes in 158th place at 13:09 and eighth-grader Jackson King in 188th place at 13:54.  Hochstetler, Miller, and King all ran lifetime personal bests. 

The teams compete next at Elkhart Christian Academy with Fairfield on Tuesday.

Girls results
Team scores — Maple Creek 52, Wawasee 80, Indian Springs 105, Summitt 157, Carroll 167, Schmucker 178, Edgewood 182, Woodside 189, South Adams 211, Fairfield 318, West Noble 365, NorthWood 448, Northfield 461, Garrett 484, East Noble 494, Elkhart Christian 506, Leo 530, Westview 537, Manchester 539, Churubusco 550, Goshen 560, Fremont 616, St. Charles 622, Lakeview 625, Lakeland 630, Prairie Heights 661, New Haven 685.

Top runners — Maddie Distelrath (Sum) 10:59.5, Cali Geiger (MC) 11:08.2, Allison Miller (Edg) 11:09.3, Emma Jankowski (Schm) 11:18.6, Kelsey Batt (Wood) 11:19.5, Olivia Von Gunten (SA) 11:22.3, Leah Metzger (MC) 11:23.1, Ashley Johnson (IS) 11:28.6, Delanie Bame (Waw) 11:30.6, Maddie Morehead (ECA) 11:31.6, Abby Brelage (SC) 11:37.37, Cassie Pontius (MC) MC 11:43.5, Carmen Yoder (Waw) 11:45.8, Julia Till (MC) 11:46.8, Aubrey Kuhn (Waw) 11:47.2.

Bethany finishers — 17th, Hannah Yeakey 11:51.0; 175th, Fiona Yeakey 15:52.4.

Boys results
Team scores — Maple Creek 83, Westview 92, West Noble 132, Wawasee 151, Indian Springs 153, Carroll 209, Summitt 240, Woodside 262, Lakeview 304, NorthWood 305, Leo 317, Blackhawk 336, Edgewood 357, St. Charles 369, Goshen 384, Fairfield 398, Schmucker 458, Churubusco 510, East Noble 565, Fremont 571, Prairie Heights 592, South Adams 613, Garrett 617, Elkhart Christian 618, Manchester 618, Lakeland 700, Whitko 707, Eastside 740. Elkhart Christian wins tiebreaker for 24th on sixth-runner tiebreaker.

Top runners — Landon Miller (FF) 10:08.0, Brad Johnson (IS) 10:11.5, Jacob Redding (Car) 10:15.8, Fernando Luevano (WN) 10:16.3, Matthew Yoder (Wv) 10:19.7, Connor Goetz (MC) 10:24.9, Roman Miller (Wv) 10:27.9, Caleb Darr (NW) 10:29.3, Braden Clements (MC) 10:32.2, Erick Contreras (WN) 10:22.6, Aarronn Steele (Central Noble) 10:34.9, Eli Steiner (Leo) 10:38.5, James Swinehart (Sum) 10:41.8, Luke Griner (Waw) 10:43.7, Justin Contreras (WN) 10:44.4.

Bethany finishers — 90th, Jonah Hochstetler 11:54.9; 106th, Dustin Miller 12:07.8, 158th, Lucas Brownsberger-Keyes 13:09.3, 188th, Jackson King 13:54.3.