GXC STATE FINALS: Preview

From ihsaa.org

With no returning individual state champions in the girls race, the door is wide open for a new winner Oct. 29 at the IHSAA Cross Country State Finals in Terre Haute.

Four young ladies who finished in the Top 10 last year are back to take another shot. Carmel’s Sarah Bennett finished third a year ago and is coming off the same showing at the Carmel semistate. Noblesville’s Helen Willman, Carmel’s Renee Wellman, and Indianapolis Chatard’s Mary Davis finished 7-8-9 in the 2010 state finals. Wellman won the Carmel Semistate race, with Willman fifth and Davis seventh.

Others to win their respective semistates are Chanli Mundy of Terre Haute North at Brown County, Ashley Erba of Warsaw at New Haven, and Bobbie Burgess of West Lafayette (New Prairie).

Top-ranked Carmel is the defending state champion and looking for its record 13th overall crown in the sport. The Greyhounds easily outpaced No. 2 Columbus North at the semistate by an 89-point margin. No. 3 West Lafayette won at New Prairie, while No. 6 Carroll (Fort Wayne) won the New Haven championship.

No. 19 Eastern (Greentown) and fifth-ranked Hamilton Southeastern will be fielding a full girls team for the first time at the state meet.

Of historical note …

Teams returning from 2010 field (15 of 24)
Bloomington South, Carmel, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Columbus North, Crown Point, Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Huntington North, Lake Central, Portage, Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South, Valparaiso, West Lafayette, Westfield

Qualified without a team (24)
Andrean Becca Conley
Angola Ericka Rinehart
Bloomington North Kate Raphael
Columbia City Samantha Roush
Evansville North Allison Rollins
Fort Wayne North Tiffany Rauch
Fremont Anna Aldrich
Fremont Abigail Hostetler
Griffith Taylor Austin
Indianapolis Chatard Mary Davis
Indianapolis Cathedral Emma MacAnally
LaPorte Elena Lancioni
Martinsville Ashley Krulik
New Prairie Mary McBride
Noblesville Kendra Foley
Noblesville Helen Willman
North Harrison Ashton Bosler
Northfield Jenna Halderman
Perry Central Cathryn Peter
Perry Meridian Kieran Casey
South Bend St. Joseph’s Darby Mountford
South Knox Tauri Whitton
Washington Madison Decker
Winchester Whitney Wiist

Most consecutive team appearances
31: Carmel (1981-current)

Active streaks of team appearances (three or more years)
31: Carmel
19: Valparaiso
8: Carroll (Fort Wayne), Terre Haute North
6: Lake Central
5: Bloomington South, Columbus North
4: Crown Point, Huntington North, Portage
3: Evansville Memorial

Team appearance droughts broken (10 or more years)
12: Warsaw (1999)
11: Avon (2000)

First team appearance
Eastern (Greentown), Hamilton Southeastern

The Oct. 29 lineup for the 31st Annual IHSAA Girls Cross Country State Finals at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute:

STATE FINALS
Date: Saturday, Oct. 29
Time: BOYS 1 p.m. ET; GIRLS 1:45 p.m. ET
Admission: $8
Site: LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, Wabash Valley Sports Center, 599 South Tabortown Road, Terre Haute

The girls semistate team qualifiers (listed in order of finish chronologically in descending order):

Terre Haute North
Bloomington South
#24 Evansville Memorial
#10 Terre Haute South
Heritage Hills
New Albany
#1 Carmel
#2 Columbus North
#5 Hamilton Southeastern
#9 Westfield
#7 Avon
#12 Center Grove
#6 Carroll (Fort Wayne)
#13 Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran
#16 Warsaw
#14 Penn
#21 Northridge
#25 Huntington North
#3 West Lafayette
#17 Valparaiso
Crown Point
Portage
#19 Eastern (Greentown)
Lake Central

The girls roster:

Bib Number Last Name First Name School Grade
1 Conley Becca Andrean 11
2 Rinehart Ericka Angola 11
3 Abramson Malyka Avon 9
4 Collins Victoria Avon 11
5 Heeger Lauren Avon 9
6 Hill Megan Avon 9
7 Hillis Mikala Avon 11
8 Kerr Courtney Avon 9
9 Lane Avery Avon 9
10 McNealy Jesse Avon 12
11 Mothersead Kelsie Avon 9
12 Price Megan Avon 11
13 Reed Kennedy Avon 10
14 Smith Taylor Avon 12
15 Davis Mary Bishop Chatard 12
16 Raphael Kate Bloomington North 10
17 Burt Ali Bloomington South 9
18 Comingore Alex Bloomington South 9
19 Derheimer Lainey Bloomington South 10
20 Din Asiyah Bloomington South 12
21 Fickel Veronica Bloomington South 9
22 Kenney Karolina Bloomington South 12
23 Lewandowski Alexis Bloomington South 9
24 Moore Ivy Bloomington South 9
25 Muzii Megan Bloomington South 11
26 Thompson Grace Bloomington South 12
27 Tucker Jen Bloomington South 11
28 Warzyniak Alex Bloomington South 10
29 Bennett Sarah Carmel 12
30 Genco Gina Carmel 10
31 Harris Haley Carmel 9
32 Harris Kelsey Carmel 9
33 Jacobsen Allison Carmel 12
34 Kahre Lauren Carmel 12
35 McCausland Emma Carmel 9
36 Schmitz Ellen Carmel 11
37 Thinnes Nicole Carmel 12
38 Wanner Karlye Carmel 12
39 Welch Kelcy Carmel 10
40 Wellman Renee Carmel 12
41 Chastain Caitlyn Carroll Fort Wayne 10
42 Doty Megan Carroll Fort Wayne 9
43 Hippensteel Olivia Carroll Fort Wayne 11
44 Metzger Stacey Carroll Fort Wayne 9
45 Morris Kathryn Carroll Fort Wayne 10
46 Norris Alexis Carroll Fort Wayne 11
47 Patrick Paige Carroll Fort Wayne 11
48 Poynter Amy Carroll Fort Wayne 11
49 Roy Sophia Carroll Fort Wayne 11
50 Ruich Melanie Carroll Fort Wayne 11
51 Stenger Madison Carroll Fort Wayne 11
52 Whaley Coral Carroll Fort Wayne 10
53 Burnett Delainey Center Grove 11
54 Burton Anna Center Grove 11
55 DeHaven Maddie Center Grove 9
56 Dever Rachel Center Grove 10
57 Dishman Shelbi Center Grove 10
58 Ericson Marissa Center Grove 9
59 Lee Morgan Center Grove 11
60 Raker Emma Center Grove 12
61 Schoettmer Victoria Center Grove 11
62 Sheehan Caroline Center Grove 9
63 Timmons Jordan Center Grove 11
64 Tuttle Abby Center Grove 9
65 Roush Samantha Columbia City 10
66 Bowman Alison Columbus North 10
67 Wolfe Caryn Columbus North 11
68 Caldwell Mackenzie Columbus North 10
69 Gill Jaclyn Columbus North 12
70 Harris Mackenzie Columbus North 12
71 Neal Morgan Columbus North 9
72 Shuffett Erin Columbus North 12
73 Sollman Rachael Columbus North 11
74 Thornburg Macey Columbus North 12
75 Westbrook Bethany Columbus North 12
76 Wolfe Laurel Columbus North 12
77 Yonushonis Rosemary Columbus North 9
78 Carpenter Allison Crown Point 11
79 Dean Megan Crown Point 12
80 Firchau Cassandra Crown Point 12
81 Kislowski Kelly Crown Point 9
82 McCarroll Lauren Crown Point 12
83 McGurk Kayla Crown Point 10
84 Passine Taylor Crown Point 12
85 Pierce Lyndie Crown Point 10
86 St Amour Alex Crown Point 9
87 Wallace Hannah Crown Point 11
88 Willette Amber Crown Point 10
89 Wortel Allison Crown Point 11
90 DeAngulo Elyssa Eastern (Greentown) 9
91 Donson Breann Eastern (Greentown) 11
92 Ewing Avery Eastern (Greentown) 9
93 Hedges Megan Eastern (Greentown) 10
94 Martin Cambry Eastern (Greentown) 10
95 Neeley Bethany Eastern (Greentown) 11
96 Neeley Brittany Eastern (Greentown) 11
97 Rinaldo Ari Eastern (Greentown) 10
98 Wagner Sarah Eastern (Greentown) 11
99 Willis Sarah Eastern (Greentown) 12
100 Arney Hanna Evansville Memorial 12
101 Bitter Taylor Evansville Memorial 11
102 Bromm Emily Evansville Memorial 10
103 Effron Shannon Evansville Memorial 10
104 Ehrensbeck Claire Evansville Memorial 12
105 Elpers Makayla Evansville Memorial 10
106 Ford Samantha Evansville Memorial 12
107 Hodge Sarah Evansville Memorial 12
108 Mehringer Maria Evansville Memorial 11
109 Wargel Sarah Evansville Memorial 10
110 Warren Taylor Evansville Memorial 10
111 Willersinn Tanja Evansville Memorial 12
112 Rollins Allison Evansville North 9
113 Adair Erin Fort Wayne Concordia 9
114 Ahmed Taryn Fort Wayne Concordia 11
115 Doerffler Sarah Fort Wayne Concordia 11
116 Easterday Maryfrances Fort Wayne Concordia 12
117 Harrison Michaela Fort Wayne Concordia 10
118 Jenkins Jordan Fort Wayne Concordia 12
119 Konow Marina Fort Wayne Concordia 10
120 Moeller Daniela Fort Wayne Concordia 11
121 Reibs Anna Fort Wayne Concordia 12
122 Renken Lydia Fort Wayne Concordia 11
123 Stellwagen Kayla Fort Wayne Concordia 9
124 Stout Chelsi Fort Wayne Concordia 12
125 Rauch Tiffany Fort Wayne North Side 12
126 Aldrich Anna Fremont 11
127 Hostetler Abigail Fremont 10
128 Austin Taylor Griffith 11
129 Baker Michelle Hamilton Southeastern 12
130 King Jessica Hamilton Southeastern 10
131 Meskis Lauren Hamilton Southeastern 10
132 Morgan Brooke Hamilton Southeastern 12
133 Nichwitz Rachel Hamilton Southeastern 9
134 Pfanstiel Courtney Hamilton Southeastern 9
135 Sraders Carla Hamilton Southeastern 12
136 Stensland Samantha Hamilton Southeastern 9
137 Tatom Jordan Hamilton Southeastern 12
138 Wagoner Emily Hamilton Southeastern 11
139 Williams Ashley Hamilton Southeastern 11
140 Zuber Samantha Hamilton Southeastern 10
141 Ayer Shaylyn Heritage Hills 12
142 Crews Sienna Heritage Hills 9
143 Deller Jessica Heritage Hills 12
144 Ficker Megan Heritage Hills 11
145 Kennedy Kiersten Heritage Hills 12
146 Kern Emily Heritage Hills 11
147 Laughlin Clara Heritage Hills 11
148 McSwain Lauren Heritage Hills 12
149 Mundy Savannah Heritage Hills 11
150 Schaefer Stephanie Heritage Hills 10
151 Sumbles Annastacia Heritage Hills 10
152 Welch Nikki Heritage Hills 10
153 Ditzler Marie Huntington North 11
154 Doering Taryn Huntington North 9
155 Eherenman Emily Huntington North 9
156 Hacker Cassie Huntington North 12
157 Johnson Cassidy Huntington North 10
158 Karst Robyn Huntington North 11
159 Karst Sara Huntington North 12
160 Munro Tammy Huntington North 11
161 Patrick Kayla Huntington North 11
162 Peters Hannah Huntington North 11
163 Rowe Karson Huntington North 11
164 Smith Nicole Huntington North 12
165 MacAnally Emma Indianapolis Cathedral 11
166 Carroll Shelby Lake Central 12
167 Carroll Zoe Lake Central 10
168 Drabek Brooke Lake Central 10
169 Hudi Sarah Lake Central 11
170 Klapkowski Alexa Lake Central 10
171 Lazic Tatiana Lake Central 10
172 Onest Amanda Lake Central 11
173 Swider Jory Lake Central 10
174 Tazbir Jade Lake Central 10
175 Tharp Jill Lake Central 12
176 Zajac Megan Lake Central 9
177 Zlotkowski Tara Lake Central 9
178 Lancioni Elena LaPorte 10
179 Krulik Ashley Martinsville 12
180 Bauer Phoebe New Albany 11
181 Bowden Rachel New Albany 10
182 Duffy Lindsay New Albany 12
183 Geveden Rachel New Albany 9
184 Kaforski Rose New Albany 9
185 Kaiser Halee New Albany 11
186 Knable Bailey New Albany 11
187 Lopez Thalia New Albany 9
188 McDowell Roshanda New Albany 11
189 Mundy Corinn New Albany 10
190 Ricke Temple New Albany 10
191 Smith Kaitlyn New Albany 12
192 McBride Mary New Prairie 11
193 Foley Kendra Noblesville 11
194 Willman Helen Noblesville 12
195 Bosler Ashton North Harrison 9
196 Halderman Jenna Northfield 9
197 Cominator Corinne Northridge 11
198 Dwyer Eva Northridge 9
199 Eggleston Brianna Northridge 9
200 Frost Faith Northridge 10
201 Golden Olivia Northridge 10
202 Gray Mackenzie Northridge 11
203 Hostetler Lindsay Northridge 11
204 Rothi Kayla Northridge 11
205 Royce Madie Northridge 11
206 Schrock Jennifer Northridge 11
207 Spirito Carly Northridge 10
208 Willey Nikki Northridge 9
209 Fahey Danielle Penn 11
210 Fuller Nicole Penn 9
211 Fuller Tiffany Penn 11
212 Galat Kristina Penn 12
213 Glassford Sophie Penn 12
214 Hamilton Sarah Penn 9
215 Lapehn Courtney Penn 12
216 Marlow Allyssa Penn 11
217 Pottschmidt Lauren Penn 10
218 Priebe Jennifer Penn 11
219 Woods Madison Penn 9
220 Ziege Victoria Penn 11
221 Peter Cathryn Perry Central 11
222 Casey Kieran Perry Meridian 10
223 Cassidy Megan Portage 12
224 Cervantes Raquel Portage 12
225 Cipich Brianne Portage 12
226 Crum Keanna Portage 10
227 Engel Katherine Portage 12
228 Escobedo Janee Portage 10
229 Jones Mackenzie Portage 10
230 King Sierra Portage 12
231 Norman Terra Portage 12
232 Pizer Paige Portage 10
233 Rhoda Jacqueline Portage 9
234 Trader Abagail Portage 12
235 Mountford Darby South Bend St. Joseph 12
236 Whitton Taurie South Knox 12
237 Buckallew Erin Terre Haute North 10
238 Clark Kourtney Terre Haute North 10
239 Collins Meghan Terre Haute North 10
240 Conley Jessi Terre Haute North 10
241 Cotterman Emily Terre Haute North 12
242 Howes Megan Terre Haute North 11
243 Johnson Laura Terre Haute North 10
244 Loebker Katie Terre Haute North 11
245 Mullican Anne Terre Haute North 11
246 Mundy Chanli Terre Haute North 11
247 Roshel Brandi Terre Haute North 12
248 Sanders Mallory Terre Haute North 10
249 Beckman Stacey Terre Haute South 12
250 Bennett Mari Terre Haute South 10
251 Cammack Mallory Terre Haute South 10
252 Dalina Ianna Terre Haute South 11
253 Holmes Sami Terre Haute South 10
254 Howe Nicole Terre Haute South 10
255 Johnson Allyson Terre Haute South 12
256 Kerr Maddie Terre Haute South 10
257 Schmidt Katie Terre Haute South 10
258 Shanks Natalie Terre Haute South 9
259 Stephens Rachel Terre Haute South 11
260 Thiede Nikki Terre Haute South 10
261 Bigger Lauren Valparaiso 12
262 Despoy Alyssa Valparaiso 10
263 DeVries Katelyn Valparaiso 12
264 Fortney Tiffany Valparaiso 11
265 Gazdich Michaela Valparaiso 10
266 Joll Patricia Valparaiso 12
267 Konrad Brianna Valparaiso 11
268 Mundell Alison Valparaiso 9
269 Owens Emily Valparaiso 10
270 Schlichting Elizabeth Valparaiso 10
271 Tullis Marilee Valparaiso 10
272 Zygmunt Hannah Valparaiso 11
273 Bearss Anna Warsaw Community 10
274 Bearss Eleanor Warsaw Community 9
275 Erba Ashley Warsaw Community 11
276 Feng Michelle Warsaw Community 12
277 Fleming Lilly Warsaw Community 12
278 Hooks Madeline Warsaw Community 10
279 Kline Brooke Warsaw Community 12
280 Millington Kara Warsaw Community 10
281 Ogle Creigh Warsaw Community 12
282 Paton Kendra Warsaw Community 9
283 Quick Kristin Warsaw Community 11
284 Stouder Emily Warsaw Community 11
285 Decker Madison Washington 9
286 Bales Rachel West Lafayette 9
287 Barber Delaney West Lafayette 9
288 Burgess Bobbie West Lafayette 11
289 Daluga Cailey West Lafayette 11
290 Davis Chloe West Lafayette 10
291 Denton Grace West Lafayette 10
292 Green Hayley West Lafayette 9
293 Harvey Grace West Lafayette 12
294 Hummels Emily West Lafayette 10
295 Lachmund Grace West Lafayette 11
296 Swift Kelly West Lafayette 12
297 Westbrook Elizabeth West Lafayette 12
298 Crum Rachel Westfield 11
299 Evans Victoria Westfield 9
300 Holland Adrienne Westfield 12
301 Koning Karli Westfield 10
302 Lents Katie Westfield 10
303 Leonard Briana Westfield 10
304 Mabe Annika Westfield 9
305 Rogers Taylor Westfield 9
306 Schmitz Riley Westfield 9
307 Schweizer Lauren Westfield 11
308 Webb Shannon Westfield 11
309 Wilson Shelby Westfield 10
310 Wiist Whitney Winchester Community 12

The lane assignments:

Lane Name School
5 – Eastern (Greentown)
6 Madison Decker Washington
6 Tiffany Rauch Fort Wayne North Side
7 – Fort Wayne Concordia
8 – Heritage Hills
9 Taylor Austin Griffith
9 Emma MacAnally Indianapolis Cathedral
10 Ashley Krulik Martinsville
10 Jenna Halderman Northfield
11 – New Albany
12 – Crown Point
13 Mary McBride New Prairie
13 Mary Davis Bishop Chatard
14 – Northridge
15 – Lake Central
16 – Hamilton Southeastern
17 – Valparaiso
18 Kieran Casey Perry Meridian
18 Kate Raphael Bloomington North
19 – Columbus North
20 Cathryn Peter Perry Central
20 Elena Lancioni LaPorte
21 – Avon
22 – Terre Haute North
23 Whitney Wiist Winchester Community
23 Tauri Whitton South Knox
24 – Warsaw Community
25 – Portage
26 – Carmel
27 Samantha Roush Columbia City
27 Becca Conley Andrean
28 – Huntington North
29 – Evansville Memorial
30 Allison Rollins Evansville North
30 Darby Mountford South Bend St. Joseph
31 – Westfield
32 – Center Grove
33 Anna Aldrich Fremont
33 – Abigail Hostetler Fremont
34 Terre Haute South
35 – West Lafayette
36 Kendra Foley Noblesville
36 Helen Willman Noblesville
37 – Bloomington South
38 – Carroll Fort Wayne
39 Ericka Rinehart Angola
39 Ashton Bosler North Harrison
40 – Penn