NORTH MANCHESTER — Manchester junior Matthew Fahs-Brown won Thursday’s Three Rivers Conference race in North Manchester, but the Rochester boys and girls teams won the championships. In the boys race, Rochester won with 35 points, while Tippecanoe Valley was fourth (125), Whitko was fifth (137) and Manchester placed seventh (147). The Rochester Lady Zebras claimed the TRC title with 40 points, with Whitko placing fourth (96), Manchester fifth (133) and Valley sixth (161). Individually, Fahs-Brown won the boys race in 16:53, while Whitko was led by Derek Miller’s 10th-place finish (18:05) and Brandon Maull was Valley’s top runner, finishing 12th in a time of 18:16. Northfield’s Jenna Halderman won the girls race in 19:20, followed by Rochester’s Anna Bearss, a former Warsaw Community High School runner, in second (19:55). Locally, Whitko’s Brigit Nemitz was fourth (20:28), Clara Burdette’s 15th-place finish (22:25) led Manchester and Valley was paced by Brooklyn Conley’s 23rd-place finish (24:07). Manchester and Valley will be at Culver Academies Tuesday for sectionals, while Whitko travels to Fort Wayne Northrop for its sectional.
THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOYS
Team Scores – 1. Rochester 35, 2. Northfield 59, 3. Wabash 101, 4. Tippecanoe Valley 125, 5. Whitko 137, 6. Southwood 140, 7. Manchester 147, 8. North Miami 175 Top 5 – 1. Matthew Fahs-Brown (Manchester) 16:53, 2. Devin Tracy (Northfield) 16:57, 3. Wesley Meyer (Rochester) 17:23, 4. Austin Frye (Northfield) 17:40, 5. Joe Burcroff (Northfield) 17:48 Valley – 12. Brandon Maull 18:16, 18. Jesse Floor 18:39, 25. Noah Clampitt 19:25, 29. Tom Solano 19:55, 41. Jared Mikel 21:09, 43. Tyler Ross 21:12, 44. Mark Hicks 21:14 Whitko – 10. Derek Miller 18:05, 17. Josh Wright 18:37, 24. Lane Wolf 19:19, 40. Cole Eberly 21:07, 46. Nic Crosson 21:16 Manchester – 1. Matthew Fahs-Brown 16:53, 19. Skyler Burke 18:48, 37. Tristan Fields 20:46, 39. Andrew Longanecker 21:02, 51. Jeremy Herrmann 22:47, 52. Jimmy Curtis 23:26
GIRLS
Team Scores – 1. Rochester 40, 2. Northfield 52, 3. Southwood 54, 4. Whitko 96, 5. Manchester 133, 6. Tippecanoe Valley 161, 7. Wabash 162 Top 5 – 1. Jenna Halderman (Northfield) 19:20, 2. Anna Bearss (Rochester) 19:55, 3. Emily Lehner (Southwood) 20:21, 4. Brigit Nemitz (Whitko) 20:28, 5. Sarah Burch (Rochester) 20:30 Whitko – 4. Brigit Nemitz 20:28, 12. Michelle Kelsey 21:50, 19. Courtney Edwards 23:40, 29. Hanna Yohe 25:47, 32. Abby Smith 26:18, 43. Samantha Deneve 30:54 Manchester – 14. Clara Burdette 22:24, 21. Trista Hill 23:55, 31. Lindsey Dierks 26:13, 33. Alexis Wagoner 26:22, 34. Liza Airgood 26:23, 36. Natasha Niccum 26:37, 38. Molly Woods 27:24 Valley – 22. Brooklyn Conley 24:07, 27. Sierra Rudd 25:15, 30. Brynda Krueger 26:03, 40. Jenna Schultz 29:16, 42. Tori Miller 30:33
