GOSHEN - Warsaw Community High School senior Erica Ridderman was the individual winner, and both the Tigers' boys and girls cross country teams finished third in Saturday's Northern Lakes Conference cross country meet at Ox Bow Park.
Ridderman won the 5,000-meter girls race in a time of 18:55, finishing one second ahead of senior Skylair Hilton of Northridge.Northridge's five scoring runners finished second, third, fourth, seventh and eighth, as the Raiders scored 24 points to garner their eighth-straight NLC Meet win.
Northridge has won 18 of the last 19 NLC titles. The Tigers were champs in 2000.
The last Warsaw girl to come away as the individual winner was Summer Boyd in 1998.
Goshen's girls squad finished second in the team standings Saturday with 60 points, followed by Warsaw (66), Elkhart Memorial (136), Wawasee (137), Concord (142), NorthWood (181) and Plymouth (194).
Cendall Ogle finished sixth for Warsaw in a time of 19:38, while Tiger Brooke Kline rounded out the top 10 in a time of 20:05.
Ellie Gilbert led Wawasee with an 18th-place finish in a time of 21:07, while Warriors Stephanie Rhodes (24th) and Nicole Rhodes (25th) also finished in the top 25.
Ridderman, Ogle and Kline were named to the all-conference list for the Tigers.
In the boys race, Wawasee's Jose Mejia was the only Warrior or Tiger runner in the top 10, as he finished the 5,000-meter race 10th in a time of 16:41. Nate West led Warsaw with a 12th-place time of 16:47.
Elkhart Memorial's Race Dorcey was the individual boys champion in a time of 15:46, finishing six seconds ahead runner-up Andrew Albert of Northridge.
Northridge's boys squad won the team title for the 10th-straight year, this time scoring 36 points. The last time a team other than Northridge won was 1998, when Wawasee was the team champion.
Concord finished second as a team Saturday with 57 points, followed by Warsaw (91), Goshen (103), Elkhart Memorial (128), Wawasee (134), NorthWood (161) and Plymouth (197).
Both Mejia and West were named to the all-conference list for Wawasee and Warsaw, respectively, while Warsaw's Jeremiah Stichter was named honorable mention all-conference.
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Team scores - Northridge 24, Goshen 60, Warsaw 66, Elkhart Memorial 136, Wawasee 137, Concord 142, NorthWood 181, Plymouth 194
