TERRE HAUTE – Mia Beckham certainly saved the best race of her sophomore season for the last race of the season. Warsaw’s standout runner finished 20th among the 207 runners in Saturday’s girls state finals at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute. Beckham completed the 5K course in a personal-best time of 18:32, as she earned All-State honors and led the Lady Tigers to a 12th-place finish among the 24 teams competing. Warsaw finished the event with 328 team points. Junior Allison Miller was the second Lady Tiger to cross the line, finishing 100th in a time of 19:36. Other Warsaw runners Saturday included senior Emma Hayward (103rd, 19:37), junior Anna Craig (113th, 19:46), senior Hannah Dawson (131st, 19:57), senior Brooke Rhodes (168th, 20:25) and senior Claire Kehler (194th, 20:54). Carmel junior Sarah Leinheiser won the girls race in a time of 17:30, finishing 22 seconds ahead of runner-up Katherine Free, a senior from Indianapolis Cathedral. Four of Carmel’s five scoring runners finished in the top 11, as the Greyhounds cruised to the girls team state championship with 70 points. Carroll, led by senior Madison Fruchey’s fourth-place effort, finished second as a team with 158 points. Columbus North (170), Cathedral (203) and Zionsville (205) rounded out the top five girls teams. In the boys 5K race, the Warsaw Tigers were represented by two runners. Senior Owen Glogovsky finished 37th among the 208 runners with a time of 16:05. Freshman Zeb Hernandez toured the course in 16:11 and crossed the line in 52nd place. Hernandez was the second-highest finishing freshman in the boys race. Carmel senior Ben Veatch was the individual champion, winning in a time of 14:59, seven seconds ahead Homestead senior Brayden Law. Four of Carmel’s five scoring runners in the boys event finished in the top 27, leading the Greyhounds to the team championship with 115 points. Fishers was the team runner-up with 158 points, followed in the top five by Westfield (210), Carroll (212) and West Lafayette (221).
IHSAA CROSS COUNTRY STATE FINALS Terre Haute, 5K (GIRLS) Team Scores – Carmel 70, Carroll 158, Columbus North 170, Cathedral 203, Zionsville 205, Lake Central 227, LaPorte 227, Penn 237, Homestead 256, Hamilton Southeastern 300, Pendleton Heights 307, Warsaw 328, Seymour 342, Valparaiso 355, Noblesville 373, West Lafayette 377, Bloomington North 411, Bloomington South 419, Northridge 423, Fishers 426, Terre Haute North 469, Floyd Central 484, Huntington North 498, Portage 507 Top 10 Individuals – 1. Sarah Leinheiser (Carmel) 17:30, 2. Katherine Free (Cathedral) 17:52, 3. Lauren Johnson (W. Lafayette) 18:05, 4. Madison Fruchery (Carroll) 18:05, 5. Stacy Morozov (Carmel) 18:11, 6. Sophia Rigg (Zionsville) 18:11, 7. Logan Fermgren (Valparaiso) 18:15, 8. Emma Wilson (Greencastle) 18:16, 9. Taylor Nicholson (Avon) 18:18, 10. Hannah Wylie (Crown Point) 18:19 Warsaw – 20. Mia Beckham 18:32, 100. Allison Miller 19:36, 103. Emma Hayward 19:37, 113. Anna Craig 19:46, 131. Hannah Dawson 19:57, 168. Brooke Rhodes 20:25, 194. Claire Kehler 20:54 (BOYS) Team Scores – Carmel 115, Fishers 158, Westfield 210, Carroll 212, West Lafayette 221, Hamilton Southeastern 226, Lake Central 233, Columbus North 241, Valparaiso 252, Lowell 258, Crown Point 283, LaPorte 294, Concordia 303, Avon 356, Bloomington North 376, Pendleton Heights 387, Westview 403, Mt. Vernon 440, Brebeuf Jesuit 446, Terre Haute South 450, Bloomington South 483, Northridge 548, Tell City 595, Silver Creek 615 Top 10 Individuals – 1. Ben Veatch (Carmel) 14:59, 2. Brayden Law (Homestead) 15:06, 3. Curt Eckstein (Oldenburg Acad) 15:07, 4. Christian Noble (Mt. Vernon) 15:24, 5. Hariharan Sathyamurthy (Brownsburg) 15:28, 6. Cameron Clements (Carroll) 15:29, 7. Tyler Keslin (Munster) 15:30, 8. Julien Magallanes (Borden) 15:31, 9. Gabe Fendel (Ham. S'Eastern) 15:33, 10. Cooper Williams (W. Lafayette) 15:33 Local Individuals – 37. Owen Glogovsky (Warsaw) 16:05, 52. Zeb Hernandez (Warsaw) 16:11
