photo from Evansville Reitz Athletics
Statewide Notable Boys Performances
Another major race took place this weekend in Kentucky at the 2024 Central Kentucky Run for the Gold meet. Jackson Nolan from Evansville F.J. Reitz secured a third-place finish with a time of 15:23.6. University of Notre Dame signee Riku Sugie won the race in 15:11.9. Nolan's team performed impressively, moving up throughout the race to claim the team victory over Lafayette in the final kilometer 127-144 in the 49 school field.
At the Rudy Skorupa Invite at Lake Central, Shane Conroy separated himself from the field to finish with a time of 15:37.54, earning Indiana's fifth fastest time of the year. He edged out Lake Central's Ben Perschon, who also broke 16 minutes, finishing in 15:49.54. Perschon's team finished runner-up to Crown Point with a score of 58-71.
At Taylor University, Zionsville's Jack Turnbull led the charge with a 15:47 finish, placing him in the early-season top 10 for Indiana performances. Yorktown's Wyatt Turner, Western's Camden Raab, and Homestead's Cooper Knoblauch also broke 16 minutes, with Knoblauch leading a trio of Spartan runners to victory over Zionsville with a score of 44-74.
Other highlights include Ahmed Saleh winning the Mt. Vernon Invite with a time of 15:51.43, Aboubakar Ibrahim winning the Marion County Championships after a breakout 4K win at Northview last weekend, and Bryan Garcia from New Haven breaking the 16-minute barrier in Ohio at the Columbus Grove XC Invite.