photo by Austin Wilson.

New Prairie High School hosted a total of nine races on Saturday with the first starting at 8:10am and the last at 12:30pm. Course conditions would change throughout the day as the sun continued to beam down. The AAA girls varsity class at New Prairie featured a #4 Lake Central victory with Macey Thompson leading the charge and continuing to enjoy success in her sophomore season. Her teammates, Lana Bruggeman and Chloe Neal, would also claim 3rd and 5th respectively. The Valparaiso girls team finished 2nd with Whitney Anderson, Ena Gilliana and Meredith Isley finishing 2nd, 7th and 10th respectively. Anderson would be the frontrunner for Valparaiso, clocking an 18:24.8.

Girls Class A Winner: Ayla Cashdollar (Manchester) - 19:26.9

Girls Class A Team Winner: Westview - 40 points

Girls Class AA Winner: Jenna Walker (Kankakee Valley) 18:39.5

Girls Class AA Team Winner: Highland - 96 points 

Girls Reserve Race Winner: Natalee Pugh (Crown Point) - 22:19.2

Girls Reserve Race Team Winner: Crown Point - 27 points

photo by Austin Wilson.

The class AAA race for the boys would also end up being the fastest of the day with Max Malloy of Elkhart clocking in at 15:42.1. Shane Conroy of Portage and Mason Nobles of Valparaiso both would run under 16 minutes as well. Northridge would win the boys AAA division with 75 points with Valparaiso (93 points) and Penn (108 points) to follow. Earlier in the day Indiana's only sub 15 minute runner so far this season, Noah Bontrager, would cruise to a victory in the class A race with a 16:04.7.

Boys Class A Winner: Noah Bontrager (Westview) - 16:04.7