Penn, Northridge sweep team titles at NIC and NLC cross country meets
GOSHEN — Elkhart’s Max Malloy and Aaron Richter finished 1-2 in the individual race, but Penn still claimed the boys team championship at the Northern Indiana Conference cross country meet Saturday.
With four finishers in the top 10, led by fourth-place Brandon Mueller, the Kingsmen scored 36 points to claim the boys team title at OxBow Park. Malloy clocked 15:42.8 to win the 5,000-meter individual race.
Elkhart (72) took team runner-up honors and Adams (96) was third.
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It was the same order of finish in the girls meet, with Penn placing five runners among the top 10 finishers to score 23.
Penn’s Mary Eubank, a senior, won the girls NIC championship by one minute and 10 seconds, running virtually all alone from the start. She clocked 18:44.7. Teammate Ari Balinnang was second.
There were a couple amazing individual finishes in the Northern Lakes Conference meet, run at OxBow Park in alternating fashion with the NIC meet.
Mishawaka junior Liam Bauschke clocked a blistering 15:17.8 to win the boys NLC race and complete an amazing trifecta which saw him win titles at the New Prairie Invitational and Culver Academies Invitational before Saturday’s conference championship.
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Northridge won a tight team battle, 45-52 over Warsaw.
It was equally close in the girls NLC race, with Northridge beating Warsaw by five, 45-50. Warsaw’s Josefina Rastrelli won the girls individual race in 18:18.0.
NORTHERN INDIANA CONFERENCE
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY MEET
At OxBow Park
TEAM SCORES: Penn 36, Elkhart 72, Adams 96, Saint Joseph 116, Riley 116, New Prairie 128, Bremen 152, John Glenn 247, Marian 264, Jimtown 325.
TOP 15 FINISHERS: 1, Max Malloy (Elkhart) 15:42.8. 2, Aaron Richter (Elkhart) 15:53.9. 3, Bol Agwick (Adams) 16:09.7. 4, Brandon Mueller (Penn) 16:15.0. 5, Matthew Givens (Penn) 16:16.4. 6, Hudson Kaser (Penn) 16:35.3. 7, Gabriel Polaniecki (Saint Joseph) 16:39.5. 8, Kush Grewel (Penn) 16:42.3. 9, Luke Kincaid (Bremen) 16:47.1. 10, Jackson Sanford (New Prairie) 16:51.1. 11, Aiden Caparell (Riley) 16:51.5. 12, Isaac Howk (Adams) 16:55.9. 13, Tanner Mammolenti (Penn) 17:00.8. 14, Jack Ryan (Penn) 17:06.2. 15, Logan Thibodeau (New Prairie) 17:07.0.
NORTHERN INDIANA CONFERENCE
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY MEET
At OxBow Park
TEAM SCORES: Penn 23, Elkhart 88, Adams 97, Saint Joseph 100, New Prairie 121, Riley 122, Bremen 197, Marian 209, John Glenn 215.
TOP 15 FINISHERS: 1, Mary Eubank (Penn) 18:44.7. 2, Ari Balinnang (Penn) 19:54.7. 3, Hallie Klockow (Bremen) 20:21.4. 4, Gabby Smith (Penn) 20:26.2. 5, Annika Retana (Riley) 20:34.0. 6, Agnes Hasier (Adams) 20:41.0. 7, Aubrey Morgan (Penn) 20:51.1. 8, Isabella Frabutt (Saint Joseph) 20:55.9. 9, Janine Mbianda (Penn) 20:58.7. 10, Deirdre Tomasek (Marian) 21:00.8. 11, Sia Grewal (Penn) 21:08.8. 12, Ashlyn Anderson (Elkhart) 21:14.6. 13, Valeria Cruz-Portillo (Elkhart) 21:20.7. 14, Alaina Dibley (Elkhart) 21:22.7. 15, Emily Shepherd (Adams) 21:29.0.
DUNELAND ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY MEET
At Woodland Park, Portage
TEAM SCORES: Valparaiso 56, Lake Central 67, La Porte 82, Chesterton 93, Portage 93, Crown Point 107, Merrillville 192, Michigan City 244.
TOP 15 FINISHERS: Shane Conroy (Portage) 15:19.7. 2, Evan O’Connor (Chesterton) 15:43.4. 3, Mason Nobles (Valparaiso) 15:47.8. 4, Ben Perschon (Lake Central) 15:50.9. 5, Wes Hulen (Crown Pt) 16:03.3. 6, Noah Bosstel (Portage) 16:06.1. 7, Brayden Sobecki (La Porte) 16:14.2. 8, Sammy Sienkowski (Valparaiso) 16:14.2. 9, Otto Leake (Valparaiso) 16:17.2. 10, Preston Peterson (La Porte) 16:18.4. 11, Jacob Metzger (Crown Pt) 16:23.1. 12, Trevor Arlington (Chesterton) 16:27.5. 13, Roger Ochoa (Lake Central) 16:34.8. 14, Kris Garner (Lake Central) 16:37.7. 15, Jayden Ramos (Merrillville) 16:38.3.
DUNELAND ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY MEET
At Woodland Park, Portage
TEAM SCORES: Valparaiso 25, Lake Central 80, Crown Point 92, Chesterton 92, Portage 103, La Porte 127, Michigan City 225. Merrillville no score.
TOP 15 FINISHERS: 1, Whitney Anderson (Valparaiso) 18:42.3. 2, Elizabeth Ehrhardt (Valparaiso) 19:10.1. 3, Faith Spain (La Porte) 19:27.1. 4, Nadia Brumbaugh (Crown Pt) 19:28.8. 5, Liv Hatch (Valparaiso) 19:33.9. 6, Anika Anderson (Valparaiso) 19:34.2. 7, Ali Sierazy (Chesterton) 19:40.5. 8, Jessica Martin (Chesterton) 19:43.3. 9, Destiny Lopez (Crown Pt.) 19:53.5. 10, Addison Roth (Lake Central) 19:46.1. 11, Meredith Isley (Valparaiso) 19:48.1. 12, Madisyn Mikels (Portage) 19:48.1. 13, Chloe Neal (Lake Central) 19:48.3. 14, Lila Gillisse (La Porte) 19:53.6. 15, Angela Coulopoulis (Valparaiso) 20:07.3.
NORTHERN LAKES CONFERENCE
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY MEET
At OxBow Park
TEAM SCORES: Northridge 45, Warsaw 52, Goshen 74, Mishawaka 83, Concord 118, Wawasee 164, NorthWood 171, Plymouth 248.
TOP 15 FINISHERS: 1, Liam Bauschke (Mishawaka) 15:17.8. 2, Jackson Gackenheimer (Warsaw) 16:00.1. 3, Dorian Diaz (Goshen) 16:02.3. 4, Aiden Rogers (Mishawaka) 16:13.2. 5, Tyler Swartz (Warsaw) 16:16.2. 6, David Gingerich (Northridge) 16:18.1. 7, Marc Hernandez (Northridge) 16:18.5. 8, Levi Schlegel (Goshen) 16:18.9. 9, Baylor Miller (Northridge) 16:19.5. 10, Tyler Mimnaugh (Warsaw) 16:23.6. 11, Joe Keyser (Northridge) 16:27.5. 12, Xavier Miller (Northridge) 16:28.1. 13, Reid Sollars (Concord) 16:32.2. 14, Lincoln Clark (Goshen) 16:39.5. 15, Toby Quintana (Mishawaka) 16:44.2.
NORTHERN LAKES CONFERENCE
GIRLS GROSS COUNTRY MEET
At OxBow Park
TEAM SCORES: Northridge 45, Warsaw 50, Goshen 84, Concord 133, Mishawaka 137, Plymouth 143, NorthWood 147, Wawasee 180.
TOP 15 FINISHERS: 1, Josefina Rastrelli (Warsaw) 18:18.0. 2, Sophie Wray (Plymouth) 18:57.2. 3, Kassandra Ortega (Goshen) 19:13.0. 4, Dakotah Moore (Northridge) 19:15.5. 5, Addy Long (Northridge) 19:25.2. 6, Samantha Rastrelli (Warsaw) 19:46.0. 7, Mia Hodgson (Wawasee) 19:51.0. 8, Gretchen Ludwig (Northridge) 19:51.6. 9, Zoe Roberts (Concord) 20:07.5. 10, Koryn Flick (Mishawaka) 20:15.7. 11, Marissa Howett (Warsaw) 20:21.6. 12, Eden Metz (Warsaw) 20:25.22. 13, Snyder Izzy (Northridge) 20:38.8. 14, Sydney Prenkert (NorthWood) 20:40.0. 15, Alli Ambers (Northridge) 20:42.2.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Northern Indiana Conference and Northern Lakes Conference cross country
