Sectional 21 was held on a cool Saturday morning at Brown County for both girls’ and boys’ cross country.
The top five placing teams and the top 15 individuals from non-advancing teams move on to the regional this coming Saturday. The top 20 finishers earned All-Sectional honors.
State power Columbus Noroth took the top five finishing positions to win the sectional title for the girls with a perfect score of 15. Greensburg was second with 77, three points ahead of third place Edgewood (80). Seymour finished fourth with 95 and Brown County was fifth with 144. North Decatur finished eighth with 245.
For the boys, the Bull Dogs of Columbus North won the title with 18 points. Brown County was second with 110 followed by Edgewood 141, Jennings County 142 and Columbus East 151. Greensburg finished sixth with 158. North Decatur was 10th with 261.
The advancing harriers will compete in the regional hosted by Crawford County. The girls’ race is set for 10:30 a.m. with the boys following at 11:15 a.m.
Greensburg
The Lady Pirates were paced by Eleanor Davis in ninth place (19:26). Lulu Webb came in 12th (19:53). Maria Scholle was 16th (20:45), and Josie Slaven finished 19th (21:16). All of the girls earned all-sectional recognition. Allison Bedel ran a 21:23 followed by Emma O’Suillivan 24:39 and Chloie Davis 26:09.
The Pirates had a good day, finishing just one position out of regional qualifying. Quinton Walker led Greensburg in 16th place and all-sectional (17:05). Walker, Ben Schneider (17:22) and Braylon Brancamp (18:00) all qualified for the regional individually. Other finishers for Greensburg included Patrick Robbins 18:14, Jackson Tekulve 18:28, Conner Bedel 18:38 and Henry Corya 19:03.
North Decatur
The Lady Chargers were led by Rileigh Hash in 27th with a time of 22:00. She advances to the regional. Emily Baldwin was next for North in 23:31 followed by LaShay Dwiggins 23:36, Nora Amberger 24:15, Makayla Tebbe 25:02, Emerson Gunn 25:51 and Jessie Biltz 28:24.
The Chargers were led by Harper Gunn in 18th (17:15). Fletcher Hash was next for North with a time of 17:57. Gunn and Hash move on to the regional. Other finishers for the Chargers included Clayton Ruf 18:56, Declan Kellems 20:29, Logan Summey 22:24, Elliott Barber 23:14 and Jayden Lawrence 25:41.
South Decatur
The Lady Cougars were led by Norah Fropman in 23:40 followed by Brooklyn Ortman in 35:07.
For the Cougars, Joe Morrow crossed the line in 21:31. Daniel Chastain finished in 23:32. Josh Chastain was next in 24:02 and Jake Ison in 30:31.