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BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Cross-country
Rochester junior Allyson Callway ran a 20:27 and finished in 49th place out of 241 runners, but her season ended at the New Haven regional at Huntington University Saturday.
Calloway’s time was one second off her personal best, a 20:26 at the Manchester sectional on Oct. 19.
She was competing in the regional for the third time.
Among other area girls competing in the race, Argos junior Lexi Gibson was 142nd in 22:11, and Tippecanoe Valley senior Bailey Bussard was 163rd in 22:42.
The cutoff for individuals to make the state finals in the girls regional was 19:34.
Fort Wayne Concordia won the regional with 39 points, and Homestead (70), Columbia City (123), Warsaw (190), and Carroll (Fort Wayne) (200) also advanced to state.
Fort Wayne Concordia’s Mallory Weller won the individual title in 17:36. Her younger sister Daphne was second in 17:58. Two other Three Rivers Conference runners – Manchester’s Ayla Cashdollar (18:58) and Kadence Fox (19:34) advanced to state as they were among the top 15 individuals on non-advancing teams.
In the boys race, the top area runner was Valley junior Chrostopher Marquez, who ran an 18:32 and finished 157th in a field of 243 runners. The other Valley runner was senior Isaac Whetstone, who finished in a season-best 18:57 and took 182nd place.
Rochester’s Leandro Javier, a sophomore participating in his first regional, ran a 19:24 and finished 209th.
The cutoff for individuals to make the state finals was 16:35.
Homestead won the regional title with 65 points. Warsaw (112), Wabash (144), Fort Wayne Concordia (149) and Carroll (Fort Wayne) (158) also finished in the top five and advanced to state.
Warsaw junior Jackson Gackenheimer added an individual regional title to the sectional title he won at Manchester. His time Saturday was 15:39, and he won by three seconds over New Haven’s Bryan Garcia.
In addition to the Wabash boys team, Manchester’s Kyler Dale will also represent the TRC at state from this regional.
NEW HAVEN REGIONAL GIRLS RESULTS AT HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY SATURDAY (TOP FIVE ADVANCE TO STATE): Fort Wayne Concordia 39, Homestead 70, Columbia City 123, Warsaw 190, Carroll (Fort Wayne) 200, East Noble 218, Fort Wayne Northtrop 245, Fort Wayne Dwenger 261, Prairie Heights 320, Huntington North 335, West Noble 337, Plymouth 366, Jay County 370, Norwell 399, Manchester 406, Leo 442, Yorktown 446, Wapahani 461, Adams Central 487, Bluffton 490, Fort Wayne Snider 503, Marion 547, Oak Hill 583, Frankton 618, Mississinewa 704
ROCHESTER RESULTS
49. Allyson Calloway – 20:27
ARGOS RESULTS
142. Lexi Gibson – 22:11
TIPPECANOE VALLEY RESULTS
163. Bailey Bussard – 22:42
TOP 15 INDIVIDUALS ON NON-ADVANCING TEAMS: 1. Alice Friesen (Huntington North) – 18:34, 2. Rowyn Norris (Leo) – 18:35, 3. Alayna Bruckner (Eastbrook) – 18:37, 4. Chloe Gibson (East Noble) – 18:44, 5. Maren Wilson (Fort Wayne Northrop) – 18:48, 6. Ashlynn Myers (Prairie Heights) – 18:57.7, 7. Sophia Haslett (Lakewood Park) – 18:57.7, 8. Ayla Cashdollar (Manchester) – 18:58, 9. Katy Niles (Woodlan) – 19:13, 10. Madison Gerber (Adams Central) – 19:19, 11. Emily Bruns (Fort Wayne Dwenger) – 19:23, 12. AnnMarie Gibson (Wapahani) – 19:27, 13. Abigail Ramseyer (Bluffton) – 19:29, 14. Charlee Gibson (Blue River Valley) – 19:33, 15. Kadence Fox (Manchester) – 19:34
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION: Mallory Weller (Fort Wayne Concordia) – 17:36
NEW HAVEN REGIONAL BOYS RESULTS AT HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY SATURDAY (TOP FIVE ADVANCE TO STATE): Homestead 65, Warsaw 112, Wabash 144, Fort Wayne Concordia 149, Carroll (Fort Wayne) 158, Yorktown 189, Columbia City 201, Angola 273, Manchester 318, West Noble 326, Fort Wayne Dwenger 357, Wapahani 367, New Haven 385, Marion 392, Bluffton 395, Lakewood Park 431, Oak Hill 449, Belmont 454, Fort Wayne Northrop 477, Central Noble 477, Culver Academy 525, Norwell 528, South Adams 532, Muncie Central 583, Wes-Del 617
TIPPECANOE VALLEY RESULTS
157. Christopher Marquez – 18:32, 182. Isaac Whetstone – 18:57
ROCHESTER RESULTS
209. Leandro Javier – 19:24
TOP 15 INDIVIDUALS ON NON-ADVANCING TEAMS: 1. Bryan Garcia (New Haven) – 15:42, 2. Zander Ritenour (Lakewood Park) – 15:49, 3. Gavin Good (Columbia City) – 15:58, 4. Andrew Strong (Eastside) – 15:59, 5. Memphis Martin (Lakeland) – 16:13, 6. Daniel Mullet (Columbia City) – 16:15, 7. Cooper Enyeart (Angola) – 16:16, 8. Kyler Dale (Manchester) – 16:20, 9. Kaden Klink (Angola) – 16:22, 10. Michael Herrington (Marion) – 16:26, 11. Thomas Loney (Yorktown) – 16:27, 12. Dakota Sprunger (South Adams) – 16:30, 13. Gavin Cooke (Angola) – 16:33, 14. Jude Baumgartner (Bluffton) – 16:35.0, 15. Caleb Aber (Wapahani) – 16:35.1
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION: Jackson Gackenheimer (Warsaw) – 15:39
