Dickason, Scherer, Englebright punch tickets to cross country state finals

The Indiana High School Girls' Cross Country Regional round took place last Saturday morning from Crawford County High School. Twenty-five teams competed in the girls' event, and a total of 243 girls ran in this 3.1-mile race to either punch their ticket to the cross-country state finals or go home. 

Jasper was the only local team to qualify for the state finals. There were many local runners that qualified for the state meet individually.  The State Finals are scheduled for this Saturday, October 31 at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, Wabash Valley Family Sports Center, in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Gibson Southern and Evansville Mater Dei teams qualified for the regional along with Rowen Englebright, Lyla Hautman, and Gwyn Beuligmann of North Posey and Madison Cooper of Mount Vernon. To qualify for the state final, you had to be one of the top 15 individuals from non-advancing teams and the first 5 qualifying teams from each regional shall advance to the state finals.

On top of Jasper as a team qualifying for the state finals. Ruth Dickason of Mater Dei, Lucy Scherer of Gibson Southern, Rowen Englebright of North Posey each qualified for the state meet as one of the top fifteen individuals from non-advancing teams. Dickason placed eighth overall with a time of 19:07.70. Scherer finished twentieth overall with a time of 19:30.70 and Englebright placed twenty-first with a time of 19:31.10. Mater Dei as a team finished sixth and missed qualified for state as a squad by three points. Other local runners to qualify for state were Kylee Waninger and Eve Vinson both of Heritage Hills.  

Floyd Central won the regional meet as a team with a low score of 51 points. The Highlanders had three runners place in the top ten individually. Columbus North, Jasper, Bloomington South, and Greenburg all qualified for the state finals taking their team. Lexi Kollbaum of Bloomington South was the overall winner of the girls' race with a time of 18:32.50. 

6 Evansville Mater Dei  215       (8, 30, 42, 65, 70, (81), (150) 

7 Bloomington North     219        (18, 40, 44, 56, 61, (63), (68) 

8 Edgewood                  253        (29, 39, 43, 51, 91, (104), (108) 

9 Castle                         265        (32, 45, 55, 60, 73, (75), (84) 

10 Seymour                   267        (11, 19, 66, 76, 95, (118), (131) 

11 Silver Creek              299         (14, 50, 69, 80, 86, (92), (99) 

12 Bedford N.L.             307          (2, 4, 82, 90, 129, (153) 

13 Heritage Hills            313         (6, 12, 48, 121, 126, (134), (144) 

14 Gibson Southern      324          (20, 36, 78, 93, 97, (101), (161) 

15 Evansville Memorial  414         (31, 79, 94, 98, 112, (143), (160) 

16 Pike Central               431         (53, 71, 89, 102, 116, (142), (157) 

17 Corydon Central        500          (35, 106, 110, 124, 125, (154), (156) 

18 Linton Stockton         500          (46, 77, 114, 128, 135, (166), (169) 

19 Brown County           507           (37, 74, 119, 138, 139, (145), (152) 

20 Forest Park               527           (58, 87, 123, 127, 132, (133), (141) 

21 Barr-Reeve               549           (100, 103, 111, 115, 120, (149) 

22 Vincennes Lincoln    565            (72, 109, 117, 130, 137, (167), (168) 

23 Eastern Greene        678            (85, 122, 148, 159, 164) 

24 New Albany               681            (107, 136, 140, 147, 151, (155), (158) 

25 Springs Valley           699            (96, 113, 162, 163, 165) 

1 Lexi Kollbaum SR Bloomington South 18:32.50 1

2 Claire Voigtschild SR Bedford North Lawrence 18:40.50 2

3 Olivia Hopf SO Floyd Central 18:44.00 3

4 Paige Voigtschild SR Bedford North Lawrence 18:49.90 4

5 Isabella Milliner JR Floyd Central 18:50.60 5

6 Kylee Waninger FR Heritage Hills 18:53.90 6

7 Esther Montgomery FR Floyd Central 18:56.90 7

9 Tristan Works SR Columbus North 19:13.40 9

10 Kodi Smith JR Columbus North 19:16.60 10

11 Emma Doriot JR Seymour 19:16.70 11

12 Eve Vinson SR Heritage Hills 19:17.10 12

13 Noel Nifong JR Floyd Central 19:17.20 13

14 Grace Duggins JR Silver Creek 19:19.50 14

15 Eleanor Davis SO Greensburg 19:23.40 15

16 Sydney Madden SO Columbus North 19:23.50 16

17 Reece Peeples SR Columbus North 19:23.90 17

18 Penny Eads SR Bloomington North 19:25.90 18

19 Chloe Jablonski SO Seymour 19:26.60 19

22 Brooklyn Vogel SO Bloomington South 19:31.20 21

23 Katherine Hauner SR Eastern (Pekin) 19:32.20

24 Molly Isaacs SR Jasper 19:34.80 22

25 Emma Campbell SR Floyd Central 19:35.20 23

26 Adira Sluder SR Columbus North 19:37.20 24

27 Olivia Reckelhoff SO Jasper 19:41.00 25

28 Abbigail Denien JR Salem 19:42.10

29 Blake Baylor FR Floyd Central 19:42.90 26

30 Addysen Hess FR South Central (Elizabeth) 19:46.40

31 Sophia Guth FR Jasper 19:51.70 27

32 Emma Lowther SR Columbus North 19:55.00 28

38 Lulu Webb SO Greensburg 20:03.50 33

39 Kate Kelly SO Jasper 20:06.50 34

45 Maria Scholle FR Greensburg 20:26.00 38

50 Loralei Stumler SO Floyd Central 20:34.60 41

56 Ella Hopf FR Jasper 20:46.90 47

58 Sophia Trcka SR Bloomington South 20:48.00 49

62 Anastasia "Annie" Bruggeman FR Bloomington South 20:55.30 52

64 Hazel Sasse JR Columbus North 20:56.80 54

69 Claire Buehler SO Jasper 21:05.10 57

73 Maddie Merkley JR Bloomington South 21:12.50 59

76 Allison Bedel JR Greensburg 21:14.50 62

79 Josie Slaven SO Greensburg 21:19.60 64

82 Alaina Bedel SR Greensburg 21:21.30 67

105 Addison Staten JR Bloomington South 21:41.80 83

114 Ella Sturdevant JR Bloomington South 21:52.50 88

140 Allison Spaulding FR Jasper 22:26.00 105

214 Emma O'Sullivan SO Greensburg 24:17.20 146