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Indiana State Meet XC Recap 2021 - Brebeuf Jesuit Wins Boys TitlePublished by
Brebeuf Jesuit Rises To The Occasion In Terre Haute; Columbus North Girls Prevails Over Carmel; Cridge and Kilbarger-Stumpff Prove Who's Best In Indiana By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor Lily Cridge and Reese Kilbarger-Stumpff both overcame defending champions and stacked fields to win the Indiana individual cross country titles on Saturday at LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute. Cridge, ranked No. 11 in the US Top 30, separated from her nearest competition by 31 seconds to win Indiana's single-class state meet race in 17:32.7. She began to separate 1,000 meters into the race and pulled away. The Indianapolis Bishop Chatard junior did not complete the season in 2020 and was eighth as a freshman in 2019. Nicki Southerland of Delta, a sophomore, finished second in 18:03.6. Defending champion Karina James of Lowell was sixth. US#17 Columbus North edged US#19 Carmel 79-92 for the girls team championship. Columbus North had advantages at Nos. 4 and 5 to pull out the victory and was led up front by Lily Baker (eighth) and Julia Kiesler (11th). Columbus North's top three are all juniors. Reese Kilbarger-Stumpff got half of what he was hoping for on Saturday. He beat nationally ranked runners Izaiah Steury and Kole Mathison on the way to the race win in 15:22.6. Steury of Angola, ranked No. 15 nationally, came in as the defending champion and finished second in 15:23.8. Mathison, of Carmel, ranked No. 16, was fourth in 15:37.2. But Kilbarger-Stumpff's Columbus North team, which moved up to No. 6 in the DyeStat rankings after an impressive showing at semi-state, was unable to come through with the team title. Surging Brebeuf Jesuit, US#17, ran away with the team title with 78 points. Hamilton Southeastern was second with 117 points and Columbus North was third with 136. Fishers (142), Carmel (157) and No. 26 Center Grove (164) all lined up competitive squads. Columbus North split 44 seconds on its five scorers at the semi-state meet. On Saturday, that margin grew to 82 seconds. Senior Krisha Thirunavukkarasu placed third in 15:26.3 to lead Brebeuf Jesuit to a decisive victory. The team also had the fastest fourth (Ezra Burrell) and fifth (Cameron Todd) runners, and those got to the finish line together in 29th and 30th place (overall). Team Champions Boys - Brebeuf Jesuit 78 points - RESULTS Girls - Columbus North 79 points - RESULTS More news |
