The Yorktown Tigers and Pendleton Heights Arabians claimed Hoosier Heritage Conference cross country titles Saturday afternoon in the HHC meet at Blue River Park in Shelbyville.
Yorktown won the girls championship, placing all five scoring runners in the top 12 to tally 38 places and win by 18 places over Pendleton Heights (56). New Palestine (78) was third. PH’s Christina Magers was the individual champion, posting a 5K time of 19:25.74 to win by 8.2 seconds over New Palestine’s Brenna Shaw. Madeline Aul of Yorktown (19:38.78) was third. NP’s Kendall Mann was fourth and Yorktown’s Indira Brown fifth.
Yorktown had five All-HHC runners. In addition to Aul and Brown, Amberleigh Sorensen eighth, Hannah Rapp 10th and Elizabeth Reece 12th.
Pendleton Heights won the boys championship, placing three runners in the top four and four in the top 11 to tally 35 places and win over New Palestine (80) and Mt. Vernon (88).
PH’s Milan Jones was the individual HHC champion, with a time of 16:14.66. Delta’s Cade Orchard was the individual runner-up (16:24.17). PH’s Caleb Martin and Sean Roan were third and fourth. Greenfield-Central’s Conner Kinnaman finished fifth.
PH’s boys conference title was the Arabians’ third straight and 12th overall. Yorktown won its first HHC girls championship.
HHC cross country meet
Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017
At Blue River Park, Shelbyville
Boys
Team scores: Pendleton Heights 35, New Palestine 80, Mt. Vernon 88, Greenfield-Central 96, Shelbyville 117, Delta 141, New Castle 150, Yorktown 186
All-HHC runners: 1. Milan Jones, PH (16:14.66); 2. Cade Orchard, D (16:24.17); 3. Caleb Martin, PH (16:29.54); 4. Sean Roan, PH (16:30.93); 5. Conner Kinnaman, G-C (16:31.21); 6. Parker Niemeier, G-C (16:37.82); 7, Kyler Harrison, NP (16:44.10); 8. Drew Bluethmann, MV (16:53.35); 9. Alex Carver, MV (16:59.12); 10. Drew Austin, NP (17:00.19); 11. Andrew Alderman, PH (17:00.97); 12. Matt Baker, S (17:02.08): 13. Josh Collins, NP (17:04.92); 14. Zachariah Archibald, G-C (17:06.50); 15. Britton Adkins, NC (17:07.55)
Girls
Team scores: Yorktown 38, Pendleton Heights 56, New Palestine 78, Delta 86, Mt. Vernon 120, Greenfield-Central 137, Shelbyville 169, New Castle 228
All-HHC runners: 1. Christina Magers, PH (19:25.74); 2. Brenna Shaw, NP (19:33.94); 3. Madeline Aul, Y (19:38.78); 4. Kendall Mann, NP (19:46.85); 5. Indira Brown, Y (19:52.60); 6. Syd Parker, PH (20:04.72); 7. Audrey Brinkruff, G-C (20:31.51); 8. Amberleigh Sorensen, Y (20:35.44); 9. Brandy Tuttle, D (20:40.91); 10. Hannah Rapp, Y (20:49.28); 11. Ashleigh Brelage, D (20:56.35); 12. Elizabeth Reece, Y (20:59.54); 13. Sydney Cook, G-C (21:00.38); 14. Madison McKee, PH (21:13.35); 15. Sarah Whitesel, D (21:16.13).