Wilson sets WIC record, GHS girls win

Emma Wilson, the freshman runner from Greencastle, earned first place at the WIC. Her time of 18:26.766 set the WIC record previously held by a Brown County senior. The GHS girls won the WIC title with a score of 55. (Banner Graphic/JAY LOCKETT)

NASHVILLE -- Weather condition were not ideal Saturday morning as the WIC cross country meet took place at Brown County, but it didn't have much effect on the Tiger Cubs, one of whom is the new WIC record holder.

Freshman Emma Wilson's time of 18:26 is the new standard in the WIC as her first-place finish was two minutes better than the competition.

Corrisa Proctor, a senior from Brown County who finished second at the meet. previously held the record with 18:59.

Wilson's finish, along with her fellow Lady Tiger Cubs four finishing with All-WIC honors, helped Greencastle earn the first-place finish.

South Putnam took third at the meet thanks to good pack running and a top-15 finish from Maddie McHugh.

"Our young girls team really had a great race," GHS coach Garry Anderson said. They were able to put four runners in the top 15 to make All-WIC. Freshman Emma Wilson finished first, sophomore Arianna Pershing got fourth, freshman Sydney Lewis placed 12th, freshman Seelye Stoffregen finished 14th and senior Katerina King finished 26th."

South Putnam earned its third-place finish in part due to the pack running of Julianna Delano, Samara Young and Ally Nichols finishing at 16, 19 and 20. Rachel Jones was able to get the 34th spot edging out a Brown County runner whose team finished fourth behind South Putnam.

Cloverdale's All-County freshman Chelsie Edwards just missed the WIC honors with her 16th-place finish.

But she'll have three more opportunities to improve on her time of 22:09.

Tori Szalay finished strong at 23rd even though CHS doesn't earn a team score with Clare Plomondon running in her final WCC finished at 44.

Alana Nuņez, Gabby Carney and Sydney Sims finished at 42, 52 and 62 for North Putnam.

While GHS had some nice finishes in the boys' race, including two times good enough to earn All-WIC honors, the Tiger Cubs weren't able to upstage Northview whose runners all finished in the top 20.

Clayton Wilson finished third for Greencastle with a time of 17:27.85.

Cameron Lewis took 14 and the rest of the Tiger Cubs finished better then 30th with Jacob Lewis, Preston Headley and Ben Gellman earning 22nd, 23rd and 28th.

The consistent running of the Tiger Cubs has earned them victory after victory this season, but having earned its goal of winning county and conference Greencastle now must look to the most important part of any season.

"Now we have to focus on getting ready for the state series starting with the sectionals at South Putnam next Saturday," Anderson said. "Hopefully we will be at full strength by then. The competition next Saturday is going to be very tough for both boys and girls. Avon, Brownsburg, and Plainfield are again big challenges. Then the rest of the sectional teams will be seeking that fourth team spot to advance to the regional."

Kieffer Vittetow had the best finish for South Putnam earning second with a time of 17:05. Michael Crossman squeezed into the All-WCC with his 15th --place finish of 17:51.

Logan Vandermark took 19th for the Eagles with Dru Bottorff and Austin Rumley finishing 37th and 38th.

Caleb Duncan finished 32nd as the only runner for North Putnam and Cloverdale's nineth-place finish was led by senior Nick Blundell who came in at 25. Chad Stevens finished at 36 for CHS and Nolan Maners paired up with Rylan Hall for 54 and 55 respectively.

WIC Championship Meet

At Edgewood.

Boys' Team Results

1. Northview 66, 2. Greencastle 90, 3. West Vigo 100, 4. Edgewood 110, 5. South Putnam 111, 9. Cloverdale 230, North Putnam INC

Girls' Results'

1. Greencastle 55, 2. Owen Valley 84, 3. South Putnam 96, 4. Brown County 102, 5. Northview 111, North Putnam INC, Cloverdale INC

WIC Championship Meet-HS Girls Varsity

Boys Results

1 Cam Trout SR 00:16:23.680 Northview

6 J.R. Edmondson SR 00:17:38.113 Cascade

7 Brady Page JR 00:17:40.083 West Vigo

8 Clayton O'neal SR 00:17:41.120 West Vigo

9 Nathan Weller SR 00:17:42.053 Edgewood

10 Alex Michael JR 00:17:45.130 Edgewood

14 Cameron Lewis JR 00:17:50.166 Greencastle

15 Michael Crossman SO 00:17:51.840 South Putnam

19 Logan Vandermark JR 00:18:24.440 South Putnam

22 Jacob Lewis SR 00:18:31.060 Greencastle

23 Preston Headley SO 00:18:33.230 Greencastle

25 Nick Blundell SR 00:18:39.176 Cloverdale

28 Ben Gellman SO 00:18:50.693 Greencastle

32 Caleb Duncan SO 00:19:01.040 North Putnam

33 Ethen Tuggle FR 00:19:01.410 Greencastle

36 Chad Stevens JR 00:19:05.100 Cloverdale

37 Braden Pershing JR 00:19:06.050 Greencastle

38 Dru Bottorff SO 00:19:14.683 South Putnam

39 Austin Rumley FR 00:19:18.840 South Putnam

46 Eric Hinkle FR 00:19:45.603 South Putnam

47 Kaden Lindsey FR 00:19:51.613 South Vermillion

48 Blake Clearwaters SO 00:19:52.900 South Putnam

54 Nolan Maners JR 00:20:12.716 Cloverdale

55 Rylan Hall FR 00:20:13.170 Cloverdale

64 Eddie Mannan SO 00:21:06.946 Cloverdale

65 Ryan Heavener JR 00:21:14.276 Cloverdale

WIC Championship Meet-HS Girls Varsity

Girls Results

1 Emma Wilson FR 00:18:26.766 Greencastle

2 Corrissa Proctor SR 00:20:22.693 Brown County

3 Brooke Hey SO 00:20:29.866 Owen Valley

4 Arianna Pershing SO 00:21:08.796 Greencastle

5 Paige Abel FR 00:21:13.403 Edgewood

6 Kaylee Meyer FR 00:21:18.636 Edgewood

7 Madelyn Brown SO 00:21:31.836 West Vigo

8 Kelci Wood FR 00:21:36.620 Owen Valley

9 Maddie Mchugh SO 00:21:43.383 South Putnam

10 Caroline Edmondson SO 00:21:45.040 Cascade

12 Sydney Lewis FR 00:21:51.663 Greencastle

14 Seelye Stoffregen FR 00:21:58.200 Greencastle

16 Chelsie Edwards FR 00:22:09.790 Cloverdale

17 Julianna Delano SR 00:22:24.440 South Putnam

20 Samara Young FR 00:22:37.466 South Putnam

21 Ally Nichols SO 00:22:38.513 South Putnam

23 Tori Szalay JR 00:22:48.060 Cloverdale

26 Katerina King SR 00:23:14.273 Greencastle

34 Rachel Jones SO 00:23:52.213 South Putnam

36 Alex Fanning SO 00:24:03.673 South Putnam

42 Alanna Nunez SO 00:24:41.500 North Putnam

44 Clare Plomondon SR 00:24:45.000 Cloverdale

52 Gabby Carney SO 00:25:59.196 North Putnam

61 Addi Blaydes SO 00:27:40.456 South Putnam

62 Sydney Sims SO 00:27:58.036 North Putnam

66 Ashleigh Nepote FR 00:31:14.383 Cloverdale