Lake Central's Megan Zajac No. 2

Lake Central's Megan Zajac is comforted by her sister Rachel following her run at Saturday's New Prairie Invitational.

Lowell's Kyle Eller

Lowell's Kyle Eller placed third in his race at Saturday's New Prairie Invitational.

Kouts' Tara Hamstra

Kouts' Tara Hamstra finished fifth in the Class A race at Saturday's New Prairie Invitational.

LaPorte's Mitch Hubner

LaPorte's Mitch Hubner won the AAA race at Saturday's New Prairie Invitational.

Lake Central's Megan Zajac

Lake Central's Megan Zajac is comforted by her sister Rachel following her run at the New Prairie Invitational on Saturday.

Beecher's Grant Nykaza

Beecher's Grant Nykaza won the Class A race at Saturday's New Prairie Invitational.

Griffith's Joel Kepchar

Griffith's Joel Kepchar sprints to the finish line of his race Saturday at the New Prairie Invitational.

Wheeler's Kelly O'Shea

Wheeler's Kelly O'Shea finished 23 in the Class AA race at Saturday's New Prairie Invitational.

Hebron's Natalie Kaczmarski and Kouts' Tara Hamstra

Hebron's Natalie Kaczmarski, left, and Kouts' Tara Hamstra run at the New Prairie Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Hamstra placed fifth and Kaczmarski 18th in Class A.

Highland's Jake Baranowski

Highland's Jake Baranowski runs during Saturday's New Prairie Invitational.

Valparaiso's Ari Coulopoulos

Valparaiso's Ari Coulopoulos placed third in the AAA race and helped the Vikings win the team crown at Saturday's New Prairie Invitational. His long green socks were also quite the fashion statement.

Griffith's Taylor Austin hopes to get past New Prairie this time

Griffith's Taylor Austin got to state as a freshman. But last year due to a severe hip injury her season ended at the New Prairie Semistate. A change in training and a devotion to overcome has given Austin a great season and a chance to get back to state.

Valparaiso's Peyton Reed

Peyton Reed finished sixth in the Class AAA race to help Valparaiso win the team crown at the New Prairie Invitational last month. He will be part of the Vikings' lineup in Saturday's state meet.

Lake Central's Shelby Carroll shooting for Top 25 in final race

Lake Central's Shelby Carroll, left, has led her Indians to a sectional and regional championship. In her final race today at the IHSAA state championship, Carroll hopes to drop time and finish in the Top 25 in Terre Haute.