Crown Point Regional
Where: Lemon Lake County Park.
When: 11 a.m. today.
Advancement: Top five teams and top 15 individuals will advance to the Oct. 20 New Prairie Semistate.
Qualifying teams: Boys -- Andrean, Bishop Noll, Crown Point, Highland, Hobart, Lake Central, Lowell, Merrillville, Munster, West Side. Girls -- Andrean, Calumet, Crown Point, Hebron, Highland, Hobart, Lake Central, Merrillville, Munster, West Side.
Favorites: Crown Point boys, Lake Central girls.
Darkhorses: Munster boys, Crown Point girls.
Runners to watch: (Girls) Andrean -- Becca Conley, Kaycee Crist; Calumet -- Danielle Smar, Maria Castaneda; Crown Point -- Kayla McGurk, Allison Carpenter, Hannah Wallace, Alexis Carpenter, Allison Wortel; Griffith -- Taylor Austin, Brittany Burbridge; Highland -- Amber Przyborski, Fanny Davalos; Hebron -- Payton Schatz, Lexie Schatz, Abby Getautas; Hobart -- Celena Guerrero, Mindy Whidden, Marissa Porras; Lake Central -- Megan Zajac, Sarah Hudi, Jade Tazbir, Zoe Carroll, Tatiana Lazic; Lowell -- Sarah Edwards, Sarah Wieser; Merrillville -- Victoria Collins, Kara Phillips; Munster -- Emily McNicholas, Rebecca Karnezis, Colleen Ogren. (Boys) Andrean -- Lucas Kalfbell, Zach Phillips, Nick Janiga; Bishop Noll -- Sal Cordova, Calumet -- Kevin Miller, Andrew Hutt; Crown Point -- Tom Cierniak, Daniel Walters, Alex Ray, Jacob Langbehn; Hanover Central -- Nicholas Zak; Highland -- Zachary Glick, Marc Foss; Hobart -- Brent Dunn, Alex Cordova, Alek Seeley, Zachary Spain; Lake Central -- Zach Hupp, Zach Bencur, Tyler Kramer-Stephens, Mitch Bouma, Nick Lopacki; Lowell -- Kyle Eller, Jeffrey Potat, Logan Bales; Merrillville -- Tyler Gray, Conor Hill; Morton -- Miguel Flores, Justin Lara; Munster -- Tom Bolanowski, Ryan Kritzer, Emmanuel Lopez; West Side -- Dijion Smith.
Fast fact: Hobart’s boys and Lake Central’s girls are the defending team champs. Lowell’s Kyle Eller and Andrean’s Becca Conley are back to defend their individual titles.
New Prairie Regional
When: Today, 10 a.m. (girls), 10:30 (boys).
Where: New Prairie High School.
Participating teams: (Girls) Chesterton, Kankakee Valley, LaCrosse, LaPorte, New Prairie, North Judson, Portage, Rensselaer, Valparaiso, West Central. (Boys) Chesterton, Kankakee Valley, LaCrosse, LaPorte, Morgan Township, North Newton, Portage, Rensselaer, Valparaiso, Wheeler.
Advancement: Top five teams and 15 individuals will qualify for the Oct. 20 New Prairie Semistate.
Favorites: Valparaiso girls and boys.
Darkhorses: Chesterton girls and Portage boys.
Runners to watch: (Girls) Chesterton -- Hannah Hoffmann, Haley Cushway; Kankakee Valley -- Michelle Kent, Allison Rockley, Brittany Stepp, Kaylin Orsburn; LaCrosse -- Taylor Guse; LaPorte -- Elena Lancioni; New Prairie -- Rachel Thompson, Mary McBride, Kelsey Tyler; North Judson -- Kendall Gardner, Olivia Lickwar; North Newton -- Kayla Moskalick; Portage -- Kyra Ball, Paige Pizer; Rensselaer -- Riley Hickman, Morgan Garrity; Valparaiso -- Alision Mundell, Aurora Bonner, Michaela Gazdich, Sydnye Nossbusch, Ellie Joll; West Central -- Mickayla Wenzel, Abigail Todd; Wheeler -- Kelly O'Shea. (Boys) Boone Grove -- Jon Hogg; Chesterton -- Andrew Kearney, Kevin Kenney; Kankakee Valley -- Mike Nava, Brandon Hazlett; Kouts -- Mike Ferrell; LaCrosse -- Nate Rhodes, Riley Charlesworth; LaPorte -- Anthony Didion; Morgan Township -- Alec Kostelnik, Ben Savage, Logan Redmon; New Prairie -- Nickolas Arndt; North Newton -- Jake Koselke, Leo Espino; Portage -- Dustin Balboa; Rensselaer -- Anthony Alsman; Valparaiso -- Peyton Reed, Taylor Bisacchi, Ari Coulopoulos, Landon Davison, Andrew Lyp, Xavier Reed, Pat Dalton; Wheeler -- Joel O'Shea.
Fast facts: Lancioni (second) is the top returning girl and Coulopoulos (second) the top returning boy. Valparaiso is the defending champion in both races.
!~ compiled by Jim Peters and Paul Trembacki
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