When: Today, 10:30 a.m. (girls), 11:15 (boys).
Where: New Prairie High School.
Advancement: Top six teams and top 15 individuals will qualify for the Oct. 27 state finals in Terre Haute.
Favorites: West Lafayette girls; Valparaiso boys.
Darkhorses: Eastern girls; Warsaw boys.
(Runners to watch and top locals)
Girls: Andrean --Becca Conley; Chesterton -- Hannah Hoffmann, Haley Cushway; Eastern -- Bethany Neeley, Brittany Neeley, Carly Jones, Sarah Wagner, Avery Ewing; Faith Christian -- Maggy Markley; Griffith -- Taylor Austin; Harrison -- Olivia Johnson; Hebron -- Payton Schatz; Hobart -- Mindy Whidden, Celena Guerrero; Kankakee Valley -- Michelle Kent; Lake Central -- Megan Zajac, Sarah Hudi; LaPorte -- Elena Lancioni; Lowell -- Sarah Edwards; Merrillville -- Victoria Collins; Munster -- Emily McNicholas; New Prairie -- Rachel Thompson, Mary McBride; Portage -- Kyra Ball; Rochester -- Anna Meyer, Samantha Ruppert; Seeger -- Cara Fowler; South Central -- Kyleigh Werner; Twin Lakes -- Madeline Lilly; Valparaiso -- Alison Mundell, Aurora Bonner; Warsaw -- Ashley Erba, Sarah Ray, Hannah Dawson; West Lafayette -- Bobbie Burgess, Grace Lachmund, Delaney Barber, Lauren Johnson, Kristen Johnson, Cailey Daluga ; Wheeler -- Kelly O'Shea.
Boys: Boone Grove -- Jon Hogg; Culver Academy -- Leopoldo Burguete; Chesterton -- Kevin Kenney; Crown Point -- Alex Ray, Tom Cierniak, Daniel Walters; Eastern -- Adam Schaaf, Robert Duke; Faith Christian -- Sam Nelson; Frankfort -- Cody Bray; Harrison -- Jacob Payne; Hobart -- Brent Dunn, Alex Cordova; Highland -- Zachary Glick; LaPorte -- Anthony Didion; Lowell -- Kyle Eller, Brian Blaylock; Manchester -- Matthrew Fahs-Brown; McCutcheon -- Jacob Wickes, Mason McKinney, Jacob Wethington; Merrillville -- Tyler Gray; Morgan Township -- Alec Kostelnik, Ben Savage; Munster -- Tom Bolanowski, Emmanuel Lopez, Ryan Kritzer ; Rochester -- Alex Gudeman; Rossville -- Solomon Hefferman; New Prairie -- Nickolas Arndt; Valparaiso -- Peyton Reed, Ari Coulopoulos, Taylor Bisacchi; Warsaw -- Jacob Poyner, Ellis Coon, Robert Murphy, Daniel Messenger; Western -- Matt Grider; West Lafayette -- Cooper Williams, Jake Cohen, Dominic Patacsil; Wheeler -- Joel O'Shea.
Fast facts: West Lafayette's girls and Valparaiso's boys are the defending team champions. Burgess is the defending girls champion. Erba, the 2011 state champion, and Warsaw competed in the New Haven Semistate last year. Coulopoulos (third) is the top returning boy. !~ Jim Peters
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