The Greensburg Cross Country teams held their annual awards night for the 2021 season. The following are the award winners with athlete profiles provided by coach Troy Davis.
For the boys, sophomore TJ Gorman earned Most Improved Runner. Gorman was a varsity runner throughout the season and ran a personal best of 19:12 at the South Dearborn Sectional dropping over a minute from his previous fastest time.
Senior Sawyer Sanders took home the Mental Attitude award. Sawyer raced for the varsity in every meet he ran in high school. He was All-County four times, All-EIAC twice, All-Sectional four times and won the county meet in 2020.
“Sawyer brought consistency, confidence and competitiveness to the team over the last four years. He is definitely going to be missed next year,” noted Davis.
Sophomore Jake Hawkins was the Most Valuable Runner for the Pirates. Hawkins was Greensburg’s top finisher in seven of the eight races this fall. Additionally, Jake received his All-Conference certificate after earning All-EIAC for the first time. Hawkins set his personal best at the conference race running 17:32 at Batesville. Jake was also the Decatur County Champion this year.
The girls’ award winners included Hannah Crowell for Most Improved and Tiffani Gramman for Mental Attitude. Crowell finished in the Pirates top four all season. She was All-County and All-Sectional as a sophomore. Hannah also moved into the Top 20 in school history when she ran 21:49 at the sectional earlier this fall.
Gramman also ran on the varsity in every races this season. She moved into 14th all-time when she ran 21:35 at the county meet. Tiffani was All-Conference and All-Cectional this year as a freshman.
Senior Emily Mangels was the team’s Most Valuable Runner. She ran No. 1 for Greensburg in every meet this fall. Emily leaves as ranked fourth all-time with a personal best time of 19:45. Emily was All-Conference for the third time this year. She won the county meet in her season best time of 20:49 and earned All-County for the fourth year in a row. Mangels was also All-Sectional and made it to semi-state for a fourth consecutive season.
“Emily has a been a cornerstone of our program’s success over the last four years,” stated Davis. “She’s an outstanding young lady and a great competitor for Greensburg.”
We thank coach Davis for the award information.