UNEDITED Rushville Invitational coaches recaps…
Rushville’s Amy Tush via Jim Tush- Our boys and girls teams hosted 35 teams this past weekend for the traditional Rushville Classsic 5k race. The weather cooperated for the 1st time in 4 years and allowed all 3 divisions to be run.
Our boys did an outstanding job moving up to the larger Division I. We have lots of room for improvement, but it was a great strategy to see where we currently stand among our conference and Regional teams. The boys placed 6th overall beating conference rival East Central and post-season rivals Connersville, New Castle, and New Palestine. The team was led by Senior Kyle Stanley with a season best time of 17:51 placing him 11th. Freshman Hunter Parmerlee ran a season best 19:07 placing him 26 th and Sophomore Charlie Sterrett also ran a season best of 19:20 placing him 34th overall. Trenton Dyer and Ryan Schindler finished out the Lions scoring runners with 37th and 40th place finishes both with season best times as well. Isaac Krodel and Wyatt Jacobs completed the varsity spots with season bests as Dustin King, Isaac Schelle, and Jake Lilly represented the Lions in the reserve race.
The Lady Lion girls team was 3rd overall in the Division II girls race. They were led by Senior Savannah Westphal with a 7th place finish in a lifetime best time of 23:02. Junior Olivia Wehr was 12th with a time of 24:22 and Junior Ashley Whitman was 13th with a lifetime personal best time of 24:44. Finishing out the top 5 for the Lady Lions was Sofia Kemple and Lanea Adams. They finished 23rd and 30th and Jorja Ellis completed our varsity squad. Mia Norvell, Yanitza Norvell, Cyndi Tush, and Maddy Hankins did not compete but we hope to have them all back very soon. Our next meet is at Union City next Saturday September 4th at Harter Park in Union City at 11:00 AM.
Rushville Boys 5k Results:
Kyle Stanley – 11th place- 17:51
Hunter Parmerlee – 26th place 19:07
Charlie Sterrett – 34th place – 19:20
Trenton Dyer- 37th place – 19:30
Ryan Schindler 40th place- 19:39
Wyatt Jacobs – 46th place – 19:52
Isaac Krodel – 48th place – 19:55
Dustin King – JV 12 th place- 22:19
Isaac Schelle JV 15th place – 22:38
Jacob Lilly – JV 19th place – 22:54
Rushville Girls 5k Results:
Savannah Westphal – 7th place -23:02
Olivia Wehr – 12th place – 24:22
Ashley Whitham – 13th place- 24:44
Sofia Kemple – 23rd place – 27:10
Lanea Adams – 30th place – 31:36
Jorja Ellis – 37th place – 37:00
Mia Norvell DNC
Yanitza Norvell DNC
Cyndi Tush DNC
Maddy Hankins DNC
Batesville’s Lisa Gausman- Batesville High School Cross Country Team traveled to Rushville on Saturday to finally compete in their Invitational. This meet has been canceled for the past 3 years, due to weather and Covid. The Seniors were finally able to race at this Invitational. Although Batesville would fall in Division II, we chose to move up to the Division I race and compete against the bigger schools. Both the boys and the girls team stepped up to the competition and finished Invitational Runner-Ups, with 12 teams in their division.
Mount Vernon easily won the boys race with a score of 36 points with Batesville beating Indianapolis Cathedral by 2 points, scoring 76 to their 78. Finishing out the top 5 teams were Whiteland in 4th with 124 and Richmond placing 5th with 139. Batesville also had 3 boys finishing in the top 20 of the race with the 3-5 spot being determined by hundredths of a second. Benjamin Moster was 4th and Ean Loichinger was 5th (16:58.2, 16:58.22). Daren Smith came in 15th. Kyler Daulton was just one place shy of earning an award in 21st spot. Finishing out the top 7 running for the Bulldogs were: Jake Chapman, running a personal best, placing 35th, followed by Eli Loichinger in 47th and Tyler Bedel in 62nd.
The girls also snuck in 2nd place by just 1 point over East Central with a score of 75-76. Roncalli was the overall winner with 56 points. Indianapolis Cathedral came in 4th with 126 points and finishing out the top 5 teams was New Palenstine with 135. The Lady Bulldogs got 4 spots in the top 20 with Kaylynn Bedel leading the way and capturing the individual runner up with a time of 20:50. She was followed closely by Lily Pinckley in 5th place. Megan Allgeier and Ava Hanson were 15th and 18th respectively. Finishing out the top 7 for the dogs were Madison Rahschulte placing 36th, Jen Dodge in 48th and Ella Moster 51st.
Jac-Cen-Del coach David Bradshaw: The Varsity Cross country teams ran in the Rushville Inv. on Saturday. In the small school division the girls’ team was second and the boys’ team was third with 14 schools participating in the race.
Individual finishes for the boys were:
Josh Pohle 1st received a trophy for being the individual champion
Adam Maloney 8th
Cameron Reatherford 20th
Austin Rohls 25th
Jacob Ricke 44th
Austin Hammond 49th
Gabe Maloney 50th
Individual finishes or the girls were:
Cloey Simon 6th
Kayla Simon 11th
Allison Peetz 18th
Kinsey Rohls 21st
Virginia Minch 23rd
Shelb y Reatherford 26th
Aliyah Karshner 32nd
Freshman, Esther George, continues to lead the Franklin County Girls Cross Country team and continues to lower her 5K time. She finished in 18th place, with a time of 25:42, at the Rushville Cross Country Classic Invitational. This was one minute and 10 seconds faster than her first 5K race in Richmond the week prior. Senior, Katherine Apsley, also continues to improve and placed 22 place with a time of 26:31. Junior, Kenzie Rogers and sophomore, Moorea Nobbe, struggled with the heat as the temperatures were heading toward the upper 80’s during their race.
We thank Stuart Road Racing along with coaches Tush, Gausman, Bradshaw and Nobbe for the information.