Pendleton Heights senior Andrew Blake finished 12th at the New Haven semistate on Saturday, Oct. 22, with a time of 16:06. Lapel junior Cameron Smith (behind Blake) placed 13th with a time of 16:10.
NEW HAVEN — Four of the five athletes who will represent Madison County in the Indiana High School Athletic Association state cross Country finals are from either Lapel or Pendleton Heights.
Andrew Blake and Ava Jarrell of Pendleton Heights and Cameron Smith and Sophie Goodwin of Lapel finished high enough in the Oct. 21 semi-state at New Haven meet to move on to the Oct. 29 finals.
Seth Price of Liberty Christian is the fifth runner from the county to advance.
Senior Blake was 12th with a time of 16:06, while junior Smith was 13th, with a time of 16:10.
Blake and Smith have finished one behind the other in the sectional, regional and semi-state. Smith and Blake were 5th and 6th in the sectional, and Smith finished 5th in the regional, while Blake was 6th.
As a team, the Arabians boys finished 16th behind winner Fishers.
In the girls race, Jarrell, a sophomore, finished 12th with a time of 19:02, while Goodwin, a freshman, crossed the line in 22nd with a time of 19:20.
As a team, the Arabian girls were 10th behind winner Homestead.
The state finals meet is on the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country course at the Wabash Valley Sports Center in Terre Haute.
The girls race begins at noon followed by the awards ceremony. The boys will race at 2:30 p.m. followed by awards.
Girls team scores: Homestead 79, Penn 90, Hamilton Southeastern 109, East Noble 119, Carroll 125, Ft. Wayne Concordia 142, Northridge 176, Ft. Wayne Northrop 176, Fishers 320, Pendleton Heights 327, Northwood 350, Mishawaka 356, Adams Central 371, Norwell 407, Eastbrook 410, South Bend Adams 426, Huntington North 427, Monroe Central 427, Yorktown 437, Ft. Wayne South Side 484.
Pendleton girls results: Ava Jarrell 12th (11) Hadley Walker 86th (60), Jaycee Thurman 89th (63), Lilly Hessler 113th ( 80), Abigail Davidson 151st (113), Olivia Welpott 154th (116), Raya Conway 165th (127).
Boys team scores: Fishers 79, Northridge 83, Hamilton Southeastern 120, Penn 161, Ft. Wayne Concordia 176, Goshen 196, South Bend Adams 240, Wapahani 262, Wabash 273, Carroll 286, Elkhart 295, Angola 306, Leo 314, West Noble 327, Oak Hill 330, Pendleton Heights 358, Bellmont 457, Norwell 462 Bluffton 467, Yorktown 483.
Pendleton boys results: Andrew Blake 12th, (9), Will Coggins 77th (56), Benson Davis 100th, (73), Jason Lyst 143, (107), Ashton Smith 149th (113), Lucas Pardue 155th, (118), Devin Koperczak 171st (131)
Lapel boys results: Cameron Smith 13th, Braxton Burress 118th.
