Men's Cross Country Finishes Runner-Up in Conference Meet
By Aaron Smith | Sep 26, 2026 3:05 PM
The Cougars had a great showing at the Conference meet with 13 out of 16 runners, running a personal best, and the team had a runner-up finish. The reigning team champion from last year, Yorktown, won again with a low score of 34 points. The Cougars finished runner-up with 60. 1) Yorktown 34 2) Greenfield-Central 60 3) New Palestine 91 4) Mt. Vernon 93 5) Pendleton Heights 114 6) Delta 140 Braylon Mumaugh led the Cougars with a solid performance finishing runner-up to Yorktown's Wyatt Turner by 1.5 seconds. Mumaugh's time of 15:31.6, which was an 8 second pr, puts him as the #3 All-Time Cougar. Jack Wait was the next Cougar, running over a 20 second pr to finish 6th in a time of 16:11. Wait had a great performance beating runners he's never beaten before. Finishing next for the Cougars and joining Mumaugh and Wait for All-Conference honors was Otto Sickels. Sickels finished 9th in 16:38. The fourth Cougar was Michael Peterson, who finished 19th, in 17:11. Parker Lawson was the 5th Cougar in 27th, running a one second pr of 17:37. Adam Shields ran his first race of the season and finished 30th with a one second pr of 17:49. Jaxon Conaway was the seventh Cougar, finishing 36th in 17:57. He beat his old pr by 11 seconds to break 18 minutes for the first time. Hunter Wiswell was 40th in 18:07. Max Orr ran a 30 second pr to finish 54th in a time of 18:46. Josiah Johnson was 67th in a time of 19:25. Brayden Neal ran 39 second pr to finish 70th in 19:40. Waylon Hadler ran a 12 second pr to finish 73rd in 19:51. Nick Ryba finished 75th in 20:01, which was an 8 second pr. Henry Clossey ran a 41 second pr to finish 76th in 20:03. Landon Leswing ran 21:29 which was a 6 second pr putting him 84th. Noah Harrison had a 2 minute season best, which was also a 4 second pr finishing 89th in 22:25.





















