The Cougars finished 9th of 22 schools in the big school division, and 9th of 39 overall schools with Columbus North, Noblesville, and Bloomington North taking the top 3 spots. Bryce Cotterman was the top Cougar in the competitive race finishing 28th in 16:10 (PR). Braylon Mumaugh finished 44th in 16:35 which was just shy of where he was at this point last year. David Wasson finished 51st in 16:48. Adam Shields had a great race breaking 18:00 for the first time finishing 97th in 17:50 (PR). Freshman, Maeson Robinson, like Shields ran well and broke 18:00 for the first time finishing 100th in 17:52 (PR). In all 3 5k's so far, Jaxon Conaway and MIchael Peterson have been within 2 seconds of each other with only 5 seconds total difference in the 3 races. Conaway was 2 seconds ahead of Peterson finishing 116th in 18:15 (PR) and Peterson was 120th in 18:17 (PR). Otto Sickels ran his first race since the middle of track season, and it was a great start to the season! He finished 129th in 18:38. Parker Lawson ran a pr finishing 146th in 19:16 (PR). Fred Gordon finished 156th in 19:45. In the JV race, the Cougars finished 11th of 16 teams. Columbus North, Noblesville, and Bloomington North were the top 3 teams in that race as well. Hunter Wiswell ran a great race dropping over a minute and a half to finish 70th in 19:16 (PR). Nick Ryba was close to where he was last season finishing 110th in 20:19. Josiah Johnson was 140th in 21:07 (PR). Freshman, Henry Clossey, ran well dropping almost a minute to finish 182nd in 22:34 (PR). Kaden Tompkins finished 200th in 23:44. Elijah Johnson dropped over a minute to finish 208th in 24:30 (PR).