Greenfield-Central ran well as five runners were All-Conference (top 15), but Mt. Vernon ran better to take the team title. The Cougars were led by Matt Wickham 6th (17:00). Austin Nigh was 8th (17:07). The next three Cougars are all first year runners. Liam Brinkruff (freshman) 9th (17:11), Griffen Wheeler (sophomore) 10th (17:15), and Chris Ross (freshman) 13th (17:20). Also running well for the Cougars was Luke Muckerheide 19th (17:37). Also running for the Cougars was Lucas Tutrow 30th (18:19).
The Cougars edged out Mt. Vernon by two points to win the JV race.
1. Greenfield-Central 35
2. Mt. Vernon 37
3. Yorktown 90
4. Pendleton Heights 101
5. Delta 109
6. New Palestine 156
Leading the Cougars was Moran Flanagan with a 3rd place finish (18:17). In 5th was Matt Parker (18:36). Gage Guenin was 8th (18:53), and Jacob Presser outsprinted Adam Bright to round out the scoring finishing 9th and 10th both in 19:00. Liam Flanagan was 11th (19:03), and Devin Evanoff was 13th (19:21).
Also running for the Cougars:
14th Sam Houston 19:25
16th Jonah Fletcher 19:35
20th Elliot Ryba 20:06
23rd Masan Kojima 20:30
29th Colin Eddington 20:34
30th Tanner Burelison 20:36
37th Thomas Ryba 21:36
45th Connor Learey 22:49
47th Mason Brandle 22:58