Area Will Be Well Represented in Cross County Regional

Five members of the Frankfort High School boys’ and girls’ cross country teams qualified for regional competition in Saturday’s sectional at West Lafayette.

Members of the boys’ team who qualified are Daniel Pritchett, Josue Bautista Ventura and Angel Perez. The girls will be represented by Carina Alanis and Alexis Reed-Gill. The event will be held at West Lafayette. The girls’ race starts at 10:30 a.m., while the boys begin at 11:15 a.m.

Clinton Prairie’s Tony Perez and Neven Chasteen both qualified as an individual for the regional by finishing 17th and 37th, respectively. The top 10 individuals from non-qualifying teams go to the regional.

Clinton Prairie’s Zoe Beard and Bella Creasy also qualified for the regional as did Samantha Hadaway of Clinton Central.

Also, both the boys’ and girls’ teams from Rossville qualified for regional action at West Lafayette next Saturday.

Boys’ Results

Regional Qualifying Teams — Harrison 44, West Lafayette 67, Lafayette Jefferson 70, McCutcheon 95, Rossville 98 (Frankfort was 6th with 166, Clinton Prairie was 7th with 193, Clinton Central no team score).

Individual Winner — Leonel Soriano (Harrison) 16:37.3.

Frankfort Results — 11. Daniel Pritchett 17:21.3; 18. Josue Bautista Ventura 17:42.6; 31. Angel Perez 18:13.8; 52. Jacob Craig 19:47.4; 58. Francisco Lozano 20:41.1; 59. Mauro Lopez-Carrillo 21:03.6; 64. Marco Reyes 22;35.1.

Rossville Results — 3. Preston Padgett 16:46.3; 10. Nicholas Shedron 17:20.5; 22. Gabriel Freeman 17:56.0; 23. Charles Thompson 17:58.9; 41. Austin Bray 19:02.5; 44. Wyatt Darnell 19:09.5; 48. Charles Geheb 19:27.8.

Clinton Prairie Results — 17. Tony Perez 17:42.2; 46. Tyler Altic 19:17.9; 47. David Lashbrook 19:23.0; 50. Alexander Brettnacher 19:29.3; 55. Ethan Fleischhauer 20:02.7; 62. Wesley Whitlock 21:29.1.

Clinton Central Results — 63. Espen McCarty 21:34.1; 68. Caleb Pinkard 25:13.8.

Girls’ Results

Regional Qualifying Teams — West Lafayette 34, Harrison 38, McCutcheon 69, Faith Christian 98, Rossville 174 (Frankfort was 7th with 204, Clinton Central was 9th with 239 and Clinton Prairie was 10th with 241).

Individual Winner — Haley Mansfield (West Lafayette) 19:19.5.

Frankfort Results — 7. Carina Alanis 20:24.5; 29. Alexis Reed-Gill 22:31.9; 51.Jennifer Del Toro 26:32.6; 56. Evelyn Garcia 28:39.5; 62. Jalyn Vessels 31:25.8.

Rossville Results — 23. Megan Wilson 21:52.3; 24. Ariel Abbott 21:52.6; 30. Brecken Good 22:37.7; 44. Tristen Wisda 24:19.5; 53. Adelyn Root 27:15.6.

Clinton Central Results — 41. Samantha Hadaway 23:50.1; 47. Carly Ellis 25:21.4; 48. Abigail Newton 25:39.5; 49. Isabella Lecklitner 25:41.1; 54. Reagan Kimmell 27:41.1.

Clinton Prairie Results — 38. Zoe Beard 23:31.7; 42. Bella Creasy 23:56.1; 45. Molly Ward 24:40.5; 57. Lila Philpott 28:54.6; 60. Kimberly Brock 30:07.5.