History in the making: Top-ranked Fishers dominates Hamilton County Meet

Brandon Jones
Running Sports Coordinator

Thirty-four years. Yes, thirty-four years. That is how long it has been since a boys cross country team NOT named Carmel has won the boys Hamilton County cross country title.

That streak came to an end on a muggy Tuesday night in Noblesville.

The top-ranked Fishers Tigers, in only their second year of existence, brought the school its first Hamilton County Championship as they simply outran a strong field that included two other top 10 teams.

The Tigers also took home individual honors as junior Drew Shields bested teammate Cale Allen by one second. Shields’ time was 16:08, while Allen finished in 16:09.

But that was just the beginning….

Fishers then placed its 3-4 runners in fourth and fifth overall, and the outcome was no longer in doubt.

Here are the individual results:
        1    1 Drew Shields       FISHERS                        JR          0:16:08.8 5:13
        2    2 Cale Allen         FISHERS                        SR          0:16:09.3 5:13
        3    3 Blake Dircksen     NOBLESVILLE                    JR          0:16:12.4 5:14
        4    4 Tyler Stegman      FISHERS                        SR          0:16:26.2 5:19
        5    5 Nate Piggush       FISHERS                        SR          0:16:31.2 5:20
        6    6 Zack Gates         HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          SR          0:16:33.2 5:21
        7    7 Kevin Courtney     CARMEL                         SR          0:16:40.0 5:23
        8    8 Evan Hitchcock     HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          JR          0:16:40.8 5:23
        9    9 Colby Shiver       WESTFIELD                      NA          0:16:46.3 5:25
       10   10 Colin Dunlap       NOBLESVILLE                    SR          0:16:47.4 5:25
       11   11 Daniel Kinn        CARMEL                         JR          0:16:48.5 5:26
       12   12 Alex Shields       FISHERS                        JR          0:16:51.1 5:27
       13   13 Daniel Porter      CARMEL                         SO          0:16:52.1 5:27
       14   14 Omavi Caesar       FISHERS                        SO          0:16:54.7 5:28
       15   15 J.d. Smith         CARMEL                         JR          0:16:57.0 5:29
       16   16 Tom Ohlman         CARMEL                         SO          0:16:57.8 5:29
       17   17 Dustin Neff        WESTFIELD                      NA          0:17:04.6 5:31
       18   18 Brian Bates        CARMEL                         JR          0:17:11.0 5:33
       19   19 Scott Sorensen     NOBLESVILLE                    SR          0:17:12.1 5:33
       20   20 Aaron Becker       NOBLESVILLE                    SR          0:17:14.2 5:34
       21   21 Connor Martin      WESTFIELD                      NA          0:17:15.4 5:34
       22   22 Cody Marowski      NOBLESVILLE                    SO          0:17:19.7 5:36
       23   23 Josh Millares      FISHERS                        FR          0:17:32.5 5:40
       24   24 Zach Cherry        HAMILTON HEIGHTS               JR          0:17:43.6 5:44
       25   25 Ross Roberson      HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          JR          0:17:50.1 5:46
       26   26 Martin Garrison    HAMILTON HEIGHTS               JR          0:17:53.0 5:47
       27   27 Collin Ginebaugh   NOBLESVILLE                    FR          0:17:54.1 5:47
       28   28 Wil Kinsey         WESTFIELD                      NA          0:18:00.1 5:49
       29   29 Scott Spillman     HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          JR          0:18:01.2 5:49
       30   30 Louis Ganser       GUERIN CATHOLIC                NA          0:18:06.5 5:51
       31   31 Shay Mcdowell      WESTFIELD                      NA          0:18:09.8 5:52
       32   32 Ethan Fry          WESTFIELD                      NA          0:18:20.2 5:55
       33   33 Jake Waterman      NOBLESVILLE                    FR          0:18:27.3 5:58
       34      Eddie Stage        UNIVERSITY                     SR          0:18:28.0 5:58
       35   34 Jake Clark         WESTFIELD                      NA          0:18:37.0 6:01
       36   35 Logan Rosenberg    CARMEL                         JR          0:18:38.1 6:01
       37      Cullen Webster     UNIVERSITY                     SR          0:18:39.0 6:01
       38   36 Mark Babbey        GUERIN CATHOLIC                NA          0:18:41.7 6:02
       39   37 Joe Ebling         HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          FR          0:19:05.7 6:10
       40   38 Levi Rednour       HAMILTON HEIGHTS               JR          0:19:15.5 6:13
       41   39 Ben Bowen          HAMILTON HEIGHTS               FR          0:19:16.1 6:13
       42   40 Will Wartenberg    HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          FR          0:19:21.5 6:15
       43   41 Alex Elston        GUERIN CATHOLIC                NA          0:19:35.5 6:20
       44   42 Aj Miller          HAMILTON HEIGHTS               JR          0:20:43.8 6:42
       45   43 Aaron Hook         HAMILTON HEIGHTS               SR          0:21:03.5 6:48
       46   44 Steve Caltrider    GUERIN CATHOLIC                NA          0:21:06.7 6:49
       47   45 Adam Hook          HAMILTON HEIGHTS               FR          0:21:21.6 6:54
       48   46 Alex Best          GUERIN CATHOLIC                NA          0:21:41.9 7:00
       49      Steven Schutt      UNIVERSITY                     SR          0:26:59.9 8:43

Here are the team results:
1.   #1 Fishers – 24
2.   #4 Carmel – 62
3.   #10 Noblesville – 74
4.   #22 Hamilton Southeastern – 105
5.   Westfield – 106
6.   Hamilton Heights – 169
7.   Guerin Catholic – 197