Top-ranked Westfield edges third-ranked Carmel for Hamilton County supremacy

Brandon Jones
Running Sports Coordinator

Top-ranked Westfield’s is once again proven as Indiana’s team to beat for the girls cross country state championship. The ‘Rocks placed three runners in the top five spots and all five scorers in the top 14 positions to narrowly defeat third-ranked Carmel at Tuesday’s Hamilton County Meet in Noblesville.

Despite the heat (temperatures were still in the low 90’s at race time), Westfield senior Maggie Bingham pulled away in the second half of the race to easily defeat a solid field. Bingham’s time of 19:03 was 27 seconds better than that of runner up Kelly McCurdy of Carmel.

Here are the individual results:

        1    1 Maggie Bingham         WESTFIELD                      SR        0:19:03.5 6:09
        2    2 Kelly Mccurdy          CARMEL                         JR        0:19:30.6 6:18
        3    3 Tiffany Cange          NOBLESVILLE                    SO        0:19:47.2 6:23
        4    4 Kaitlyn Love           WESTFIELD                      JR        0:20:02.3 6:28
        5    5 Breanne Ehrman         WESTFIELD                      SR        0:20:04.5 6:29
        6    6 Taylor Bowles          NOBLESVILLE                    JR        0:20:11.5 6:31
        7    7 Kristen Schulz         CARMEL                         JR        0:20:15.8 6:33
        8    8 Caren Charles          CARMEL                         SR        0:20:21.0 6:34
        9    9 Kim Phan               CARMEL                         JR        0:20:25.6 6:36
       10   10 Jessica Postlewaite    HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          SO        0:20:26.4 6:36
       11   11 Breanna Smith          WESTFIELD                      SO        0:20:35.2 6:39
       12   12 Alex Chitwood          CARMEL                         FR        0:20:44.2 6:42
       13   13 Kayla Mccurdy          CARMEL                         JR        0:20:51.5 6:44
       14   14 Sarah Strycker         WESTFIELD                      SO        0:20:58.2 6:46
       15   15 Jalynne Foley          NOBLESVILLE                    SO        0:21:07.2 6:49
       16   16 Emily Kuhn             FISHERS                        FR        0:21:09.6 6:50
       17   17 Jessica Burton         WESTFIELD                      FR        0:21:20.7 6:54
       18   18 Katie Doron            CARMEL                         SO        0:21:28.2 6:56
       19   19 Caity Murdock          HAMILTON HEIGHTS               JR        0:21:39.9 7:00
       20   20 Alex Thompson          FISHERS                        FR        0:21:41.4 7:00
       21   21 Sara Ling              FISHERS                        SR        0:21:56.2 7:05
       22   22 Kara Malone            HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          SR        0:22:01.1 7:07
       23   23 Haleigh Moore          NOBLESVILLE                    FR        0:22:04.2 7:08
       24   24 Samantha Montgomery    FISHERS                        FR        0:22:16.8 7:12
       25   25 Sarah Gooder           FISHERS                        JR        0:22:19.0 7:12
       26   26 Amanda Mauk            NOBLESVILLE                    FR        0:22:22.3 7:13
       27   27 Caroline Bullough      NOBLESVILLE                    SR        0:22:35.3 7:18
       28   28 Dana Christie          WESTFIELD                      SO        0:22:41.9 7:20
       29   29 Kate Thompson          HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          SO        0:22:43.1 7:20
       30   30 Carrie Gavit           FISHERS                        SO        0:22:52.0 7:23
       31   31 Stephanie Runyon       NOBLESVILLE                    JR        0:22:57.8 7:25
       32   32 Tori Brown             HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          SR        0:23:03.3 7:27
       33   33 Kelsey Sager           FISHERS                        JR        0:23:29.0 7:35
       34   34 Maddie Green           HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          SO        0:24:04.4 7:46
       35   35 Kaylie Waltz           HAMILTON HEIGHTS               SR        0:24:12.3 7:49
       36   36 Rebecca Frettinger     HAMILTON HEIGHTS               SO        0:25:10.1 8:08
       37   37 Krista Burkhardt       HAMILTON HEIGHTS               SO        0:25:13.9 8:09
       38   38 Brittany Davis         HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN          SO        0:25:32.5 8:15
       39   39 Lauren Lybarger        HAMILTON HEIGHTS               SR        0:25:38.7 8:17
       40   40 Katie Barrett          HAMILTON HEIGHTS               SR        0:26:24.6 8:32
       41      Vivan Danko            UNIVERSITY                     SO        0:26:34.2 8:35

Here are the team results:
1.   #1 Westfield – 35
2.   #3 Carmel – 38
3.   #11 Noblesville – 73
4.   Fishers – 106
5.   Hamilton Southeastern – 127
6.   Hamilton Heights – 166