Without Calloway, Rochester girls 8th in Class A race at New Haven Invite

Valley boys place 10th in Class AA race behind Marquez, Hammon

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Daniela Ochoa Leandro Javier Collin Hammon (photo provided)

The Rochester girls cross-country team scored 187 points and finished eighth out of 13 teams in the Class A race at the New Haven Invitational at Huntington University Saturday.

Freshman Daniela Ochoa was 18th in 22:36 and was the Lady Z frontrunner. Adison Hayes, who was 38th in 24:13, was the other Rochester runner in the top 50 in the field of 132 runners.

Rochester competed without senior Allyson Calloway, who ran in the Class AA race instead and finished 14th in 21:37 in that race.

Tippecanoe Valley’s McKenna Lowe runs in the girls Class AA race at the New Prairie Invitational Sept. 20.

The other area team at New Haven was Tippecanoe Valley, who had an incomplete team in the girls AA race. McKenna Lowe was the Valley frontrunner in 25:13, which placed her 63rd in the field of 116.

Churubusco won the Class A girls race with 66 points, and West Noble won the Class AA girls title with 69 points.

In the boys Class A race, Rochester fielded an incomplete team. Leandro Javier was the fastest Zebra, taking 26th place out of 185 runners in 18:38.

In the boys Class AA race, Valley scored 302 points and took 10th place out of 13 complete teams. Christopher Marquez, who was 30th in 18:22, and Collin Hammon, who was 39th in 18:55, both finished in the top half of the field of 146 runners.

Monroe Central won the Class A boys team title with 101 points, and Oak Hill won the Class AA boys team title with 59 points.

New Haven Invitational Class A girls results (points in parentheses, Saturday): Churubusco 66, Elkhart Christian 74, Lakewood Park 109, Monroe Central 120, Prairie Heights 140, Southwood 142, Heritage 185, Rochester 187, Manchester 197, Southern Wells 216, Blackford 252, Appleseeds 265, Cowan 309

Incomplete teams: Alexandria, Bethany Christian, Blue River Valley, Central Noble, Daleville, Eastside, Fort Wayne Blackhawk, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fremont, Lapel, Muncie Burris, North Miami, Northfield, Wes-Del, Whitko, Woodlan, Lakeland Christian

Rochester results (187 points, eighth place)

18. Daniela Ochoa – 22:36 (11), 38. Adison Hayes – 24:13 (28), 51. Brooklyn Chandler – 25:13 (35), 83. Kadence Bradley – 27:13 (53), 95. Trinity Baine – 28:09 (60), 102. Jocelynn Shafer – 29:21

Individual champion: Hannah Suvar (Fort Wayne Blackhawk) – 19:24

New Haven Invitational Class AA girls results (points in parentheses, Saturday): West Noble 69, Leo 90, Wawasee 90, Norwell 106, Oak Hill 137, Angola 151, Bluffton 178, Jay County 184, Lakeland 193, Bellmont 282, Eastbrook 288, Frankton 293

Incomplete teams: Rochester, Tippecanoe Valley, Fort Wayne Luers, Mississinewa

Rochester results

14. Allyson Calloway – 21:37

Valley results

63. McKenna Lowe – 25:13, 78. Katie Sterk – 26:25, 92. Ava Minix – 28:26

Individual champion: Rowyn Norris (Leo) – 19:14

New Haven Invitational Class A boys results (points in parentheses, Saturday): Monroe Central 101, Woodlan 120, Northfield 146, Wes-Del 169, Elkhart Christian 174, Lapel 179, Manchester 216, Southern Wells 233, Blue River Valley 237, Heritage 273, Cowan 275, Daleville 282, Muncie Burris 291, Blackford 302, Eastside 308, Fort Wayne Canterbury 339, Appleseeds 390, Alexandria 410

Incomplete teams: Rochester, Central Noble, Churubusco, Fort Wayne Blackhawk, Fremont, North Miami, Prairie Heights, Southwood, Whitko, Lakeland Christian

Rochester results

26. Leandro Javier – 18:38, 46. Caden Biernacki – 19:31, 56. Tyson Wachtmann – 19:49

Individual champion: Simon Nickelson (Lapel) – 16:16

New Haven Invitational Class AA boys results (points in parentheses, Saturday): Oak Hill 59, West Noble 85, Norwell 85, Wawasee 94, Angola 102, Hamilton Heights 104, Bellmont 187, Leo 199, Mississinewa 243, Valley 302, Jay County 318, Eastbrook 326, Frankton 379

Incomplete teams: Fort Wayne Luers, Lakeland

Valley results (302 points, 10th place)

30. Christopher Marquez – 18:22 (29), 39. Collin Hammon – 18:55 (38), 105. Aaron Babbitt – 21:26 (73), 126. Adric Shock – 24:02 (79), 131. Eli Shewman – 25:26 (83), 142. Simeon Skippers – 28:19

Individual champion: Graysen Ruch (West Noble) – 16:29