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STRIDE FOR STRIDE—Westview’s Noah Bontrager (395) holds a slight lead over Leo’s Luke Shappell (379) during the middle stages of Saturday’s boys cross country regional race held in Ligonier. Bontrager would pull away to win the event. (Standard-News Photo)
The fantastic rookie boys cross country campaign of Westview freshman Noah Bontrager took on even more luster this past Saturday when he ran to victory in the West Noble regional.
Bontrager pulled away from Leo standout Luke Shappell to win the race in a time of 15:45.19. Shappell took second in 16:04.55.
In the past three weeks, Bontrager has claimed blue ribbons in the NECC, sectional and regional competitions. This Saturday, he will attempt to add a semi-state title to his resume at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion.
Joining Bontrager at IWU will be county runners Hank Glasgo of Prairie Heights and Caden Hostetler of Lakeland, both of whom snared individual semi-state bids with their regional efforts. Glasgo placed seventh overall in 16:45.93, while Hostetler finished 13th in 16:54.11.
Others garnering individual semi-state slots at West Noble were Conyer Wilson (Fort Wayne Northrop), Wyatt Neireiter (Churubusco), Pablo Sutter (Fort Wayne Dwenger), Brendan Nix (Fort Wayne Dwenger), Landon Knowles (DeKalb), Daniel Mullett (Columbia City) and Aiden Waugh (Homestead).
COUNTY HARRIERS ADVANCE—Hank Glasgo (left) of Prairie Heights and Caden Hostetler of Lakeland both earned berths to the boys cross country semi-state with their efforts Saturday in the West Noble regional. Glasgo finished seventh and Hostetler 13th. (Standard-News Photos)
Fort Wayne Concordia won the regional team championship with 63 points. Carroll-Allen (110), West Noble (115), Leo (131) and Angola (138) finished 2-5 in the standings and also will compete as teams in the boys semi-state meet set to start at 11:15 a.m. Westview (163) and Lakeland (218) placed ninth and 10th, respectively.
The top six teams and top 10 individuals not on advancing teams in the semi-state will earn trips to the 2022 IHSAA boys cross country state finals set for October 28 at the LaVern Gibson Course in Terre Haute.
REGIONAL SUMMARY
Team Scores
(Top five to semi-state)
FW Concordia 63; Carroll
(Allen) 110; West Noble
115; Leo 131; Angola 138;
DeKalb 141; FW Dwenger
147; Columbia City 158;
Westview 163; Lakeland 218
Top 15 Finishers
1. Noah Bontrager (WV)
15:45.19; 2. Luke Shappell (Leo) 16:04.55; 3. Conyer Wilson (Northrop)
16:28.18; 4. Grant Flora
(WN) 16:33.06; 5. Sam
Yarnelle (AN) 16:37.01; 6.
Vaughn Hendrickson (FWC)
16:41.82; 7. Hank Glasgo
(Prairie Hts.) 16:45.93; 8.
Jaydon Steidinger (Leo)
16:47.05; 9. Blake Nietert
(CA) 16:47.11; 10. Wyatt Neireiter (Churubusco)
16:48.43; 11. Pablo Sutter
(FWD) 16:49.43; 12. William
Schlegel (FWC) 16:49.67;
13. Caden Hostetler (LL)
16:54.11; 14. Brendan Nix
(FWD) 17:00.36; 15. Landon
Knowles (DK) 17:02.56
Individual semi-state
qualifiers
1. Bontrager; 3. Wilson; 7.
Glasgo; 10. Neireiter; 11.
Sutter; 13. Hostetler; 14.
Nix; 15. Knowles; 16. Daniel
Mullett (CC) 17:03.34; 17.
Aiden Waugh (Homestead)
17:04.51
Other Westview Finishers
38. Lyndon Miller 17:41.03;
57. Christien Noward
18:14.20; 61. Nick Bontrager
18:20.82; 65. Cole Bontrager
18:27.14; 71. Quinton Yoder
18:42.06; 89. Curtis Miller
21:25.54
Other Lakeland Finishers
31. Zeke Wachtman 17:30.73;
74. Landon Jaeger 18:43.92;
81. Oliver Hofer 19:15.31;
84. Luke Yoder 19:49.02; 85.
Konner Palmer 20:00.36; 86.
Christian Troyer 20:20.20
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