Weekend Rundown: Great Oak Boys Power Past Competition For Win At Mt. SAC

A week after being upset by Indianapolis Cathedral (IN) High junior Cole Hocker in the Indiana High School Athletic Association Noblesville Regional, Hamilton Southeastern (IN) High senior and University of Colorado commit Gabe Fendel punched his ticket to state with a dominant performance, going 15:08.20 for the win at the IHSAA Semi-State Championship on Saturday. 

Hocker followed in 15:15.30, while Fisher High's Sam Kuhn was third and Carmel High's Colin Murphy was fourth, leading the Carmel boys to a first-place team finish with 46 points. 

Fendel, who was the runner-up in last year's IHSAA cross country state championship, is looking for his first state championship on Oct. 28. 

In the girls race, Greencastle High junior Emma Wilson upset Carmel sophomore Phoebe Bates, scoring a top time of 17:41.40, while Bates followed in 17:52.30. 

But it was Brebeuf Jesuit Prep that stole the show on the team side of things, winning with 70 points as senior Katherine Modrall was third overall in 17:59.80. The program scored three runners in the top 15 and finished its fourth and fifth runners in the 23-29 positions to outpace second-place Zionsville Community High (95) and Carmel (102).