The Scoop: Birnbaum, Bainbridge Secure Victories At State

Oct 24, 2022

IHSAA Semi-States, Without A Doubt, Was Eye-Catching

* Lily Cridge won the Semi-State Shelbyville meet this weekend

Photo Credit: Kent Graham

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Indiana's Semi-State Championships showcased some major talent across the board this weekend.

MileSplit50's No. 5 girl, Lily Cridge of Bishop Chatard, won the Semi-State Shelbyville race over Park Tudor's duo Sophia Kennedy and Gretchen Farley.

The Oregon commit clocked her third straight sub 17-minute 5K performance, hitting 16:58 on the clock. Kennedy, the Stanford commit, finished second in 17:25.50 and Farley, a Notre Dame recruit, was third in 17:44.

Kole Mathison once again earned another victory as he heads toward the state championship. On the Blue River Cross Country Course, Mathison of Carmel was the only boy to break 15 minutes in Shelbyville.

The University of Colorado commit clocked 14:56, his third straight sub-15 minute performance and his fourth of the season.

Rounding out the top three performances, Cameron Todd of Brebeuf Jesuit Prep was second in 15:03 and Anthony Provenzano of Carmel was third in 15:07.

Carmel won the team title with a 1-3-13-22-28 finish with 67 points and a 15:36 average. Zionsville was close for second with 74 points and Center Grove was third with 83 points.

* Kole Mathison grabbed the victory in Shelbyville

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BOYS 5000 METER RUN FINALS	
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	POINTS
1	Kole Mathison	12	Carmel High School	14:56.10	1
2	Cameron Todd	11	Brebeuf Jesuit Prep School	15:05.30	2
3	Anthony Provenzano	11	Carmel High School	15:07.60	3
4	Ty Garrett	12	Center Grove High School	15:28.70	4
5	Tristan Trevino	12	Mt. Vernon High School (Fortville)	15:30.00	5
6	Asher Propst	12	Noblesville High School	15:31.20	6
7	Parker Mimbela	12	Center Grove High School	15:36.30	7
8	Nate Killeen	12	North Central High School (Indianapolis)	15:38.50	0
9	Caden Click	11	Noblesville High School	15:39.90	8
10	Matteo Rosio	12	Brebeuf Jesuit Prep School	15:41.10	9

* Addison Knoblauch (left) and Delta's Nicki Southerland went head-to-head at the IHSAA Semi-State New Haven Championships

Photo Credit: Mike Kepner

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At the Semi-State New Haven Championships at Indiana Wesleyan University, we saw an epic head-to-head matchup between Delta's Nicki Southerland and Homestead's Addison Knoblauch.

The juniors went stride-for-stride throughout. It ended up being Southerland who finished with the better performance of 17:05 to Knoblauch's 17:19.

The sophomore from East Noble, Addison Lindsey, finished third in 18:11.

On the boys side, a freshman took command to win the title. Noah Bontrager of Westview finished the 5K course in 15:20 over sophomore William Bauschke who clocked a 15:26. Nick Cook of Wapahani was third in 15:35.