Richmond won the boys Wayne County high school cross country race by a wide margin while Hagerstown won the girls race by a single point over second place Centerville Saturday, Sept. 5, on the Indiana University East Course.
Cale Newton (RHS) was the individual champion in the boys race in a time of 16:10.69, breaking his own high school course record. Hayden Neagle from Seton Catholic won the girls race in a time of 19:38.92.
Boys race
Team standings: Richmond 20, Centerville 62, Hagerstown 71, Seton Catholic 98, Northeastern 122.
Scoring runners for Richmond: Cale Newton first, Dash Thacker third, Brady Newton fourth, Walt Brazil fifth, Henry Christian seventh, Trevin Crosby ninth, Kolden Carpenter 15th, Zayvian Deloney 31st.
Scoring runners for Centerville: Clay Johnson eighth, Mason Flynn 11th, Jonah Cornett 13th, James Skaggs 14th, Rowan Evrard 16th, Conner Scheer 19th, Sam Scheer 22nd.
Scoring runners for Hagerstown: Ben Smith sixth, Hazard Houghton tenth, Emmett Lewis 12th, Jack Rector 17th, Cole Mitchell 28th, Colton Callahan 30th, Bentley Dale 37th.
Scoring runners for Seton Catholic: Gavin Killian second, Drake Abbitt, 20th, Taeon Tate 24th, Ethan Nisewonder 26th, Peter Daoud 33rd, Joe Vournavos 38th
Scoring runners for Northeastern: Zach Wright 18th, Davis Spurlock 21st, Carson Stevens 27th, Carson Wood 32nd, Easton Koch 35th.
Running as an individual for Lincoln: Karson Ulerick 23rd
Girls race
Team standings: Hagerstown 40, Centerville 41, Richmond 47, Northeastern 100
Scoring runners for Hagerstown: Sophie Garvin sixth, Maycee Favorite ninth, Abigail Smith 10th, Emsley Holcomb 11th, Savannah Smith 19th, Corinne Robertson 22nd, Sadie Nicholas 33rd.
Scoring runners for Centerville: Anna Nevels fourth, Bella Green seventh, Addie Talbot 12th, Bowi Frame 16th, Maci Smarrelli 18th, Lily Kaehr 27th.
Scoring runners for Richmond: Lauren Newton fifth, Lena Allen eighth, Carolyn Swinney 14th, Kemaira Farris-Craig 15th, Olivia Allen 20th, Samantha Hileman-Dudas 23rd, Melanie Lafuze 28th.
Scoring runners for Northeastern: Amyiah Davis 13th, Brooklyn Lee 25th, Scarlette Meinardi 26th, Kendall Patterson 29th, Claire Mainous 30th, Hadley Nutty 34th.
Running as individuals for Seton Catholic: Hayden Neagle first, Aubrey Neagle third, Maggie Middleton 21st
Running as individuals for Lincoln: Kinley Puckett second, Kayln Long 24th.
A version of this article will appear in the September 9 2026 print edition of the Western Wayne News.
