The Greensburg Junior High Cross Country Teams traveled to Terre Haute on Saturday to compete in the 21st Annual Indiana Middle School State Cross Country Championships. The best runners from across the state met at the LaVern Gibson Championship course in the largest middle school event in our nation. Representing Greensburg at the State Meet included: Sophie Buening, Eleanor Davis, Jesse Harper, Emma O’Sullivan, Madeline Risher, Lulu Webb, Jack Bennett, Ethan Clifford, Henry Corya, Mason McNulty, Jackson Tekulve, and Quinton Walker. The Pirates had a great showing as the Ladies placed 19th out of 33 Small School Teams and the Boys placed 22nd out of 42 complete teams.
Nearly every girl ran a career best time on the infamous course. Madeline Risher placed 41st overall out of 299 girls. Madeline broke the 12 minute barrier for the first time and set a new personal record time of 11:57.5. She is now the 3rd fastest 6th grade female in school history. Lulu Webb and Eleanor Davis both broke 13 minutes for the first time to set new PRs. Lulu ran 12:36.8 and dropped the most time out of all the Ladies by shedding 34 seconds from her previous best. Eleanor came back strong after nursing an injury the last couple of races with an impressive 12:51.9 career best. Another large improvement came from Jesse Harper as she broke the 15 minute barrier for the first time with a 14:46.4 finish.
The boys also ran great times in the largest race of the day. Quinton led the Pirate Harriers with a 38th place finish out of 365 boys. Quinton ran sub 11 for the 5th time this season with an outstanding 10:33.5 finish. He completes his junior high career as the 2nd fastest runner in school history! Jackson Tekulve finished just one second shy of his career best after recovering from a recent injury with a time of 11:43.5. Jackson concludes his sixth grade season as the 3rd fastest 6th grader in school history. Also breaking the 12 minute barrier for the 2nd time this season was Mason McNulty with a strong 11:47.0 finish. Henry Corya had the largest improvement out of all the boys, running 11:51.3 and breaking 12 minutes for the first time in his career.
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Katina Tekulve