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Results from Maconaquah for Saturday, September 16th
Girls Varsity Cross Country finishes 18th place at Flashrock Invitational
The Maconaquah Lady Braves competed in the Championship division of the 18th annual Flashrock Invitational, running against 10 of the top 20 teams in the state. The Running Braves finished in 18th place. Had they run in the invitational division, they would have won the race by 20 points!
Senior Abby Jordan once again paced the Lady Braves, placing 41st and rinishing in 19:37. She was followed by Chloe Jordan (104th, 20:55), Lucy Loshnowsky (120th, 21:05), and Zoie Laber (137th, 21:24), who is running well despite running with hips that hurt!
Junior Kaytlin Moeller (164th, 22:20) continues to embrace her role as a scorer, shaving another 35 seconds off her personal-best time.
Senior Kaylee Futrell (192nd, 23:59) and sophomore Elaina Montgomery (196th, 24:36) each had solid performances on the challenging course, while sophomore Kyndal Collins (206th, 29:04) returned from an ankle injury to run a courageous race.
Sophomore Cloe Gibbs (195th, 24:29)continues to take A LOT of time off her performances every week. Today, Cloe took nearly two minutes off her PR, breaking 24:30.
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Boys Varsity Cross Country finishes 6th place at Flashrock Invitational
The Maconaquah Braves went down to Carmel to compete in the 18th Annual Flashrock Invitational, where they ran in the Invitational division, placing 5th out of 23 complete teams.
Once again, many of the Running Braves had their best performance of the season! Senior Isaiah Wittenberg led the way for Maconaquah, placing 6th overall with a season-best time of 16:39. Junior Daylen Schrock also ran well, placing 9th and crossing the finish line in 16:42. Senior Kaden Miller (24th, 17:10) ran an incredible race (a lifetime PR) and had a top-25 placing. Sophomore Kaden Hanson (49th, 17:51) placed in the top 50 and was less than one second away from a lifetime best performance. The scoring was rounded out by senior Isaiah Moore (80th, 18:52), who ran well despite still recovering from sickness.
Freshman Joel Loshnowsky (92nd, 18:52) broke the 19-minute barrier for the first time while placing in the top 100 while fellow freshman Jacob Bowman (165th, 21:07), shaved nearly a minute of his best time.
Sophomore Jeffrey Wilson (134th, 19:53) ran well and then had to compete in marching band competition, where the Marching Braves placed 2nd!
Drake Samuel (145th, 20:11) ran an impressive race while just recovering from an injury from last weekend.
Foreign exchange student Janis Groeber struggled a bit today, but still ran a gutsy race (196th, 24:08).
Junior Luke Abbott (201st, 24:43) took nearly 2 minutes off his lifetime PR and ran faster than an 8:00 per mile pace for the very first time!
The Running Braves will travel to the campus of Culver Academies next week to compete in the Culver Academies Invitaitonal. Good luck Braves!
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After waiting almost 20 years to earn their first sectional title, the Lady Braves only had to wait 364 days for their second as a total team effort led to a repeat championship.
Leading the Braves was Junior Daisy Williams who ended the day with a 77. Daisy played her usual game of hitting safe shots into the fairway and then playing smart shots into the greens. Doing so helped her avoid the pitfalls some of the pin positions could have led to. Daisy’s only blemish on the day came on the tight 11th hole when her drive ended up out of bounds by a few yards. She re-gathered herself and parred with her second ball to score her only double bogey of the day. Less than a week after successfully defending her TRC title, Daisy finished third overall in sectionals.
Senior Miranda Stoll made the turn in one over par 37 and continued her fine play on the back nine, ending the day with a 79, fourth best sectional scoring. She also played it safe off the tee hitting a 7 iron and a few hybrids to keep the ball in play on the tight fairways. With her strong iron play she still had plenty of birdie chances and only a few missed putts late kept her from turning in a better score. Miranda’s 77 was a 4 stroke improvement from her performance last year and is more evidence their all of her hard work has paid off this season.
Third for the Lady Braves was Freshman Aubrey Stoll who ended the day with a 96. Playing in her first sectionals, Aubrey showed tremendous maturity playing calmly and bouncing back each time she struggled. She made a triple bogey on the long 6th hole, and bounced back by playing the next two holes one over. She made another triple bogey on the 9th hold, but bounced back by parring the 10th hole. Her 96 put her in 6th overall in the sectional field and another sign that she is going to develop into a fantastic golfer.
Junior Filnley Dobbs had the bounce back tournament she deserved after all the work she had put into her game the past few weeks. Last year Finley’s play in the sectionals helped Maconaquah win it’s first ever sectional title and her play this year helped the team defend their title. Her improved long game overcame a bulky putter as she ended the day with a 97, good enough for 7th overall in sectional scoring.
Senior Haley Washburn, playing in her first sectionals, played well and ended her day with a 100. This score would tie her for 11th overall in the field. Haley got off to a challenging start on both the front and back nine, but each time she was able to bounce back and grind out good scores. As she had done all season, Haley followed up errant shots with great recoveries and never got flustered.
The Lady Braves playing lead them to a 51 stroke victory over second place Western (who advances to regionals) and a 53 stroke win over Eastern (who also advances to regionals). The Lady Braves made the turn at 174 (team total 30 over par) and had a 30 stroke lead on both teams. The Lady Braves actually improved on their back nine score shooting 175 (team total 27 over par on the par 37 back nine). The 349 was good enough to secure the teams fourth straight regional appearance.
The Lady Braves will tee off in regionals this Saturday at Battleground Golf Course in Battleground Indiana.
