The girls and boys cross country regional was ran Saturday at Manchester with a trip to the state finals on the line.
Several Wabash County runners participated with three Wabash runners qualifying for the state.
The Wabash Apache boys cross country team had an historical performance while finishing 7th out of 25 teams in the single class regional meet Saturday morning at Manchester High School. Kamden Oswalt and James Unger qualified for the state meet marking the first time in the history of Wabash high school that two individuals qualified for the state finals in the same year. Kamden finished 10th while James finished 18th.
Senior Ezra Church poured his heart into the race coming in 48th. Freshman Kedryn Evenson put a stamp on his first season with a 68th place finish. Luis Trejo finished 143rd in a consistent race and Landen Fisher ran to a 222nd place finish.
Teresina Cordes, who once again broke her own school record and secured her place at the IHSAA State Finals, making Wabash Girls Cross Country history. Cordes finished 6th overall with a career personal record of 17:42.
Sutton Stoffel closed out her season with tremendous heart, running a 46-second career personal record of 20:05 to finish 64th overall. Mya Golliher also delivered an impressive performance, running a 51-second season personal record and a new career personal record of 20:57, finishing 98th overall. For Chloe Cooper, the regional marked the conclusion of her cross country career. Cooper finished 186th overall with a career personal record of 22:23
For the Northfield girls Kaleigh Rice finished 50th out of 242 runners with a PR time of 19:51. Shelia Smith finished in 137th with time of 21:37.
Preston Moore finished 123rd out of 245 runners in a time of 17:46. Kourtland Pratt finished in 18:07 and Bode Sorg in 18:21 both running PRs for the season.
The seven Squire runners all finished a great season. Emersyn Sarber ran with a career PR, and Tenley Metzger, Lilly Miller, and Ainsley Metzger all gained a lot of experience in a race environment this intense. For the boys, Oliver Fitzpatrick, Jet Thomas, and Gabe Selleck all finish strong careers as seniors. Jet tied his career PR.
Southwood freshman Ava Stouffer finished 44th in 19:44, just missing the cut. Senior Paige Nelson finished 202nd.
Photos of both races are posted on the Wabash County Sports facebook page
For complete race results click the link below
IHSAA Cross Country Regional 2 2026 – Complete
