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State Meet Scoring Last Year’s State Finals In Review

One point for first place; two points for second place; three points for third place, etc. The team score shall be determined by totaling the points scored by The 40th Annual Girls Cross Country State Finals
the first five (5) finishing contestants on each team. The team which scores the lowest number of points will be the champion. Ties in team scoring shall be
resolved by comparing the sixth-place finishers from the tying teams. The team with the best sixth-place finisher shall prevail. LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course,
Terre Haute, Indiana, October 31, 2020
LaVern Gibson 5,000 Meter Course Final Team Standings Top 20 Individuals

1. Carmel 52 1. Karina James Lowell 18:00.1
2. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 77 2. Zoe Duffus Carroll (Fort Wayne) 18:02.3
3. Columbus North 168 3. Annie Christie Carmel 18:19.0
4. Zionsville 236 4. Ellen Baker North Central (Indpls) 18:20.8
5. North Central (Indianapolis) 237 5. Sophia Kennedy Park Tudor 18:22.2
6. Franklin Central 269 6. Addison Wiley Huntington North 18:25.9
7. Floyd Central 271 7. Makenzie Barnett Columbus North 18:26.7
8. Valparaiso 276 8. Alexis Allen Culver Academies 18:28.1
9. Hamilton Southeastern 282 9. Nicki Southerland Delta 18:30.2
10. FW Concordia Lutheran 303 10. Kendall Martin Brebeuf Jesuit 18:34.0
11. Penn 307 11. Kaylie Politza Valparaiso 18:36.4
T12. Bloomington North 308 12. Gretchen Farley Park Tudor 18:39.9
T12. Noblesville 308 13. Bridget Gallagher Guerin Catholic 18:41.2
14. Northview 375 14. Ashlyn Minton Carroll (Fort Wayne) 18:44.8
15. Franklin Community 390 15. Alivia Romaniuk Carmel 18:45.6
16. Homestead 415 16. Andi VanMeter Jasper 18:45.9
17. Jasper 416 17. Lauren Bales Norwell 18:47.9
18. Wheeler 420 18. Clara Crain Edgewood 18:48.4
19. Fishers 439 19. Brenner Hanna Greensburg 18:52.0
20. Chesterton 444 20. Cara Naas Carmel 18:56.4

The 75th Annual Boys Cross Country State Finals
LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
Terre Haute, Indiana, October 31, 2020
Ted Noffsinger named State’s Top Official Final Team Standings Top 20 Individuals

Each year, the Indiana High School Athletic Noffsinger was selected for this honor by a 1. Columbus North 63 1. Izaiah Steury Angola 15:23.7
Association honors an outstanding official in each committee representing the official’s associations. In 2. Carmel 112 2. Lucas Guerra Highland 15:34.5
sport during the State Finals Tournament. Indiana there are 24 associations made up of more 3. Brebeuf Jesuit 126 3. Kole Mathison Carmel 15:36.5
than 7,000 men and women who give up much of 4. Center Grove 191 4. Reese Kilbarger-Stumpff Columbus North 15:44.3
Ted Noffsinger, of Elkhart, Indiana is the their personal time to assist in providing wholesome, 5. Fishers 196 5. Mariano Retzloff Penn 15:45.5
recipient of the 2021-22 Outstanding Official Award worthwhile, and healthy activities for the student- 6. Hamilton Southeastern 228 6. Karsten Schlegel FW Concordia Lutheran 15:49.5
for Cross Country in the state of Indiana. Noffsinger is athletes in our state. Statewide, there are more than 7. Noblesville 235 7. Travis Hickner Noblesville 15:50.0
a member of the St. Joe Valley Officials 8,000 officials licensed by the IHSAA in 11 sports. 8. FW Concordia Lutheran 257 8. Jesus Garcia Zionsville 15:50.4
Association, Tri-State Officials Association, and the 9. Zionsville 301 9. Nolan Satterfield Hamilton Southeastern 15:54.0
Calumet Officials Association. He has been a licensed Noffsinger, a retired
Cross-Country Official for 46 years and has worked 3 teacher, worked for 10. Guerin Catholic 302 10. Trevor Nolan Brownsburg 15:55.8
Cross Country State Finals, in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Elkhart Community 11. Bloomington North 335 11. Paul Stamm Indpls. Cardinal Ritter 15:56.2
Ted is also a licensed Track and Field Official. Schools for 37 years. 12. Crown Point 344 12. Abe Eckman Jasper 15:57.3
He resides with his 13. Goshen 350 13. Cole Johnston Goshen 15:57.4
Ted has also used Cross-Country and running to wife, Rebecca, of 51 14. Jasper 375 14. Krishna Thirunavukkarasu Brebeuf Jesuit 15:58.4
help better his community. Ted helped organize The years. Together, they 15. Bloomington South 383 15. Nate Killeen North Central (Indpls) 16:02.5
Rainbow Run, which raises money for the Special have two daughters 16. Warsaw Community 386 16. Austin Pulkowski Columbus North 16:03.0
Olympics of Elkhart County. He was the co-founder Wendy (45) and Jill 17. Chesterton 395 17. Will Clark Fishers 16:03.1
of the Elkhart Elementary Cross-Country Race and (40). 18. Penn 409 18. Ethan Baitz Homestead 16:03.3
volunteered his time with The Great Race in Elkhart
County. 19. Floyd Central 423 19. Kyle Clark Bloomington North 16:03.6
19. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 423 20. Spencer Carpenter Westview 16:03.8
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