Lake Central High School

Lake Central's boys and girls cross country teams dominated the Highland Sectional on Saturday. Both teams were crowned team champions in the 13 team field. The girls' team scored a low 22 points beating the second place team Crown Point by 50 points. All 7 racers finished in the top 20 to earn all sectional honors. Macey Thompson, Lana Bruggeman, and Chloe Neal went 1-2-3. Lake Central travels to the New Prairie Regional Saturday. 1 Macey Thompson SO Lake Central 05:42.6 17:41.8 2 Lana Bruggeman FR Lake Central 05:56.7 18:25.8 3 Chloe Neal SO Lake Central 06:01.3 18:40.0 6 Aubrey Neal FR Lake Central 06:12.2 19:13.7 10 Mackenzie Smith SR Lake Central 06:23.6 19:49.1 13 Roxann Martinez FR Lake Central 06:30.0 20:08.9 17 Marina Negrete FR Lake Central 06:39.8 20:39.2 The boys' team scored 37 points to run away with the Sectional Championship. Crown Point was second, finishing 16 points behind LC. Six LC runners finished in the top 20. Ben Perschon was the individual champion; Kristofer Garner finished in 3rd; and Evan Smith also earned a top 5 finish. The boys will join the girls next weekend at New Prairie. 1 Ben Perschon JR Lake Central 05:04.7 15:44.4 3 Kristofer Garner SR Lake Central 05:10.9 16:03.6 5 Evan Smith SR Lake Central 05:19.4 16:30.1 11 Patrick Ryan SR Lake Central 05:25.3 16:48.3 17 Dominic Negrete SR Lake Central 05:30.9 17:05.6 20 Ethan Gonzalez JR Lake Central 05:33.3 17:13.0 26 Owen Thompson SR Lake Central 05:42.6 17:42.1 Full Results: https://www.tfrrs.org/results/xc/24658/IHSAA_Cross_Country_Sectional_1#event161012