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Despite a less than ideal race from the 'Cats, Jake Hanawalt's 31st place finish at the IHSAA State Finals this past Saturday was good enough to earn him a spot on the Indiana Cross Country All-Star Team. Jake will be running in the Mid-East Meet of Champions to be held next Saturday in Kettering, OH. Jake finishes the season as the 7th fastest cross country runner in school history and only the third Wildcat to be named to the Indiana All-Stars in XC.
The Wildcats ended their season with a 10th place finish at the State Finals. This put them 140-24 on the season, the 7th best record in school history. Four Wildcats put themselves on the top 30 all-time lists including three in the top 10. Joe Murphy's mark of 15:32 was good enough to take the #2 all-time spot along with making him the #2 Senior all-time. Ethan Hoeft's mark of 15:41 puts him #6 all-time and the #2 Junior. The team's best top-5 team time was set at the Semi-State, where they ran a combined 80:26, making them the third fastest team in school history.
Congratulations 'Cats on another incredible season. Thank you for all of your hard work and determination this year. We are all looking forward to another year of Wildcat XC as the 'Cats will try to follow in this Senior class' footsteps and return to the State Meet in 2014.
GO CATS!
~Coach McAloon
