Warsaw Shows Well At Culver XC Invite

Written on September 27, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Categories: Sports Archive 2015

Tags: "Wawasee 8th, ” Warsaw's Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts, boys and girls cross country, boys cross country, culver, Culver Academy, culver academy invitational, Distinguished Young Woman of Triton, mia beckham, zeb hernandez

Warsaw's Zeb Hernandez sprints to a title in the Freshman/Sophomore race at the Culver Academy Invitational. (Photo provided by Tim Creason) — Warsaw’s Zeb Hernandez sprints to a title in the Freshman/Sophomore race at the Culver Academy Invitational. (Photo provided by Tim Creason)

CULVER – Warsaw remained competitive against some of the top teams in the region, as well as outside of the state, at Saturday’s Culver Academies Cross Country Invitational.

Highlighting the massive cross country extravaganza was the Warsaw boys winning the Boys Freshman/Sophomore title with 36 points, led by Zeb Hernandez’s 16:48 championship run. Lucas Howett (3, 17:18), Xavi Ramirez (4, 17:22) and Nathaniel Gottschalk (10, 17:51) all gave the Tigers top-10 quality in the race.

Warsaw’s boys were also 18th overall in the Boys Open race. The Warsaw girls team raced in the Girls Elite competition, placing eighth overall. Mia Beckham led the team with a ninth-place run of 18:58.

Wawasee ran in the Boys and Girls Open races. The Warrior boys were 19th and the girls 18th in the respective team standings.

http://www.culver.org/athletics/resources/culver-invitational/results

Warsaw's Mia Beckham sprints with Penn's Lauren Frank during the Girls Elite race at the Culver Academy Invitational. (Photo by Tim Creason) — Warsaw’s Mia Beckham sprints with Penn’s Lauren Frank during the Girls Elite race at the Culver Academy Invitational. (Photo provided by Tim Creason)

http://www.culver.org/athletics/resources/culver-invitational/results