Boys - Girls
New Prairie Regional
1999 - 2000 - 2001



These are rankings of individuals and teams that feed into this regional. It is not a projected order of finish in the race.
Below the rankings is a projection of this round of the tournament.


RankNameGradeSchoolRatingState Rank
1  Steve Vrska 11 Chesterton 15:57 #10  
2  Joe Dillabaugh 12 Valparaiso 16:00 #13  
3  Eric Fleming 11 Valparaiso 16:04 #15  
4  Mike Taylor 12 Portage 16:09 #19  
5  Jeff Kent 10 Valparaiso 16:09 #20  
6  Ryan Hopper 12 Valparaiso 16:24 #36  
7  Aaron Ardner 12 Chesterton 16:41 #77  
8  Matt Costakis 11 Valparaiso 16:42 #78  
9  Mike Darnell 11 Chesterton 16:44 #86  
10  Daniel Shiplov Boone Grove 16:46 #91  
11  Mike Urbanik 11 Portage 16:47 #96  
12  Tom Erickson 12 Portage 16:47 #97  
RankNameSectionalRatingState Rank
1  Valparaiso Chesterton 179 #1  
2  Portage Chesterton 312 #8  
3  Chesterton Chesterton 329 #11  

Other unranked teams:
New Prairie New Prairie 580



Regional Simulation



Based on results of 10,000 simulations of the IHSAA Tournament. Only teams that advanced out of the sectional simulation for each trial were included in the regional simulation for that trial. Numbers in tables represent percentage of times each outcome occured during simulation.


SchoolAdvances to RoundAvg FinishAvg ScoreMin ScoreMax Score Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Valparaiso 100.0% 1.0 25 15 51 98.0 1.9 0.1
Portage 100.0% 2.4 51 25 80 1.4 55.7 42.8 0.1
Chesterton 100.0% 2.6 55 21 93 0.6 42.4 56.9 0.1
New Prairie 100.0% 4.0 101 67 118 0.2 99.8


RunnerSchoolRatingAdvances to RoundAvg Finish Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Steve Vrska Chesterton 15:57 100.0% 1.2 45.9 18.3 13.6 11.5 7.9 2.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Joe Dillabaugh Valparaiso 16:00 100.0% 1.7 27.4 32.2 23.4 12.3 4.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0
Eric Fleming Valparaiso 16:04 100.0% 2.5 12.1 23.4 27.7 23.3 11.5 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mike Taylor Portage 16:09 100.0% 3.5 10.9 15.9 14.0 16.8 25.0 13.4 2.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1
Jeff Kent Valparaiso 16:09 100.0% 3.5 3.7 9.9 19.9 30.7 28.9 4.9 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Ryan Hopper Valparaiso 16:24 100.0% 5.6 0.1 0.8 4.2 17.0 49.1 13.1 7.2 3.7 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Aaron Ardner Chesterton 16:41 100.0% 8.8 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.8 7.4 15.1 15.2 12.2 10.4 8.7 7.4 6.2 4.7 3.8 2.8 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.2
Matt Costakis Valparaiso 16:42 100.0% 9.0 0.0 0.3 3.3 21.1 13.7 12.0 10.1 8.8 7.7 6.3 5.3 4.2 2.9 2.0 1.3 0.6 0.2
Mike Darnell Chesterton 16:44 100.0% 9.9 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.1 4.1 9.3 12.6 12.9 11.2 9.1 8.7 7.4 6.8 5.4 4.4 3.1 2.1 1.0 0.4
Daniel Shiplov Boone Grove 16:46 93.5% 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.8 4.0 9.1 9.5 9.9 9.6 9.0 7.8 7.4 6.8 5.9 4.8 3.8 2.5 1.4 0.5
Mike Urbanik Portage 16:47 100.0% 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.5 6.9 9.0 9.7 10.5 10.1 10.3 10.1 8.8 7.4 5.9 4.2 2.7 0.9 0.3
Tom Erickson Portage 16:47 100.0% 11.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 2.8 6.8 8.6 10.1 10.3 11.2 10.4 9.2 8.7 6.9 6.3 4.0 2.7 1.1 0.4