Boys - Girls
New Prairie Semi-State
1999 - 2000 - 2001




These are rankings of individuals and teams that feed into this semi-state. 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
Mike Haschel 11 Winamac 15:32 #2  
Steve Vrska 11 Chesterton 15:57 #10  
Nick Kruse 11 Lake Central 16:00 #12  
Joe Dillabaugh 12 Valparaiso 16:00 #13  
Nathan Gephart 11 Triton 16:02 #14  
Eric Fleming 11 Valparaiso 16:04 #15  
Ben Allen 11 Riley 16:08 #17  
Mike Taylor 12 Portage 16:09 #19  
Jeff Kent 10 Valparaiso 16:09 #20  
10  Travis Moyer 12 Marian 16:10 #21  
11  Jason Beisel 12 Penn 16:19 #30  
12  Matthew Schenk 12 Rensselaer Central 16:24 #35  
13  Ryan Hopper 12 Valparaiso 16:24 #36  
14  Stephen Cohen 10 North Newton 16:25 #38  
15  Travis Watson 10 Mishawaka 16:28 #42  
16  Kyle Rzepka 12 Penn 16:29 #44  
17  Mike Varda 12 Mishawaka 16:34 #57  
18  Chris Delgado 11 Riley 16:35 #60  
19  Ryan McLeland Pioneer 16:39 #71  
20  Aaron Ardner 12 Chesterton 16:41 #77  
21  Matt Costakis 11 Valparaiso 16:42 #78  
22  Bruce Faltynski 12 Penn 16:44 #84  
23  Drew Crague 11 Lake Central 16:44 #85  
24  Mike Darnell 11 Chesterton 16:44 #86  
25  Corey Rzepka 12 Penn 16:45 #88  
26  Daniel Shiplov Boone Grove 16:46 #91  
27  Jason Phillips 10 Jefferson 16:47 #93  
28  Mike Urbanik 11 Portage 16:47 #96  
29  Tom Erickson 12 Portage 16:47 #97  
RankNameRegionalRatingState Rank
Valparaiso New Prairie 179 #1  
Penn Culver Academies 305 #7  
Portage New Prairie 312 #8  
Chesterton New Prairie 329 #11  
Lake Central Crown Point 337 #12  
Kankakee Valley Harrison 518 #24  

Other unranked teams:
Riley Culver Academies 554
New Prairie New Prairie 580



Semi-State Simulation




Based on results of 10,000 simulations of the IHSAA Tournament. Only teams that advanced out of the regional simulation for each trial were included in the semi-state 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Valparaiso 100.0% 1.1 38 15 91 95.4 3.9 0.6 0.1
Penn 100.0% 2.9 83 28 153 2.6 40.0 28.5 18.4 10.1 0.4 0.1
Portage 100.0% 3.3 88 30 164 1.4 28.4 27.4 24.2 17.9 0.7 0.1 0.0
Chesterton 100.0% 3.8 97 40 176 0.5 16.5 23.5 28.3 28.6 2.1 0.5 0.0
Lake Central 100.0% 4.0 100 40 177 0.2 11.2 19.9 28.4 37.5 2.5 0.3 0.0
Riley 100.0% 6.3 149 108 198 0.1 2.8 66.8 28.5 1.7
Kankakee Valley 100.0% 6.9 161 93 220 0.1 0.5 2.9 24.8 54.1 17.7
New Prairie 100.0% 7.8 186 120 231 0.0 0.2 2.8 16.6 80.5


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
Mike Haschel Winamac 15:32 100.0% 1.0 87.5 8.0 2.7 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steve Vrska Chesterton 15:57 100.0% 3.4 4.2 24.0 17.0 12.4 10.8 8.1 6.8 5.5 3.7 2.7 2.1 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nick Kruse Lake Central 16:00 100.0% 4.2 2.4 17.0 15.7 13.0 10.4 9.2 7.9 6.7 5.8 4.1 2.7 1.9 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
Joe Dillabaugh Valparaiso 16:00 100.0% 4.2 2.1 15.1 15.2 15.3 13.3 10.8 8.9 6.5 4.8 3.2 1.9 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Nathan Gephart Triton 16:02 100.0% 5.0 1.6 12.8 13.3 11.8 10.9 9.9 9.0 7.8 6.4 5.2 3.7 2.6 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Eric Fleming Valparaiso 16:04 100.0% 5.6 0.8 6.5 10.8 11.9 13.1 12.5 11.1 9.6 7.5 5.4 3.9 2.4 1.8 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Ben Allen Riley 16:08 100.0% 7.1 0.4 5.2 6.7 8.7 8.8 9.9 9.7 9.3 9.2 8.4 6.8 5.7 3.7 2.5 1.7 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.3
Mike Taylor Portage 16:09 100.0% 7.5 0.4 4.7 6.3 7.3 8.5 8.4 9.5 9.3 9.5 8.9 7.4 5.7 4.3 3.2 2.0 1.6 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.2
Jeff Kent Valparaiso 16:09 100.0% 7.5 0.1 2.0 4.4 6.9 9.1 10.6 11.2 11.6 10.5 9.0 7.2 5.7 3.6 2.7 1.9 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.2
Travis Moyer Marian 16:10 100.0% 7.9 0.3 3.8 5.2 6.8 7.2 8.5 9.3 10.2 9.7 9.2 7.6 5.8 4.7 3.4 2.8 1.8 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.4
Jason Beisel Penn 16:19 100.0% 11.3 0.1 0.6 1.2 1.9 2.9 3.5 4.8 6.2 7.2 8.9 10.2 10.5 9.0 7.7 6.2 5.1 3.7 2.8 2.0 1.4
Matthew Schenk Rensselaer Central 16:24 100.0% 13.2 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.3 2.1 2.9 4.1 5.1 6.4 8.0 8.6 8.5 8.5 7.3 6.3 5.6 4.9 3.8 2.9
Ryan Hopper Valparaiso 16:24 100.0% 13.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.1 2.2 3.5 5.6 7.4 8.6 9.2 9.3 8.8 8.5 7.1 5.6 4.7 3.7 2.8
Stephen Cohen North Newton 16:25 100.0% 13.5 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.0 2.4 3.3 4.8 6.2 7.2 8.3 8.7 8.6 7.6 6.8 5.7 4.6 4.5 3.2
Travis Watson Mishawaka 16:28 100.0% 14.8 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.3 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.4 6.1 6.6 8.1 8.7 7.7 7.6 6.7 6.2 4.7 4.2
Kyle Rzepka Penn 16:29 100.0% 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.7 3.9 4.9 6.9 8.2 9.1 8.5 8.2 7.1 6.3 5.4 4.1
Mike Varda Mishawaka 16:34 100.0% 18.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.7 2.8 3.6 4.9 5.3 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.8 5.9 6.0
Chris Delgado Riley 16:35 100.0% 18.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.4 3.7 4.3 5.4 6.0 6.3 6.6 6.1 5.7 5.9
Ryan McLeland Pioneer 16:39 99.9% 21.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.4 2.2 2.7 3.6 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.9 5.7 5.9
Aaron Ardner Chesterton 16:41 100.0% 22.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.6 2.0 2.7 3.5 3.9 4.4 5.0 5.1 5.4
Matt Costakis Valparaiso 16:42 100.0% 22.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.8 2.5 3.2 4.4 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.5
Bruce Faltynski Penn 16:44 100.0% 24.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.7 2.3 3.1 3.5 4.2 4.6 5.1
Drew Crague Lake Central 16:44 100.0% 24.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.4 2.7 3.5 3.8 4.3 4.5
Mike Darnell Chesterton 16:44 100.0% 25.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.5 2.6 3.3 3.7 4.2 4.3
Corey Rzepka Penn 16:45 100.0% 25.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.0 1.1 1.9 2.3 3.1 3.9 4.1 4.7
Daniel Shiplov Boone Grove 16:46 80.1% 25.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 2.2 2.7 2.7 4.0 3.7
Jason Phillips Jefferson 16:47 100.0% 26.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.5 2.4 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.8
Mike Urbanik Portage 16:47 100.0% 27.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.7
Tom Erickson Portage 16:47 100.0% 27.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.4 2.8 3.1 3.5