Boys - Girls
New Prairie Sectional
2017 - 2018 - 2019


These are rankings of individuals and teams that run in this sectional. 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  Mitchell Gits 12 LaPorte 16:03 #22  
2  Jack Acton 11 Valparaiso 16:19 #42  
3  Nate Smith 12 Valparaiso 16:32 #78  
4  Kyle Gutierrez 11 Portage 16:34 #86  
5  Jacob Corbett 12 New Prairie 16:37 #94  
6  Nathan O'Connor 12 Chesterton 16:43 #118  
7  Hudson Hall 11 Wheeler 16:45 #123  
8  Tommy Elwood 11 Portage 16:52 #148  
9  Joe Angert 12 Valparaiso 16:54 #156  
10  Will Miltenberger 10 Valparaiso 16:55 #166  
11  Damian Albisu 11 Michigan City 17:00 #191  
12  Connor Havens 11 LaPorte 17:00 #192  
13  Tim O'Laughlin 11 New Prairie 17:02 #210  
14  Mathew VanKley 12 Chesterton 17:02 #214  
15  Will Shook 11 Chesterton 17:04 #233  
16  Ty Puskar 11 Valparaiso 17:08 #254  
17  Dylan Draves 11 Chesterton 17:10 #272  
18  Steven Franczek 11 Wheeler 17:12 #285  
19  Kenny Erow 12 Chesterton 17:18 #321  
20  Jarrod Michael 12 New Prairie 17:20 #340  
21  Cole Raymond 9 LaPorte 17:20 #343  
22  Brandon Corbett 12 New Prairie 17:23 #360  
23  Nick Clark 11 Valparaiso 17:24 #367  
24  Jake Tarnow 11 Marquette Catholic 17:28 #399  
25  Tommy Cavanaugh 11 Valparaiso 17:30 #415  
26  Tyler Hachey 10 Washington Township 17:30 #416  
27  Dylan Filla 12 Portage 17:30 #418  
28  Joey Roytan 11 Valparaiso 17:30 #422  
29  Bobby Woodburn 11 Valparaiso 17:31 #425  
30  Andrew Doctor 11 Portage 17:37 #472  
31  Jackson Lemmon 12 Valparaiso 17:39 #491  
32  Carson Crass 11 LaPorte 17:40 #498  
33  Matthew Streeter 10 Chesterton 17:41 #516  
34  Brandon Warren 10 Portage 17:43 #527  
35  Sam Bell 10 LaPorte 17:44 #542  
36  Sunjay Raman 10 Washington Township 17:44 #548  
37  Ethan Vinyard 11 Valparaiso 17:45 #558  
38  Matthew Zmija 12 Portage 17:45 #563  
39  Ben Martin 12 LaPorte 17:46 #568  
40  Carter Stephens 11 Valparaiso 17:46 #572  
41  Kyler Haynes 11 Chesterton 17:47 #581  
42  Konnor Wauro 10 Boone Grove 17:50 #611  
43  Quinn Beall 11 New Prairie 17:53 #640  
44  Trenton Olling 11 South Central (UM) 18:00 #720  
45  Matthew Sears 12 Washington Township 18:03 #750  
46  Joe Mietzner 11 Portage 18:04 #759  
47  Jacob Demuth 12 Wheeler 18:04 #766  
48  Tom Wykoff 11 New Prairie 18:05 #787  
49  Adam Juestel 11 Chesterton 18:09 #833  
50  Mason Bills 9 Boone Grove 18:10 #848  
51  Connor Belt 12 Portage 18:13 #885  
52  Jacob Ross 12 South Central (UM) 18:17 #932  
53  Rodrigo Serrano 12 Michigan City 18:25 #1,036  
54  Joshua Baltes 10 New Prairie 18:25 #1,047  
55  Jeremy Groth 9 LaPorte 18:27 #1,074  
56  Sean Wilson 11 LaPorte 18:28 #1,081  
57  Nick Wagenblast 12 Valparaiso 18:28 #1,087  
58  Tristan Balmer 10 New Prairie 18:29 #1,093  
59  Gavin Schaefer 10 Portage 18:31 #1,126  
60  Charlie Moye 9 Valparaiso 18:31 #1,131  
61  Luke Elwood 9 Portage 18:32 #1,147  
62  Zach Thompson 11 Portage 18:32 #1,149  
63  William Bogan 11 Marquette Catholic 18:35 #1,181  
64  Arturo Perez 12 Portage 18:36 #1,193  
65  Quan Le 9 Valparaiso 18:36 #1,206  
66  Ethan Mohoi 10 Chesterton 18:41 #1,281  
67  Jacob Rabideu 10 LaPorte 18:41 #1,282  
68  Ethan Jones 12 Washington Township 18:45 #1,318  
69  Cole Dolson 9 Chesterton 18:46 #1,327  
70  Winston Griffin 11 LaPorte 18:50 #1,380  
71  Danny Lukowski 9 New Prairie 18:52 #1,417  
72  Kolten Becker 9 South Central (UM) 18:52 #1,420  
73  Brendan Hoch 10 Chesterton 18:54 #1,456  
74  Josh Dennington 10 Chesterton 18:57 #1,498  
75  Teddy Merkel 9 LaPorte 18:58 #1,509  
RankNameRatingState Rank
1  Valparaiso 324 #15  
2  Chesterton 423 #29  
3  LaPorte 475 #36  
4  New Prairie 500 #41  
5  Portage 505 #42  
6  Wheeler 832 #101  
7  Washington Township 911 #117  
8  Boone Grove 1,166 #169  
9  Michigan City 1,261 #189  

Other unranked teams:
South Central (UM) 1,303   



Sectional Simulation



Based on results of 10,000 simulations of the IHSAA Tournament. Numbers in tables represent percentage of times each outcome occured during simulation.


SchoolAvg FinishAvg ScoreMin ScoreMax Score Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Valparaiso 1.2 44 18 114 86.4 12.2 1.1 0.3 0.1
Chesterton 2.3 72 25 147 12.1 59.8 16.7 7.7 3.8
Portage 3.8 97 43 156 0.4 8.6 29.0 32.5 29.5
New Prairie 3.8 97 37 160 0.8 11.9 27.9 27.5 31.8 0.0
LaPorte 3.9 99 41 153 0.4 7.5 25.3 32.1 34.8 0.0
Wheeler 6.1 174 129 223 0.0 91.8 8.2 0.0
Washington Township 6.9 203 143 246 8.2 90.0 1.6 0.2
Michigan City 8.5 243 208 279 0.7 56.9 34.6 7.9
Boone Grove 8.8 247 206 285 1.1 35.2 45.7 18.0
South Central (UM) 9.7 260 220 287 0.1 6.4 19.5 74.0


RunnerSchoolRatingAvg Finish Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Mitchell Gits LaPorte 16:03 1.0 82.5 12.9 3.4 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
Jack Acton Valparaiso 16:19 1.7 14.3 53.9 18.9 7.3 3.4 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nate Smith Valparaiso 16:32 3.6 0.7 6.3 29.3 22.5 16.2 10.7 6.4 3.5 1.9 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Kyle Gutierrez Portage 16:34 3.7 1.4 13.7 19.4 20.9 16.5 11.4 6.5 3.8 2.5 1.6 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Jacob Corbett New Prairie 16:37 4.6 0.7 7.6 14.2 17.8 16.3 13.2 10.0 6.4 4.7 3.4 2.1 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nathan O'Connor Chesterton 16:43 6.0 0.2 3.2 6.9 11.4 13.7 14.8 13.2 10.5 8.4 6.3 4.0 2.8 1.9 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0
Hudson Hall Wheeler 16:45 6.6 0.2 2.2 5.8 9.2 11.8 13.1 12.2 10.9 8.6 6.6 4.9 4.3 3.1 2.7 1.7 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1
Tommy Elwood Portage 16:52 8.7 0.2 1.0 3.1 6.6 9.5 10.8 11.1 10.6 9.5 7.9 7.4 6.0 4.5 3.3 2.6 2.1 1.4 1.1 0.7
Joe Angert Valparaiso 16:54 9.6 0.0 0.2 1.9 4.6 6.7 9.2 10.4 11.4 10.3 9.6 8.2 6.7 5.6 4.8 3.6 2.5 1.7 1.0 0.7
Will Miltenberger Valparaiso 16:55 10.0 0.1 1.7 3.4 5.7 7.8 10.3 11.1 10.4 10.2 8.2 7.4 6.0 5.0 3.8 3.1 2.2 1.6 0.9
Damian Albisu Michigan City 17:00 11.7 0.1 0.3 1.0 2.0 3.3 5.0 6.8 7.4 8.6 9.0 8.7 8.1 7.1 6.0 5.9 5.1 4.2 3.6 2.6
Connor Havens LaPorte 17:00 11.8 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.1 3.5 5.5 6.7 7.4 8.4 8.3 8.7 8.0 7.7 7.3 6.1 4.9 3.9 3.4 2.3
Tim O'Laughlin New Prairie 17:02 12.6 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.3 2.1 4.1 5.7 6.5 7.7 8.4 8.7 9.0 8.2 7.3 7.1 6.0 5.1 4.1 3.2
Mathew VanKley Chesterton 17:02 12.7 0.1 0.6 1.0 1.9 3.5 4.8 6.9 7.6 8.9 8.6 9.1 9.6 9.0 7.7 6.0 4.3 3.0 2.6
Will Shook Chesterton 17:04 13.4 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.5 2.8 4.1 5.1 6.4 7.8 8.6 9.1 9.5 8.9 8.3 6.7 5.9 4.5 3.3
Ty Puskar Valparaiso 17:08 15.4 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.5 2.5 4.0 5.7 7.0 8.0 8.1 8.5 8.2 8.3 8.2 6.8 6.0
Dylan Draves Chesterton 17:10 16.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.7 2.7 3.4 4.7 6.3 7.1 8.5 9.6 9.8 8.8 8.1 6.3
Steven Franczek Wheeler 17:12 17.0 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.7 3.7 4.9 5.4 6.3 7.1 7.2 8.3 8.1 7.3 7.2
Kenny Erow Chesterton 17:18 19.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.2 3.3 4.4 5.6 7.2 8.5 9.4 9.1
Jarrod Michael New Prairie 17:20 20.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.6 2.1 3.0 3.5 4.6 5.9 6.7 8.0 8.7
Cole Raymond LaPorte 17:20 20.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.7 2.1 3.1 3.9 4.8 5.4 6.7 7.4 8.2
Brandon Corbett New Prairie 17:23 21.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.8 2.8 3.5 4.5 5.6 6.5 7.3
Nick Clark Valparaiso 17:24 22.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.1 3.0 3.8 5.1 5.9 7.1
Jake Tarnow Marquette Catholic 17:28 24.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.4 3.6 4.2 4.9
Tommy Cavanaugh Valparaiso 17:30 24.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.8 2.3 3.7 4.4
Tyler Hachey Washington Township 17:30 24.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.8 3.3 4.5
Dylan Filla Portage 17:30 24.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.4 3.5 4.5
Andrew Doctor Portage 17:37 28.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5
Matthew Streeter Chesterton 17:41 30.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.9
Brandon Warren Portage 17:43 30.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6
Sam Bell LaPorte 17:44 31.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6
Sunjay Raman Washington Township 17:44 31.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5
Matthew Zmija Portage 17:45 32.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
Ben Martin LaPorte 17:46 32.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3
Kyler Haynes Chesterton 17:47 33.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3
Konnor Wauro Boone Grove 17:50 34.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
Quinn Beall New Prairie 17:53 35.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Trenton Olling South Central (UM) 18:00 38.3 0.0 0.0
Matthew Sears Washington Township 18:03 39.2
Joe Mietzner Portage 18:04 39.5
Jacob Demuth Wheeler 18:04 39.6
Tom Wykoff New Prairie 18:05 40.1 0.0
Mason Bills Boone Grove 18:10 41.6
Jacob Ross South Central (UM) 18:17 43.4
Rodrigo Serrano Michigan City 18:25 45.5
Joshua Baltes New Prairie 18:25 45.7
Jeremy Groth LaPorte 18:27 46.1
Sean Wilson LaPorte 18:28 46.2
William Bogan Marquette Catholic 18:35 47.9
Ethan Jones Washington Township 18:45 49.5
Kolten Becker South Central (UM) 18:52 50.6