Boys - Girls
Chesterton Sectional
2025 - 2026 - 2027


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  Ryan Nix 12 Chesterton 15:52 #25  
2  Spencer Martin 12 Chesterton 16:12 #55  
3  Willy Wilks 10 Washington Township 16:52 #191  
4  Port Zimmer 9 Valparaiso 17:02 #246  
5  Layne Galindo 11 Valparaiso 17:06 #276  
6  Jacob Lagunas 12 Portage 17:11 #315  
7  Aaron Pieters 11 Chesterton 17:13 #325  
8  Liam Anderson 12 Valparaiso 17:16 #357  
9  Colston Seydel 9 Valparaiso 17:19 #374  
10  Aaron Galindo 11 Chesterton 17:20 #387  
11  Dravon Patterson 10 Portage 17:26 #427  
12  Xander Sierazy 11 Chesterton 17:27 #436  
13  Owen Anderson 10 Valparaiso 17:30 #464  
14  Jairo Macias 11 River Forest 17:39 #541  
15  Kaleb Freyenberger 10 Morgan Twp 17:43 #587  
16  Max Redman 11 Chesterton 17:47 #620  
17  Nathan Fernandez 11 Chesterton 17:48 #627  
18  Liam Zimmer 12 Valparaiso 17:48 #630  
19  Colton Beckwith 11 Chesterton 17:53 #679  
20  Elijah Fletcher 11 Chesterton 17:54 #681  
21  Manny Jasicki 10 Valparaiso 17:59 #725  
22  Tyler Fiegel 9 Portage 18:03 #768  
23  Andrew Camp 11 Wheeler 18:05 #785  
24  Ryan Seaman 10 Chesterton 18:07 #808  
25  Michael Hein 12 Hebron 18:07 #813  
26  Owen Thacker 10 Hebron 18:08 #822  
27  Ronell Bush 12 Merrillville 18:08 #833  
28  Eric Dotson 12 Merrillville 18:08 #835  
29  Cadin Daniels 11 Portage 18:10 #844  
30  Chase Mattull 10 Wheeler 18:10 #854  
31  Andersen Himan 11 Chesterton 18:11 #857  
32  Reese Reiser 9 Hobart 18:16 #913  
33  Nick Jakel 12 Chesterton 18:24 #1,022  
34  Nathan Lashenik 12 Valparaiso 18:25 #1,026  
35  Andrew Thacker 12 Hebron 18:27 #1,055  
36  Carter Jorczak 11 Washington Township 18:29 #1,088  
37  Rocko Bucher 10 Morgan Twp 18:31 #1,104  
38  Jacob Sut 11 Valparaiso 18:31 #1,107  
39  Mason Oldham 12 Kouts 18:31 #1,111  
40  Cooper Barnes 10 Portage 18:32 #1,126  
41  Ben Hiestand 10 Chesterton 18:34 #1,155  
42  Blake Higgins 9 Morgan Twp 18:37 #1,183  
43  Christian Freyenberger 11 Morgan Twp 18:40 #1,222  
44  Rocket Kateiva 9 Hobart 18:41 #1,234  
45  Jake Billings 11 Chesterton 18:44 #1,280  
46  Aiden Suga 11 Washington Township 18:46 #1,302  
47  Nolan Shaginaw 12 Hobart 18:51 #1,365  
48  Zach Stralnic 12 Valparaiso 18:55 #1,420  
49  Michael Hefner 11 Valparaiso 18:57 #1,440  
50  Max Jones 10 Valparaiso 18:58 #1,448  
RankNameRatingState Rank
1  Chesterton 362 #26  
2  Valparaiso 492 #44  
3  Portage 744 #86  
4  Washington Township 1,001 #128  
5  Morgan Twp 1,047 #136  
6  Hebron 1,107 #149  
7  Hobart 1,243 #177  
8  Wheeler 1,265 #182  



Sectional Simulation



Based on results of 5,000 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
Chesterton 1.3 31 15 55 74.6 25.4 0.0
Valparaiso 1.7 41 24 84 25.4 74.6 0.0
Portage 3.0 96 44 150 0.0 0.0 99.8 0.1
Washington Township 4.5 156 118 190 0.1 61.7 29.1 8.9 0.3 0.0
Morgan Twp 5.0 164 117 207 0.0 28.6 42.7 25.5 2.9 0.3
Hebron 5.7 174 127 214 9.4 26.4 52.1 9.3 2.7
Hobart 7.3 199 147 232 0.1 1.1 7.6 46.8 44.4
Wheeler 7.5 201 163 236 0.0 0.7 5.9 40.7 52.6


RunnerSchoolRatingAvg Finish Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ryan Nix Chesterton 15:52 1.0 98.5 1.5
Spencer Martin Chesterton 16:12 1.5 1.5 97.7 0.7
Willy Wilks Washington Township 16:52 2.8 0.6 62.3 15.7 9.4 5.1 2.7 1.6 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0
Port Zimmer Valparaiso 17:02 4.0 0.1 18.6 30.4 20.5 13.4 7.3 4.9 2.6 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0
Layne Galindo Valparaiso 17:06 5.0 7.7 19.0 23.4 16.8 12.6 8.0 5.7 3.7 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jacob Lagunas Portage 17:11 6.4 4.7 14.1 12.8 13.5 12.5 11.9 9.5 7.3 6.4 3.8 1.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1
Aaron Pieters Chesterton 17:13 6.6 4.2 12.2 12.3 13.7 13.3 11.7 10.6 8.8 6.2 3.7 2.0 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1
Liam Anderson Valparaiso 17:16 7.8 0.4 2.2 6.8 13.2 14.4 15.6 13.4 11.0 9.2 6.2 3.7 2.0 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0
Colston Seydel Valparaiso 17:19 8.6 0.2 1.2 4.0 8.6 13.0 14.1 14.1 13.4 11.6 9.2 5.2 2.7 1.6 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
Aaron Galindo Chesterton 17:20 9.0 1.0 3.3 5.8 7.7 9.0 10.8 12.5 13.3 13.1 10.6 7.0 3.3 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.0
Dravon Patterson Portage 17:26 10.6 0.1 1.0 3.0 4.1 6.4 7.5 9.6 11.8 12.0 12.3 11.4 8.7 5.4 3.2 1.9 0.9 0.3 0.3
Xander Sierazy Chesterton 17:27 11.0 0.1 0.8 1.5 2.5 5.2 6.4 8.6 11.6 13.5 15.3 14.1 9.5 5.4 3.0 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.1
Owen Anderson Valparaiso 17:30 12.0 0.1 0.6 2.3 4.3 7.1 9.1 11.8 14.9 16.6 11.9 8.6 5.8 3.7 1.8 0.7 0.4
Jairo Macias River Forest 17:39 14.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 2.2 2.8 3.5 5.7 7.6 11.0 15.0 12.4 11.5 9.0 7.1 4.0 2.3
Kaleb Freyenberger Morgan Twp 17:43 15.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.3 2.2 3.7 5.7 8.5 11.9 14.0 12.7 11.5 9.3 5.9 3.9
Max Redman Chesterton 17:47 16.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.3 3.2 5.6 9.0 13.6 14.4 13.0 11.0 8.3 5.7
Nathan Fernandez Chesterton 17:48 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.4 2.9 5.0 9.2 12.1 14.1 14.7 11.3 8.9 5.9
Liam Zimmer Valparaiso 17:48 16.5 0.0 0.3 0.6 1.3 2.7 5.2 9.3 11.1 13.0 14.1 12.8 9.0 6.7
Manny Jasicki Valparaiso 17:59 19.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.4 2.9 5.3 7.2 9.6 12.8 10.7
Tyler Fiegel Portage 18:03 21.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.2 2.5 3.5 4.4 6.6 7.9 10.6
Andrew Camp Wheeler 18:05 21.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.7 2.6 3.8 5.6 7.1 9.2
Michael Hein Hebron 18:07 22.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.7 2.9 4.4 6.3 7.1
Owen Thacker Hebron 18:08 23.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.2 4.3 5.6 7.2
Ronell Bush Merrillville 18:08 23.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.5 2.8 3.3 5.5 7.7
Eric Dotson Merrillville 18:08 23.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.6 2.2 3.8 5.5 6.7
Cadin Daniels Portage 18:10 23.7 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.0 2.1 3.1 4.5 6.2
Chase Mattull Wheeler 18:10 24.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.3 2.8 4.4 5.0
Reese Reiser Hobart 18:16 26.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.4 2.1 3.2
Andrew Thacker Hebron 18:27 29.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4
Carter Jorczak Washington Township 18:29 30.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3
Rocko Bucher Morgan Twp 18:31 31.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
Mason Oldham Kouts 18:31 31.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Cooper Barnes Portage 18:32 31.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blake Higgins Morgan Twp 18:37 33.1
Christian Freyenberger Morgan Twp 18:40 34.2 0.0
Rocket Kateiva Hobart 18:41 34.3 0.0 0.0
Aiden Suga Washington Township 18:46 35.8 0.0
Nolan Shaginaw Hobart 18:51 37.1