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 15:50 #22  
2  Spencer Martin 12 Chesterton 16:34 #96  
3  Layne Galindo 11 Valparaiso 16:51 #160  
4  Port Zimmer 9 Valparaiso 16:56 #178  
5  Liam Anderson 12 Valparaiso 16:56 #179  
6  Willy Wilks 10 Washington Township 17:00 #201  
7  Aaron Pieters 11 Chesterton 17:07 #235  
8  Jacob Lagunas 12 Portage 17:16 #280  
9  Colston Seydel 9 Valparaiso 17:24 #339  
10  Owen Anderson 10 Valparaiso 17:25 #343  
11  Xander Sierazy 11 Chesterton 17:27 #359  
12  Dravon Patterson 10 Portage 17:41 #462  
13  Liam Zimmer 12 Valparaiso 17:46 #507  
14  Kaleb Freyenberger 10 Morgan Twp 17:47 #519  
15  Jairo Macias 11 River Forest 17:47 #521  
16  Manny Jasicki 10 Valparaiso 17:55 #592  
17  Nathan Fernandez 11 Chesterton 17:56 #597  
18  Eric Dotson 12 Merrillville 18:00 #634  
19  Max Redman 11 Chesterton 18:05 #678  
20  Chase Mattull 10 Wheeler 18:07 #693  
21  Andrew Thacker 12 Hebron 18:08 #711  
22  Elijah Fletcher 11 Chesterton 18:09 #722  
23  Ronell Bush 12 Merrillville 18:15 #774  
24  Colton Beckwith 11 Chesterton 18:16 #790  
25  Andersen Himan 11 Chesterton 18:18 #798  
26  Ryan Seaman 10 Chesterton 18:23 #857  
27  Andrew Camp 11 Wheeler 18:25 #871  
28  Cadin Daniels 11 Portage 18:25 #876  
29  Rocko Bucher 10 Morgan Twp 18:26 #882  
30  Nathan Lashenik 12 Valparaiso 18:30 #926  
31  Jake Billings 11 Chesterton 18:34 #972  
32  Jacob Sut 11 Valparaiso 18:35 #987  
33  Mason Oldham 12 Kouts 18:39 #1,032  
34  Ben Hiestand 10 Chesterton 18:44 #1,084  
35  Cooper Barnes 10 Portage 18:44 #1,087  
36  Owen Thacker 10 Hebron 18:45 #1,105  
37  Aiden Suga 11 Washington Township 18:47 #1,134  
38  Blake Higgins 9 Morgan Twp 18:50 #1,183  
39  Tyler Fiegel 9 Portage 18:52 #1,203  
40  Christian Freyenberger 11 Morgan Twp 18:56 #1,250  
41  Carter Jorczak 11 Washington Township 18:59 #1,276  
42  Aidan Porter 11 Washington Township 18:59 #1,285  
RankNameRatingState Rank
1  Chesterton 421 #25  
2  Valparaiso 442 #29  
3  Portage 872 #88  
4  Washington Township 1,043 #119  
5  Morgan Twp 1,074 #124  
6  Hebron 1,294 #164  

Other unranked teams:
Wheeler 1,358   



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
Valparaiso 1.4 33 21 56 63.8 36.2
Chesterton 1.6 37 19 58 36.2 63.8
Portage 3.0 108 66 144 96.3 3.3 0.4
Washington Township 4.4 142 104 174 2.2 53.1 44.4 0.3
Morgan Twp 4.6 145 110 181 1.5 43.5 53.3 1.7 0.0
Hebron 6.3 179 145 211 0.1 1.7 67.9 30.3
Wheeler 6.7 187 154 216 0.2 30.1 69.7


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 15:50 1.0 100.0
Spencer Martin Chesterton 16:34 1.6 80.4 10.2 4.9 3.4 1.0 0.1 0.0
Layne Galindo Valparaiso 16:51 3.2 9.9 33.6 26.8 16.5 7.8 3.8 1.2 0.4 0.0
Port Zimmer Valparaiso 16:56 4.3 3.6 15.6 22.4 25.6 18.0 9.3 4.2 1.2 0.1
Liam Anderson Valparaiso 16:56 4.4 3.5 14.8 22.3 25.7 18.1 10.2 4.5 0.9 0.1
Willy Wilks Washington Township 17:00 5.2 2.6 16.7 12.4 13.5 23.3 16.3 8.0 4.5 1.8 0.8 0.1 0.1
Aaron Pieters Chesterton 17:07 6.3 7.6 8.1 9.8 17.5 25.3 17.0 8.0 5.0 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.0
Jacob Lagunas Portage 17:16 7.6 0.1 1.5 2.9 4.6 8.8 16.7 24.4 16.3 12.3 8.0 2.9 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Colston Seydel Valparaiso 17:24 9.1 0.1 2.2 8.1 15.0 21.6 22.9 15.8 8.1 3.6 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0
Owen Anderson Valparaiso 17:25 9.4 0.1 1.9 5.9 12.4 20.5 23.7 18.8 9.7 4.1 1.6 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1
Xander Sierazy Chesterton 17:27 9.9 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.2 3.8 10.9 18.6 16.7 20.3 13.4 7.2 4.1 1.7 1.1 0.3 0.1
Dravon Patterson Portage 17:41 12.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.2 3.9 6.8 11.8 19.2 16.7 13.0 9.4 6.8 4.5 2.5 1.6 1.0
Liam Zimmer Valparaiso 17:46 13.6 0.0 0.2 0.4 2.0 6.7 14.0 16.6 15.7 13.8 10.2 7.1 5.0 3.3 2.3
Kaleb Freyenberger Morgan Twp 17:47 13.8 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.6 3.5 6.5 11.2 14.6 14.8 13.0 10.6 8.1 6.1 3.8 2.5
Jairo Macias River Forest 17:47 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.9 3.3 6.6 10.9 13.4 15.1 12.7 11.2 7.9 6.0 3.7 2.7
Manny Jasicki Valparaiso 17:55 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.5 7.1 10.0 12.6 14.6 12.0 10.4 8.8 7.2
Nathan Fernandez Chesterton 17:56 16.2 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.4 3.8 6.9 9.0 11.9 13.2 13.9 12.6 9.7 7.0
Eric Dotson Merrillville 18:00 17.6 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.7 1.9 3.9 6.3 8.1 10.3 11.8 11.4 11.7 10.2
Max Redman Chesterton 18:05 19.0 0.1 0.6 1.4 2.5 4.1 5.5 9.2 12.6 13.6 12.6
Chase Mattull Wheeler 18:07 19.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.6 2.6 4.2 5.6 7.6 9.0 10.3 12.1
Andrew Thacker Hebron 18:08 20.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.7 3.7 4.6 7.0 8.8 10.4 10.4
Elijah Fletcher Chesterton 18:09 20.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.9 2.0 3.1 5.4 7.3 10.6 14.2
Ronell Bush Merrillville 18:15 21.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.7 3.1 5.1 6.8 8.8
Andrew Camp Wheeler 18:25 24.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.3 1.7 2.7
Cadin Daniels Portage 18:25 24.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.8 3.2
Rocko Bucher Morgan Twp 18:26 24.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.9 2.7
Mason Oldham Kouts 18:39 27.5 0.1 0.1 0.3
Cooper Barnes Portage 18:44 28.8 0.1 0.1 0.1
Owen Thacker Hebron 18:45 29.2 0.0 0.1
Aiden Suga Washington Township 18:47 29.7 0.0 0.1
Blake Higgins Morgan Twp 18:50 30.8 0.0 0.0
Tyler Fiegel Portage 18:52 31.5
Christian Freyenberger Morgan Twp 18:56 32.6
Carter Jorczak Washington Township 18:59 33.6
Aidan Porter Washington Township 18:59 33.6