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 15:54 #24  
2  Spencer Martin 12 Chesterton 16:37 #112  
3  Willy Wilks 10 Washington Township 16:45 #143  
4  Port Zimmer 9 Valparaiso 17:03 #219  
5  Layne Galindo 11 Valparaiso 17:08 #249  
6  Liam Anderson 12 Valparaiso 17:10 #264  
7  Aaron Pieters 11 Chesterton 17:11 #272  
8  Jacob Lagunas 12 Portage 17:11 #273  
9  Colston Seydel 9 Valparaiso 17:19 #332  
10  Xander Sierazy 11 Chesterton 17:29 #404  
11  Dravon Patterson 10 Portage 17:32 #429  
12  Owen Anderson 10 Valparaiso 17:39 #494  
13  Jairo Macias 11 River Forest 17:41 #512  
14  Kaleb Freyenberger 10 Morgan Twp 17:45 #537  
15  Nathan Fernandez 11 Chesterton 17:51 #600  
16  Liam Zimmer 12 Valparaiso 17:53 #616  
17  Max Redman 11 Chesterton 17:55 #633  
18  Manny Jasicki 10 Valparaiso 17:58 #655  
19  Colton Beckwith 11 Chesterton 18:01 #673  
20  Eric Dotson 12 Merrillville 18:07 #725  
21  Andrew Camp 11 Wheeler 18:07 #726  
22  Chase Mattull 10 Wheeler 18:08 #739  
23  Elijah Fletcher 11 Chesterton 18:11 #775  
24  Cadin Daniels 11 Portage 18:14 #802  
25  Ryan Seaman 10 Chesterton 18:14 #807  
26  Ronell Bush 12 Merrillville 18:15 #813  
27  Michael Hein 12 Hebron 18:16 #817  
28  Andersen Himan 11 Chesterton 18:17 #834  
29  Andrew Thacker 12 Hebron 18:28 #971  
30  Mason Oldham 12 Kouts 18:29 #983  
31  Rocko Bucher 10 Morgan Twp 18:30 #997  
32  Tyler Fiegel 9 Portage 18:32 #1,013  
33  Nathan Lashenik 12 Valparaiso 18:32 #1,019  
34  Jacob Sut 11 Valparaiso 18:34 #1,047  
35  Owen Thacker 10 Hebron 18:35 #1,056  
36  Christian Freyenberger 11 Morgan Twp 18:35 #1,057  
37  Blake Higgins 9 Morgan Twp 18:38 #1,093  
38  Cooper Barnes 10 Portage 18:40 #1,111  
39  Ben Hiestand 10 Chesterton 18:41 #1,123  
40  Aiden Suga 11 Washington Township 18:44 #1,169  
41  Jake Billings 11 Chesterton 18:48 #1,205  
42  Carter Jorczak 11 Washington Township 18:50 #1,246  
43  Nolan Shaginaw 12 Hobart 18:56 #1,306  
44  Michael Hefner 11 Valparaiso 18:57 #1,321  
45  Reese Reiser 9 Hobart 18:58 #1,334  
RankNameRatingState Rank
1  Chesterton 427 #26  
2  Valparaiso 499 #38  
3  Portage 804 #87  
4  Morgan Twp 1,045 #122  
5  Washington Township 1,047 #124  
6  Hebron 1,191 #147  
7  Wheeler 1,289 #171  



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 1.4 36 18 62 60.2 39.8
Valparaiso 1.6 39 22 78 39.8 60.2 0.0
Portage 3.0 102 61 142 0.0 99.2 0.8
Morgan Twp 4.5 150 94 199 0.7 56.2 34.5 8.1 0.5
Washington Township 4.7 153 116 183 0.1 40.3 53.2 6.3 0.1
Hebron 6.0 178 124 218 2.6 11.3 66.2 19.9
Wheeler 6.8 196 152 231 0.0 1.0 19.5 79.5


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 15:54 1.0 99.9 0.1
Spencer Martin Chesterton 16:37 1.7 68.6 25.4 3.4 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.0
Willy Wilks Washington Township 16:45 2.4 0.1 27.9 50.4 11.2 5.1 2.9 1.6 0.7 0.2 0.0
Port Zimmer Valparaiso 17:03 4.4 1.8 10.9 27.3 23.4 17.5 10.4 5.4 2.2 0.8 0.3 0.1
Layne Galindo Valparaiso 17:08 5.5 0.6 3.9 14.1 21.1 20.9 17.4 11.5 6.1 3.0 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
Liam Anderson Valparaiso 17:10 6.0 0.5 2.3 9.6 16.8 21.2 18.8 15.1 9.0 4.2 1.7 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0
Aaron Pieters Chesterton 17:11 6.3 3.1 17.1 13.0 12.6 14.0 15.3 14.0 7.1 2.5 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
Jacob Lagunas Portage 17:11 6.3 0.5 3.9 16.1 13.5 12.1 13.5 15.6 13.6 6.9 2.8 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.0
Colston Seydel Valparaiso 17:19 8.2 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.6 6.5 14.9 20.9 22.2 15.8 8.8 4.1 1.8 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0
Xander Sierazy Chesterton 17:29 10.1 0.0 0.2 1.8 3.1 4.3 6.4 12.6 20.5 20.6 13.8 8.1 4.5 2.2 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0
Dravon Patterson Portage 17:32 10.6 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.9 3.3 4.9 9.8 17.4 19.6 15.3 10.6 6.4 3.6 2.7 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.2
Owen Anderson Valparaiso 17:39 12.0 0.1 0.2 1.0 3.9 10.7 15.5 19.0 17.0 12.0 7.2 5.7 3.0 2.2 1.2 0.5
Jairo Macias River Forest 17:41 12.6 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.9 1.8 3.9 6.8 11.4 15.8 14.9 12.6 9.0 7.3 5.4 3.7 2.6 1.5
Kaleb Freyenberger Morgan Twp 17:45 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.1 2.0 3.9 8.0 11.8 14.0 13.4 11.4 9.0 7.6 5.9 4.3 2.9
Nathan Fernandez Chesterton 17:51 15.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.3 2.9 6.4 9.4 12.7 14.3 13.1 12.1 8.3 6.4 4.3
Liam Zimmer Valparaiso 17:53 15.9 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.7 4.1 7.5 11.8 13.0 12.6 10.7 9.9 7.9 6.5
Max Redman Chesterton 17:55 16.8 0.1 0.4 1.3 3.0 5.7 7.7 10.8 11.2 12.6 12.5 9.8 7.5
Manny Jasicki Valparaiso 17:58 17.7 0.0 0.1 0.7 1.5 3.4 6.3 8.7 10.5 10.7 11.4 11.1 9.8
Colton Beckwith Chesterton 18:01 18.5 0.2 0.4 0.9 2.3 3.8 6.3 8.0 9.8 11.9 12.8 10.7
Eric Dotson Merrillville 18:07 20.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.5 2.1 3.5 5.0 6.2 7.4 8.9 11.1
Andrew Camp Wheeler 18:07 20.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 2.1 3.4 4.6 6.5 6.9 8.8 10.9
Chase Mattull Wheeler 18:08 20.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.5 2.8 3.7 5.7 7.1 8.3 9.9
Cadin Daniels Portage 18:14 22.7 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.3 2.1 2.7 4.0 5.3 7.0
Ronell Bush Merrillville 18:15 23.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.8 3.3 4.6 6.1
Michael Hein Hebron 18:16 23.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.2 2.3 3.1 4.5 6.7
Andrew Thacker Hebron 18:28 27.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0
Mason Oldham Kouts 18:29 27.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.2
Rocko Bucher Morgan Twp 18:30 27.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.9
Tyler Fiegel Portage 18:32 28.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4
Owen Thacker Hebron 18:35 29.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2
Christian Freyenberger Morgan Twp 18:35 29.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3
Blake Higgins Morgan Twp 18:38 30.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Cooper Barnes Portage 18:40 31.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
Aiden Suga Washington Township 18:44 32.6 0.0
Carter Jorczak Washington Township 18:50 34.4
Nolan Shaginaw Hobart 18:56 35.6
Reese Reiser Hobart 18:58 36.2