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  Jody Stump 10 Washington Township 19:31 #68  
2  Amity Lauzon 12 Merrillville 19:31 #71  
3  Whitney Anderson 12 Valparaiso 19:33 #75  
4  Shae Bucher 12 Morgan Twp 19:45 #95  
5  Hannah Haring 11 Chesterton 20:03 #135  
6  Grace Pinkelton 12 Portage 20:04 #138  
7  Mia Fry 9 Hebron 20:07 #143  
8  Anna Mulaman 9 Morgan Twp 20:07 #144  
9  Natalie White 11 Chesterton 20:16 #166  
10  Eavan Daly 12 Valparaiso 20:17 #169  
11  Clara Meints 10 Morgan Twp 20:18 #171  
12  Meagan Thomas 11 Merrillville 20:23 #183  
13  Evie Fortney 10 Chesterton 20:25 #193  
14  Ella Buchko 11 Morgan Twp 20:30 #207  
15  Natalie Williams 11 Chesterton 20:32 #215  
16  Amber Johnson 12 Valparaiso 20:34 #221  
17  Natascha Lepinasse 12 Chesterton 20:39 #252  
18  McKenna Bucher 10 Morgan Twp 20:40 #256  
19  Reese Taylor 9 Valparaiso 20:44 #265  
20  Evelyn Kohne 10 Wheeler 20:51 #288  
21  Paige Clancy 11 Chesterton 20:56 #303  
22  Madison Martinez 11 Andrean 20:57 #314  
23  Liliana Lopez 11 Hobart 21:02 #334  
24  Sydney Herb 10 Valparaiso 21:06 #346  
25  Sophia Swigon 12 Valparaiso 21:06 #347  
26  Aubrey Clouse 11 Portage 21:08 #360  
27  Madilynn Fehlman 12 Portage 21:17 #398  
28  Kara Krapf 12 Portage 21:17 #400  
29  Stella Pieters 9 Valparaiso 21:21 #417  
30  Kayla Zacher 9 Morgan Twp 21:37 #512  
31  Caroline Steele 10 Washington Township 21:39 #529  
32  Rowan Kruszka 11 Wheeler 21:41 #538  
33  Annabelle Sexton 9 Washington Township 21:41 #542  
34  Violet Furuness 10 Valparaiso 21:41 #546  
35  Cheyenne Conroy 11 Portage 21:41 #549  
36  Beatrix Medved 10 Valparaiso 21:53 #615  
37  Caroline Dyer 12 Valparaiso 22:03 #670  
38  Emily Getzy 11 Morgan Twp 22:06 #683  
39  Jenna Abbring 12 Morgan Twp 22:12 #722  
40  Eleanor Steiner 10 Valparaiso 22:14 #735  
41  Lyla Mathew 12 Hebron 22:17 #748  
42  Wimberley Scott 9 Washington Township 22:19 #760  
43  Arabella Sweeney 12 Portage 22:21 #771  
44  Addy Lamere 12 Morgan Twp 22:23 #787  
45  Madelynn Kerezman 9 Portage 22:24 #793  
46  Lily Herlitz 10 Morgan Twp 22:31 #832  
47  Mikayla Clark 11 Hebron 22:36 #878  
48  Megan Balas 11 Hebron 22:40 #898  
49  Aubrey Forsythe 9 Chesterton 22:40 #902  
50  Emerson Svilar 12 Valparaiso 22:42 #915  
51  Eshaal Ali 12 Chesterton 22:45 #933  
52  Samantha Grieger 12 Boone Grove 22:51 #980  
53  Courtney Bauer 10 Washington Township 22:52 #986  
54  Poppy Payne 9 Chesterton 23:02 #1,055  
55  Amelia Fiocca 11 Washington Township 23:06 #1,069  
56  Isabella Del Valle Howe 10 Portage 23:08 #1,083  
57  Sophia Monroy 11 Portage 23:12 #1,116  
58  Reagan Rex 10 Chesterton 23:14 #1,132  
59  Claire Taylor 12 Boone Grove 23:17 #1,156  
60  Lily Jobbe 9 Valparaiso 23:19 #1,170  
61  Elizabeth Vankley 12 Kouts 23:20 #1,178  
62  Roma Pagone 9 Wheeler 23:20 #1,182  
63  Kate Meyer 11 Chesterton 23:24 #1,205  
64  Victoria Oaks 9 Portage 23:25 #1,207  
65  Vivianne Nauseda 9 Kouts 23:25 #1,213  
66  Lana Braik 11 Valparaiso 23:26 #1,221  
67  Angela Torres 11 Morgan Twp 23:27 #1,224  
RankNameRatingState Rank
1  Morgan Twp 360 #20  
2  Chesterton 383 #23  
3  Valparaiso 409 #28  
4  Portage 589 #46  
5  Washington Township 753 #67  
6  Hebron 976 #95  
7  Merrillville 1,050 #103  
8  Wheeler 1,096 #106  
9  Hobart 1,327 #159  
10  Kouts 1,385 #169  

Other unranked teams:
Andrean 1,445   
Boone Grove 1,462   



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
Morgan Twp 1.6 55 20 112 54.6 30.3 15.0 0.1
Chesterton 2.0 62 26 116 31.0 37.4 31.1 0.5
Valparaiso 2.4 69 24 113 14.3 32.2 52.8 0.7
Portage 4.0 118 70 152 0.1 1.2 94.5 4.2
Washington Township 5.0 146 106 181 4.2 95.5 0.3
Hebron 6.2 188 154 227 0.3 86.4 11.1 2.2
Merrillville 7.4 209 173 245 5.8 45.9 48.2 0.0
Wheeler 7.4 210 162 250 7.5 43.0 49.0 0.5 0.0
Hobart 9.4 260 216 302 0.0 0.6 60.3 35.8
Kouts 9.7 266 231 306 38.3 58.3
Andrean 11.4 297 251 328 0.6 3.9
Boone Grove 11.5 298 259 325 0.2 1.9


RunnerSchoolRatingAvg Finish Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Jody Stump Washington Township 19:31 1.7 32.2 26.3 21.2 10.8 4.8 2.1 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Amity Lauzon Merrillville 19:31 1.7 31.1 27.2 20.2 11.6 4.8 2.5 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Whitney Anderson Valparaiso 19:33 1.9 26.3 25.0 21.6 14.2 6.2 3.2 2.0 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1
Shae Bucher Morgan Twp 19:45 3.3 8.2 14.6 19.7 24.7 13.8 8.2 4.5 2.5 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
Hannah Haring Chesterton 20:03 6.3 0.8 2.3 5.1 9.9 14.4 13.9 12.3 11.0 9.0 6.9 4.4 3.9 2.6 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
Grace Pinkelton Portage 20:04 6.4 0.6 1.7 4.6 9.0 14.6 14.3 12.2 9.4 8.3 6.8 5.0 3.7 2.8 2.6 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1
Mia Fry Hebron 20:07 7.3 0.5 1.6 3.1 6.7 11.2 12.2 11.5 10.2 8.5 8.4 6.4 5.1 4.3 3.5 2.6 1.6 0.9 0.9 0.3 0.3
Anna Mulaman Morgan Twp 20:07 7.2 0.1 0.8 2.1 5.6 12.2 13.5 13.8 11.6 10.6 7.9 6.4 4.8 3.5 2.6 1.7 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.1
Natalie White Chesterton 20:16 9.7 0.1 0.1 0.8 2.1 4.4 6.7 8.0 9.9 10.6 10.9 9.6 8.8 7.3 6.2 4.5 3.9 2.3 1.5 1.1 0.6
Eavan Daly Valparaiso 20:17 9.9 0.2 0.8 2.7 5.0 6.7 8.2 9.0 9.2 9.1 9.6 8.3 7.8 6.6 4.8 4.3 3.0 2.5 1.1 0.6
Clara Meints Morgan Twp 20:18 10.1 0.0 0.3 1.1 3.1 5.8 8.5 10.2 10.4 10.0 9.3 8.7 6.6 6.6 5.7 4.3 3.2 2.3 1.5 0.9
Meagan Thomas Merrillville 20:23 11.7 0.1 0.4 0.9 3.0 4.9 5.5 6.6 7.6 7.4 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.6 6.5 6.4 4.9 4.2 3.4 1.9
Evie Fortney Chesterton 20:25 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 2.4 3.6 5.6 6.2 7.8 9.0 9.7 9.3 9.6 8.6 7.3 6.0 4.4 3.3 2.1
Ella Buchko Morgan Twp 20:30 13.7 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.9 2.6 3.7 4.5 6.7 7.5 7.7 9.1 9.3 8.9 7.5 8.0 6.0 5.1 3.8
Natalie Williams Chesterton 20:32 14.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.5 3.6 5.0 5.7 7.6 8.7 8.8 9.8 9.3 8.3 8.1 6.3 4.8
Amber Johnson Valparaiso 20:34 14.9 0.1 0.4 1.1 1.7 2.8 3.3 3.9 5.6 7.4 7.8 8.0 9.2 9.0 8.7 7.7 7.3 6.1
Natascha Lepinasse Chesterton 20:39 16.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.1 1.5 2.1 3.6 4.5 6.2 7.1 7.7 10.1 9.7 8.7 9.1 7.2
McKenna Bucher Morgan Twp 20:40 16.9 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.3 3.7 3.8 5.1 6.7 8.3 8.7 9.7 9.3 9.7 7.7
Reese Taylor Valparaiso 20:44 17.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.7 2.3 3.2 4.1 4.5 6.6 7.1 8.5 10.5 10.2 10.1
Evelyn Kohne Wheeler 20:51 19.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.8 3.0 4.0 4.8 6.8 7.1 8.0 8.8
Paige Clancy Chesterton 20:56 21.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.3 3.2 5.3 6.7 8.3 8.9
Madison Martinez Andrean 20:57 21.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.6 2.3 3.7 4.5 5.0 7.2 9.3
Liliana Lopez Hobart 21:02 22.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 2.3 2.5 4.1 4.7 6.8
Sydney Herb Valparaiso 21:06 23.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.3 1.5 2.7 3.6 5.1
Sophia Swigon Valparaiso 21:06 23.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 2.9 3.6 5.0
Aubrey Clouse Portage 21:08 24.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.5 2.8 4.5
Madilynn Fehlman Portage 21:17 26.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.1 2.0
Kara Krapf Portage 21:17 26.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.9
Stella Pieters Valparaiso 21:21 27.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.0
Kayla Zacher Morgan Twp 21:37 30.6 0.0 0.2 0.2
Caroline Steele Washington Township 21:39 31.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Rowan Kruszka Wheeler 21:41 31.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Annabelle Sexton Washington Township 21:41 31.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Cheyenne Conroy Portage 21:41 31.6 0.0
Emily Getzy Morgan Twp 22:06 35.0
Lyla Mathew Hebron 22:17 36.6
Wimberley Scott Washington Township 22:19 37.0
Arabella Sweeney Portage 22:21 37.3
Madelynn Kerezman Portage 22:24 37.9
Mikayla Clark Hebron 22:36 40.1
Megan Balas Hebron 22:40 40.7
Aubrey Forsythe Chesterton 22:40 40.8
Samantha Grieger Boone Grove 22:51 42.5
Courtney Bauer Washington Township 22:52 42.7
Amelia Fiocca Washington Township 23:06 44.8
Claire Taylor Boone Grove 23:17 46.7
Elizabeth Vankley Kouts 23:20 47.1
Roma Pagone Wheeler 23:20 47.3
Vivianne Nauseda Kouts 23:25 48.2