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  Amity Lauzon 12 Merrillville 19:19 #60  
2  Jody Stump 10 Washington Township 19:23 #64  
3  Shae Bucher 12 Morgan Twp 19:38 #90  
4  Anna Mulaman 9 Morgan Twp 19:55 #122  
5  Hannah Haring 11 Chesterton 20:02 #134  
6  Grace Pinkelton 12 Portage 20:03 #138  
7  Natalie White 11 Chesterton 20:04 #140  
8  Mia Fry 9 Hebron 20:06 #142  
9  Clara Meints 10 Morgan Twp 20:14 #163  
10  Natalie Williams 11 Chesterton 20:17 #173  
11  Meagan Thomas 11 Merrillville 20:18 #176  
12  Eavan Daly 12 Valparaiso 20:19 #181  
13  Ella Buchko 11 Morgan Twp 20:22 #190  
14  Evie Fortney 10 Chesterton 20:27 #203  
15  Kara Krapf 12 Portage 20:27 #208  
16  McKenna Bucher 10 Morgan Twp 20:28 #210  
17  Amber Johnson 12 Valparaiso 20:32 #223  
18  Paige Clancy 11 Chesterton 20:42 #261  
19  Natascha Lepinasse 12 Chesterton 20:49 #292  
20  Madison Martinez 11 Andrean 20:58 #320  
21  Liliana Lopez 11 Hobart 21:00 #326  
22  Evelyn Kohne 10 Wheeler 21:01 #331  
23  Reese Taylor 9 Valparaiso 21:04 #346  
24  Aubrey Clouse 11 Portage 21:04 #349  
25  Sydney Herb 10 Valparaiso 21:10 #372  
26  Madilynn Fehlman 12 Portage 21:14 #381  
27  Rowan Kruszka 11 Wheeler 21:35 #513  
28  Stella Pieters 9 Valparaiso 21:35 #515  
29  Kayla Zacher 9 Morgan Twp 21:42 #554  
30  Cheyenne Conroy 11 Portage 21:42 #557  
31  Caroline Steele 10 Washington Township 21:49 #601  
32  Sophia Swigon 12 Valparaiso 21:51 #611  
33  Violet Furuness 10 Valparaiso 21:53 #617  
34  Lyla Mathew 12 Hebron 21:55 #630  
35  Emily Getzy 11 Morgan Twp 21:57 #637  
36  Annabelle Sexton 9 Washington Township 22:00 #652  
37  Addison Lemere 12 Morgan Twp 22:10 #708  
38  Wimberley Scott 9 Washington Township 22:16 #739  
39  Beatrix Medved 10 Valparaiso 22:16 #740  
40  Caroline Dyer 12 Valparaiso 22:18 #752  
41  Arabella Sweeney 12 Portage 22:20 #768  
42  Addy Lamere 12 Morgan Twp 22:23 #788  
43  Jenna Abbring 12 Morgan Twp 22:27 #799  
44  Madelynn Kerezman 9 Portage 22:29 #816  
45  Lily Herlitz 10 Morgan Twp 22:31 #828  
46  Samantha Grieger 12 Boone Grove 22:32 #840  
47  Emerson Svilar 12 Valparaiso 22:37 #871  
48  Mikayla Clark 11 Hebron 22:37 #872  
49  Charlotte Ellis 10 Chesterton 22:37 #878  
50  Courtney Bauer 10 Washington Township 22:46 #937  
51  Eshaal Ali 12 Chesterton 22:50 #966  
52  Megan Balas 11 Hebron 22:51 #970  
53  Isabella Del Valle Howe 10 Portage 23:03 #1,050  
54  Justice Rodriguez 12 Merrillville 23:09 #1,092  
55  Claire Taylor 12 Boone Grove 23:09 #1,095  
56  Roma Pagone 9 Wheeler 23:14 #1,128  
57  Sophia Monroy 11 Portage 23:15 #1,138  
58  Amelia Fiocca 11 Washington Township 23:18 #1,159  
59  Haley Prince 11 Morgan Twp 23:20 #1,171  
60  Angela Torres 11 Morgan Twp 23:21 #1,174  
61  Lily Jobbe 9 Valparaiso 23:22 #1,181  
62  Kate Meyer 11 Chesterton 23:22 #1,182  
63  Lana Braik 11 Valparaiso 23:22 #1,183  
64  Vivianne Nauseda 9 Kouts 23:25 #1,202  
RankNameRatingState Rank
1  Morgan Twp 327 #20  
2  Chesterton 367 #23  
3  Portage 533 #36  
4  Valparaiso 537 #38  
5  Washington Township 769 #69  
6  Hebron 973 #95  
7  Merrillville 1,037 #99  
8  Wheeler 1,086 #103  
9  Hobart 1,379 #167  
10  Kouts 1,398 #172  

Other unranked teams:
Andrean 1,436   
Boone Grove 1,441   



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 1.3 46 20 88 69.0 30.6 0.4 0.0
Chesterton 1.7 57 25 104 30.9 66.7 2.2 0.1
Portage 3.4 99 60 148 1.1 53.4 45.4 0.1
Valparaiso 3.5 101 55 144 0.1 1.6 44.0 54.0 0.3
Washington Township 5.0 147 116 187 0.0 0.4 99.2 0.4 0.0
Hebron 6.3 189 146 227 0.4 79.6 14.1 5.9
Wheeler 7.3 205 166 244 0.0 10.8 46.7 42.5
Merrillville 7.4 206 178 236 9.2 39.1 51.7
Kouts 9.3 265 236 296 76.5 20.3
Hobart 10.2 276 237 308 19.3 49.6
Boone Grove 11.1 288 256 317 2.3 17.4
Andrean 11.4 292 252 320 1.9 12.7


RunnerSchoolRatingAvg Finish Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Amity Lauzon Merrillville 19:19 1.0 49.1 32.7 11.9 3.9 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
Jody Stump Washington Township 19:23 1.3 39.3 37.1 14.1 5.7 2.2 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Shae Bucher Morgan Twp 19:38 2.5 9.5 20.8 38.0 16.0 6.9 3.7 2.3 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
Anna Mulaman Morgan Twp 19:55 4.7 0.8 2.9 10.5 23.7 16.9 12.9 9.0 7.3 5.2 3.8 2.8 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
Hannah Haring Chesterton 20:02 6.2 0.4 1.7 6.7 11.7 13.8 13.9 12.0 9.3 7.9 5.9 5.8 3.7 2.7 2.1 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0
Grace Pinkelton Portage 20:03 6.6 0.3 1.3 6.1 11.4 12.1 12.3 10.4 9.6 8.6 6.5 5.0 4.9 4.2 3.0 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1
Natalie White Chesterton 20:04 6.9 0.4 1.7 4.5 8.3 11.4 13.0 12.1 11.4 9.1 7.9 6.2 4.4 3.8 2.4 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0
Mia Fry Hebron 20:06 7.2 0.1 1.2 4.9 8.8 11.5 10.7 10.4 9.5 9.1 7.5 6.7 4.9 4.0 3.3 2.6 2.0 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.1
Clara Meints Morgan Twp 20:14 9.6 0.0 0.3 2.2 7.3 6.8 8.9 9.1 9.7 9.6 9.2 7.5 7.9 6.4 5.3 3.7 2.6 1.6 0.8 0.4
Natalie Williams Chesterton 20:17 10.5 0.1 0.6 1.7 3.4 5.4 7.0 7.7 9.4 10.0 8.5 10.2 8.3 7.7 7.1 5.5 3.4 2.1 0.9 0.5
Meagan Thomas Merrillville 20:18 11.1 0.2 1.0 2.5 4.0 5.2 6.2 7.1 7.0 8.6 7.6 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.4 5.9 5.1 3.1 2.1 1.6
Eavan Daly Valparaiso 20:19 11.0 0.1 0.2 1.1 2.3 3.8 4.9 6.0 7.3 7.3 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.7 8.2 7.3 6.0 4.7 3.1 2.0 1.2
Ella Buchko Morgan Twp 20:22 12.1 0.0 0.6 2.0 3.4 4.6 5.7 7.1 7.2 9.3 9.2 9.1 8.7 8.7 7.4 5.6 5.0 2.8 1.6
Evie Fortney Chesterton 20:27 13.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.4 2.2 3.8 5.1 6.3 8.4 8.5 9.2 9.9 9.8 10.1 9.3 6.2 3.4 2.4
Kara Krapf Portage 20:27 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 2.0 2.9 4.0 4.7 5.2 7.1 8.1 8.9 8.8 9.2 9.1 8.3 7.4 5.7 3.1
McKenna Bucher Morgan Twp 20:28 13.9 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.6 3.0 3.6 4.2 5.9 6.3 8.0 8.1 9.4 10.4 10.2 8.5 6.8 5.0 3.5
Amber Johnson Valparaiso 20:32 14.9 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.4 2.0 2.5 3.1 4.5 4.8 6.4 7.4 8.6 9.3 9.9 10.4 9.1 7.4 5.5
Paige Clancy Chesterton 20:42 17.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.2 2.1 3.2 4.3 5.3 7.7 9.4 10.8 13.8 12.6 9.2
Natascha Lepinasse Chesterton 20:49 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.7 3.0 3.5 5.6 8.2 11.7 13.1 13.0
Madison Martinez Andrean 20:58 20.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.1 1.9 3.4 4.8 6.9 8.8 11.4
Liliana Lopez Hobart 21:00 21.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.7 2.4 3.7 5.1 8.4 9.7
Evelyn Kohne Wheeler 21:01 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.4 2.2 4.0 5.1 8.3 9.7
Reese Taylor Valparaiso 21:04 22.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.8 3.9 5.6 8.3
Aubrey Clouse Portage 21:04 22.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.6 3.9 6.4 8.6
Sydney Herb Valparaiso 21:10 23.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.1 2.4 3.5 5.6
Madilynn Fehlman Portage 21:14 24.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.3 2.2 3.9
Rowan Kruszka Wheeler 21:35 28.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
Stella Pieters Valparaiso 21:35 28.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
Kayla Zacher Morgan Twp 21:42 29.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Cheyenne Conroy Portage 21:42 29.7 0.1
Caroline Steele Washington Township 21:49 31.2 0.0
Sophia Swigon Valparaiso 21:51 31.8 0.0
Violet Furuness Valparaiso 21:53 32.2
Lyla Mathew Hebron 21:55 32.7
Emily Getzy Morgan Twp 21:57 33.3 0.0
Annabelle Sexton Washington Township 22:00 33.9
Wimberley Scott Washington Township 22:16 36.9
Arabella Sweeney Portage 22:20 37.6
Madelynn Kerezman Portage 22:29 39.3
Samantha Grieger Boone Grove 22:32 39.7
Mikayla Clark Hebron 22:37 40.6
Charlotte Ellis Chesterton 22:37 40.7
Courtney Bauer Washington Township 22:46 42.1
Megan Balas Hebron 22:51 43.1
Justice Rodriguez Merrillville 23:09 45.7
Claire Taylor Boone Grove 23:09 45.8
Roma Pagone Wheeler 23:14 46.5
Amelia Fiocca Washington Township 23:18 47.2
Vivianne Nauseda Kouts 23:25 48.3