North Montgomery High School was the host for the 39th running of the Charger Classic cross country meet. Teams from 11 schools, including all three Montgomery county schools were in attendance for the big event. The race was a grueling 5k run around the large Charger grounds which is longer than I would like to walk, much less run.
The girls race was won in convincing fashion by Southmont junior Kylie Lippencott who finished the course with a career best time of 20:07. Lippencott beat second place finisher Case Boose of Rensselaer by 51 seconds and no other runner finished within a minute of Lippencott. It was the third year in a row a Mountie has won the event with Creasey Clouser winning the two previous races.
While Lippencott won the race, the team from Rensselaer won the meet finishing with 73 points. North Montgomery was the top pacing county school finishing 3rd with 118 points. Southmont finished 8th with 172 points and Crawfordsville finished 10th with 205 points.
The Rensselaer boys team totally dominated the course on the night led by Corey Dowds winning time of 17:14 and the team finishing with an astoundingly low total of 27 points. Four Rensselaer runners finished in the top 10. Hamilton Heights finished a distant second with 80 points.
Crawfordsville runner Tony Sturm was the top local finisher as he placed 3rd with a time of 17:30. John Lawson of Crawfordsville also earned a top 10 finish when his time of 18:14 earned him 7th place.
Tyler Davis’ time of 18:34 was good enough for a 10th place finish as the top Mountie runner on the night. Solid finishes by his teammates allowed them to finish 3rd in the team standings with 89 points followed by Crawfordsville who finished with 113 points. North Montgomery did not have enough runners to earn a team score and were led by Graham Lough’s 41st place finish.
Below is a slideshow of my favorite images from the event. Click here to view them as a gallery or click here to view all photos from the match.
You can also view all the photos by school by clicking on the school name below. I did not shoot everyone and there are not as many from some schools listed but wanted to make whatever I have available.
North Montgomery
Crawfordsville
Southmont
Western Boone
Rensselaer
Ever wonder how much paint it takes to paint the white line for the path around the course? Probably not, but now that I have you thinking about it the answer is 12 gallons. Thanks to Ed Stuffle, the man behind the Charger Classic, for finding out this information for me.
2009-09-10 Charger Classic Cross Country Meet – My Picks – Images by Kevin Seale