Cross Country

All runners had awesome races in the 2023 Cross Country State Finals.

Julia Score placed 3rd in the state (17:23) and Grace Leppert placed 160th (19:56)!

JD Haines placed 51st (15:56) and Max Bourgeois placed 80th (16:09)!

Regional Results

The Boys Cross Country team placed 8th at the Brownsburg regional. Max Bourgeois and JD Haines both qualified for the state finals!

The Girls Cross Country team placed 8th at the Brownsburg regional. Julia Score was the individual meet champion and set the course record (17:37)! Additionally, freshman Grace Leppert had a breakout performance and also qualified for the state finals!

Good Luck Max, JD, Julia and Grace in State Championships, which will be held at Terre Haute's LaVern Gibson Facility, on Sat., Oct. 28, 2023 - boys beginning at noon and girls at 2:30 p.m.

The BCHS Girls and Boys Cross Country teams, both advancing to the 2023 Regionals!

The Lady Trojans placed 4th at the very competitive North Central sectional meet to advance. Julia Score (meet champion), Ceci Jackson, and Grace Leppert all earned ALL Sectional honors!

The Men's Trojan team placed 4th in the very competitive North Central sectional meet to advance. Congrats to JD Haines, Max Bourgeois, and Ian Kolbus for earning ALL Sectional honors!

Congratulations to the 2023 BCHS Cross Country Teams! Both the Boys and Girls teams are 2023 City Champions for the third year in a row!

JD Haines & Julia Score were individual champions.

Joining JD and Julia on the All-City Team were Ian Kolbus (2), Eli Hummel (3), Ceci Jackson (3), Grace Leppert (5), & Emmerson Bloede (9).

Great job, Trojans!

• Academic All State: Joshua Ball, Max Bourgeois, Ian Kolbus, Helen Cline; Morgan Engleman

• Boys and Girls City Champion Teams
• Max Bourgeois: Senior Conference Champion, All Sectional, All Regional, State Finalist
• J.D. Haines: Junior All Conference, City Champion, All Sectional, All Regional, State Finalist
• Eli Hummel: Junior All City
• Ian Kolbus: Senior All Conference, All City, All Sectional
• Emmerson Bloede: Freshman All City
• Ceci Jackson: Sophomore All Conference, All City, All Sectional
• Grace Leppert: Freshman All City, All Sectional, State Finalist
• Julia Score: Sophomore Conference, City, Sectional, & Regional Champion, All State, State 3rd Place
• Dan Kinghorn: MCCGSA City Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year

Congratulations to Lily Cridge, who was named the 2022 Indiana Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year at the Indiana High School Sports Awards Night in April. Julia Score was also nominated for the award.

• Davis Falcon, Shafer Hofmann
• Caroline Clapacs: (ICGSA & IATCCC)
• Honorable Mention (IATCCC): Donovan Hibbeln, Max Bourgeois, Joshua Bell, Caroline Bell, Maisie McMahon, Claire Monahan, Morgan Engleman, Srey Folck
• Honorable Mention (ICGSA): Caroline Bell

• Boys and Girls: City Champions
• Boys Sectional Team Winner
• Girls: 2nd in Sectionals, 4th in Regionals, qualified for state
• State Qualifier: Max Bourgeois
• Lily Cridge: Sectional, Regional, Semi-State and State Champion, Gatorade Indiana Runner of the Year; All American

• All Conference: Davis Falcon, Ian Kolbus, Lily Cridge, Ceci Jackson, Julia Score
• All City: Davis Falcon, Ian Kolbus, J.D. Haines, Aaron Loiselle, Caroline Clapacs, Lily Cridge, Ceci Jackson, Julia Score, Maggie Rushenberg, Alex Teed
• All Sectional: Ian Kolbus, J.D. Haines, Davis Falcon, Max Bourgeois, Ceci Jackson, Julia Score
• All Regional: J.D. Haines, Max Bourgeois, Julia Score
• All Semi-State: Julia Score (10th all-state)
• Dan Kinghorn: MCCGSA City Cross Country Coach of the Year

• Academic All State (IATCCC) - Honorable Mention: Davis Falcon, Will Hasbrook, Nicholas Mates, Caroline Bell, Caroline Clapacs
• Academic All State (IATCCC): Payten Bean, Jackie Figura, Madison Loiselle, Ella Moore, Mary Bea Sowinski
• Academic All State (ICGSA): Payten Bean, Jackie Figura, Mara Foley, Alex Gantz, Deidre Hostetler, Madison Loiselle, Ella Moore, Mary Bea Sowinski, Mayan Stickel, Zizi Wuensch

• Lily Cridge: 2021 State Champion with state record; All-USA TODAY Cross Country Runner of the Year nomination, MileSplit IN Runner of the Year
• Boys and Girls 2021 City Champions
• Boys and Girls: 3rd place in sectionals
• Boys and Girls: 6th in Regionals
• Max Bourgeois: City Champion, All Conference, All-Sectional, Regional, adv. to state
• Davis Falcon: All City, All- Sectional Team, adv. to state
• J.D. Haines: All Conference, City
• Ian Kolbus: All City, All-Sectional Team
• Connor Moriarty: All Conference, City, All-Sectional Team, adv. to state
• Lily Cridge: Conference, City, Sectional, Regional, Semi-State & STATE Champion
• Alex Teed: All City, All-Sectional Team; adv. to state
• Mara Foley: All City
• Alex Gantz: All Conference
• Mary Bea Sowinski: All Conference, All-City
• Mallory Stewart: All City
• Mayan Stickel: All City

• Emily Loiselle: 22nd overall in Semi-State
• Max Bourgeois: 5th in regionals, 58th in Semi-State
• Boys team: 5th in Sectionals, 8th in Regionals
• Girls team: 6th in sectionals; Emily Loiselle, Mayan Stickel, Alex Gantz, Caroline Bell, and Mara Foley advanced to regionals

• Max Bourgeois: All Conference, All City
• Lily Cridge: Conference Champion, All City
• Emily Loiselle: All Conference, All City, All Sectional, All Regional
• Mayan Stickel: All Conference, All City
• Alex Gantz: All Conference, All City

• Team placed a historic 11th at the 2019 state finals
• Lily Cridge: all-state honors, placing 8th, the highest place for an individual in BCHS history

• Lily Cridge: All Conference, City Champion, All Sectional, All Regional, All Semi-State, All State
• Alex Gantz: All Conference, All City, All Sectional
• Emily Loiselle: All Conference, All City, All Sectional, All Regional, All Semi-State
• Mary Bea Sowinski: All Conference, All City, All Sectional
• Mayan Stickel: All Conference
• Ethan Clapacs: All City, All Sectional
• Charlie Jacoba: All City
• Owen Teed: All Conference, All City, All Sectional
• Dan Kinghorn: MCCGSA City Coach of the Year

• Ethan Clapacs and Mary Bea Sowinski advance to Semi-State Competition
• Girls and Boys teams both advance to Regional competition

• Academic All State (IATCCC): Ethan Clapacs, Maria Christoff
• Academic All State Honorable Mention (IATCCC): Katie Dietrick, Libby Kolbus
• All City: Ethan Clapacs, Charlie Jacoba, Alex Gantz, Mary Bea Sowinski
• All Sectional:Mary Bea Sowinski