The Carmel girls won the Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational with just 36 points in September in Louisville, Kentucky at the Tom Sawyer State Park.
Carmel squads could move up national rankings with enough damage at Indiana state meet
Indiana State Championships coverage
In 2015, the Carmel boys and girls swept the Indiana state titles. Can they do the same in 2016?
The Carmel girls enter state meet weekend ranked No. 6 in the nation per the most recent Saucony Flo50 update on Oct. 16. But a dominant sweep of the Semi-State meet 2 in Shelbysville indicated that the girls might be deserving of a top two national ranking. Every top five runner set a new PR for 5K and the result was a speed rating of 130, which is a score typically needed to win NXN. More on speed ratings and Carmel's incredible performance here.
Results from Semi-State 2 at Shelbyville:
| GIRLS 5,000 METER RUN | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | POINTS | ||
| 1 | Sarah Leinheiser | 12 | Carmel High School | 17:20.00 | 1 | |
| 2 | Maddie Dalton | 11 | Carmel High School | 17:44.00 | 2 | |
| 3 | Phoebe Bates | 9 | Carmel High School | 17:46.00 | 3 | |
| 4 | Rachel D. Anderson | 12 | Carmel High School | 17:48.00 | 4 | |
| 5 | Christina Geisler | 12 | Carmel High School | 17:49.00 | 5 | |
Sarah Leinheiser is projected to lead the Greyhounds to another title with just 20 points. View the virtual meet here.
The Carmel boys are not currently ranked, though a top performance this weekend might jettison them into the Saucony Flo50 for the first time this season. Based on 5K season-best times, the Greyhounds rank No. 4 in the nation! The only squads ahead on the list are No. 2 The Woodlands, No. 5 Great Oak and No. 12 St. Xavier.
Carmel Boys Season-Best Times:
| 4 | Carmel High School (IN) | 597 | ||
| 1) Ben Miller | 15:22.00 | 46 | ||
| 2) Colin Murphy | 15:25.00 | 52 | ||
| 3) Evan Bouillet | 15:45.00 | 151 | ||
| 4) Calvin Bates | 15:47.10 | 167 | ||
| 5) Keelan Grant | 15:49.00 | 181 | ||
| Average Time: 15:37.62 Total Time: 1:18:08.10 1-5 Split: 27.00 | ||||
| 6) William J. Harris | 15:53.10 | 222 | ||
| 7) Thomas Gastineau | 15:56.40 | 266 | ||
The boys will have more of a challenge than the girls, as Hamilton Southeastern and Brebeuf Jesuit are strong squads, but the Greyhounds are projected to win with 98 points. View the virtual meet here.