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Lily Cridge of Indianapolis Bishop Chatard successfully repeated as state champion and Noblesville earned its first team title during the first race of the day at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.

Cridge ran the third-fastest time in state finals history covering the world-class Terre Haute 5K course in 17:14.6. Anna Rohrer of Mishawaka holds the top two spots with 17:08.8 and 17:13.2 in 2014 and 2012, respectively.

After the senior Cridge, Delta junior Nicki Southerland finished second in 17:17.5, Park Tudor senior Sophia Kennedy was third in 17:24.4, and Columbus North senior Julia Kiesler ended fourth in 17:36.4.

In fact, those top four made the top 10 fastest list for this course. Cridge and Southerland ran the third and fourth-fastest times, while Kennedy is sixth-fastest and Kiesler became the 10th-fastest.

Noblesville, coached by Aaron Becker, tallied 122 points earning the school's first state title in the sport. The school's previous best finish of third place came in the 2006 meet. The team's 122 points was the second-highest total for a state championship team. Fort Wayne Concordia's 134 points in 1983 is the highest for a title-winner.

After Noblesville, defending state champion Columbus North finished second with 153 points, Carmel third with 177, Homestead fourth with 187, and North Central of Indianapolis rounded out the top five with 197 points.

The Millers winning team was paced by senior Brooke Lahee who finished 28th overall in 18:54.6. Junior Kennedy Applegate was 34th in 19:06.3, senior Paige Hazelrigg was 38th in 19:11.2, junior Nadia Perez was 43rd in 19:20.4, and junior Summer Rempe was 44th in 19:21.8. 

Guerin Catholic's Bridget Gallagher Receives Mental Attitude Award
Following the race, Bridget Gallagher of Guerin Catholic High School was announced as the recipient of the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award in girls' cross country.

Bridget is the daughter of Thomas and Kathleen Gallagher of Westfield, IN.

The annual recipient of the award was nominated by her principal and coach, and was determined by the IHSAA Executive Committee to have best demonstrated mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability during her four years of high school.

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance presented a $1,000 scholarship to Guerin Catholic High School's general scholarship fund in the name of Gallagher.