Manchester Jr-Sr High School

The high school boys and girls teams ran well at the Manchester Invite on Saturday. The varsity boys finished 7th out of 20 complete teams with Clark Showalter running a career PR of 17:47 to finish 22nd. Jet Thomas placed 30th and nearly broke 18 minutes. With some minor setbacks early this season, Oliver Fitzpatrick and Gabe Selleck both looked strong. Charlie Van had a big race dropping over 30 seconds from his career PR to run a 19:22 and round out the scoring 5 for Manchester. Also in the varsity race, Wyatt Martin ran a season PR, while Everett Short and Marcus Harlan ran career PRs bettering their best time of last year. The JV boys ran equally well. Keagan Noland, Noah Macias, Andrew Cardenas, and Sam Lengel all ran career PRs and Evan Bennett ran a season PR, some dropping over 1 minute from their best time. The younger and less experienced varsity girls team finished 16th out of 19 complete teams, but the scoring 5 consisted of no seniors. Rachel Steely was first for the Squires in a season PR, followed by Emersyn Sarber, Ashley Angle, and Izee Keaffaber with career PRs. Despite some knee pain, Rachel Eberly rounded out the scoring 5 for Manchester. Maggie Akins and Hannah Music both ran a season PR. In the JV race, Shelby Cahill and Kelzei Fox ran PRs. Complete race results can be found online at https://jshs.mcs.k12.in.us/en-US/manchester-cross-country-invitational-ebf80641/2025-invitational-4b92068c.