Boys - Girls
Chesterton Sectional
2024 - 2025 - 2026


These are rankings of individuals and teams that run in this sectional. It is not a projected order of finish in the race.
Below the rankings is a projection of this round of the tournament.


RankNameGradeSchoolRatingState Rank
1  Ryan Nix 11 Chesterton 16:22 #59  
2  Spencer Martin 11 Chesterton 16:39 #112  
3  Otto Leake 12 Valparaiso 16:46 #147  
4  Ethan Walsh 12 Portage 17:06 #239  
5  Nick Jakel 11 Chesterton 17:17 #312  
6  William Roberson 12 Chesterton 17:20 #326  
7  Layne Galindo 10 Valparaiso 17:20 #328  
8  Aiden Chavez 12 Merrillville 17:25 #359  
9  Nolen Harrington 11 Chesterton 17:30 #405  
10  Liam Anderson 11 Valparaiso 17:36 #446  
11  William Morgan 12 Chesterton 17:36 #448  
12  Desmond Calhoun 12 Valparaiso 17:42 #484  
13  Aaron Pieters 10 Chesterton 17:43 #488  
14  Xander Sierazy 10 Chesterton 17:51 #564  
15  Liam Zimmer 11 Valparaiso 17:52 #578  
16  Owen Thomas 12 Valparaiso 17:59 #627  
17  Kaleb Freyenberger 9 Morgan Twp 18:04 #674  
18  Jairo Macias 10 River Forest 18:06 #699  
19  Eric Dotson 11 Merrillville 18:09 #729  
20  Owen Anderson 9 Valparaiso 18:11 #750  
21  Andrew Camp 10 Wheeler 18:13 #768  
22  Willy Wilks 9 Washington Township 18:17 #822  
23  Michael Hein 11 Hebron 18:17 #827  
24  Elijah Fletcher 10 Chesterton 18:18 #834  
25  Alexander Kreis 12 Andrean 18:19 #847  
26  Chase Mattull 9 Wheeler 18:21 #873  
27  Jacob Lagunas 11 Portage 18:26 #927  
28  Ray Hundt Chesterton 18:32 #1,000  
29  Jacob Sut 10 Valparaiso 18:34 #1,014  
30  Christian Freyenberger 10 Morgan Twp 18:36 #1,052  
31  Manny Jasicki 9 Valparaiso 18:38 #1,068  
32  Nathan Fernandez 10 Chesterton 18:40 #1,087  
33  Andrew Thacker 11 Hebron 18:40 #1,089  
34  Max Redman 10 Chesterton 18:41 #1,097  
35  Lu Cohen 12 Hobart 18:41 #1,101  
36  Owen Thacker 9 Hebron 18:42 #1,107  
37  Logan Booth 12 Chesterton 18:43 #1,114  
38  Nathan Lashenik 11 Valparaiso 18:46 #1,150  
39  Wes Moye 11 Valparaiso 18:49 #1,191  
40  Hayden Harding 9 Portage 18:53 #1,233  
41  Aidan Porter 10 Washington Township 18:54 #1,240  
RankNameRatingState Rank
1  Chesterton 425 #25  
2  Valparaiso 580 #50  
3  Portage 1,008 #117  
4  Morgan Twp 1,215 #146  
5  Washington Township 1,282 #162  

Other unranked teams:
Hebron 1,372   
Wheeler 1,473   



Sectional Simulation



Based on results of 5,000 simulations of the IHSAA Tournament. Numbers in tables represent percentage of times each outcome occured during simulation.


SchoolAvg FinishAvg ScoreMin ScoreMax Score Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Chesterton 1.0 25 15 51 95.3 4.7
Valparaiso 2.0 45 22 79 4.7 95.3
Portage 3.0 125 96 155 98.2 1.8 0.0
Morgan Twp 4.5 155 119 184 1.6 65.2 21.3 9.2 2.8
Washington Township 5.5 165 135 188 0.2 17.4 33.0 31.5 18.0
Hebron 5.6 166 133 192 0.0 12.6 34.3 35.1 18.0
Wheeler 6.4 174 146 200 3.2 11.4 24.2 61.2


RunnerSchoolRatingAvg Finish Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ryan Nix Chesterton 16:22 1.0 89.9 9.3 0.8
Spencer Martin Chesterton 16:39 1.8 3.7 61.4 31.1 3.6 0.2
Otto Leake Valparaiso 16:46 2.3 6.4 27.5 55.4 8.8 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.0
Ethan Walsh Portage 17:06 3.8 0.1 1.7 9.7 47.3 17.3 10.2 5.6 4.1 1.9 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
Nick Jakel Chesterton 17:17 5.3 1.5 15.2 25.6 22.7 15.9 9.9 5.1 2.5 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0
William Roberson Chesterton 17:20 6.1 0.7 7.7 17.9 21.8 19.8 14.7 8.7 4.7 2.3 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0
Layne Galindo Valparaiso 17:20 6.1 0.0 0.4 11.5 20.7 16.7 14.8 13.2 10.5 6.2 4.6 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0
Aiden Chavez Merrillville 17:25 7.4 0.0 0.4 4.8 12.3 13.0 14.3 14.2 11.7 10.2 7.5 5.2 3.6 1.8 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
Nolen Harrington Chesterton 17:30 8.6 0.0 0.8 2.3 6.7 12.8 16.5 18.9 15.1 11.4 7.7 3.9 2.3 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Liam Anderson Valparaiso 17:36 9.9 0.2 1.5 4.9 7.0 9.5 13.8 13.8 16.1 17.5 9.9 3.6 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
William Morgan Chesterton 17:36 10.0 0.1 0.5 1.8 5.2 9.6 13.9 18.2 16.3 12.9 9.8 5.9 2.7 1.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.1
Desmond Calhoun Valparaiso 17:42 11.5 0.3 1.3 3.0 4.8 6.5 10.8 13.5 17.8 21.8 11.7 4.3 2.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.3
Aaron Pieters Chesterton 17:43 11.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.9 2.5 6.7 11.3 16.6 16.2 16.4 11.2 8.1 4.7 2.2 1.5 0.7 0.3
Liam Zimmer Valparaiso 17:52 13.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.2 3.3 5.0 8.7 13.6 23.3 17.3 10.7 6.5 4.0 2.4 1.3
Owen Thomas Valparaiso 17:59 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.7 3.3 5.5 12.2 20.8 17.3 11.2 9.3 6.0 4.3
Kaleb Freyenberger Morgan Twp 18:04 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.3 2.9 4.8 7.5 10.6 12.2 12.7 11.0 9.1 8.6
Jairo Macias River Forest 18:06 17.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.9 3.4 6.4 8.3 10.3 12.1 11.6 10.3 9.0
Eric Dotson Merrillville 18:09 18.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.3 2.6 4.5 6.7 9.4 11.1 10.7 11.1 9.7
Owen Anderson Valparaiso 18:11 19.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 1.4 3.9 8.9 11.5 11.9 11.5 11.4
Andrew Camp Wheeler 18:13 19.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.3 2.7 4.6 6.2 8.3 10.1 11.4 11.0
Willy Wilks Washington Township 18:17 20.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.4 2.8 4.5 6.3 8.0 8.3 9.6
Michael Hein Hebron 18:17 20.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.5 2.8 3.8 5.6 6.5 8.9 10.0
Alexander Kreis Andrean 18:19 21.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.1 2.2 3.7 5.4 6.1 7.9 8.7
Chase Mattull Wheeler 18:21 22.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.1 2.0 3.2 4.5 6.6 8.0
Jacob Lagunas Portage 18:26 23.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.9 2.9 3.8 5.1
Christian Freyenberger Morgan Twp 18:36 26.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.1
Andrew Thacker Hebron 18:40 27.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.6
Lu Cohen Hobart 18:41 27.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6
Owen Thacker Hebron 18:42 27.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3
Hayden Harding Portage 18:53 29.7 0.0 0.0
Aidan Porter Washington Township 18:54 29.9