Boys - Girls
Highland 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  Ben Perschon 12 Lake Central 15:59 #27  
2  Jake Metzger 12 Crown Point 16:22 #77  
3  Lucca Neves 10 Lake Central 16:29 #95  
4  Daniel Frevert 12 Lowell 16:31 #98  
5  Aiden Hernandez 10 Lowell 16:37 #122  
6  Jackson Barnes 9 Crown Point 16:43 #143  
7  Ryan Sandberg 12 Hanover Central 16:44 #148  
8  Jackson Zona 11 Crown Point 16:49 #172  
9  Jose Vazquez 11 Lowell 16:53 #200  
10  Mason Drost 9 Illiana Christian 17:01 #247  
11  Austin Homans 10 Griffith 17:08 #279  
12  Dylan Ryder 11 Crown Point 17:13 #307  
13  Evan Kearns 12 Crown Point 17:16 #330  
14  Zakary Hudak 12 Lowell 17:16 #335  
15  Kuba Nurek 10 Crown Point 17:26 #402  
16  Jakub Nurek 10 Crown Point 17:29 #420  
17  Dane Scheeringa 12 Illiana Christian 17:29 #421  
18  Malachy Colglazier 11 Highland 17:37 #493  
19  Blythe Dieck 12 Crown Point 17:38 #504  
20  Bennett Duffy 11 Hanover Central 17:39 #521  
21  Noah Hernandez 11 Hanover Central 17:42 #544  
22  Milo Perez 11 Illiana Christian 17:43 #550  
23  Carter Wulitich 11 Lowell 17:44 #568  
24  Eli Tyrpin 12 Lake Central 17:44 #571  
25  Ethan Gonzales 12 Lake Central 17:48 #605  
26  William Kala 11 Lowell 17:50 #628  
27  Caleb Kotynski 12 Crown Point 17:50 #629  
28  Grant Zuzich 10 Hanover Central 17:58 #713  
29  Trevor MacFarlane 9 Lake Central 17:59 #733  
30  Brandon Kearns 10 Crown Point 18:04 #791  
31  Keegan McGee 9 Munster 18:04 #797  
32  Alan Kuzmar 12 Illiana Christian 18:09 #840  
33  Bennett Miller 10 Crown Point 18:12 #883  
34  Caleb Cornett 10 Hanover Central 18:13 #895  
35  Gabe Goral 12 Griffith 18:15 #913  
36  Vincenzo Pomilia 9 Lake Central 18:18 #939  
37  Robert Covarrubia 10 Munster 18:18 #941  
38  Chase Dorin 10 Crown Point 18:18 #946  
39  Noah Cunningham 9 Munster 18:20 #977  
40  Owen Dorin 9 Crown Point 18:21 #982  
41  David Martinez 12 Bishop Noll 18:21 #986  
42  Ryder Doyle 10 Crown Point 18:22 #1,004  
43  Patrick Grady 10 Lake Central 18:25 #1,044  
44  Beau Bliss 9 Munster 18:27 #1,059  
45  Nathan Petersen 11 Crown Point 18:27 #1,064  
46  Josue Ahmad 11 Highland 18:28 #1,077  
47  Chris Epting 11 Hanover Central 18:31 #1,106  
48  Kamdem Honickel 12 Crown Point 18:31 #1,111  
49  Thomas Burns 10 Munster 18:37 #1,172  
50  Jake Baumann 12 Crown Point 18:40 #1,211  
51  Shann Kankarla 9 Munster 18:41 #1,223  
52  Nathan Sandberg 9 Hanover Central 18:42 #1,248  
53  Nathaniel Sinclair 10 Munster 18:43 #1,249  
54  Max Van Laten 10 Illiana Christian 18:45 #1,277  
55  Phoenix Voukidis 9 Lowell 18:49 #1,316  
56  Luka Manojlovic 11 Lake Central 18:50 #1,337  
57  Masyn Cooper 9 Crown Point 18:53 #1,374  
58  Luke Bouwman 12 Illiana Christian 18:59 #1,453  
RankNameRatingState Rank
1  Crown Point 365 #23  
2  Lowell 415 #30  
3  Lake Central 505 #44  
4  Hanover Central 660 #67  
5  Illiana Christian 724 #86  
6  Munster 937 #115  
7  Highland 1,127 #155  

Other unranked teams:
Griffith 1,357   



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
Crown Point 1.5 48 28 83 51.9 44.6 3.3 0.1
Lowell 1.6 49 26 82 46.9 48.6 4.5 0.1
Lake Central 3.0 74 39 117 1.2 6.5 84.7 7.4 0.2
Hanover Central 4.2 102 58 148 0.0 0.2 7.1 69.2 23.2 0.2
Illiana Christian 4.8 118 62 171 0.0 0.4 23.2 75.6 0.7
Munster 6.0 170 116 211 0.0 0.9 96.4 2.5 0.1
Highland 7.5 204 159 231 2.2 48.5 49.4
Griffith 7.5 205 173 229 0.4 49.0 50.5


RunnerSchoolRatingAvg Finish Finishing Place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ben Perschon Lake Central 15:59 1.0 91.3 7.5 1.0 0.2 0.0
Jake Metzger Crown Point 16:22 1.9 6.5 46.1 23.4 13.2 6.7 3.2 0.7 0.1 0.0
Lucca Neves Lake Central 16:29 3.0 0.0 22.4 28.6 17.6 15.6 8.5 4.5 2.0 0.6 0.1
Daniel Frevert Lowell 16:31 3.2 1.7 16.8 25.5 26.4 16.8 8.9 3.1 0.7 0.2 0.0
Aiden Hernandez Lowell 16:37 4.5 0.3 4.7 11.7 20.7 27.3 19.2 10.6 3.9 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.0
Ryan Sandberg Hanover Central 16:44 5.6 0.2 2.5 6.0 12.1 15.3 21.7 18.2 13.4 6.3 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.1
Jackson Zona Crown Point 16:49 6.5 0.0 3.1 7.0 10.7 17.8 23.4 20.0 11.9 4.4 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.0
Jose Vazquez Lowell 16:53 7.3 0.0 0.3 1.5 4.9 14.0 22.8 25.8 16.0 8.2 3.6 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1
Mason Drost Illiana Christian 17:01 8.7 0.0 0.4 1.0 1.9 4.1 10.2 16.2 23.6 16.8 10.9 7.2 4.4 2.1 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austin Homans Griffith 17:08 9.9 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.8 4.1 9.5 15.9 20.3 14.9 11.7 8.8 5.6 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.2
Dylan Ryder Crown Point 17:13 10.9 0.1 0.4 1.2 3.8 9.4 15.9 20.3 20.1 13.6 6.9 3.7 2.1 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.2
Evan Kearns Crown Point 17:16 11.6 0.1 0.7 2.2 5.7 12.4 17.2 19.9 17.4 11.0 6.2 3.0 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.3
Zakary Hudak Lowell 17:16 11.7 0.0 0.6 1.8 7.7 13.2 16.8 13.7 14.0 12.5 7.6 4.7 3.1 1.7 1.0 0.7
Kuba Nurek Crown Point 17:26 14.1 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.7 4.5 8.4 15.0 18.3 14.6 11.6 7.9 5.8 3.8 3.0
Dane Scheeringa Illiana Christian 17:29 15.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 2.6 4.5 7.3 9.2 12.6 13.3 11.9 9.2 7.7 6.0 4.3
Malachy Colglazier Highland 17:37 17.3 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.7 3.0 4.6 6.5 9.6 9.9 10.8 9.7 7.8 7.2
Blythe Dieck Crown Point 17:38 17.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 2.2 5.5 9.9 11.3 11.5 10.9 9.8 8.9
Bennett Duffy Hanover Central 17:39 18.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.7 2.8 5.0 7.5 9.1 9.7 10.2 9.5 8.9
Noah Hernandez Hanover Central 17:42 19.5 0.0 0.2 0.5 1.2 1.9 3.1 5.1 7.2 7.9 9.1 9.4 9.5
Milo Perez Illiana Christian 17:43 19.8 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.3 3.0 4.9 6.8 8.3 8.3 9.2 8.8
Carter Wulitich Lowell 17:44 20.2 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.4 2.4 4.4 5.6 7.6 7.3 9.1 9.2
Eli Tyrpin Lake Central 17:44 20.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.4 2.4 3.7 5.5 6.5 7.6 8.5 9.5
Ethan Gonzales Lake Central 17:48 21.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.2 2.4 3.2 4.6 5.8 6.8 7.6
William Kala Lowell 17:50 22.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.8 2.9 3.6 5.4 6.4 6.6
Caleb Kotynski Crown Point 17:50 22.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3 2.4 3.7 4.9 6.5 7.1
Grant Zuzich Hanover Central 17:58 25.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.8 3.2
Trevor MacFarlane Lake Central 17:59 26.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.5 2.4
Keegan McGee Munster 18:04 27.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.9 1.2
Alan Kuzmar Illiana Christian 18:09 29.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7
Caleb Cornett Hanover Central 18:13 30.7 0.1 0.1 0.1
Gabe Goral Griffith 18:15 31.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Vincenzo Pomilia Lake Central 18:18 32.5 0.1
Robert Covarrubia Munster 18:18 32.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Noah Cunningham Munster 18:20 33.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
David Martinez Bishop Noll 18:21 33.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Patrick Grady Lake Central 18:25 35.5
Beau Bliss Munster 18:27 36.1 0.0
Josue Ahmad Highland 18:28 36.6
Chris Epting Hanover Central 18:31 37.5
Thomas Burns Munster 18:37 39.8
Shann Kankarla Munster 18:41 41.3
Nathan Sandberg Hanover Central 18:42 41.7
Nathaniel Sinclair Munster 18:43 41.7
Max Van Laten Illiana Christian 18:45 42.4
Phoenix Voukidis Lowell 18:49 43.3