The ladies of NPCC tied with the LaPorte Slicers for the 5th place position, but lost the tiebreaker and ended up in 6th. The top 5 teams and 10 individuals from non-advancing teams advance to the Regional meet. Fortunately, the Lady Cougars earned 4 of those 10 individual advancing positions, as noted below.

Freshman Lillian Zelasko placed 6th in 19:44
Senior Juliana Kroll placed 22nd in 20:48
Freshman Audrey Henning placed 28th in 21:13
Freshman Ilayna Baltes placed 30th in 21:16

Juniors Sage Mougin and Brianna Hooton missed an individual advancement by 1 and 2 places, respectively, as the 11th and 12th individuals in the field. Senior Serena Cuevas placed 51st.

Catch the 4 advancing ladies and the boys’ team next weekend at Sunset Hills Farm at the Chesterton Regional.