The Manchester men’s cross country program won the 2023 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships Saturday at the Blue River Memorial Cross Country Venue in Shelbyville.
The title was the fourth HCAC title for the men’s cross country program in the last 10 years and a combined 18 HCAC championships for Manchester cross country under head coach Brian Cashdollar.
Manchester’s Enrique Salazar took home HCAC Runner of the Year honors for the second time in his career after finishing the 8-kilometer course in 25 minutes, 31 seconds.
Shelbyville graduate Michael Fox finished 24th overall for Manchester in 27:23. He was the fifth Manchester runner to cross the finish line.
Rose-Hulman finished runner-up in the team standings to Manchester, 44-51.
Shelbyville graduate Beau Kenkel finished 98th overall for Rose-Hulman in 30:48.
Franklin College finished third in the team standings. Shelbyville graduate Tristin Maloney crossed the finish line in 32:28 to place 117th overall in the individual standings.
Here is a look at other Shelby County graduates competing at the collegiate level.
Tenleigh Phelps
The Triton Central graduate scored a game-high 25 points and added four rebounds, two assists and two steals Saturday to lead IU South Bend to an 80-40 win over IU Kokomo in the season opener for both programs.
Phelps, a Youngstown State transfer, was making her IU South Bend debut.
Lizzie Graham
The Triton Central graduate played nine minutes in her collegiate debut for IU South Bend in an 80-40 victory. Graham was 0-for-3 from the field in limited minutes.
Drew Hassebroek, Al Hernandez, Christian Haas
The IUPUC men’s soccer program suffered a 2-0 loss Saturday at Point Park that closed out the regular-season schedule for the inaugural Crimson Pride program.
IUPUC, however, did qualify for the River State Conference postseason tournament with an 8-8-1 record (3-6-1 RSC). The Crimson Pride, the No. 8 seed in the tournament, will play Saturday at top-seed West Virginia Tech (11-4-2), who defeated IUPUC 2-0 on Sept. 23.
At Point Park, Hassebroek, a Shelbyville graduate, played 74 minutes. Hernandez, also a Shelbyville graduate, played 25 minutes and was credited with two shots.
On Wednesday, IUPUC defeated Eureka College, 3-1. Hassebroek played 66 minutes and had two shots on goal. Hernandez played all 90 minutes and Haas, a Shelbyville graduate, logged 54 minutes in the win.
Sophie Parker
The Shelbyville graduate played 90 minutes as a starting midfielder for the IUPUC women’s soccer program Saturday in a 15-0 loss at Point Park that ended the Crimson Pride’s inaugural season.
IUPUC finished 2-12 overall and 1-9 against RSC opponents.
Parker logged 80 minutes Thursday in IUPUC’s 6-0 loss to IU Kokomo.
Eddie Carrizalez
The Shelbyville graduate played 36 minutes Saturday in IU East’s 2-1 loss at Midway that dropped the Red Wolves to 5-12-1 this season.
On Thursday, Carrizalez played 35 minutes in a 3-0 loss at Oakland City.
Rachel Dewey
The Triton Central graduate played 61 minutes as Western Kentucky’s starting midfielder Friday in a 1-0 loss to New Mexico State.
The Hilltoppers dropped to 6-4-7 overall and 4-2-2 in Conference USA contests.
Asher Caldwell
The Morristown graduate finished 26th overall for Trine University’s men’s golf program in the Region V Preview Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 at Warren Golf Course on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Caldwell shot rounds of 82 and 75 for a two-day total of 157.
Trine finished third in the 16-team field with rounds of 312 and 299. The second-day score was the second lowest of the final round.
Hayden Kermode
The Triton Central graduate finished with six tackles, including two for losses, and a quarterback sack Saturday for Franklin College in a 55-0 loss at Mount St. Joseph.
Franklin dropped to 3-5 this season and 3-2 against HCAC foes.
Dylan Wasson
The Triton Central graduate was credited with two tackles, including one for a loss, Saturday in Olivet Nazarene’s 35-7 win at St. Francis (Ill.) in Joliet, Illinois.
ONU improved to 5-3 this season.
Kenneth Gipson
The Triton Central graduate was part of Rose-Hulman’s starting offensive line Saturday in a 44-39 win over Hanover. The line helped quarterback Miguel Robertson throw for 248 yards and three touchdowns and running back Grant Ripperda amass 114 yards rushing and two TDs.
Rose-Hulman improved to 6-2 overall and 5-0 in the HCAC standings.
Shelby Lasure
The Shelbyville graduate had three kills, two service aces and five digs for Anderson Wednesday in a 25-21, 25-23, 25-18 win at Defiance.
On Saturday, No. 16 Transylvania defeated Anderson, 25-13, 25-15, 25-12. Lasure finished with one kill and one dig.
The Ravens are 12-12 (4-3 HCAC) this season.
Julia Sanders
The Triton Central graduate had one ace and three digs Saturday in No. 14 IU Kokomo’s 25-14, 25-11, 25-12 win over Brescia University in the final regular-season home match for the Cougars (26-3, 16-0 RSC).
On Friday, IU Kokomo swept Oakland City, 25-15, 25-16, 25-15. Sanderson had two assists and 11 digs.
Maggie Schweitzer
The Triton Central graduate finished with two kills, 23 assists and two digs Saturday in Hanover’s 25-14, 25-23, 25-18 victory at Rose-Hulman.
On Wednesday, Hanover lost to No. 15 Mount St. Joseph, 25-20, 25-20, 14-25, 25-15. Schweitzer had one kill, 16 assists, three aces and 12 digs.
Hanover is 18-7 (5-2 HCAC).
Brooklyn Schiffli
The Triton Central graduate has two assists and 14 digs Saturday in Jacksonville State’s 25-14, 26-24, 20-25, 23-25, 15-5 loss at Florida International University.
On Friday in Miami, FIU defeated Jacksonville State, 23-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-14. Schiffli had two assists and eight digs.
Jacksonville State is 5-17 (3-0 C-USA).
Get the most recent Shelby County Post headlines delivered to your email. Go to shelbycountypost.com and click on the free daily email signup link at the top of the page.
