Cade Orchard finished first for Delta during the cross country sectional at the Sportsplex in Muncie on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015.
Delta sophomore Cade Orchard was the lone East Central Indiana runner who participated in the IHSAA state cross country finals Saturday at Wabash Valley Sports Center Terre Haute. Orchard closed out his season with a 169th-place finish and a time of 17 minutes, 17.6 seconds at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.
Orchard’s Saturday finish was slightly slower than his time at semistate of 16:31.84, which earned him the last individual qualifying spot for state. He also earned won the sectional crown earlier in October.
Carmel (115 points) took first place as a team with Ben Veatch snagging the individual title, running a time of 14:59.8 for his second consecutive championship. Carmel also finished first as a team in the girls’ state finals with 70 points, its sixth consecutive state championship. The Greyhounds’ Sarah Leinheiser was the individual winner with a time of 17:30.8. It was the first time runners from the same school swept the individual races. Fishers (158) was second in the boys race, followed by Westfield (218). In the girls race, Fort Wayne Carroll (158) was second and Columbus North (170) third.
Veatch, an Indiana University commit, was also recognized as the Mental Attitude Award winner.