Greensburg Community High School

The Greensburg boys cross country team finished third and the girls cross country team finished fourth in Saturday's Rick Weinheimer Classic hosted by Columbus North on Saturday at CERAland. Over 40 other teams converged on Columbus to race in the A (under 1000 students) and AA (over 1000 students) divisions. In the A race, Oak Hill’s Owen Jackson won in 16:00, leading the Eagles to the team title. Greensburg boys’ team finished third out of over 20 schools in the A Division. The Pirates had three medalists over the weekend. Senior TJ Gorman paced the Pirates running a personal best time of 16:14.8 to place sixth overall. Gorman's time was the 11th fastest time in school history. Joe Hawkins also registered a personal best Saturday morning. He crossed the finish line seventh in 16:22.5, the 15th fastest time in school history. Jake Hawkins broke the 17-minute barrier for the first time in 2023. He placed 16th in 16:59.5. The next finisher for Greensburg was senior Cameron Schwartz. Schwartz placed 35th in a season-best time of 18:15.0. Dante Hess continued his improvement taking 50th place in 18:46.7, his fastest time ever for 5 km. Freshman Quinton Walker was 56th in 19:02.4 while teammate Zack Blodgett ran 19:11.4, his best time of 2023, for 64th place. In the girls’ competition, Tell City won the A Division while the Lady Pirates took fourth in the team standings. Freshman Alaina Bedel finished 13th in 21:19.7. Junior Tori Gauck had her best race of the season and broke 23:00 for the first time in 2023. She placed 30th in 22:47.3. Hannah Crowell was 35th in 23:10.5, and Tiffani Gramman placed 44th in 23:29.0. The next two finishers for Greensburg were Ally Foster (48th) in 23:39.2 and Brooke Welsh (92nd) in a personal best of 26:53.9. The Pirates Cross-Country teams return to action this weekend when they travel to Brown County for the Eagle Classic.