New Palestine High School

The New Palestine cross country teams swept the field Saturday at the Dragon Invitational, their final regular-season meet and the lone home meet of the year for the Dragons. The Dragons boys swept the event - tallying a perfect score of 15 places and taking the top seven spots in the race. They defeated Martinsville (60), Beech Grove (77) and Greenwood (89). Three other teams competed and brought incomplete teams. Mike Bauer won the individual title in 15:50.84. Following him were Carson Cooper (17:07.65), Gabe Silvey (17:11.29), Cody Lowe (17:44.79) and Micah Jones (17:44.99). Hayden Flanagan and Zaven Rodriguez finished sixth and seventh and, by being ahead of each other team's top runner, pushed up their scores. The Dragons girls also had a solid day, sweeping the top three spots to win their fifth straight meet. They tallied 18 places to beat Greenwood (48) and Martinsville (70), as well as three incomplete teams. Hailey Pardieck was the individual champion, winning with a time of 18:49.74. Elena Daugherty was second (19:46.97) and Brynn Richey third (20:49.86). Gwen Melby was fifth (21:08.33) and Bre Journay seventh (21:20.99). The Dragons next compete Oct. 17 at the Mt. Vernon sectional.