New Palestine High School

New Palestine juniors Hailey Pardieck and Mike Bauer both had career days Saturday. Each set a 5K school record and earned a spot in the IHSAA cross country State Finals from Saturday's Franklin regional. Bauer finished 16th in a 245-runner field, running the course at CERA Sports Park in Columbus in 15:41.0. Pardieck finished fourth out of 239 in the girls race, running the course in 17:55.5. Both will run in next Saturday's State Finals at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute. The top five teams and top 15 individuals from a non-advancing team advance from each of the five regional meets. Pardieck led the Dragons girls to an eighth-place finish in a deep 24-team field. Adi Smith was 49th (19:47.7), Elena Daugherty 56th (19:53.8), Gwen Melby 65th (20:01.2) and Bre Journay 74th (20:14.1). The Dragons tallied 216 places. Whiteland was the regional champion (84), beating Guerin Catholic (96), Westfield (106), Hamilton Southeastern (121) and Fishers (125). The Dragons finished ahead of ninth-place Noblesville (244) and 10th-place Greenfield-Central (256). In the boys race, the Dragons were ninth out of 24 teams with 264 places. Noblesville (106) was the regional champion, with Center Grove (110), Westfield (130), Fishers (136) and Franklin Central (143) also advancing. In addition to Bauer's finish, Carson Cooper was 42nd (16:12.8), Gabe Silvey 65th (16:40.4), Cody Lowe 89th (17:04.1) and Micah Jones 93rd (17:06.7).