Penn High School Cross Country: Kingsmen Boys win Regional, Kingsmen Girls place second
Penn’s Cross Country teams had powerful showings at New Prairie with a Boys’ first-place finish and a Girls’ second-place finish on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026.
Penn claimed a momentous victory in the Boys meet with a 75-point win. The Kingsmen won their first Regional title since 2019 and first ‘Super Regional’ title since the end of the semi-state era. The Penn Boys were followed by Northridge with 91 points and Crown Point with 148.
Brody Lederer led the Kingsmen with a 14th-place finish, followed by an impressive showing of Nate Hannah in 16th, Jacob Sullivan in 17th, Ethan Schafer in 18th, Michael Wassner in 17th, Kingson Pumel in 31st, and Abhijay Masetty in 36th.
The Kingsmen pack boasted a relatively tight spread of 10 seconds among the top five scoring runners and an average time of 16:22. Penn’s victory qualified the team for state.
The Penn Girls team also threw down and qualified for state with a second-place team finish, only behind Crown Point. Crown Point finished with a team score of 40, Penn with 119, and Munster with 127, rounding out the top three. The top five teams qualify for state.
The Kingsmen Girls were led by Shreya Nayee in 3rd, with Lila Van Hoveln in 6th, Calihan Lederer in 25th, Riley Holland in 48th, Erica Ramirez in 53rd, Sami Pentelow in 72nd, and Sophia Perez in 75th. They had an average scoring time of 19:18.
Both teams will finish their season at the state meet on Saturday, Oct. 31, in Terre Haute.