Lakewood Park XC & Track

Now that the official results have come out, we can confirm a 5th school record today at Hamilton!! Congratulations to Avery Brandenberger on setting a new program best in the girls 200M!! The sophomore now holds both the 100M and 200M school records! Amazing job, Avery!! 🥇

Video of LPCS senior Hayden Korte clearing 6’11” today at the Hamilton Marine Invite, setting a new school record! #1 in Indiana so far this outdoor season!!

What a day for the Panthers at the Hamilton Marine Invite today! Everyone did amazing and we had 4 new school records today!! Congratulations to Hayden Korte, Danica Kessel, and the boys 4x800 team on setting new bars for our program!! 🥇

🏁 SIGNING DAY 🏁 Congratulations to senior Grant Finkle on signing to continue his running journey at the next level! He will run cross country at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago! We are proud of you, Finkle, and can’t wait to see what your future holds! #AlwaysAPanther

You aren’t seeing double, that’s just Hayden Korte on top of the indoor State podium, AGAIN!! This time Hayden won the high jump with a jump of 6’ 6” Double State Champion!!! 🏆 🏆

Congratulations to our girls relay team of Luca Bontrager, Ava Dowd, Carigan Treesh, and Avery Brandenberger on, not one, but TWO top 20 finishes today at indoor States in Indy!! Way to go, girls!! 🥳

Congratulations to the Panther boys Distance Medley Relay team of Kellen Warner, Jemar Kibe, Caleb VandeVelde, and Zander Ritenour on finishing as the State runner up at the indoor State Championship (Small School Division) today! Great job by all 4 runners!!

Congratulations to LPCS senior Hayden Korte on winning the indoor State Championship in the boys long jump today in Indianapolis with an incredible jump of 23’ 5.25”!! S T A T E C H A M P I O N 🏆

Huge congratulations to fellow Northeast Indiana runner Noah Bontrager on running sub 4:00 at New Balance Indoor Nationals today!! National Champion and first high schooler in the country under 4:00 this year! Amazing!!! 😳

What a great experience at New Balance Indoor Nationals in Boston. Congratulations to junior Zander Ritenour on finishing 24th out of over 150 nationally ranked racers in the 2 mile! #NBNI #NewBalanceNationals #GoPanthers #RunZanderRun

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We are BEYOND proud of LPCS track and XC alumni Sophia Haslett who was part of the NAIA National Championship 4x800 team as a Freshman this weekend in Gainesville, FL. We knew you were destined for great things!! #NationalChamps #AO1 #AlwaysAPantherToUs

Congratulations to Zander Ritenour and Hayden Korte. They have both hit the automatic qualifying standard for BOTH of the major indoor national championships (Nike & New Balance) and will have an opportunity to compete against the best of the best in Boston or NYC this spring. 💥

This group of guys was 100% for new PRs today! 🏆 Everybody ran a new personal best at Grand Valley State. 💥 Jake Dulin, Zander Ritenour and Greer Exford - 3200M Grant Finkle - 800M Boys Distance Medley Relay - Kellen Warner, Jemar Kibe, Caleb VandeVelde and Zander Ritenour

Top 4 finish for Zander in a STACKED elite race! Top Indiana finisher with a new PR of 9:06.93. Gazelle Elite 3200 at Grand Valley State University

3 of Northern Indiana’s top distance runners are ready to rev it up at the Gazelle Elite 3200 at Grand Valley State University. Baylor Miller - Northridge Jackson Gackenheimer - Warsaw Zander Ritenour - Lakewood Park Christian

Today was the official signing day for LPCS senior Isaac Thurber!! Congrats to Isaac on his commitment to run at the next level for Huntington University! Awesome to have his new coach and a couple of his new Forester teammates join us at the signing! Congratulations, Isaac!

Huge thank you to @FWRunningClub for inviting our team to their annual awards celebration. Zander Ritenour was chosen as the Outstanding High School Distance Runner, and we were able to meet professional runner and Ft Wayne native Zach Panning & hear his inspirational story!

Another Panther runner is moving on to the next level!! Congratulations to senior Grant Finkle who has committed to run in college at Moody Bible Institute!! @archerscrosscountry We are so excited for you, Finkle! #collegerunner #alwaysapanther #hardworkpaysoff

Congratulations to senior Isaac Thurber on committing to run at Huntington University next fall! We love when our athletes make the choice to continue running!! Congrats, Isaac! We are excited to watch your running journey continue at the next level!