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The Millers advance to the semi state for the first time in the current senior careers with a 4th place finish. Fishers and Carmel had an epic dual for the title with Fishers edging Carmel 35-38. Lawrence North 124, Noblesville 130, and Zionsville 138 were the other qualifiers. Drew Shields of Fishers and Zach Gates continued their epic battle from the sectional with only 1.9 seconds separating the two, as Shields crossed the line first. The Millers got out strong, held on in the middle and finished with some heart to advance. Colin Dunlap earned all-regional honors in 12th place with a 16:09. Other scorers: Cody Marowski 25th, Scott Sorensen 30th, Blake Dircksen 31st and Colin Ginebaugh 32nd.
The boys squeaked thru to the regional today to finish 4th. We ran ugly! Blake Dircksen bounced back to the number one position leading the Millers with a 12th place finish and 16:16, Colin Dunlap followed closely in 14th place in 16:22. Other Miller finishers: Becker 23rd, Sorensen 31st, Marowski 34th, Ginebaugh 39th and Waterman 51st. Fishers ended Carmel's forever reign on the Sectional title with 35 points, although Carmel kept it close with 43 points. Zionsville ran away from the Millers by 14 points, 100 to 114, with HSE close behind in 119. Westfield, a team to watch for next year, ended their season in the 6th spot with 126 points.
Wow, what a meet! #1 Fishers (1st 31 pts.), #4 McCutcheon (2nd 68 pts.), #8 Noblesville (3rd 96 pts.), # 16 HSE (5th 128 pts.) and # 22 Westfield (4th 122 pts.). Dylan Sorensen (Zionsville) and Zach Gates (HSE) battled the last 800 together with Sorensen outkicking Gates by one second to win in 15:37. Colin Dunlap again lead the Millers with an excellent 7th place finish in 16:02. Cody Morowski improved his best time to 16:15 to finish 13th. The top 6 runners all finished under 16:00 with 14 guys under 16:15..
Another new meet, and new course in Fort Wayne at the Fort Wayne Semi State course on the IPFW campus, the Plex. A strong competitive field of 23 teams in the Purple or large school division was our competition today. The Millers eeked out a narrow victory over #7 Carroll of Fort Wayne 85-86. Leading the Millers again was Colin Dunlap with his 6th place finish and second consecutive time under 16:00 with a 15:59. A strong team performance with our other four scorers finishing within 15 seconds of each other enabled the Millers to catch Carroll down the long 300 meter stretch to the finish. Dircksen 16:30, Becker 16:39, Marowski, 16:40, Ginnebaugh 16:45.
No scores were kept in the Reserve race. However, James Willman and Christian Bowers led the Millers to the finish line in 5th and 7th respectiviely (17:33 and 17:37). They were followed closely by Patrick Lichtenberger 17:53, Richie Sellers 17:57, with Conner Feeney rounding out our top 5 at 18:16.:
A new meet this year combining the Franklin Central Invite and the CandyBar Invite, hosted at Northview Christian Church. The Millers placed 4th, behind Fishers 60, Franklin Central 103, Center Grove 104 with 112 points. It was cool 58 degrees at race time. The course is challenging but it was fim and "Indy Speedway" fast. Colin Dunlap became the second Miller to break 16:00 this year with an 8th place finish in 15:58. Blake follwed in 16:10. Cody Marowski at 16:30, Aaron Becker in 16:41, and Jake Waterman ran 17:10 to score in 5th place.
The Millers win the Maconaquah Invite for the first time!
Blake Dircksen led the Millers with a first place finish our running Caleb Pack of Warren Central in the last 1K with a winning time of 16:30 of a soft, soggy course. Colin Dunlap sprinted to a 3rd place finish, followed closely by Cody Marowski in 6th, Aaron Becker in 7th and Collin Ginnebaugh in 9th. Scott Sorensen placed 16th, and Ryan Ferguson 32nd.
The Reserve team lost a close race to Warren Central on the 6th man scoring position. Christian Bowers led the Millers with a 2nd place finish, followed by James Willman in 3rd, Jake Waterman 7th, Mike Greiner 9th and Patrick Lichtenberger 13th. Rounding out the top seven were: Richie Sellers in 14th and Conner Feeney 16th.
Your Miller boys CC team won the 20 team Marion Invite by the
slimmest of
margins on Saturday, defeating #11 Dekalb 51-52. Leading the Millers and
winning his first major meet title Blake Dircksen set a personal record in
touring the course in 15:48. Colin Dunlap came into the chute shortly
thereafter in 4th, followed by Cody Morowski, 8th, Scott Sorensen, 11th,
freshmen Collin Ginebaugh, placed 27th to round out the scoring. Place kickers
were Aaron Becker in 33rd and Jake Waterman in 50th position.
The Jv team ran a strong race with several top finishers. Leading the Millers
were Freshmen: Ryan Ferguson 2nd, Freshmen Christian Bowers in 4th, Sophomores
James Willman 5th, Patrick Lichtenberger 8th, Nathan Brown 9th, Junior Jesse
Geisler 10th, Soph Mike Greiner 11th, Freshmen Richie Sellers 12th and Conner
Feeney 13th. Senior Pete Sackers rounded out the top 20 in 18th position.
The Millers ran to a stong 3rd place behind #1 ranked Fishers 24 pts, and Carmel 62 pts.with a score of 74 points. Leading the Millers once again was Blake Dircksen, who battled the great Fishers duo of Drew Shields 16:08 and Cale Allen 16:09 to Blake's 16:12. It was a battle all down the final straight with the Tigers out sprinting the Miller Man. Colin Dunlap, finished strong to earn all-county honors in 10th place. Amazingly, all runners competed valliantly in the miserable conditions of 90+ degrees even with a 7:10 pm race start for the varsity runners.
Scott Sorensen, Aaron Becker and Cody Marowski rounded out the scoring as Colin Ginebaugh and Jake Waterman completed the varsity run.
Leading the Millers in the Reserve race were: Christian Bowers 10th, James Willman 14th, Jesse Gesiler 19, Mike Greiner 28, Russ Goodwin 29th as the Millers again placed 3rd, behind Carmel and Fishers.
Black and Gold Hokum Karem 8/25/07
On a dreary, and rainy day (varsity race) the Millers competed well and closed the gap on team champion Franklin Communitym by placing 2nd in the 11 team AA division race a mere 25 seconds behind. The duo of Dircksen and Dunlap raced to a 3rd place finish, followed closely by Becker and Marowski in 6th, with Ginebaugh and Soresen placing 14th. Christian Bowers and Ryan Ferguson placed 29th, and Russ Goodwin and Pete Sackers ended 42nd. The times were certainly a reflection of the wet, soggy course as a Friday night storm 1/2" added to the previous early week 3 1/2" of rain to the course. When the rain began lightly it was not much of an issue, but as the varsity race progressed the intensity of the rain became a noticeable factor, as runners slipped-slopped to the finish.
Jake Waterman won the JV 3k+ race with a time of 10:40, followed by Pat Lichtenberger, James Willman,Jessie Geisler, Richie Sellers, Mike Greiner, and Chris Cange rounding out the top 7 scorers.
A terribly hot and muggy day greeted the runners for their first 5k of the season. Amazingly all Millers finished their respective races without heat illnesses. The Millers placed a strong 3rd in a very talented field following Franklin Community 44 pts., Carmel 62, Noblesville 135. Blake Dirksen placed 9th to lead the Millers followed by Colin Dunlap 21st, Aaron Becker 24th, Scott Sorensen 39th, Colin Ginebaugh 42nd, Cody Morowski 66th, and Ryan Ferguson 70th.
Christian Bowers led the Miller JV with a 12th place finish, Russ Goodwin 19th, Pete Sackers 24th,James Willman 25th, and Nathan Brown 30th.
Plainfield Hokum Karem 8/18/07
Opening day arrived with a cool easterly breeze and temperatures in the mid 60's, only in Indiana! The Millers gave state power Franklin Community a good run thru two legs of the Hokum before settling in to a solid 2nd place team position. Dircksen and Dunlap led the Millers with an overall 3rd place position. Marowski and Becker ended 8th, while Ginebaugh and Sorensen placed 16th. The freshmen team of Bowers and Ferguson placed 33rd, while Greiner and Geisler ended 44th.
The long gold line in the Reserve 2 mile was quite impressive as Jake Waterman, Pat Lichtenberger and Richie Sellers sprinted in to cross the finish line with times of 11:04, 11:05, and 11:06.
Alumni Race 8/11/07 Photos of Meet
Seventy-two runners competed in the annual Alumni Handicap 4K race. Blake Dircksen led the Millers with an outstanding effort of 13:03. Four other Millers ran under 14:00 with 19 guys under 6:20 pace. The Millers are back to our 1990's competive level. "Time" will tell if we can compete at the level necessary to achieve our goals.
