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2026 Mental Attitude Award
Congratulations to Macey Thompson of Lake Central & Zander Ritenour of Lakewood Park Christian, our Mental Attitude Award recipients during the 2026 Cross Country State Finals!
Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, and a special thank you to INFB Agent Gene Hall (Bloomfield) who helped present our Mental Attitude Awards!
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Indiana has no class system in cross country. ๐
But if we didโฆ
The LPCS boys team would be ranked #2 in the state in 1A and our girls team would be #6!
Both Zander Ritenour and Jaden Zeigler would be ranked individually in the top 40 among 1A boys.
#itstimeforclassXCinIN
๐ 2026 Season Awards! ๐
This Tuesday, we celebrated another successful season of Panther XC and handed out our season awards.
Congratulations to all of our Award Winners.
#GoPanthers
๐ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ๐
Congrats to our three Panther runners that were chosen as Academic All-State athletes this fall!!
Senior Kellen Warner and junior Naomi Esslinger were selected as First Team Academic All-State and senior Zander Ritenour received Honorable Mention. ๐๐ผ
๐ FASTEST IN THE REGION! ๐
Congratulations to LPCS senior Zander Ritenour on his Regional Cross Country championship this weekend at Manchester! He is the first Panther XC runner to win a Regional in school history. He aims for the big prize next Saturday in Terre Haute.
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Congratulations to our boys team for qualifying for Regionals for the 3rd year in a row!! ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Led by individual Sectional champion senior Zander Ritenour, the Panthers finished 4th out of 15 teams to advance to next weekโs Regional race at Manchester. Way to go, Panthers!
๐ฃ HISTORY MADE! ๐ฃ
Congratulations to our girls team, who today became the first Lakewood Park girls XC team in program history to advance out of Sectionals!!! ๐ ๐
By finishing 5th today, the Panther girls earned the right to lace them up next Saturday at Manchester!
Congratulations to freshman Alayna Ledgerwood on becoming the fastest freshman girl in Lakewood Park history on Saturday at Nike Twilight! An incredible accomplishment and just the beginningโฆ the future is bright ๐
#GoPanthers
The Panthers will be back on the course tomorrow at the New Haven Classic at Huntington University!
Girls race at 10:20am
Boys race at 10:50am
#LakewoodParkXC #BlackAndBlueDistanceCrew #GoPanthers
Panther XC was ๐ฅ tonight!
In the inaugural DeKalb County XC Championships, both the girls and boys teams brought home the championship trophies!! Hard work pays off!
Way to go, Panthers!!
#LakewoodParkXC #DekalbCountyChamps #GoPanthers
๐ BOYS CHAMPIONS! ๐พ
What a day at the 56th Annual West Noble Invite โ the crew showed up with heart, grit, and unity, and walked away with the championship.
Strength. Discipline. FAMILY.
#LakewoodParkXC #PantherPride #WestNobleInvite #Champions
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๐ Congrats to LPCS sophomore, Noelle Garmenn, who is this weeks HS athlete of the week! Noelle is a member of the HS girls cross country team. Also pictured is Maleah Leitner, our LPCS athletics assistant.
#GoPanthers
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๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐พ
We are proud to recognize Lakewood XC alumni who are running at the collegiate level this fall!
Best of luck this season. The entire Panther family is cheering you on!
#PanthersAtTheNextLevel #LakewoodParkXC #PantherPride
No plans for dinner tonight?? Join us at Chipotle in Auburn for the cross country team fundraiser!!
๐๏ธ Monday, Sept. 14th
๐ฐ๏ธ 4-8 pm
๐ฐ 25% of Event Sales get donated to our team
Use code HVJBXYT for online orders or show this flyer in store
Wildcat Classic at Indiana Wesleyan tomorrow!!
๐ IWU Cross Country Course, Marion
๐๏ธSaturday, September 12th
#GoPanthers
Due to the tragic passing of a Lakewood student last night, the County Championship will not take place this evening. The hope is to be able to reschedule the meet for a later date.
Please be in prayer for the Lakewood community as we navigate through this very difficult time.๐๐ผ
TOMORROW IS THE DAY! ๐ฅ
We are excited to compete in the very first Dekalb County Cross Country Championship tomorrow at the Dekalb cross country course.
Come out and support your Panthers as they run for county supremacy! ๐๏ธ
Girls Race 5:30
Boys Race 6:15
#GoPanthers
Congratulations to our boys team on winning the Baron Classic at Dekalb with all 7 varsity boys finishing in the Top 32 places in a 13 team race!!
Also, congratulations to senior Lucy Navrotsky who finished 20th in the girls race with a new PR!
#GoPanthers
