{
  "id": 11757470,
  "title": "Penn, Northridge sweep NIC, NLC boys and girls cross country championships",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/penn-northridge-sweep-nic-nlc-boys-and-girls-cross-country",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T19:53:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/penn-northridge-sweep-nic-nlc-195300471.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Penn and Northridge swept the NIC and NLC boys and girls cross country championships on Saturday, October 3rd at Ox Bow Park.\n\nIn the NIC girls race, Kingsmen senior Lila Van Hoveln secured first place with a time of 18:15.38. Van Hoveln's strong performance helped her team achieve a perfect score of 15, securing a historic sweep of the top five places. Penn's Sami Pentelow finished fifth, just three seconds behind sixth place New Prairie junior Janice Felker.\n\nThe boys' NIC championship saw New Prairie's Braden Bachmann win the individual title with a personal best time of 15:47.87. Bachmann's victory marked his third major win of the season, following previous wins at the NIC Stomp and the Class AA New Prairie Invite race.\n\nPenn finished the team competition with a score of 20, while Northridge claimed the NIC championship with a score of 39. Northridge senior Levi Schlegel claimed victory in the boys' NLC championship race, following close behind NLC freshman Andyn McClane in the final stretch. Goshen's Levi Schlegel won the NLC championship race with a time of 15:57.06.",
  "summary": "While Penn and Northridge won each boys and girls NIC and NLC cross country team title, each individual champion represented a different school.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}