FRANKLIN – Warsaw had much to be excited about following the Franklin Central Showcases for boys and girls track.

The Warsaw Lady Tigers sent four individuals for the one-mile race and a 4×800 relay, and three Tiger boys ran in the distance showcase.

The mile girls ran some of the top times in Warsaw track history, led by Mia Beckham’s 5:10.90, which was a personal best and fifth-best time in school history. To show the depth of the competition at Franklin, Beckham placed 16th overall. Allison Miller went 5:20.17 to place 31st, Hannah Dawson timed 5:22.45 for 38th and Claire Kehler ran a 5:35.20. All of those times were personal bests for the runners and Miller and Dawson set the eighth and ninth-best times in school history with their efforts.

Katherine Free of Indianapolis Cathedral won with a time of 5:01.78.

In the relay, Lauren Orr, Charlene Orr, Dayton Groninger and Brooke Rhodes placed eighth overall with a 9:56.81. LaPorte won the event with a blistering 9:33.81.

In the Miracle Mile races for the boys, Owen Glogovsky had a fine showing in his 4:22.80 time, which was 18th overall and a personal best for the event. Cross country star Ben Veatch of Carmel continued his torrid pacesetting on the track, winning at 4:10.34.

Tigers Zeb Hernandez and Will Robison each ran in the freshman mile, with Hernandez timing a personal best 4:44.54 and 18th place overall while Robison was 21st with his time of 5:14.42. Cole Hocker of Cathedral won the freshman race with a time of 4:28.07.