Manchester senior Rae Bedke was chosen as an Indiana All-Star to compete in the Mid-East Cross Country Championships on Nov. 19. (File photo by Mike Deak)

TERRE HAUTE – Manchester’s super senior Rae Bedke and two key members of Fort Wayne Carroll’s state champion boys cross country team hope to work their magic one more time on Saturday, Nov. 19.

Bedke, who was a state medalist at the 2016 IHSAA Cross Country State Finals in October, had a fantastic season that saw her win titles at the Three Rivers Conference championship and Culver Academy Sectional before taking third at the Culver Academy Regional and 18th at the New Prairie Semi-state. Bedke finished 25th at the state finals with a time of 19:06.

Carter Meyer and Dawson Winters, members of the Carroll squad that upset No. 1-ranked Carmel for this year’s IHSAA boys state championship, have been named to the Indiana All-Star Cross Country Team.

They will compete at the Mid-East Cross Country Championships in Kettering, Ohio, on Saturday, Nov. 19.

Much Like the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star basketball series, the Mid-East meet brings together top high school senior cross country runners from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois for a unique state vs. state competition.

Indiana won both the boys and girls championships a year ago (2015).

The 5,000-meter races will be held at Indian Riffle Park, near Dayton, Ohio, with the girls starting at 11 a.m. (EST) and the boys slated for 11:30 a.m. (EST).

The Indiana girls team features Lake Central’s Sarah Hunsley, who finished fifth at the state finals, as well as Homestead’s Madison Distelrath, who led the Spartans to a third-place finish at the state meet, their best performance ever.

The Hoosier team was selected by the Indiana Association of Track & Cross Country Coaches (IATCCC) after reviewing results of the IHSAA state finals on Oct. 29.

Portage’s Jay White is head coach for the Hoosier teams.

The All-Star Teams are as follows:

2016 INDIANA ALL -STAR CROSS COUNTRY TEAM

BOYS
Bailey McIntire (South Adams)
Noah Steffen (Fort Wayne Concordia)
Aaron Bennett (Westfield)
Hunter Boyer (Lowell)
Carter Meyer (Carroll-Fort Wayne)
Brady Harless (Indianapolis Brebeuf)
Bryon Berg (Michigan City)
Rhys Grealish (Avon)
Dawson Winters (Carroll-Fort Wayne)
Marcus Graham (Perry Central)
Cameron Stephens (Silver Creek)
Parker Jones (Pendleton Heights)

GIRLS
Sarah Hunsley (Lake Central)
Madison Distelrath (Homestead)
Sabrina Bippus (Hamilton Southeastern)
Faith Baer (Pendleton Heights)
Raecee Bedke (Manchester)
Megan Slamkowski (Guerin Catholic)
Rachel Brougher (Columbus North)
Lindsey Marriott (Leo)
Hannah Martin (Fort Wayne Concordia)
Kat Dombroski (Noblesville)
Allison Lampert (Pike)
Kendyll Schulz (Bloomington North)

COACHING STAFF
Head coach: Jay White (Portage)
Asst. coaches: Terry Lakes (Marion), Ricke Stucker (Kokomo), Keith Iddings (Crown Pt.), Melissa Hagerman (Pendleton Heights), Jayson Rigsby (Pike)