With a plethora of lifetime bests, the 'Hounds finished second to host #4 Brownsburg at the Brownsburg Invite by a score of 51-68. Freshman Jonah Kaul took 27 seconds off his fastest time, running 16:05 for tenth in just his second ever 5000 meter race. In a repeat of last week's race, Kaul was followed quickly by senior teammate Joel Spittal in 16:07, also a lifetime best. Sophomore Carter Buhr and senior Max Meisner each ran 16:14 for 14th and 16th with sophomore Deklin Bowser ending the scoring in 17th place in 16:17 for his best time ever. Junior Josh Cale (16:25), junior Eli Gomez (16:43), senior Joey Arroyo (17:02) and senior Julien Gourgue (17:10) added to the list of Carmel runners recording career best performances in the varsity race. The 'Hounds also finished second in the JV to a deep Brownsburg team, 21-36. Freshman Lucas Bartlett led the way in fourth place at 17:42 followed by sophomore Isaac Perrin in fifth (17:54) and freshman Ben Meisner in sixth (17:59) as the temperatures rose later in the day. Next up for the 'Hounds is the highly competitive Eagle Classic at Brown County in a field that could include many individual state championship hopefuls as well as a multitude of teams ranked in the top 25.