The REPORTER
The three Hamilton County Unified track and field teams that competed at their respective regionals last Saturday are all headed to state.
Fishers won the Edgewood regional, marking the first-ever Unified regional championship for the Tigers. Fishers scored 125 points and had several section and flight wins in the various events.
The Tigers got two victories from Akeem Schooley in the 100 dash and long jump, with Jarrett Puma winning another 100 dash section. Brock Hunsaker won during the 400 dash, Stephen Krokos got another long jump victory and Bennett Gorak was a shot put winner.
Noblesville placed fourth at Edgewood by scoring 105 points. The top six teams at the regional advance to Saturday’s state meet at Indiana University, so the defending state champion Millers qualified for state for a record seventh time. Fishers advanced to state for the fifth time.
Noblesville’s section winners included the 4×100 relay team of Mo Ashour, Aiden Brewer, Luke Davis and Jacob Dean, Barrett Zoeller in the 100 dash, Arden Snyder in the 400 dash and Abby Gibbons in the shot put.
Up at Kokomo, Westfield finished second in that regional, qualifying the Shamrocks to state for the third consecutive year. Westfield section and flight winners were Carson Faulconer in the 100 dash and Jack Dietz in the 100 dash.
AT KOKOMO
Team scores: Elkhart 136, Westfield 110, Valparaiso 109, Hobart 96, McCutcheon 95, Homestead 88, Penn 86, NorthWood 82, DeKalb 74, Griffith 74, Columbia City 63, Lafayette Jefferson 62.
Girls 4×100 relay – Section 1: 2. Westfield (Emma Kate Greer, Taylor King, Reagan Lorenzen, Stella Seymour) 59.86.
Boys 4×100 relay – Section 1: 3. Westfield (Gavin Dietz, Will Holmes, Gunnar Wegg, Brandon Price) 49.58.
Mixed 100 dash – Section 1: 1. Carson Faulconer 11.76. Section 2: 5. Alex Lardio 13.76. Section 3: 3. Kenzie Cason 16.32, 8. Dillan Cabrera-Pacheco 29.03.
Mixed 400 dash – Section 2: 1. Jack Dietz 1:00.69, 6. Kylene Kubik 1:09.17. Section 7: 7. Jake Hogle 1:25.80. Section 6: 1. Brady Sterchi 1:29.43.
Mixed long jump – Flight 1: 2. Gunnar Wegg 18-10.5. Flight 3: 6. Kyla Deckard 13-1.5. Flight 5: 2. Keagan Cheesman 9-10. Flight 6: 2. Cabrera-Pacheco 7-6.5.
Mixed shot put – Flight 1: 2. G. Dietz 48-5.75. Flight 2: 4. Shawn Landrum 34-11.5. Flight 3: 3. Harrison Gilbert 30-0.5. Flight 5: 5. Elijah Hurd 21-5.
AT EDGEWOOD
Team scores: Fishers 125, Pendleton Heights 108, Bloomington North 108, Noblesville 105, Bloomington South 100, Indian Creek 98, Franklin County 89, Brownsburg 76, Mooresville 68, Seymour 68, Franklin Community 62, Vincennes Lincoln 38.
Girls 4×100 relay – Section 1: 2. Fishers (Emerson Gorak, Mira Warnick, Crysta Coble, Addison Gorak) 1:01.31, 3. Noblesville (Hannah Dugan, Josie Williams, Aubrey Griffin, Ava Mattingly) 1:03.07.
Boys 4×100 relay – Section 1: 1. Noblesville (Mo Ashour, Aiden Brewer, Luke Davis, Jacob Dean) 47.75, 3. Fishers (Stephen Krokos, Thierry Ndongo, Aaron Schooley, Malik Klooz) 49.89.
Mixed 100 dash – Section 1: 1. Akeem Schooley (F) 11.51, 3. Aa. Schooley (F) 11.79, 5. T.J. Davidson (N) 12.40. Section 2: 1. Jarrett Puma (F) 13.11, 3. Talon Nicholson (N) 13.59. Section 5: 1. Barrett Zoeller (N) 18.57, 4. Camille Rollins (N) 19.11. Section 6: 6. Ava Driskell (F) 24.24.
Mixed 400 dash – Section 1: 1. Brock Hunsaker (F) 53.08, 2. Brewer (N) 56.66, 5. Cooper Babcock (F) 1:02.52. Section 2: 3. Lou Strycker (F) 1:09.90, 5. Addison Taylor (N) 1:11.20. Section 5: 5. Robert Barrett (F) 1:27.62, 6. Ashour (N) 1:27.67. Section 6: 1. Arden Snyder (N) 1:37.16.
Mixed long jump – Flight 1: 1. Ak. Schooley (F) 19-9.5. Flight 2: 3. Avery Lake (F) 13-7.75. Flight 3: 1. Lily Ault (N) 13-3.5, 2. Carter Schmidt (F) 12-6. Flight 4: 1. Krokos (F) 10-4. Flight 5: 4. Rollins (N) 7-11.5, 5. Ryan Grigsby (N) 7-10.25.
Mixed shot put – Flight 1: 1. Bennett Gorak (F) 47-7, 3. Ethan Bolinger (F) 42-10.25. Flight 2: 7. Caleb Short (F) 26-3.75, 8. David Lesko (N) 26-1.5. Flight 3: 6. Samantha Davidson (N) 23-9.5. Flight 4: 1. Abby Gibbons (N) 23-8.75, 3. Klooz (F) 22-3.25. Flight 6: 4. Arshaan Gill (N) 12-9.25.