Boys track and field: Carmel edges HSE in dual meet

By RICHIE HALL
Reporter Sports Editor
The Carmel and Hamilton Southeastern boys track and field teams got together for a dual meet Wednesday night at Carmel Stadium.
The Greyhounds, three-time defending state champions, won the dual 73-59. Despite the cool and occasionally misty conditions, Carmel coach Ken Browner was happy to get his team competing outdoors for the first time this season.
“I thought we had a good day,” said Browner. “We were excited to finally get on the track. We’ve been running indoors for quite a while. With the number of kids we have out on this team, we needed to evaluate a number of athletes. And I liked what I saw today out of our young kids and some of our older kids who finally got to run some different races. So I’m excited where we’re at, at this point.”
The ‘Hounds won nine of the 16 events, including a pair of 1-2-3 sweeps. Keelan Grant led the way in the 800 run, with Ben Miller and Colin Murphy right behind him. In the 3200 run, freshman Hudson Alden placed first, followed by Ben Myers and Murphy finishing within a second of each other.
Other track winners were Trey Harris in the 400 dash, Jakob Pearson in the 300 hurdles and the 4×800 and 4×400 relay teams. In the field, Alex Audia took first in the pole vault, with Vance Roudebush winning the discus and Graham Hatfield placing first in the shot put after a runner-up finish in the discus.
The Royals were led by Noah Malone, who won two events, the 100 and 200 dashes. Madison Norris started the meet with a victory in the 100 hurdles, while Grant Wilson paced the 1600. Southeastern also won the 4×100 relay.
Chaz Birchfield took first in the high jump, while Chase Maxey won the long jump.
“Carmel always does a great job running the meet,” said HSE coach John Albrecht. “They’re a great host and we enjoy coming here, especially because, even this early in the season, it gives our higher-end athletes some great experience in what’s going to be our county meet and our sectional.”
Both teams are off for Spring Break. Carmel is back in action April 12 at North Central for a dual meet. The Royals will run a junior varsity meet at Fishers that same day, with the varsity traveling to Franklin Central on April 13 for the annual Flashes Showcase.

Team score: Carmel 73, Hamilton Southeastern 59.
4×800 relay: 1. Carmel 8:41.07.
110 hurdles: 1. Madison Norris (HSE) 14.44, 2. Jakob Pearson (C) 15.00, 3. Nate Smith (HSE) 15.38.
100 dash: 1. Noah Malone (HSE) 10.88, 2. Donnovan Duffy (C) 11.35, 3. Isaiah Baxter (C) 11.46.
1600 run: 1. Grant Wilson (HSE) 4:34.48, 2. Brady Jarosinski (HSE) 4:35.64, 3. Ian Salmon (C) 4:36.45.
4×100 relay: 1. Southeastern 43.36.
400 dash: 1. Trey Harris (C) 51.08, 2. Jackson Sweeney (HSE) 51.82, 3. Eli Konow (C) 52.30.
300 hurdles: 1. Pearson (C) 40.01, 2. Smith (HSE) 3. Logan Sandlin (C) 43.23.
800 run: 1. Keelan Grant (C) 2:00.65, 2. Ben Miller (C) 2:01.72, 3. Colin Murphy (C) 2:02.22.
200 dash: 1. Malone (HSE) 22.46, 2. Baxter (C) 23.05, 3. Spencer Gudgel (C) 23.14.
3200 run: 1. Hudson Alden (C) 10:00.24, 3. Ben Myers (C) 10:05.12, 3. Murphy (C) 10:05.96.
4×400 relay: 1. Carmel 3:30.28.
High jump: 1. Chaz Birchfield (HSE), 2. Stuart Anker (C), 3. Harris (HSE).
Pole vault: 1. Alex Audia (C) 14-0, 2. Leth Sundling (HSE) 13-6, 3. Pierson (HSE) 12-6.
Long jump: 1. Chase Maxey (HSE) 21-4.5, 2. Jack Boyd (HSE) 20-10.75, 3. Delind Hooks (HSE) 20-2.5.
Shot put: 1. Vance Roudebush (C) 51-4, 2. Graham Hatfield (C) 46-2.5, 3. Evan Lantz (HSE) 42-3.
Discus: 1. Hatfield (C) 142-6, 2. Johnny May (HSE) 130-5, 3. Ben Rude (HSE) 127-7.

Carmel’s Alex Audia won the pole vault at Thursday’s dual meet with the Greyhounds and Hamilton Southeastern. (Richie Hall)

Southeastern’s Nija Wilson runs in the 200 dash.