Unified Track: Fishers defends title, Rocks & Millers also head to regional

By RICHIE HALL

sports@readthereporter.com

NOBLESVILLE – The Fishers Unified track team defended its sectional championship last Saturday.

The Tigers won an exciting meet at Noblesville’s Beaver Stadium, scoring 116 points, just ahead of the host Millers’ 112 points. Westfield placed third by scoring 102 points. All three teams qualified for the Kokomo regional, which takes place this coming Saturday.

It was the third sectional title in Fishers Unified history; the Tigers won their first sectional in 2019.

“Our kids are amazing,” said Fishers coach Pat Schooley. “They did a great job up and down the roster, and just so proud of the efforts that they gave today.”

The Tigers had first-place finishes in six different sections. Aaron Schooley was a double winner, as he was first in Section 5 of the 100 dash and Section 5 of the 400 dash. Other Tigers getting section victories were Margaret Lynch (Section 1, 400 dash), Robert Barrett (Flight 1, long jump), Jonah Canada (Flight 1, shot put) and Cadence Bricker (Flight 2, shot put).

“This is an amazing group of students,” said Pat Schooley. “They love spending time with each other. We had a team dinner and hang-out at someone’s house last night. We did that last year as well.”

Noblesville had four section wins. They were Bear Zoeller (Section 1, 100 dash), Alex Harden (Section 3, 100 dash), Rory Hazel (Section 2, long jump) and Aiden Brewer (Section 5, shot put).

The Shamrocks also had four section wins, including Section 2 of the girls 4×100 relay. Individual winners were Celina O’Neal (Section 2, 100 dash), Alex Lardio (Section 4, 400 dash) and Kian Moainie (Flight 3, long jump).

Hamilton Heights finished in fourth place with 92 points. The Huskies had two section wins in the 400 dash: Ethyn Huffman was first in Section 1 and Ricky Munoz was the winner of Section 2.

Hamilton Southeastern was a close fifth place, scoring 91 points. The Royals picked up three section wins, starting with Ameer Abu-Salih in Section 5 of the long jump. John Trant (Flight 3) and Cameron Behlmer (Flight 4) were winners in the shot put.

Carmel placed ninth with 87 points. The Greyhounds won Section 1 of the girls 4×400 relay and Section 2 of the boys 4×100 relay.

Complete results now follow.

Team scores: Fishers 116, Noblesville 112, Westfield 102, Hamilton Heights 92, Hamilton Southeastern 91, Zionsville 89, Brownsburg 88, Pendleton Heights 88, Carmel 87, Pike 29.

Girls 4×100 relay

Section 1: Carmel (Ainsley Kostaroff, Tionna Bryant, Gabriella Gray, Lucy Hopkins) 1:24.43.

Section 2: 1. Westfield (Ava Rodda, Aylin Granados, Jaelyn Owens, Emma Kate Greer) 1:00.04, 2. Noblesville (Hannah Dugan, Allie Royer, Lily Ault, Camille Rollins) 1:04.89, 3. Southeastern (Abi Clayton, Addison VanHoesen, Chang Mon, Macey Spreitzer) 1:07.46, 4. Heights (Katie Herber, Jessica Steffen, Braelyn Brown, Brinley Flaherty) 1:09.60.

Boys 4×100 relay

Section 1: 2. Heights (Ethyn Huffman, Ricky Munoz, Reed Clover, Braeden Flaherty) 59.40, 4. Westfield (Everett Gray, Paxton Lathrop, Owen Roberts, Alex Lardio) 1:00.77.

Section 2: 1. Carmel (Evan Stakiewicz, Caiden O’Connell, Charlie Harter, Cameron Broady) 48.48, 2. Fishers (Carter Schmidt, Malik Klooz, Nolan Kuhn, Thierry Ndongo) 49.50, 4. Noblesville (William Markovich, T.J. Davidson, Ryan Grigsby, Mason Herring) 51.65, 5. Southeastern (Harraj Ghotra, George Moser, Dinh Nguyen, Tyler Irwin) 52.69.

100 dash

Section 1: 1. Bear Zoeller (N) 18.94, 2. Jalen Weschler (W) 19.13, 3. Crysta Coble (F) 21.30, 6. Brown (HH) 22.90.

Section 2: 1. Celina O’Neill (W) 16.69, 6. Sophia Ioannacci (HSE) 19.85, 7. Miles Habegger (C) 21.81.

Section 3: 1. Alex Harden (N) 15.24, 3. Elijah Hurd (W) 15.82, 4. Trinity Perez (F) 15.84, 7. Nick Kuehl (C) 16.39, 8. Nilay Kasture (HSE) 17.72.

Section 4: 2. Will Tiek (C) 13.91, 3. Mira Warnick (F) 14.22, 4. Kendall Norman (HSE) 14.40, 5. James Zachary (HH) 14.79, 6. Sophia Landrigan (C) 14.81.

Section 5: 1. Aaron Schooley (F) 11.27, 2. Carsten Shidler (N) 11.83, 3. Simon Kuhn (HH) 11.92, 4. Irwin (HSE) 12.04, 6. Nathan Flanders (H) 12.82, 7. Herring (N) 12.84, 8. Owen Montgomery (W) 13.01.

400 dash

Section 1: Margaret Lynch (F) 1:18.53, 4. Kolton King (W) 1:24.14, 6. Matthew Dean (N) 1:30.17.

Section 2: 1. Huffman (HH) 1:15.80, 2. Patrick Fraley (F) 1:17.47, 4. Channing Brown (N) 1:18.65, 5. Brady Sterchi (W) 1:20.93, 6. Ava Kostaroff (C) 1:21.04.

Section 3: 1. Munoz (HH) 1:08.91, 2. Tobi Adeosun (C) 1:12.14, 4. Major Harris (W) 1:12.85, 8. Madeline Bolling (HSE) 1:18.68.

Section 4: 1. Lardio (W) 1:03.21, 2. Jackson Koechel (C) 1:05.08, 3. Isaac Yost (N) 1:06.06, 4. Adam Dodge (HSE) 1:06.34, 5. Lou Strycker (F) 1:09.72.

Section 5: 1. Aa. Schooley (F) 54.08, 2. Aidan Unger (HH) 55.77, 3. Caden Joniec (HSE) 56.71, 4. Stone Stephenson (C) 57.84, 5. Quinn Johnston (N) 58.71, 6. Gabe Roosa (HH) 1:00.66, 8. Muazh Tamimi (HSE) 1:06.57.

Long jump

Flight 1: 1. Robert Barrett (F) 8-2.5, 2. Channing Brown (N) 8-1, 5. Abigail Macgregor (F) 4-2.25, 7. Colin Barber (HH) 3-8.

Flight 2: 1. Rory Hazel (N) 11-8, 2. Adityapathi Bhoopathi (HSE) 9-7, 4. Lana Ottinger (HH) 8-11.75, 5. Granados (W) 8-3.75, 7. Rollins (N) 7-10.5.

Flight 3: 1. Kian Moainie (W) 12-7.5, 2. Samantha Gregory (C) 11-11, 4. Karis Ho (C) 11-4.25, 6. Annaka Whittey (HSE) 10-6.5, 7. Sarah Monroe (W) 10-5.5.

Flight 4: 3. Owen Lutomski (W) 15-2.25, 7. Tamimi (HSE) 13-1.5, 8. Vinny Marraccini (C) 12-7.5.

Flight 5: 1. Ameer Abu-Salih (HSE) 20-5.5, 2. Akeem Schooley (F) 20-4.5, 3. Stephenson (C) 18-11.5, 4. Luke Davis (N) 18-6.5, 5. Nick Wheeler (F) 17-9.25, 6. Flanders (HH) 17-6.5, 8. Roosa (HH) 16-9.5.

Shot put

Flight 1: 2. Jonah Canada (F) 16-6.5, 3. Peyton Hilton (N) 14-10, 4. Bridget Bell (HSE) 13-11.5, 5. Gabe Schepers (W) 13-10.5.

Flight 2: 2. Cadence Bricker (F) 22-7, 3. Natalie DiPiro (W) 22-6.5, 8. Henry Brand (C) 15-4.5.

Flight 3: 1. John Trant (HSE) 26-10.75, 3. Abigail Brown (HH) 24-10.5, 4. Rowan Metzger (HH) 22-11.75, 5. Joe Nielsen (N) 22-10.25.

Flight 4: 1. Cameron Behlmer (HSE) 33-6, 3. Hannah Pettee (C) 30-1.75, 4. Joracin Manbeck (W) 29-8, 5. Flaherty (HH) 27-10, 6. Joe Gasta (C) 27-6, 7. Caleb Short (F) 27-3.

Flight 5: 1. Aiden Brewer (N) 50-4.75, 2. S. Kuhn (HH) 47-7.75, 3. Jrue Kanté (N) 47-2.25, 4. Ethan Bolinger (F) 42-4.5, 5. Unger (HH) 39-4.5, 7. Oliver Monger (C) 35-4.25, 8. Dilan Cabrera-Pacheco (W) 34-4.5.