Unified track & field: Tigers win regional, will join Rocks at state

The REPORTER

The Fishers Unified track & field team is heading back to the IHSAA state finals after defending its Kokomo regional championship last Saturday.

The Tigers scored 130 points. Fishers will be joined by Westfield, which placed second with 108.5 points, and Warren Central which finished third with 97 points. It will be the sixth time that the Tigers appear in the state finals and the fourth consecutive time for the Shamrocks.

Fishers picked up several section wins, including Section 2 of the girls 4×100 relay and the boys 4×100 relay. Other Tigers winners were Aaron Schooley (Section 5, 100 dash and Section 5, 400 dash), Lila Horn (Section 2, 100 dash), Chloe Seymour (Flight 3, long jump), Akeem Schooley (Flight 5, long jump) and Kendall Manges (Flight 3, shot put).

Westfield got victories from Jalen Wechsler (Section 1, 100 dash, Kiam Moainie (Section 3, 100 dash) and Owen Roberts (Flight 4, long jump).

Noblesville placed seventh as a team with 91 points. Winners for the Millers were Aiden Perez (Section 3, 400 dash) and Aiden Brewer (Flight 5, shot put).

Results now follow.

Team scores: Fishers 130, Westfield 108.5, Warren Central 97, Franklin Central 93, Lafayette Jefferson 92, Kokomo 92, Noblesville 91, Harrison 89.5, Lawrence Central 79.

Girls 4×100 relay – Section 2: 1. Fishers (Georgia Scott, Ava Smith, Leah Hruskoci, Crysta Coble) 58.86, 2. Westfield (Ava Rodda, Aylin Granados, Jaelyn Owens, Emma Kate Greer) 59.75, 3. Noblesville (Hannah Dugan, Allie Royer, Lily Ault, Camille Rollins) 1:05.70.

Boys 4×100 relay – Section 1: 3. Westfield (Everett, Gray, Paxton Lathrop, Owen Roberts, Alex Lardio) 58.28. Section 2: 1. Fishers (Carter Schmidt, Malik Klooz, Nolan Kuhn, Thierry Ndongo) 50.73, 4. Noblesville (William Markovich, T.J. Davidson, Ryan Grigsby, Mason Herring) 51.86.

100 dash – Section 1: 1. Jalen Wechsler (W) 18.22, 4. Bear Zoeller (N) 21.40, 6. Arsahaan Gill (N) 22.93. Section 2: 1. Lila Horn (F) 15.10, 2. Brandon Price (W) 15.57, 6. Celina O’Neill (W) 16.91. Section 3: 1. Kian Moainie (W) 13.95, 2. Mira Warnick (F) 13.98, 4. Evan Berding (F) 14.67, 6. Alex Harden (N) 15.05. Section 5: 1. Aaron Schooley (F) 11.40, 7. Talon Nicholson (N) 13.28.

400 dash – Section 1: 2. Robert Barrett (F) 1:24.09, 3. Brady Sterchi (W) 1:29.34, 4. Kolton King (W) 1:31.08, Matthew Dean (N) 1:34.65. Section 2: 3. Major Harris (W) 1:17.54, 6. Channing Brown (N) 1:20.62. Section 3: 1. Aiden Perez (N) 1:07.85, 5. Carter Schmidt (F) 1:15.37. Section 4: 2. Lardio (W) 1:03.72, 4. Dylan Snyder (N) 1:05.38. Section 5: 1. Aa. Schooley (F) 56.75, 3. Cooper Babcock (F) 59.31.

Long jump – Flight 1: 6. Jonah Canada (F) 3-5.5. Flight 2: 4. Rollins (N) 8-6, 5. Brown (N) 8-5. Flight 3: 1. Chloe Seymour (F) 12-10.5, 4. Elijiah Hurd (W) 11-10.5, 5. Rory Hazel (N) 11-2.75. Flight 4: 1. Owen Roberts (W) 14-5.5, 6. Klooz (F) 11-3.5. Flight 5: 1. Akeem Schooley (F) 20-7, 2. Luke Davis (N) 19-4.5, T5. Owen Lutomski (W) 17-2.

Shot put – Flight 1: 2. Gabe Schepers (W) 12-9.75, 3. Ava Sharp-Jones (F) 11-10.25, 5. Caleb Ashby (N) 11-0. Flight 2: 7. Peyton Hilton (N) 12-8.5. Flight 3: 1. Kendall Manges (F) 26-9.75, 5. Natalie DiPiro (W) 20-11. Flight 4: 3. Joracin Manbeck (W) 27-3.5, 7. Patrick Fraley (F) 24-2.5. Flight 5: 1. Aiden Brewer (N) 50-4, 2. Jrue Kanté (N) 45-8, 4. Walid Oumammar (F) 42-3.25, 7. Dilan Cabrera-Pacheco (W) 36-6.25.