By RICHIE HALL
Reporter Sports Editor
Hamilton Southeastern won the girls track and field sectional showdown on Tuesday at Reynolds Royals Stadium.
The No. 2-ranked Royals got the early momentum with the sprint events, and held on to beat No. 1 Carmel 172-156.5 to win the sectional trophy. The meet saw several records get broken, and of course, many athletes advanced on to next week’s regional at Lafayette Jefferson.
Southeastern’s Camille Christopher was part of three new sectional record wins. The senior cruised to victory in the 100 and 200 dashes, then joined Olivia Burgess, Tierra Sydnor and Alyssa Barker to take the 4×100 in record time. Sydnor also got three wins: The relay, a record victory in the long jump, and first in the 400 dash, minutes after winning the 4×1.
Kennedy Drish took the pole vault in a new sectional record leap of 12 feet, 10 inches.
“I think I’ve definitely improved,” said Drish. “I’ve been working on the short run stuff to get my technique and I just moved back to my long runs the last couple of meets. So I think I got the speed and the technique down. Just trying to put it all together.”
Mia Mackenzie swept the 100 and 300 hurdles. In the 100 hurdles, Mackenzie set a new record and led a 1-2 finish, with Tayah Irvin taking second.
Southeastern’s 4×400 relay team also won, while Valerie Obear also got a win in the discus.
“We pretty much did everything that we hoped to do,” said HSE coach Julie Alano. “There’s a couple spots that we hoped to be a little higher for those advancing spots, but we’re hoping to get some callbacks.”
Carmel started the meet with a win in the 4×800 relay. Phoebe Bates was a double winner in the 1600 and 3200 runs, including a new meet record in the 1600. Marie Kress and Anna Kmec went 1-2 in the shot put.
“It’s tough to score 156.5 points and finish second, but we know HSE has a great team,” said Greyhounds coach Aaron McRill. “We accomplished what we wanted by advancing who we thought would move on, plus a few more. We are looking forward to a great regional meet.”
Fishers finished third as a team with 107 points and had a sectional champion in Kamya Lapsley. The senior won the 800 run for the second year in a row.
“I wanted to go out and practice a fast start for state,” said Lapsley. “I practiced that and then practiced holding on at the very end and kicking it in and throwing everything I have into it. I did what I wanted to do.”
Noblesville placed fourth, with Shelby Tyler winning the high jump in a new sectional record of 6 feet even.
Westfield was fifth as a team, with Sydney Spears taking second in the 400 dash and the long jump. Hamilton Heights’ Lauryn Wiley was the runner-up in the discus.
The top three athletes in each event advance on to next week’s regional.
Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 172, Carmel 156.5, Fishers 107, Noblesville 55, Westfield 51, Hamilton Heights 31, Lebanon 17, Sheridan 16.5, Guerin Catholic 14, Western Boone 4.
4×800 relay: 1. Carmel (Annie Christie, Mahalet Zeruesenay, Anna Morozov, Sydney Haines) 9:28.38, 2. Noblesville (Abi Little, Aubrie Deal, Bella Sharples-Gordon, Anna Hazelrigg) 9:29.22, 3. Southeastern (Ellie Pedersen, Samantha Alphin, Maddie Mirro, Annice McFarland) 9:44.61, 4. Heights (Abby Christiansen, Morgan Guthrie, Maria Mitchell, Abby Roth) 9:51.54, 5. Fishers (Abigail Carter, Emma Gillespie, Johanna Strueder, Brynn Urban) 9:59.62, 6. Westfield (Sophie Porter, Christyann Delahunty, Sydney Clifford, Sarah Coates) 10:02.33, 7. Guerin Catholic (Ellie Schroeder, Delaney Klee, Grace Vlasak, Sophia Woods) 10:26.81, 8. Lebanon 11:28.54.
100 dash: 1. Camille Christopher (HSE) 11.91, new sectional record, 2. Danielle Harrison (F) 12.15, under old record, 3. Tamia Perryman (F) 12.41, 4. Alyssa Barker (HSE) 12.45, 5. Carly Markley (C) 12.68, 6. Kailyn Ely (N) 12.83, 7. Funk (L) 13.04, 8. Montgomery (L) 13.05.
100 hurdles: 1. Mia Mackenzie (HSE) 14.64, new sectional record, 2. Tayah Irvin (HSE) 15.77, 3. Ava Henson (W) 16.22, 4. Bailey Haworth (HH) 16.61, 5. Jaanvi Bisariya (C) 16.67, 6. Madi Tester (C) 16.79, 7. Elika Mayes (F) 16.81, 8. Parker (L) 17.85.
200 dash: 1. Christopher (HSE), new sectional record, 24.69, 2. Perryman (F) 25.37, 3. Olivia Burgess (HSE) 25.64, 4. Markley (C) 26.19, 5. Markaela Pugh (HH) 26.80, 6. Montgomery (L) 26.83, 7. DeLaney Boles (N) 27.11, 8. Myah Donaldson (F) 27.17.
1600 run: 1. Phoebe Bates (C) 4:58.38, new sectional record, 2. Maddie Dalton (C) 5:05.54, 3. Little (N) 5:08.74, 4. Mitchell (HH) 5:14.27, 5. Corrine O’Leary (F) 5:16.96, 6. Corinne Yorkman (F) 5:17.37, 7. Brooke Ratliff (HSE) 5:23.76, 8. Deal (N) 5:26.85.
4×100 relay: 1. Southeastern (Burgess, Tierra Sydnor, Barker, Christopher) 47.46, new sectional record, 2. Fishers (Donaldson, Destoni Grace, Harrison, Grace May) 47.72, 3. Carmel (Kiara Gill, Reagan Hune, Markley, Flora McKay) 49.32, 4. Westfield (Kierstyn Ballard, Erianna Ballard, Haley Boehm, Alison Bullock) 50.59, 5. Noblesville (Boles, Grace Brisco, Ashleigh DeLong, Sarah DeMann) 50.65, 6. Lebanon 51.49, 7. Guerin Catholic (Grace Gjerde, Anna Hallett, Anna Jacoby, Macy Lips) 52.34, 8. Heights (Haworth, Whitney King, Lily McCormick, Maria Noller) 52.38.
400 dash: 1. Sydnor (HSE) 57.80, 2. Sydney Spears (W) 58.72, 3. Alex Waples (C) 58.95, 4. Hune (C) 59.45, 5. Mya Hammons (HSE) 1:00.63, 6. Stogsdill (L) 1:02.06, 7. Evelyn Butler (F) 1:02.65, 8. May (F) 1:03.10.
300 hurdles: 1. M. Mackenzie (HSE) 45.67, 2. Beverley Thompson (C) 47.05, 3. Olivia Elkin (C) 47.41, 4. Kathryn Folta (F) 47.86, 5. Arianna Kelley (F) 49.23, 6. Ella Mackenzie (HSE) 49.79, 7. Boehm (W) 50.06, 8. Lauren Sandys (N) 50.74.
800 run: 1. Kamya Lapsley (F) 2:17.05, 2. Sydney Haines (C) 2:18.63, 3. Sharples-Gordon (N) 2:20.43, 4. Pedersen (HSE) 2:20.94, 5. Hazelrigg (N) 2:21.02, 6. Yorkman (F) 2:22.22, 7. Christie (C) 2:23.67, 8. Mirro (HSE) 2:26.78.
3200 run: 1. Bates (C) 10:36.70, 2. Lulu Black (HSE) 11:14.99, 3. Gabrielle Dilick (W) 11:15.42, 4. Miya Wai (F) 11:17.15, 5. Dalton (C) 11:25.51, 6. Lilly Cummins (HSE) 11:30.09, 7. Deborah Shera (F) 11:33.91, 8. Mitchell (HH) 11:39.96.
4×400 relay: 1. Southeastern (Burgess, Hammons, McFarland, Sydnor) 3:57.40, 2. Carmel (Abbey Grogan, Haines, Emily Hand, Hune) 3:59.38, 3. Fishers (Butler, Grace, Harrison, Kelley) 4:00.41, 4. Guerin Catholic (Kinley Callahan, Maghan Gallagher, Gjerde, Anna Jacoby) 4:08.69, 5. Westfield (Alison Bullock, Erin Creager, Delahunty, Hannah Fife) 4:09.77, 6. Noblesville (Maria Anderson, Boles, Brisco, Deal) 4:11.50, 7. Heights (Christiansen, Guthrie, Alex Lopez, Mitchell) 4:23.90, 8. Lebanon 4:35.09.
High jump: 1. Shelby Tyler (N) 6-0, new sectional record, 2. Amiyah James (C) 5-2, T3. Heather Barker (S) 5-0; Ellie Clark (C) 5-0, T5. Alexandria Miller (F) 4-10; Irvin (HSE) 4-10; Emily Monson (F) 4-10, 8. Huse (L) 4-10.
Pole vault: 1. Kennedy Drish (HSE) 12-10, new sectional record, 2. Kara Deady (C) 11-10, 3. Jessica Bray (HSE) 11-10, 4. Tyler (N) 11-2, 5. Huckstep (WB) 10-10, 6. Alison Casey (F) 10-6, 7. Erika Knieper (N) 10-2, 8. Reagan Ney (GC) 9-10.
Long jump: 1. Sydnor (HSE) 18-7.75, new sectional record, 2. Spears (W) 18-0.75, 3. Kenedi London (F) 17-5.5, 4. Gill (C) 17-2.5, 5. Gjerde (GC) 17-2.25, 6. M. Mackenzie (HSE) 17-1.75, 7. Folta (F) 17-1.5, 8. Sydney Black (W) 16-7.
Shot put: 1. Marie Kress (C) 36-2.25, 2. Anna Kmec (C) 35-10.75, 3. Erikka Ededuwa (HSE) 35-9.25, 4. Becca Merritt (S) 35-8, 5. Olivia Willman (F) 34-4.5, 6. Zoe Pentecost (W) 33-11.25, 7. Kenadi Jumper (F) 33-7, 8. Terrill (L) 33-5.75.
Discus: 1. Valerie Obear (HSE) 127-10, 2. Lauryn Wiley (HH) 109-7, 3. Merritt (S) 109-6, 4. Pentecost (W) 109-0, 5. Leah Roebuck (C) 106-4, 6. Audra Hogan (HSE) 103-4, 7. Willman (F) 102-5, 8. Dana Reed (C) 98-7.
The Hamilton Southeastern girls track and field team won its own sectional championship Tuesday at Royals Reynolds Stadium. Southeastern scored 172 points and won 10 events, including several in new record time. (Richie Hall)
Fishers’ Kamya Lapsley defended her sectional championship in the 800 run. (Kent Graham)