Carmel defends regional championship

Hamilton County qualifies many athletes to state meet

 

The REPORTER

The Carmel girls track & field team defended its championship Tuesday at the Lafayette Jefferson regional.

The Greyhounds scored 116 points, winning four events and qualifying numerous athletes to the IHSAA state finals, which take place Saturday, June 5 at North Central.

Carmel’s individual victories all came from their distance runners. The Greyhounds began the meet with a win in the 4×800 relay. Sadie Foley won the 1600 run and finished second in the 800 run to her teammate Kaitlyn Oshimura. Annabel Pollert won the 3200 run.

Hamilton Southeastern totaled 78 points to place second. The Royals won the most individual events with five, including the 4×100 and 4×400 relays.

Kaleah McCarter zoomed to victory in the 100 dash, while Anissa Lammie won the 400 dash. Chloe Senefeld won a very fast 300 hurdles race; in fact the top six finishers in that event all ran under the state standard, which automatically qualifies them for the state meet.

Other county winners included Noblesville’s Ainsley Meinerding, who claimed the long jump. Her teammate Rylan Bell gave the Millers a 1-2 finish in that event. Meindering qualified for state in three individual events, also taking second in both the 100 dash and 200 dash.

Fishers’ Zinnia Pineda won the 200 dash, while Mia Tobias qualified for state in both the shot put (second place) and discus (third place).

Guerin Catholic’s Amelia Smith finished first in the pole vault.

Westfield’s Katelyn Eblen advanced to state in both hurdles events, while Hamilton Heights’ Waverly Woolever qualified in the 300 hurdles and the high jump.

Top 10 team scores and a list of regional qualifiers now follow. The top three in each event automatically qualify for state, along with anyone who betters the state standard that finished outside the top three. Those results are listed below.

Top 10 team scores: Carmel 116, Hamilton Southeastern 78, Westfield 56, Harrison 54, Noblesville 54, Fishers 49, Hamilton Heights 35, Western 30, Northwestern 28, Guerin Catholic 24.

State qualifiers from the regional

4×800 relay: 1. Carmel 9:16.40, 2. Hamilton Southeastern 9:19.37, 3. Westfield 9:22.25.

100 hurdles: 1. Zoie Scheiffer (NW) 14.82, 2. Jhazlyn McKay (Kokomo) 14.90, 3. Katelyn Eblen (W) 15.04.

100 dash: 1. Kaleah McCarter (HSE) 12.18, 2. Ainsley Meinerding (N) 12.38, 3. Aftin Griffin (Lewis Cass) 12.55.

1600 run: 1. Sadie Foley (C) 4:58.69, 2. Larkin Taylor (C) 4:59.20, 3. Kaitlyn Manfra (H) 5:01.44.

4×100 relay: 1. Hamilton Southeastern 47.78, 2. Fishers 47.88, 3. Carmel 49.17.

400 dash: 1. Anissa Lammie (HSE) 54.73, 2. Norah Reiger (HH) 55.47, 3. Gabriela Grande Rosas (C) 56.12.

300 hurdles: 1. Chloe Senefeld (HSE) 41.91, 2. Giyanna Thornton (Kokomo) 44.19, 3. Eblen (W) 44.57, 4. Devyn Day (F) 44.64, 5. Jenna Rhodes (W) 45.00, 6. Waverly Woolever (HH) 45.00.

800 run: 1. Kaitlyn Oshimura (C) 2:11.09, 2. Foley (C) 2:12.06, 3. Ashley Caplinger (Faith Christian) 2:12.48.

200 dash: 1. Zinnia Pineda (F) 24.86, 2. Meinerding (N) 24.98, 3. LeBraya Warren (W) 25.29.

3200 run: 1. Annabel Pollert (C) 10:30.35, 2. Zoe Gebhart (HSE) 10:41.06, 3. Allie Bushey (HH) 10:42.97.

4×400 relay: 1. Hamilton Southeastern 3:48.56, 2. Carmel 3:53.66, 3. Hamilton Heights 3:54.45.

Discus: 1. Ellyse Walden (Western) 145-9, 2. Eva Stokes (Harrison) 140-11, 3. Mia Tobias (F) 149-10, 4. Ellie Cooley (C) 139-9, 5. Sophia Zarate (Benton Central) 138-2, 6. Amelia Kring (N) 134-0.

Shot put: 1. Walden (Western) 48-8.5, 2. Tobias (F) 43-0, 3. Stokes (H) 42-9, 4. Audrey Alexander (West Lafayette) 41-8.5.

Long jump: 1. Meinerding (N) 18-4, 2. Rylan Bell (N) 17-4.25, 3. Bryella Lefforge (NW) 17-1.5.

High jump: 1. Makayla Ketterer (H) 5-5, 2. Olivia Dahlenburg (North White) 5-5, 3. Woolever (HH) 5-4.

Pole vault: 1. Amelia Smith (GC) 13-1.5, 2. Emma Baker (NW) 12-3, 3. Ella Jenkins (W) 12-0.