History was made at the Hamilton County boys track and field meet, as the Tigers roared to the championship.
Fishers won the county boys meet for the first time in school history, edging out Carmel and Hamilton Southeastern. The Tigers scored 140 points at the meet, which took place Thursday at Guerin Catholic. The Greyhounds finished second with 133 points, with the Royals a close third with 132.
Fishers won five events, including both throwing events. Wyatt Puff was first in the discus, then Hayden Tobias and Puff took first and second, giving the Tigers enough points to clinch the trophy.
Fishers had three other event winners: Senior Anthony Campbell finished first in the long jump, while freshman Keefer Soehngen won the 400 dash. Sophomore Jaylen Castillo prevailed in a close 800 run.
Tigers coach Nathan Warnecke was pleased with how his team performed, noting there were “great performances tonight by a bunch of underclassmen” at the meet. This is the last meet for county teams before next Thursday’s sectional at Carmel.
“Carmel’s one heck of a team, so is HSE,” said Warnecke. “Sectional should be fun.”
The Greyhounds won two events. Carmel started the meet with Pat Campbell, Thomas Gastineau, Drew Thornton and Eli Konow placing first in the 4×800 relay. Logan Sandlin led a 1-2 finish for the ‘Hounds in the pole vault, with Jacob Pearson taking second.
The Royals were led by Noah Malone, who continued his domination of the sprints. Malone easily won the 100 and 200 dashes, and was part of Southeastern’s third-place 4×100 relay team. Malone won the high point trophy at the conclusion of the meet.
Westfield finished a solid fourth with 91 points. Cooper Boehm finished first in the 110 hurdles, and the Shamrocks’ team of Alex Kukura, Mario Chalmers, Mason Piening, Francis Agbo won the 4×100 relay.
Noblesville finished fifth with 87 points, winning four events. Blake Hipkiss was first in a close 1600, while Andrew Herman easily won the high jump. Travis Hickner ran away with the 3200 run, and the Millers closed the meet by winning the 4×400 relay; that team consisted of Shomari Rogers-Walton, Mitchell Conard, DeVontez Cox and Herman.
“Really excited for our boys,” said Noblesville coach Bill Kenley. “Just got a lot of good athletes and some coaches that work real well with them.”
Host Guerin Catholic was sixth and had one event winner: Billy Freudenthal was first in the 300 hurdles.
Hamilton Heights placed seventh as a team. Bayden Lutz was the Huskies’ top finisher, placing fourth in the pole vault.
A list of top eight finishers in each event now follows.
Team scores: Fishers 140, Carmel 133, Hamilton Southeastern 132, Westfield 91, Noblesville 87, Guerin Catholic 24, Hamilton Heights 12.
4×800 relay: 1. Carmel (Pat Campbell, Thomas Gastineau, Drew Thornton, Eli Konow) 8:09.76, 2. Fishers (Jake Brattain, Hunter Christy, Charlie Foutty, Ethan Meyer) 8:11.37, 3. Westfield (Tyler Smith, Josh Springborn, Robby Bogdajewicz, Joseph Harris) 8:25.07, 4. Noblesville (DeVontez Cox, Ian Montarsi, Seth Koszyk, Evan Campbell) 8:25.51, 5. Southeastern (Elliott Robinson, Brandon Barrientos, A.J. Brisben, Will Marquardt) 8:26.13, 6. Guerin Catholic (Jack Swift, Nicholas Schramm, Dominic Stein, Christian Geary) 9:00.61.
110 hurdles: 1. Cooper Boehm (W) 15.24, 2. Sean Mullen (C) 15.42, 3. Marcus Roux (F) 16.03, 4. Casey Christy (C) 16.21, 5. Caleb Durden (HSE) 16.59, 6. Carson Voorhis (W) 17.15, 7. Reece Boland (F) 17.16, 8. Bryce Gray (HSE) 17.42.
100 dash: 1. Noah Malone (HSE) 10.84, 2. Gage Pratt (HSE) 11.26, 3. Alex Kukura (W) 11.46, 4. Jason Lassic (F) 11.63, 5. Dylan Downing (C) 11.71, 6. Macalister Smith (N) 11.80, 7. Aidan Simoneau (C) 11.99, 8. Shomari Rogers-Walton (N) 13.43.
1600 run: 1. Blake Hipkiss (N) 4:27.28, 2. Cam Harless (C) 4:27.85, 3. Mahamat Djour (W) 4:28.23, 4. David Mannella (W) 4:28.75, 5. Christy (F) 4:30.62, 6. Will Clark (F) 4:32.02, 7. Eric Swinson (HSE) 4:32.43, 8. Matthew Fletcher (GC) 4:35.53.
4×100 relay: 1. Westfield (Alex Kukura, Mario Chalmers, Mason Piening, Francis Agbo) 43.15, 2. Carmel (Donnovan Duffy, Colton Parker, Ethan Zhang, Dylan Downing) 43.16, 3. Southeastern (KJ Gomez, Pratt, Durden, Malone) 43.20, 4. Fishers (Lassic, Cole Carrithers, Trenton Mabry, H.L. Lewis) 44.09, 5. Noblesville (Kody Leach, Smith, Mitchell Conard, Rogers-Walton) 44.27, 6. Heights (Tad Defoe, Jake Brinker, DeShawn King, Nate Josza) 45.58, 7. Guerin Catholic (Christian Gelov, Patrick Hagel, Cameron Murray, Billy Freudenthal) 46.41.
400 dash: 1. Keefer Soehngen (F) 49.90, 2. Emilio Rios-Rojas (HSE) 50.80, 3. Justin Homberg (W) 51.05, 4. Owen Schaefer (C) 51.17, 5. Chris Stein (HSE) 52.56, 6. Matt Conard (N) 53.12, 7. Bilal Alshalabi (F) 53.47, 8. Isaiah Thompson (C) 53.60.
300 hurdles: 1. Freudenthal (GC) 40.68, 2. Calvin Grenda (W) 40.95, 3. Durden (HSE) 41.86, 4. Zachary Cox (C) 42.34, 5. Tim Metken (C) 43.03, 6. Gundeep Singh (HSE) 43.34, 7. Mason McCartney (F) 43.66, 8. Reece Boland (F) 43.79.
800 run: 1. Jaylen Castillo (F) 1:53.88, 2. Andrew Anderso (N) 1:54.06, 3. Eric Carothers (HSE) 1:59.26, 4. Robert Kinney (C) 1:59.26, 5. Max Gutwein (W) 1:59.69, 6. Drew Smith (F) 2:00.07, 7. Justin Amburgy (N) 2:00.83, 8. Jack Struss (HSE) 2:01.54.
200 dash: 1. Malone (HSE) 22.07, 2. Pratt (HSE) 22.39, 3. Parker (C) 22.62, 4. Lewis (F) 22.62, 5. Agbo (W) 23.12, 6. Zhang (C) 23.12, 7. Leach (N) 23.72, 8. Patrick Hagel (HSE) 23.96.
3200 run: 1. Travis Hickner (N) 9:27.17, 2. Jacob Wiggers (HSE) 9:29.53, 3. Brady Jarosinski (HSE) 9:39.59, 4. Grant Moon (C) 9:41.13, 5. E. Meyer (F) 9:41.33, 6. Will Murphy (C) 9:49.75, 7. Cole Kimmel (N) 9:54.27, 8. Alex Meyer (F) 9:57.85.
4×400 relay: 1. Noblesville (Rogers-Walton, Mi. Conard, Cox, Andrew Herman) 3:25.47, 2. Fishers (Carrithers, Lewis, Castillo, Soehngen) 3:28.53, 3. Carmel (Schaefer, Gastineau, Kinney, Thornton) 3:29.26, 4. Westfield (Justin Homberg, Kukura, Grenda, Djour) 3:29.62, 5. Southeastern (Rios-Rojas, Stein, Clayton Toner, Gomez) 3:31.17, 6. Guerin Catholic (Freudenthal, J.P. Spoonmore, Matthew Fletcher, Jacob Muller) 3:38.93, 7. Heights (Luke Vanderwall, Drew Tomaszewski, Preston Miller, King) 3:56.99.
High jump: 1. Herman (N) 6-4.5, 2. Anthony Campbell (F) 6-0, 3. Alex McGraw (HSE) 5-10, 4. Michael Viele (HSE) 5-8, 5. Jack Newcomer (N) 5-8, 6. Peyton Forbes (F) 5-6, 7. Logan Burks (C) 5-6, 7. Curtis Warren (C) 5-6.
Pole vault: 1. Logan Sandlin (C) 15-0, 2. Jacob Pearson (C) 13-4, 3. Jackson Dunn (F) 13-0, 4. Bayden Lutz (HH) 12-0, T5. Alexander Cluff (HSE) 11-6, Benjamin Deo (HSE) 11-6, 7. Murray (GC) 11-0, 8. Jonathan Frey (W) 10-6.
Long jump: 1. Campbell (F) 22-0.25, 2. Rogers-Walton (N) 21-8.5, 3. Durden (HSE) 21-1.25, 4. Herman (N) 20-4.5, 5. Kyle Senuta (C) 20-3.5, 6. Dawson Cockerham (C) 19-10.5, 7. Defoe (HH) 19-8.5, 7. Viele (HSE) 19-1.75.
Discus: 1. Wyatt Puff (F) 174-10, 2. Jacob Netral (W) 149-4, 3. Hayden Tobias (F) 148-11.5, 4. Nolan Ring (C) 148-1, 5. Graham Hatfield (C) 139-9.5, 6. Colin Caldwell (W) 136-4.5, 7. Nick Demas (GC) 133-10, 8. Ethan Ededuwa (HSE) 121-11.5.
Shot put: 1. Tobias (F) 52-7.5, 2. Puff (F) 51-11, 3. Caleb Shaffer (C) 51-10, 4. Netral (W) 47-2.5, 5. Evan Lantz (HSE) 46-7.5, 6. Brandon Gonzalez (HSE) 45-10.5, 7. Jon Williams (C) 44-7, 8. Alex Juarez (W) 43-1.
The Fishers boys track and field team won the Hamilton County meet for the first time ever. The Tigers emerged on top of a three-team race with Carmel and Hamilton Southeastern, scoring 140 points and winning five events. (Richie Hall)
Hamilton Southeastern’s Noah Malone won the high point trophy at the Hamilton County meet. Malone was first in the 100 and 200 dashes and also ran on the Royals’ third-place 4×100 relay team. (Kent Graham)