By RICHIE HALL
NOBLESVILLE – If the first meet of the season is any indication, this year’s Noblesville girls track and field team could be a very good one.
The Millers opened their season Tuesday by hosting Warren Central at Beaver Materials Field. Despite the chilly, cloudy weather, Noblesville shined in its 91-41 dual meet victory, winning 11 of the 16 events.
“I thought we performed really well,” said first-year Millers coach Jim Pierce.
The highlight of the meet came from junior Kiana Siefert, as she set a new school record in the 100 hurdles. Siefert’s new-record time is 15.37 seconds, and was one of three events that she was victorious in Tuesday night. Siefert also won the 300 hurdles (a 1-2-3 sweep for Noblesville) and the long jump.
The Millers’ freshmen also came out and had great performances in their first-ever meet. Hannah Alexander, the No. 1-ranked freshman in the country in the shot put, easily won that event with a throw of 36 feet, 8 inches, and also took the discus with a toss of 111-5.
Nadia Perez sailed to victory in the 3200 run, finishing in a time of 11:54 and leading a 1-2-3 sweep. Pierce was happy to see her finish under 12 minutes.
“There was a lot of cool stuff all over the place,” said Pierce. “It’s just a great group of kids to work with.”
The seniors had their moment as well. Delaney Boles won the 400 dash, while Abigail Line was first in the 800. Parker Davis led a 1-2-3 sweep in the pole vault.
Sophomore Paige Hazelrigg won the 1600 run, another Noblesville 1-2-3 sweep. Hazelrigg joined freshman Megan Meinerding, Boles and Line for a victory in the 4×800 run.
Pierce was pleased with his team’s balance across the board.
“We’ve got good kids that came in from sprints and some people we recruited out of the building, just added in,” said Pierce.
A nice addition is that of Millers soccer stars, seniors Jenna and Elana Chatterton, both of whom are out for track and field for the first time and performed well in their first meet. Pierce noted there were other soccer players joining the track team as well.
Noblesville will be off until after Spring Break, when it travels to Harrison for a meet on April 15.
Team score: Noblesville 91, Warren Central 41.
4×800 relay: 1. Noblesville (Megan Meinderding, Paige Hazelrigg, Delaney Boles, Abigail Line) 10:31.44.
100 hurdles: 1. Kiana Siefert 15.37, new school record, 2. Reagan Wilson 18.77, 3. Abigail Gibbons n/a.
100 dash: 2. Madelynn Coates 13.361, 3. Jenna Chatterton 13.362.
1600 run: 1. Hazelrigg 5:46, 2. Sophie Stahl 5:57, 3. Meinerding 5:58.
400 dash: 1. Boles 1:03.56, 3. Elana Chatterton 1:07.66.
300 hurdles: 1. Siefert 48.94, 2. Wilson 51.84.
800 run: 1. Line 2:41.35.
200 dash: 2. J. Chatterton 27.31, 3. Coates 28.09.
3200 run: 1. Nadia Perez 11:54, 2. Kennedy Applegate 12:18, 3. Brooke Lahee 12:22.
Shot put: 1. Hannah Alexander 36-8, 2. Grace Bastin 34-8.
Discus: 1. Alexander 111-5, 3. Jaclyn Lawrence 77-10.
Long jump: 1. Siefert 16-7.5.
High jump: 2. Rylee Hassan 5-4, 3. Malina Miller 5-2.
Pole vault: 1. Parker Davis 10-6, 2. Laina Lillge 9-0, 3. Linley Burman 8-6.