By RIICHIE HALL
ZIONSVILLE – The Hoosier Crossroads Conference boys track and field meet took place Friday night at Zionsville.
The HCC’s four Hamilton County teams all made an impact at the meet. Hamilton Southeastern had the highest team finish by taking third, with Fishers and Noblesville joining the Royals in winning multiple events and Westfield having strong performances as well.
Southeastern scored 89 points and picked up two event victories. Gage Pratt won the 200 dash in a new conference meet record time of 21.44 seconds. Pratt’s time was six-tenths of a seconds faster than the IHSAA state standard of 22.04, which is significant since the sectional is only two weeks away.
Another athlete looking to peak as the tournament approaches is the Royals’ Xan Cluff. He won the pole vault event with a best effort of 13 feet, 6 inches, doing so in windy conditions.
“I think I vaulted pretty well with the wind going,” said Cluff. “It was a weird crosswind, at 20 mph, really on and off.”
Still, Cluff managed. He said during windy conditions, many vaulters do is “jump in from a shorter step” so that the wind doesn’t affect them throughout the entire run.
The Tigers scored 74 points and had two event wins as well. The 4×800 relay team of Jonathon Roth, Alec Foster, Ben Greiwe and Keefer Soehngen won that event in a time of 8:00.69. Soehngen later won the 400 dash in 49.94 seconds, taking the race by 1.39 seconds over second place.
Noblesville placed fifth with 73 points, but had three individual victories. Mac Smith took the 100 dash and also had a personal achievement: He broke 11 seconds for the first time, finishing the race in 10.98 seconds. Afterwards, Smith said he was “very ecstatic” about reaching that goal.
“I just had to focus on holding that drive phase, really pumping the arms to the finish line,” said Smith. “It was tough competition from Brownsburg, which really pushed me, so that was great.”
The Millers’ distance runners also stepped up. Andrew Anderson won the 800 run in a time of 1:55.56, and Cole Kimmel placed first in the 3200 run at 9:31.10.
Westfield finished third in three events: Kai Connor in the 1600 run, Jonathan Frey in the pole vault and the 4×100 relay team of Jayden Bernavil, Dylan Walker, Frey and Carson Voorhis.
Brownsburg won the team championship by scoring 128 points, with Zionsville the runner-up with 101 points.
Turn to Page 6 for results and more pictures.
Team scores: Brownsburg 128, Zionsville 101, Hamilton Southeastern 89, Fishers 74, Noblesville 73, Franklin Central 55.5, Avon 51.5, Westfield 51.
4×800 relay: 1. Fishers (Jonathon Roth, Alec Foster, Ben Greiwe, Keefer Soehngen) 8:00.69, 3. Westfield (Colin Lakomek, Tyler Smith, Joseph Harris, Max Woehler) 8:08.19, 7. Southeastern (Cade Ogan, Nolan Pham, Ash Caylor, Ian Ross) 8:26.86, 8. Noblesville (Joel Mumaw, Evan Campbell, Caden Click, Ian Montarsi) 8:45.14.
110 hurdles: 4. Will Gerig (HSE) 15.64, 6. Tyler Tarter (F) 16.22, 7. Daniel Nevitt (N) 16.22, 8. Carson Voorhis (W) 16.29, 9. Clayton Allen (HSE) 16.99. Prelims – 10. Michael Schnurr (F) 16.87, 12. Ben Kern (N) 18.30, 13. Colton Vondersaar (W) 18.44.
100 dash: 1. Mac Smith (N) 10.98, 6. Malachai Corbett (F) 11.46, 7. Eligh Dodd (F) 11.47, 9. Jayden Bernavil (W) 11.62. Prelims – 10. Kobe Dade (HSE) 11.77, 11. David Frey (W) 11.85, 12. Christ Degni (N) 11.95, 14. John McCoy (HSE) 12.24.
1600 run: 2. Will Clark (F) 4:23.58, 3. Kai Connor (W) 4:25.21, 4. Garrett Hicks (HSE) 4:26.61, 5. Andrew Knight (HSE) 4:28.57, 6. Asher Propst (N) 4:31.98, 7. Luke Shinneman (N) 4:33.96, 8. Josh Barnett (W) 4:36.35, 9. Tate Meaux (F) 4:36.81.
4×100 relay: 3. Westfield (Bernavil, Dylan Walker, Frey, Voorhis) 44.30, 4. Noblesville (Smith, Brayden Colon, Matthew Conard, Degni) 44.62, 5. Fishers (Corbett, Dawson Scally, Dodd, Joe Syrus) 44.90, 6. Southeastern (Christian Miller, Jaylon Cooper, Xavier Dokes, Jack Wafford) 45.05.
400 dash: 1. Soehngen (F) 49.94, 7. Samuel Greenaway (N) 53.73, 9. Grant Shelton (F) 53.88, 11. Rico Ortiz (HSE) 54.94, 12. Lakomek (W) 55.13, 13. Landon King (W) 55.34, 15. Conard (N) 56.16, 16. Ethan Falconer (HSE) 56.31.
300 hurdles: 5. Gerig (HSE) 42.62, 6. Daniel Nevitt (N) 42.88, 7. Christiaan Huisden (W) 43.08, 8. Bernavil (W) 43.34, 9. Schnurr (F) 44.23, 10. Kern (N) 44.61, 11. Robert Seay (F) 44.78, 13. Allen (HSE) 45.97.
800 run: 1. Andrew Anderson (N) 1:55.56, 2. Jaylen Castillo (F) 1:57.96, 3. Bennett Dubois (HSE) 1:58.53, 4. Josh Springborn (W) 1:58.60, 8. T. Smith (W) 2:04.61, 9. Alec Foster (F) 2:05.25, 10. Mumaw (N) 2:05.86, 13. Jack Struss (HSE) 2:07.96.
200 dash: 1. Gage Pratt (HSE) 21.44, new conference record, 2. M. Smith (N) 22.22, 7. Walker (W) 22.97. Prelims – 10. Colon (N) 23.89, 12. Scally (F) 24.14, 13. Jathan Willis (F) 24.28, 14. Cooper (HSE) 24.41, 15. Jacob Good (W) 24.52.
3200 run: 1. Cole Kimmel (N) 9:31.10, 3. Travis Hickner (N) 9:36.44, 5. Will Marquardt (HSE) 9:39.12, 6. Matthew Leppert (F) 9:39.40, 7. Jacob Beene (W) 9:44.23, 8. Nolan Satterfield (HSE) 9:47.93, 9. Nick Pulos (F) 9:48.40, 12. Kyler Koning (W) 10:00.08.
4×400 relay: 2. Fishers (Tarter, Castillo, Shelton, Soehngen) 3:29.08, 5. Westfield (Springborn, Connor, Lakomek, Joseph Harris) 3:35.22, 7. Noblesville (Chase Alsup, Conard, Greenaway, Anderson) 3:37.65, 8. Southeastern (Dokes, Dubois, Dylan Conner, Ross) 3:41.37.
High jump: 3. Manraj Grewal (HSE) 6-2, 5. Gerig (HSE) 5-10, 6. Matthew Penley (W) 5-10, 8. Greenaway (N) 5-8, T10. Paul Kelley (F) 5-6; Aidan Collins (F) 5-6; Matthew Rops (W) 5-6.
Pole vault: 1. Xan Cluff (HSE) 13-6, 3. Jonathan Frey (W) 12-6, 4. Nathan Samson (F) 11-6, 5. Lester Gonzalez (W) 11-0.
Long jump: 2. M. Smith (N) 21-7, 4. Lamine Sall (HSE) 21-5.5, 6. Silas Newton (HSE) 20-1.5, 7. Syrus (F) 19-9.75, 8. Penley (W) 19-8.5, 11. Aidan Walker (N) 18-5.75, 13. Peyton Doty (F) 18-3.
Shot put: 2. Brandon Gonzalez (HSE) 51-10.5, 3. Jack Greer (HSE) 50-1.5, 6. Caleb Gates (F) 46-8.5, 12. Vance Farrar (W) 40-11, 13. William Goodvine (W) 40-3.5, 14. Daniel Armstrong (F) 39-11, 15. Zach Blevins (N) 38-11.5, 16. Reece Bowen (N) 37-8.
Discus: 4. Gates (F) 156-3, 7. Ethan Ededuwa (HSE) 129-9, 10. Nathan Allgeier (F) 122-11, 12. Spencer Lotz (HSE) 115-1, 13. Hayden Netral (W) 111-6, 14. Gabe Henthorn (W) 105-3, 15. Evan Augsperger (N) 102-8, 16. Mason Anderson (N) 102-7.