Boys track & field: Millers claim first regional trophy in 20 years

The REPORTER

The Noblesville boys track & field team broke a long regional championship drought on Thursday.

The Millers soared to the team title at the Lafayette Jefferson regional, scoring 84 points for their first regional title since 2005. Noblesville won four events and also had nine qualifiers to the IHSAA state meet, which takes place next Friday, June 6 at North Central.

The Millers surged ahead in the team standings after an incredible performance in the 800 run. Noblesville swept the top three places in that race, which scored 24 team points and put the Millers in front for good. Banner Barnes won the race, followed closely by Bradyn Livingston in second and Isaiah Vohs in third. The top three in each event qualify for state.

Barnes also led a 1-2 finish in the 1600 run, with Jack Strong placing second. Angel Wilson was another double winner for the Millers, placing first in the 100 dash and 200 dash.

John Libs took second in the 3200 run to advance to state. Livingston anchored Noblesville’s 4×800 relay, which also placed second and qualified. Jack Rush, Jack Shinneman and Ronnie Neal also ran on that relay.

Hamilton Southeastern scored 69 points to take second place. The Royals won two events and totaled seven state qualifiers.

Christian Ortiz had a part in both of Southeastern’s wins. He finished first in the 400 dash, then ran on the Royals’ winning 4×400 relay, with Jaxson Wanza, Deacon Lewis and Omar Elsayed.

Southeastern had four third-place finishes, all heading to state. Sam Long placed third in both hurdle events (110 and 300), while Liam Powers took the bronze in the 3200 run. Evan Senefeld placed third in the pole vault.

The Royals’ 4×800 relay team of Will Henning, Elsayed, Liam McNiven and Tate Watson placed fourth, but its time of 7:55.79 was under the state standard, automatically qualifying HSE for state.

Fishers placed a strong third as a team, with 67 points. The Tigers also won two events and qualified seven for state.

Sam Quagliaroli won the 3200, clocking in at 8:59.30. Konrad Hayden won the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 6 inches.

Jev Hutton placed second in the discus. The Tigers had two relays finish in third place: the 4×800 relay team of Reece Torres, Bryson Slagle, Dylan Wolf and Declan Mohr, and the 4×100 relay team of Vincent Rozzi, Reid Spittler, JonAnthony Hall and Carsen Eloms.

Hall also placed third in the long jump, sending him to state. Rocky Duplessis also punched a ticket to North Central by taking third in the 400 dash.

Westfield placed fourth with 66 team points. The Shamrocks began the meet with a 4×800 relay victory; Maxim Poirier, Will Snedeker, Carson Ackley and Caleb Haney covered that distance in 7:50.58.

Westfield totaled six state qualifiers. That included second-place finishes in the other two relays: Caleb Terril, Cayden Gearhart, Cato June and Logan Tuck got the silver in the 4×100, while Ridge Wallerstedt, Haney, Poirier and Snedeker were second in the 4×400.

The Shamrocks’ other three state qualifiers were outside the top three, but advanced by bettering the state standard. Tuck was fourth in the 110 hurdles (14.77 seconds), June was fifth in the 100 dash (10.95 seconds) and Job Mavrick was fifth in the discus (163 feet, 5 inches).

Carmel scored 51 points for sixth place. Ozzy Pollard won the discus with a best throw of 183 feet, 10 inches. He will be joined at state by Theo Thurmond, who took third with a top throw of 171 feet. Isaac Nelson placed second in the 100 dash, also advancing to state.

Guerin Catholic had three state qualifiers. Hayden Cler was second in the 400 dash, then joined James Moody, Trevor Macey and Aidan Horn to place third in the 4×400 relay. Moody was fourth in the 200 dash, but met the state standard (22.06 seconds) to advance.

Hamilton Heights’ Will Duncan placed third in the discus to qualify for state.

Sheridan’s Damon Winston tied for fifth in the high jump, clearing 6 feet.

Team scores and top eight county finishers in each event now follow.

Team scores (top 10 and all county): 1. Noblesville 84, 2. Hamilton Southeastern 69, 3. Fishers 67, 4. Westfield 66, 5. Harrison 52, 6. Carmel 51, 7. Lebanon 38, 8. Kokomo 36.5, 9. McCutcheon 21, 10. Guerin Catholic 20, 19. Hamilton Heights 6, 23. Sheridan 3.5.

4×800 relay: 1. Westfield (Maxim Poirier, Will Snedeker, Carson Ackley, Caleb Haney) 7:50.58, 2. Noblesville (Jack Rush, Jack Shinneman, Ronnie Neal, Bradyn Livingston) 7:52.40, 3. Fishers (Reece Torres, Bryson Slagle, Dylan Wolf, Declan Mohr) 7:52.63, 4. Southeastern (Will Henning, Omar Elsayed, Liam McNiven, Tate Watson) 7:55.79, 6. Carmel (Cooper Szotek, Kiefer Jay, Josh Cale, Jack Capes) 8:01.39.

110 hurdles: 3. Sam Long (HSE) 14.74, 4. Logan Tuck (W) 14.77.

100 dash: 1. Angel Wilson (N) 10.72, 2. Isaac Nelson (C) 10.76, 5. Cato June (W) 10.95, 8. James Moody (GC) 11.21.

1600 run: 1. Banner Barnes (N) 4:17.19, 2. Jack Strong (N) 4:18.14, 4. Carter Buhr (C) 4:19.07, 5. Jay (C) 4:21.02, 6. Luke Moulder (W) 4:22.85, 8. Parker Melling (F) 4:32.11.

4×100 relay: 2. Westfield (Caleb Terril, Cayden Gearheart, June, Tuck) 42.08, 3. Fishers (Vincent Rozzi, Reid Spittler, JonAnthony Hall, Carsen Eloms) 42.64, 4. Southeastern (Liam Boyd, Tyler Tholen, Jaxson Wanza, Christian Ortiz) 42.65, 5. Noblesville (Xavion Bond, Austin Donahoe, Dymonta Collier, Wilson) 43.17, 8. Carmel (Andrew Moss, Beau Snarr, Josh Ott, Griffin Rothenberger) 43.48.

400 dash: 1. Ortiz (HSE) 48.69, 2. Hayden Cler (GC) 49.31, 3. Rocky Duplessis (F) 49.33, 5. Deacon Lewis (HSE) 49.69, 8. Ryd Wallerstedt (W) 51.20.

300 hurdles: 3. Long (HSE) 39.47, 7. Kortez Foster (F) 40.99, 8. Hadi Tebanja (HSE) 41.14.

800 run: 1. Banner Barnes (N) 1:54.92, 2. Livingston (N) 1:55.74, 3. Isaiah Vohs (N) 1:55.84, 4. Snedeker (W) 1:55.86, 5. Mohr (F) 1:56.09, 6. Mason Schmitz (HSE) 1:57.07, 8. Slagle (F) 1:58.07.

200 dash: 1. Wilson (N) 21.88, 4. Moody (GC) 22.06, 5. Gearhart (W) 22.23.

3200 run: 1. Sam Quagliaroli (F) 8:59.30, 2. John Libs (N) 9:07.45, 3. Liam Powers (HSE) 9:09.88, 4. Lucas Bartlett (C) 9:11.41, 7. Jonah Kaul (C) 9:17.03, 8. Ty Conner (W) 9:18.67.

4×400 relay: 1. Southeastern (Ortiz, Wanza, Lewis, Elsayed) 3:22.56, 2. Westfield (Ridge Wallerstedt, Haney, Poirier, Snedeker) 3:22.73, 3. Guerin Catholic (Moody, Trevor Macey, Cler, Aidan Horn) 3:24.00, 5. Carmel (Noah Yoon, Knox Leimer, Myron Pack, Miles Wiley) 3:25.64, 7. Noblesville (Nathaniel Leach, Donahoe, Henry Reno, Bode Barnes) 3:28.57.

Discus: 1. Ozzy Pollard (C) 183-10, 2. Jev Hutton (F) 181-4, 3. Theo Thurmond (C) 171-0, 5. Job Mavrick (W) 163-5.

Shot put: 3. Will Duncan (HH) 55-2.5, 5. Mason Cantwell (F) 53-6, 7. Pollard (C) 52-3, 8. Thurmond (C) 52-1.5.

Long jump: 3. Hall (F) 22-1.5, 4. Dylan James (HSE) 21-4.75, 6. Braxton Gardner (F) 20-5.75.

High jump: 1. Konrad Hayden (F) 6-6, 4. Robert Campbell (W) 6-2, T5. Damon Winston (S) 6-0.

Pole vault: 3. Evan Senefeld (HSE) 14-3, 4. Alex Wilson (W) 14-0, 6. Lucas Bland (W) 13-6.