The Carmel boys track and field team won a very close Metropolitan Conference indoor championship Friday at Wabash College.
The Greyhounds edged out Ben Davis by one point, 99-98. Carmel won the 4×400 relay and picked up four second-place finishes: Jakob Pearson was the 60 hurdles runner-up and Logan Sandlin placed second in the pole vault. The Greyhounds’ 4×800 and distance medley teams also were runners-up.
In the girls meet, Carmel finished in fourth place. The ‘Hounds were winners in the 4×800 (Martha Hunter, Sydney Haines, Mahalet Zeruesenay and Phoebe Bates) and distance medley (Lily McAndrews, Abbey Grogan, Annie Christie and Phoebe Bates) relays, with Jamie Klavon and Brooke Waldal going 2-3 in the 3200 run.
“The coaches were happy with how we performed tonight,” said Carmel coach Aaron McRill. “We are a very young team, in fact we only had one senior compete tonight. We will continue to improve, grow and looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish.”
BOYS MEET
Team scores: Carmel 99, Ben Davis 98, North Central 88.5, Warren Central 86.5, Lawrence Central 57, Pike 53.5, Center Grove 52.5, Lawrence North 50.
60 dash – Preliminaries: 14. Ethan Zhang 7.38, 16. Tony Iskander 7.59.
3200 run: 3. Ben Johnson 10:00.20, 4. Grant Moon 10:04.07.
60 hurdles – Finals: 2. Jakob Pearson 8.39. Preliminaries: 9. Sean Mullen 8.84.
4×200 relay: 6. Carmel 1:34.26.
4×400 relay: 1. Carmel 3:26.35.
4×800 relay: 2. Carmel 8:10.43.
Distance medley: 2. Carmel 11:00.56.
High jump: 9. Logan Burks 5-8.
Pole vault: 2. Logan Sandlin 14-0, 4. Pearson 13-6.
Long jump: 8. Jaedon King 20-2, 10. Dawson Cockerham 20-1.5.
Shot put: 2. Caleb Shaffer 51-11.25, 9. Graham Hatfield 43-4.5.
GIRLS MEET
Team scores: North Central 106, Warren Central 96, Center Grove 87, Carmel 83.5, Pike 60, Ben Davis 56.5, Lawrence North 56, Lawrence Central 28.
60 dash – Preliminaries: 14. Dani Marsella 8.65, 15. Reagan VanDermark 8.71.
3200 run: 2. Jamie Klavon 11:46.22, 3. Brooke Waldal 11:47.33.
60 hurdles – Preliminaries: 10. Madelyn Tester 10.37, 12. Hayley Mudd 10.69.
4×200 relay: 7. Carmel 1:49.61.
4×400 relay: 3. Carmel 4:10.09.
4×800 relay: 1. Carmel 9:40.90.
Distance medley: 1. Carmel 12:32.73.
High jump: T7. Jasmine Middleton 4-8, 10. Uredoojo Agada 4-6.
Pole vault: 4. Darci Commons 9-0, 5. Flora McKay 8-6.
Long jump: 6. Lauren Bailey 16-0.25, 9. Riley Pennington 15-1.25.
Shot put: 10. Caroline West 33-5.75, 12. Quina Johnson 31-6.