Carmel girls defend HSR championship

The REPORTER

The Carmel girls track and field team defended its team championship at the Hoosier State Relays Large School meet.

The Greyhounds finished comfortably ahead of Bloomington South at the meet, which took place Saturday, March 28 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum. Carmel totaled 63.5 points to Bloomington South’s 50, thanks to its strong showing in the relay races.

The Hounds won the 4×800 relay in a new meet record time of 9 minutes, 1.92 seconds. Annabel Pollert, Sadie Foley, Kaitlyn Oshimura and Larkin Taylor were the runners in that event. Taylor, Oshimura and Foley later joined Gabriela Grande Rosas to place second in the distance medley relay; their time of 11:56.95 was under the old meet record.

Carmel also placed third in the 4×400 relay and sixth in the 4×200 relay. Pollert placed second in the 3200 run.

Westfield tied for fifth place by scoring 26 points. Ella Jenkins picked an event victory for the Shamrocks, winning the pole vault by clearing 13 feet, 3 inches. Gracie Czubik helped out with a fifth-place finish in the high jump.

Hamilton Southeastern scored 25.5 points to place seventh as a team.  The Royals earned a victory in the 4×400 relay; with Ava Kashani, Chloe Senefeld, Kaleah McCarter and Anissa Lammie clocking in with a time of 3:56.21.

Noblesville scored four points, tying for 32^nd. Ainsley Meinerding finished seventh in the 60 dash and Nyla Young placed seventh in the shot put.

Boys meet

Two county teams reached the top 10 and Noblesville distance star Banner Barnes picked up an event win in the boys’ competition.

Carmel tied fourth as a team, scoring 30 points. Alim Broadnax took third in the long jump. His best jump was 22 feet, 6.5 inches. Lucas Bartlett finished third in the 3200 run.

The Millers were seventh as a team with 26 points. Barnes led the way with his 3200 victory, clocking in at 9:08.29. He also ran on Noblesville’s runner-up distance medley relay, joining Isaiah Vohs, Jack Rush and Cooper Click.

Westfield scored 18 points to take 12^th place. The 4×800 relay team of Donovan Ledford, Luke Moulder, Caleb Haney and Carson Ackley finished fourth.

Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern both scored 12 points and tied for 16^th place. The Tigers’ Konrad Haynes cleared 6 feet, 8 inches to place second in the high jump. Liam Powers finished fourth in the 3200 run for the Royals.

Large school results

GIRLS

Team scores (top five and all county): 1. Carmel 63.5, 2. Bloomington South 50, 3. North Central 40, 4. Whiteland 30, 5. Westfield 26, 7. Hamilton Southeastern 25.5, T32. Noblesville 4.

60 hurdles – Prelims: 11. Devyn Day (Fishers) 9.26, 14. Chloe Senefeld (HSE) 9.39, 15. Jenna Rhodes (W) 9.41, 22. Katelyn Eblen (W) 9.69.

60 dash – Finals: 7. Ainsley Meinerding (N) 7.74.

3200 run: 2. Annabel Pollert (C) 10:28.63, 21. Maddie Cox (C) 11:19.29, 23. Margo Halle (C) 11:29.56.

4×800 relay: 1. Carmel (Pollert, Sadie Foley, Kaitlyn Oshimura, Larkin Taylor) 9:01.92, new meet record, 6. Westfield (Jenna Burns, Mackenna Condon, Gianna Ferreri, Sam Foster) 9:37.45, 14. Southeastern (Evie Patch, Raegan Hissong, Anna Irish, Aubrey Berger) 9:57.23, 17. Fishers (Aaliyah Hayes, Riley Teurman, Abby Lotter, Lilah Gunn) 9:59.85.

4×200 relay: 6. Carmel (Livi Miller, Kalinda Lee, Jenna Harris, Gabriela Grande Rosas) 1:43.83, 7. Southeastern (Cianna Cunningham, Senefeld, Kaleah McCarter, Anissa Lammie) 1:44.68, 11. Fishers (Day, Kylee Black, Ava Underwood, Zinnia Pineda) 1:45.36, 17. Noblesville (Meinerding, Rylan Bell, Reginae Bell, Jadyn Bush) 1:46.32, 21. Westfield (Izzy Brady, Addy Busch, Gracie Czubik, Eblen) 1:47.76.

4×400 relay: 1. Southeastern (Ava Kashani, Senefeld, McCarter, Lammie) 3:56.21, 3. Carmel (Miller, Oshimura, Molly Foley, Grande Rosas) 3:58.00, 6. Westfield (Busch, Condon, Czubik, Eblen) 4:01.39, 16. Noblesville (Gretchen Graham, Olivia Seefeldt, Sophia Shields, Alyssa Lahee) 4:08.10.

Distance medley relay: 2. Carmel (Taylor, Grande Rosas, Oshimura, S. Foley) 11:56.95, under old meet record, 14. Noblesville (Nelani Render, Graham, Kate Mumaw, Ansley Applegate) 12:44.16, 17. Westfield (Busch, Burns, Ferreri, Foster) 12:52.26, 19. Fishers (Mia Quagliaroli, Hayes, Allie Belush, Caitlin Hawkins) 12:55.45.

Pole vault: 1. Ella Jenkins (W) 13-3, T7. Miller (C) 10-9; Riley Williams (HSE) 10-9.

High jump: 5. Czubik (W) 5-5.

Shot put: 7. Nyla Young (N) 39-11.25, 10. Mia Tobias (F) 38-7.75, 15. Amyla Holder (C) 35-11.5.

BOYS

Team scores (top five and all county): 1. Bloomington North 60, 2. Franklin Central 46, 3. Brownsburg 35, T4. Carmel 30; Avon 30, 7. Noblesville 26, 12. Westfield 18, T16. Fishers 12; Hamilton Southeastern 12.

60 hurdles – Finals: 6. Sam Long (HSE) 8.22. Prelims: 16. Sam Irish (HSE) 8.49.

60 dash – Prelims: 12. Maison McCray (W) 7.02.

3200 run: 1. Banner Barnes (N) 9:08.29, 3. Lucas Bartlett (C) 9:10.07, 4. Liam Powers (HSE) 9:10.38, 10. Jonah Kaul (C) 9:23.65, 12. Grant VanNahmen (C) 9:24.65, 21. Isaac Smith (HSE) 9:38.61, 24. Zach Flint (C) 9:47.07.

4×800 relay: 4. Westfield (Donovan Ledford, Luke Moulder, Caleb Haney, Carson Ackley) 7:52.90, 5. Carmel (Nixon Trisler, Cooper Szotek, Carter Buhr, Trevor Walton) 7:52.96, 7. Southeastern (Omar Elsayed, Liam McNiven, Powers, Will Henning) 7:56.20, 21. Fishers (Nate Thomas, Grant Fasnacht, Mason Lapp, Kale Ormes) 8:23.09, 22. Noblesville (Cooper Click, Josh Moller, Gavin Flynn, Kolten Simpson) 8:38.95.

4×200 relay: 5. Westfield (McCray, Cayden Gearhart, Logan Tuck, Ryd Wallerstedt) 1:29.33, 7. Carmel (Grant Carter, Daniel Pilling, Knox Leimer, Beau Snarr) 1:29.79, 12. Noblesville (Nathaniel Leach, Angel Wilson, Austin Donahoe, Paul Stanely) 1:30.49, 14. Fishers (Vincent Rozzi, Emil Lincey, Darnell Mitchell, Jayden Bogan) 1:31.05.

4×400 relay: 13. Noblesville (Leach, Zaythen Spears, Donahoe, Preston Wells) 3:27.23, 16. Westfield (Wallerstedt, Ledford, McCray, Ackley) 3:28.47, 23. Fishers (Josh Jenkins II, Reece Torres, Declan Mohr, Tristan Breland) 3:51.29.

Distance medley: 2. Noblesville (Isaiah Vohs, Jack Rush, Click, Barnes) 10:12.58, 6. Carmel (Buhr, Zach Judy, Trevor Walton, Lucas Bartlett) 10:29.57, 8. Fishers (Torres, Jenkins, Brady FitzGerlad, Mohr) 10:32.46, 15. Southeastern (Smith, Henning, Elsayed, Powers) 10:42.26, 23. Westfield (Bryce Pittman, Chase Thompson, Deagan Imel, JP Mikels) 11:02.72.

Pole vault: 9. Brady Lemieux (W) 14-0.

High jump: 2. Konrad Hayden (F) 6-8, 7. Austin Geesaman (F) 6-3.

Long jump: 3. Alim Broadnax (C) 22-6.5, 13. Gabriel Davis (C) 21-2.75, 17. Donahoe (N) 20-5.

Shot put: 12. Mason Cantwell (F) 50-8.75, 22. Mason McDermott (N) 44-7.