Carmel runs away with county girls track meet

By RICHIE HALL

sports@readthereporter.com

WESTFIELD – The Carmel girls track & field team put together a solid win at the Hamilton County girls meet, which took place Tuesday at Westfield’s Riverview Health Stadium.

The Greyhounds won seven events while scoring 154.5 points. That included a pair of new records for Emily Norris. The senior flew to a new standard in the long jump with a best leap of 19 feet, 3 inches. Norris finished the meet with a win in the 200 dash; her time of 24.88 seconds bettered the old record by 0.02 seconds.

The 200 turned out to be the last race of the meet, as lightning forced it to end early. As a result, the 3200 run and 4×400 relay were not contested.

Carmel coach Aaron McRill said that Norris also set a new school record in the long jump. The old Greyhounds mark was 18 feet, 3.5 inches, “so she really just crushed it,” said the coach.

“So, she did well, rest of the team did well. We won a lot of events tonight,” said McRill. We were upset we didn’t get to finish, but that’s weather for you.”

The ‘Hounds began the meet by winning the 4×800 relay. Sadie Foley, Annabel Pollert, Kaitlyn Oshimura and Larkin Taylor took that event in a time of 9 minutes, 12.89 seconds. Foley later led a 1-2 sweep of the 1600 run, with Olivia Mundt taking second.

Amyla Holder also led a 1-2 sweep in the discus. Holder had the best throw at 124 feet, 5 inches, with Ellie Cooley in second place. Rebecca Belanger won the 100 dash in 12.54 seconds, then later joined Norris, Olivia Cebalo and Gabriela Grande Rosas to take the 4×100 relay in 47.92 seconds.

“The competition in Hamilton County is just getting better and better every year, and this meet’s getting tougher and tougher,” said McRill. “Which is good for us, because it’s always good competition.”

Noblesville edged out Hamilton Southeastern for second place, 99 to 98.5. The Millers had five runner-up finishes, including both the 4×800 and 4×100 relays. Other second places came from Ainsley Meinerding in the 100 and 200 dashes, Nyla Young in the shot put and Mya Baker in the long jump.

The Royals swept both relay races. Elia Blackmore set a new meet record in the 100 hurdles of 14.56 seconds, Micaiah Bullock placed second to make it an HSE sweep. Chloe Senefeld later won the 300 hurdles in 44.24 seconds, just 0.01 seconds off the meet record.

Fishers placed fourth with 74 points. Macey Miller was first in the shot put, with a top throw of 40 feet, 3.75 inches.

Westfield scored 54 points to take fifth place. Gracie Czubik was the Shamrocks’ top finisher, taking second in the high jump.

Hamilton Heights placed sixth with 39 points. The Huskies won two events: Norah Reiger was first in the 400 dash with a time of 57.02 seconds. Waverly Woolever cleared 5 feet, 3 inches to win the high jump.

Guerin Catholic placed seventh with 24 points. Freshman Amelia Smith won the pole vault; her top vault of 12 feet, 6 inches tied the meet record.

Sheridan’s Nova Cross placed ninth in the 100 and 200 dashes.

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

Team scores: Carmel 154.5, Noblesville 99, Hamilton Southeastern 98.5, Fishers 73, Westfield 54, Hamilton Heights 39, Guerin Catholic 24.

4×800 relay: 1. Carmel (Sadie Foley, Annabel Pollert, Kaitlyn Oshimura, Larkin Taylor) 9:12.89, 2. Noblesville (Riley Flynn, Kate Mumaw, Gretchen Graham, Brinkley Cooper) 9:32.93, 3. Westfield (Mackenna Condon, Maggie Naas, Gianna Ferreri, Alivia Lozier) 9:41.44, 4. Southeastern (Anaya Lammie, Ava Powers, Kate Evans, Kayla Brinley) 9:57.08, 5. Guerin Catholic (Brinna Wolf, Addyson Horvath, Kara Van Woerkom, Eva Parr) 10:09.18, 6. Fishers (Allie Belush, Lucy Clendenen, Kate Sheidler, Mia Schiesser) 10:18.17.

100 hurdles: 1. Elia Blackmore (HSE) 14.56, new meet record, 2. Micaiah Bullock (HSE) 15.72, 3. Faith Tchuente Fotso (C) 15.74, 4. Charlotte Hunter (C) 16.70, 5. Charlotte Huffman (F) 17.45, 6. Makena Schwerin (W) 17.48, 7. Eugena Wilson (N) 17.49, 8. Scarlett Snape (GC) 17.77.

100 dash: 1. Rebecca Belanger (C) 12.54, 2. Ainsley Meinerding (N) 12.77, 3. Olivia Schiffli (HH) 12.82, 4. Mya Baker (N) 12.85, 5. Laila Ehrgott (HSE) 12.94, 6. Ava Underwood (F) 13.19, 7. Rylan David (F) 13.21, 8. Livi Miller (C) 13.33.

1600 run: Foley (C) 5:02.68, 2. Olivia Mundt (C) 5:11.87, 3. Ansley Applegate (N) 5:12.19, 4. Mia Quagliaroli (F) 5:20.74, 5. Flynn (N) 5:21.42, 6. Taylor Tragesser (GC) 5:23.07, 7. Raegan Hissong (HSE) 5:25.09, 8. Ella Bozarth (W) 5:27.08.

4×100 relay: 1. Carmel (Belanger, Emily Norris, Olivia Cebalo, Gabriela Grande Rosas) 47.92, 2. Noblesville (Mallory Cahill, Baker, Aleigh Heavey, Meinerding) 49.60, 3. Westfield (Melody Miller, Ella Jenkins, LeBraya Warren, Gracie Czubik) 50.29, 4. Heights (Gracie Bortone, Lizzy Smith, Brooke Cox, Schliffi) 50.67, 5. Southeastern (Ehrgott, Madeline Von Zirkelbach, EJ Shults, Jocelyn Thistle) 51.60, 6. Fishers (Ava Underwood, David, Kylee Black, Mia Cardozo Nunez) 52.24, 7. Guerin Catholic (Katie Wendt, Isabella Smock, Isabella Fisher, Kathryn Demmings) 53.23.

400 dash: 1. Norah Reiger (HH) 57.02, 2. Cebalo (C) 57.30, 3. Ciara Kepner (HSE) 58.24, 4. Grande Rosas (C) 58.40, 5. Warren (W) 58.66, 6. Alyssa Lahee (N) 59.70, 7. Jordyn Landrum (W) 59.89, 8. Brooke Bunnell (GC) 1:00.04.

300 hurdles: 1. Chloe Senefeld (HSE) 44.24, 2. Devyn Day (F) 46.15, 3. Bullock (HSE) 46.75, 4. Maija Gilhooly (C) 47.07, 5. Miller (C) 48.38, 6. Katelyn Eblen (W) 49.76, 7. Katelyn Keenan (N) 51.90, 8. Charlotte Huffman (F) 52.01.

800 run: 1. Anissa Lammie (HSE) 2:12.53, 2. Taylor (C) 2:13.62, 3. Isabella Murch (F) 2:13.66, 4. Cooper (N) 2:14.13, 5. Catey Campbell (HSE) 2:17.18, 6. Oshimura (C) 2:17.85, 7. Katie Kolb (GC) 2:19.68, 8. Aaliyah Hayes (F) 2:23.53.

200 dash: 1. Norris (C) 24.88, new meet record, 2. Meinerding (N) 26.37, 3. Cebalo (C) 26.55, 4. Addison Smith (HSE) 26.59, 5. Heavey (N) 27.51, 6. Reiger (HH) 27.52, 7. Cardozo Nunez (F) 27.64, 8. Black (F) 27.74.

Discus: 1. Amyla Holder (C) 124-5, 2. Ellie Cooley (C) 117-9, 3. Mia Tobias (F) 117-8, 4. Amelia Kring (N) 115-6, 5. Macey Miller (F) 111-11, 6. Fanta Sall (HSE) 107-6, 7. Nyla Young (N) 104-1, 8. Katie Wooden (HSE) 95-2.

Shot put: 1. Miller (F) 40-3.75, 2. Young (N) 40-0, 3. Wooden (HSE) 36-1.5, 4. Tobias (F) 34-8, 5. Holder (C) 34-1.25, 6. Leah Brigham (HSE) 33-1, 7. Kring (N) 32-2, 8. Norah Chase (C) 30-4.5.

Long jump: 1. Norris (C) 19-3, new meet record, 2. Baker (N) 17-2.75, 3. Belanger (C) 17-0, 4. Meinerding (N) 16-9.5, 5. Gracie Czubik (W) 16-7.75, 6. Natalie Arnold (HSE) 16-7.5, 7. Bullock (HSE) 16-4, 8. Madison Paciorek (F) 16-2.

High jump: 1. Waverly Woolever (HH) 5-3, 2. Czubik (W) 5-2, 3. Jolie Miller (W) 5-1, 4. Macie Smith (HH) 5-0, T5. Shults (HSE) 4-10; Aspen Rollins (N) 4-10; Elise Beckner (N) 4-10, 8. Vera Griffin (C) 4-8.

Pole vault: 1. Amelia Smith (GC) 12-6, tied meet record, 2. Scarlett Olson (F) 12-0, 3. Alexandra Hamilton (W) 11-9, 4. Jenkins (W) 10-0, T5. Kathryn Hammond (C) 10-0; Riley Williams (HSE) 10-0, 7. Miller (C) 10-0, 8. Zoe Travelsted (GC) 10-0.