Carmel won its first ever Unified track and field regional Saturday at Kokomo.
The Greyhounds scored 113 points to win the regional plaque. Fishers finished third, so both Carmel and the Tigers will be among the top five teams that advance to next Saturday’s state meet at Indiana University in Bloomington.
The Greyhounds’ Joe Blake was the highest finisher in the long jump, while Carmel’s Jack Frey was the highest finisher in the shot put.
Complete results now follow:
Team scores: Carmel 113, Elkhart Memorial 109, Fishers 107, Merrillville 102, Griffith 99, Valparaiso 94, DeKalb 94, East Noble 92, Western 85, Harrison 85, Kokomo 68.
100 dash: 2. Joe Wede (C) 12.04, 14. Marcos Maldonado (F) 13.95, 17. Libby Maahs (F) 14.70, 18. Evan Barker (F) 14.71, 20. Anisha Katayayan (C) 15.63, 23. Matt Kiffmeyer (F) 16.48, 31. John Joest (C) 19.61, 36. Conrad Weindorf (C) 23.64.
400 dash: 4. Michael Conway (C) 55.53, 5. Joe Blake (C) 58.35, 15. Devin Hankins (F) 1:05.65, 25. Lauren Grater (F) 1:18.14, 26. Safina Beaty (F) 1:18.51, 28. Kellen Bridgeforth (F) 1:20.17, 34. Naveed Malek (C) 1:27.16, 37. Hannah Young (C) 1:32.51.
4×100 relay: 4. Fishers “A” (Josh Ibey, Timothy Jackson, Alex Rosario-Crespo, Jack Smith) 50.06, 9. Carmel “A” (Michael Conway, Michael Herod, Joe Wede, Naveed Malek) 58.89, 12. Carmel “B” (Megan Daggett, Anisha Katayayan, Whitney Lam, Liz Piha) 1:04.10, 14. Fishers “B” (Lindsay Dale, Laura Godleski, Ariana Wills, Mary McGuire) 1:04.94.
Long jump: 1. Joe Blake (C) 21-4.75, 3. Timothy Jackson (F) 19-8, 13. Tyler Bartling (C) 13-8.75, 18. Alyssa Green (F) 13-0, 30. Lindsay Dale (F) 8-9, 31. Whitney Lam (C) 8-8, 36. Colin Schooley (F) 6-9, 38. Mavkenzie Wilt (C) 6-1.
Shot put: 1. Jack Frey (C) 47-11, 5. Tim Holden (C) 42-4, 9. Leyton Dale (F) 38-5, 18. Jack Smith (F) 31-0, 24. Chloe White (F) 21-11, 26. Jason Froeming (C) 21-1, 32. Sky Simpson (C) 18-5.25, 36. Zach Conwell (F) 16-1.