Carmel’s Provenzano fastest in Distance Showcase, Millers’ Barnes wins freshman race

(LEFT) Carmel’s Tony Provenzano had the fastest time of the Hamilton County boys Friday in the Carmel Distance Showcase. Provenzano finished the 3200 run in 8:58.29, placing third. He is pictured with Carmel assistant athletic director Jeff Hester. (RIGHT) Noblesville’s Banner Barnes won the boys freshman race in a time of 9:43.44.

The REPORTER

The Carmel track and field teams hosted the fourth annual Carmel Distance Showcase on Friday, with some of the best runners in the Midwest racing in the 3200 run.

This year, there was a freshman race, five heats of the girls race and eight heats of the boys race. The Greyhounds’ Tony Provenzano was the top finisher in the boys race, placing third with a time of 8 minutes, 58.29 seconds. Martinsville’s Martin Barco was the winner (8:48.20) and Brebeuf Jesuit’s Cameron Todd was the runner-up (8:49.08).

Noblesville’s Banner Barnes won the freshman race, clocking in at 9:43.44. He led a 1-2 county finish, with Carmel’s Cooper Szotek placing second in 9:45.30.

Hamilton Southeastern’s Elizabeth Butler was the top girls runner, finishing ninth in 10:48.52.

Here is a complete list of Hamilton County results.

BOYS FRESHMAN RACE

1. Banner Barnes (Noblesville) 9:43.44, 2. Cooper Szotek (Carmel) 9:45.30, 4. Reece Torres (Fishers) 9:51.44, 5. Jack Rush (N) 9:54.81, 12. Carson Ackley (Westfield) 10:10.28, 14. Luke Moulder (W) 10:14.12, 18. Josh Moller (N) 10:17.26, 21. Nathan McKeever (W) 10:20.02, 22. Lucas Barlett (C) 10:21.47, 32. Trevor Walton (C) 10:26.11, 33. Bryce Pittman (W) 10:26.61, 43. Cole Eckstein (Guerin Catholic) 10:39.91, 48. Boston Christy (W) 10:45.20, 49. Neil Adesara (C) 10:45.23, 50. Luke Lory (C) 10:45.33, 52. Noah Coles (F) 10:45.76, 57. Fahed Badreddine (C) 10:48.33, 59. Kaiser Shockley (F) 10:48.83, 61. Deagan Imel (W) 10:51.45, 63. Charles Ritter (Hamilton Southeastern) 10:52.60, 63. Charles Ritter (HSE) 10:52.60, 64. Matthew Huseman (N) 10:52.87, 65. Nathan Yang (C) 10:53.47, 68. Brady Linn (GC) 10:56.09, 74. Drake Kane (F) 10:57.53, 77. Tamim Marashdeh (C) 11:05.56, 79. Kale Ormes (F) 11:10.84, 82. Ajuna Muzoora (F) 11:16.71, 83. Simeon Brown (F) 11:19.26, 84. Griffin Jay (C) 11:20.55.

GIRLS 3200

Heat 1: 6. Eva Parr (GC) 12:13.54, 7. Raya Chauhan (C) 12:14.68, 9. Sam Plummer (W) 12:18.75, 10. Sofia Vasquez (C) 12:20.38, 11. Maddie Cox (C) 12:20.47, 13. Keira Hines (GC) 12:35.50, 15. Olivia Barnett (W) 12:41.02, 16. Madeline Weisner (C) 12:42.04, 18. Lyla Osborn (W) 12:44.80, 19. Izzy McCulloch (W) 12:45.34, 20. Delaney Gould (GC) 12:45.53, 21. Claudia Southworth (W) 12:45.89, 22. Ava Britton-Heitz (W) 12:47.62, T23. Alexandra Baker (F) 12:50.21.

Heat 2: 6. Raegan Hissong (HSE) 11:49.15, 13. Katy Dascoli (C) 12:09.88, 14. Grace Boivin (GC) 12:15.61, 15. Gianna Ferreri (W) 12:16.91, 16. Brinna Wolf (GC) 12:20.16, 18. Claire Flannagan (GC) 12:21.79, 19. Kate Sheidler (F) 12:24.15, 20. Angelina Abriani (W) 12:24.51, 25. Ella Wirkner (N) 12:41.67, 27. Siri Koszyk (N) 12:54.96, 29. Tanvi Pothuri (F) 13:25.93.

Heat 3: 7. Ashley Wright (F) 11:38.51, 9. Emily Loiselle (W) 11:41.57, 10. Abby Lotter (F) 11:43.16, 16. Katie Kolb (GC) 11:50.36, 18. Ella Gaddis (C) 11:51.41, 24. Nola Elling (C) 12:01.67, 25. Camille Morrow (GC) 12:03.90, 26. Maggie Naas (W) 12:08.99, 27. Ella Bozarth (W) 12:10.95.

Heat 4: 2. Ansley Applegate (N) 10:58.85, 5. Alivia Lozier (W) 11:07.75, 6. Liz Smith (W) 11:09.72, 8. Claire Milam (GC) 11:21.29, 11. Kennedy Applegate (N) 11:22.21, 20. Cara Naas (C) 11:39.16, 22. Kate Mumaw (N) 11:43.94, 25. Emersyn Weaver (C) 11:48.12, 26. Charlotte Konow (C) 11:51.49, 29. Bailey Freese (GC) 11:56.19.

Heat 5: 9. Elizabeth Butler (HSE) 10:48.52, 12. Maggie Powers (HSE) 10:54.42, 14. Sadie Foley (C) 10:55.75, 15. Olivia Mundt (C) 10:57.67, 16. Larkin Taylor (C) 11:06.81, 19. Summer Rempe (N) 11:09.05, 21. Riley Flynn (N) 11:10.94, 23. Brinkley Cooper (N) 11:14.90, 24. Nadia Perez (N) 11:19.51, 25. Annabel Pollert (C) 11:22.03.

BOYS 3200

Heat 1: 1. Luke Mumaw (N) 9:50.95, 5. Cohen Levy (C) 10:03.03, 7. Bradyn Livingston (N) 10:07.54, 9. Hayden Nagel (C) 10:09.30, 14. Josh Cale (C) 10:14.25, 17. Noah Melton (N) 10:15.40, 23. Grant Cummings (N) 10:21.47, 28. Lucas Mallon (C) 10:31.80.

Heat 2: 4. Ben Tuckis (HSE) 9:55.44, 9. Will Snedeker (W) 10:04.43, 11. Owen Mohler (W) 10:05.05, 13. Ian Porter (W) 10:06.33, 14. Caleb Haney (W) 10:06.68.

Heat 3: 3. Cooper Mohr (F) 9:49.63, 5. Zach Swedarsky (HSE) 9:50.80, 7. Jude Naville (N) 9:51.71, 10. Declan Mohr (F) 9:52.74, 16. Cooper Click (N) 9:58.62, 19. Zach Flint (C) 10:03.28.

Heat 4: 11. Dylan Wolf (F) 9:45.44, 12. Joel Spittal (C) 9:48.10, 13. Jack Shinneman (N) 9:49.44, 15. Matt Hemmerling (HSE) 9:54.48, 17. Max Fish (GC) 9:55.21, 18. Ty Conner (W) 9:55.48.

Heat 5: 3. Jonah Kaul (C) 9:42.07, 13. Isaac Smith (HSE) 9:46.74, 14. Nick Vega (HSE) 9:47.20, 19. Jack Loiselle (W) 9:52.42, 24. Deklin Bowser (C) 10:07.76.

Heat 6: 3. John Libs (N) 9:27.03, 15. Max Meisner (C) 9:36.72, 20. Carter Buhr (C) 9:44.33, 21. Jack Capes (C) 9:44.40, 22. Alec Moor (N) 9:46.30, 23. Riley Schamp (HSE) 9:51.35.

Heat 7: 11. Sam Rinker (N) 9:28.03, 16. Liam Powers (HSE) 9:32.87, 18. Jack Strong (N) 9:34.97, 19. Kiefer Jay (C) 9:35.30, 20. Luke Moster (GC) 9:40.60, 22. Andrew Smith (HSE) 9:43.06, 24. Ronnie Neal (N) 9:47.30.

Heat 8: 3. Tony Provenzano (C) 8:58.29, 6. Kyle Grove (C) 9:08.35, 8. Caden Click (N) 9:11.13, 20. Matthew Kim (F) 9:18.66.