The Fishers Unified track and field team placed second at the IHSAA state meet, which took place Saturday at Ben Davis.
The Tigers scored 106 points at the meet, behind only Valparaiso’s 126 points. It’s the highest finish ever for the Fishers Unified team, and the second time that a Hamilton County school has been a runner-up. Noblesville took second in 2016.
The Tigers’ Luke Valerio finished first in Section 1 of the 100 dash and Flight 1 of the long jump. Hayden Lake placed first in Section 4 of the 100 dash, while Jacob Hay finished first in Flight 2 of the long jump. In the shot put, Andrew Barker was first in Flight 1 and Luke Asquini was first in Flight 4.
Complete Fishers results now follow.
Team scores: Valparaiso 126, Fishers 106, Fort Wayne Carroll 103, South Bend Adams 98, Bloomington North 91, Bedford North Lawrence 86, Columbia City 79, Jennings County 78, Boonville 77, Seymour 77, Avon 74, Kokomo 73.
Girls 4×100 relay – Section 1: 4. Fishers (Kristyn Santiago, Emerson Chapple, Crysta Coble, Natalie Bryan) 1:03.75.
Boys 4×100 relay – Section 1: 4. Fishers (Sam Syrus, Evan Barker, Luke Asquini, Anthony Valerio) 52.01.
100 dash – Section 1: 1. Luke Valerio 11.68, 6. Conner Babcock 12.31. Section 4: 1. Hayden Lake 15.19. Section 5: 8. Colin Schooley, time n/a.
400 dash – Section 1: 5. Babcock 56.90. Section 3: Carter Gordon 1:08.10. Section 4: 3. Lake 1:09.99. Section 4: Sophia Swanson 1:16.48.
Long jump – Flight 1: 1. L. Valerio 19-5.75. Flight 2: 1. Jacob Hay 17-5.25. Flight 3: 4. A. Valerio 12-6. Flight 5: 7. Schooley 8-4.25.
Shot put – Flight 1: 7. Andrew Barker 38-9.25. Flight 2: 6. Evan Barker 34-10.75. Flight 4: 1. Asquini 32-3.75, 6. Devin Hankins 29-0.5.