Forty county athletes earn regional callbacks

Hamilton Southeastern's Elia Blackmore (blue) and Noblesville's Kiana Siefert (black) battled it out to the end in the 300 hurdles race at Tuesday's sectional at the Royals' TCU Field. Siefert won the race and is the top seed at next Tuesday's Lafayette Jefferson regional, with Blackmore finishing as runner-up and the regional's second seed. (Kent Graham)

As expected, a large number of Hamilton County track and field athletes received callbacks to Tuesday’s Lafayette Jefferson regional after their performances at the Hamilton Southeastern sectional this past Tuesday.
A total of 40 county athletes advanced to the next round of the post-season. That includes eight each from Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern, seven from Carmel and six from Westfield. Noblesville received five callbacks, with Hamilton Heights getting four. Guerin Catholic’s Kori Dues got a callback in the high jump, while University’s Abby Hannon received one in the shot put.
The performance list for the regional was published on the IHSAA website on Wednesday. Noblesville is the top seed in the 4×800 relay, with Ally Elsbury listed first in the 100 hurdles. Kiana Siefert is top-seeded in the 300 hurdles and second in the 100 hurdles.
Carmel freshman Olivia Cebalo has the first seed in the 400 dash, with the Millers’ Summer Rempe and Brinkley Cooper listed as 1-2 in the 800 run. Guerin Catholic’s Bridget Gallagher is the top seed in the 3200 run, and Carmel is seeded No. 1 in the 4×400 relay.
Fishers’ Ella Scally has the top seed in the long jump, with Hamilton Heights’ Kelsey Smith rated first in the high jump. Noblesville’s Hannah Alexander is top-seeded in the discus.
A complete list of Hamilton County callbacks now follows.

4×800 relay: Fishers (Megan Mybeck, Vera Schafer, Aubrey Baldwin, Anna Runion), Westfield (Nezira Djour, Ava Britton-Heitz, Sydney Klinglesmith, Angelina Abriani).
100 hurdles: Ella Ewing (Hamilton Heights), Sophia Sullivan (Carmel), Madison Clary (Westfield).
100 dash: Genesis Bowers (Fishers), Sanai Smith (Hamilton Southeastern).
1600 run: Paige Hazelrigg (Noblesville), Elizabeth Butler (Southeastern), Kelly Pesyna (Westfield), Kennedy Applegate (Noblesville).
4×100 relay: Hamilton Heights (Victoria Lopez, Samera Henson, Lizzy Smith, Ewing).
400 dash: Ciara Kepner (Southeastern).
300 hurdles: Lucy Hauser (Westfield), Ava Sinex (Carmel), Anna Williams (Fishers), Clary (Westfield).
800 run: Allie Latta (Southeastern), Jasmine Klopstad (Carmel), Audrey Ricketts (Carmel), Baldwin (Fishers).
200 dash: Kya Hoskins (Fishers).
3200 run: Maggie Powers (Southeastern), Nadia Perez (Noblesville), Liz Smith (Westfield), Brooke Lahee (Noblesville).
4×400 relay: Hamilton Heights (Lopez, Ewing, Kelsey Smith, Camryn Runner).
High jump: Makenzie Holcomb (Carmel), Mia Kemp (Southeastern), Kori Dues (Guerin Catholic), Kenley Johnson (Southeastern), Mallory Kixmiller (Fishers).
Discus: Marina Alphin (Southeastern), Audrey Dickson (Carmel), Kayla Gregory (Fishers).
Shot put: Macey Miller (Fishers), Abby Hannon (University).
Pole vault: Taylor Standridge (Heights), Delaney Teachnor (Noblesville), Carissa Fuller (Carmel).