There were several historical happenings at Friday’s IHSAA girls track and field state meet, and Noblesville got to write its own page in the record book.
The Millers finished as state runner-up for the first time in school history at the meet. Using its solid depth across the field and on the track, Noblesville finished with 40 team points, easily the most ever scored by a Millers team. Noblesville’s second-place finish also bettered by far its previous highest finish of sixth, back at the 2014 state meet.
The state meet took place at Indiana University for the first time since 2019. The meet was run at Ben Davis last season, and there was no state tournament in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senior Kiana Siefert led the way for the Millers. She picked up points in three different events, starting with a fourth-place finish in the long jump. Siefert then was the runner-up in the 300 hurdles in a time of 44.24 seconds, and later joined Brinkley Cooper, Kate Rollins and Summer Rempe to take fifth in the 4×400 relay. Siefert also finished 11th in the 100 hurdles prelims.
Noblesville began the meet with a third-place finish in the 4×800 relay, which consisted of Rempe, Cooper, Riley Flynn and Paige Hazelrigg. Rempe and Cooper would also both run in the open 800, placing seventh and ninth respectively.
The Millers also earned points in the field from three different athletes. Hannah Alexander finished fifth in the discus, Malina Miller placed sixth in the high jump and Laina Lillge took ninth in the pole vault.
Noblesville led the team standings for a significant part of the meet, but North Central overtook the Millers for good after the 200 dash. The Panthers won the team championship by scoring 55 points, and were led by their star sprinter Ramiah Elliott. The senior was a four-time winner, sweeping the 100, 200 and 400 dashes, then helping North Central to a victory in the final event of the evening, the 4×400 relay.
Hamilton Southeastern finished a strong sixth, totaling 26 points. Ally Elsbury had the Royals’ highest place of the meet, taking third in the 100 hurdles.
Southeastern clinched the sixth-place spot by taking fourth in the 4×400, with the team of Jehnea Mirro, Celia Blackmore, Ciara Kepner and Regan Wans. Mirro and Kepner both collected two relay medals at the meet; Mirro joined Jocelyn Davis, Sanai Smith and Daniela Rios Rojas to place sixth in the 4×100, while Kepner teamed with Grace Newton, Allie Latta and Maggie Powers to take seventh in the 4×800.
Blackmore also earned a second medal by placing sixth in the 300 hurdles. Ella Wilhelm helped out in the pole vault, where she finished eighth.
Carmel had a nice meet, placing seventh as a team with 24 points. The Greyhounds soared into the top 10 thanks to a runner-up finish in the 4×400; the team of Emersen Carlisle, Cambell Wamsley, Olivia Cebalo and Lani Samms clocked in at 3 minutes, 54.24 seconds.
The freshman Cebalo also placed second in the open 400, with a time of 56.08 seconds, and opened the meet by running with Audrey Ricketts, Jasmine Klopstad and Kara Wenzler on the 4×800 relay, which placed fourth. Wamsley also finished eighth in the 400 dash.
Fishers scored 11 points, all coming from Ella Scally. The senior superstar finished fifth in the long jump and seventh in both the 100 and 200 dashes.
Guerin Catholic and Hamilton Heights both picked up one podium finish. The Golden Eagles’ Bridget Gallagher finished fifth in the 1600 run, while the Huskies’ Kelsey Smith placed eighth in the high jump.
Westfield’s Princess Campbell competed in the 100 dash at state. She finished 10th in the trials, just missing the finals by .002 seconds. Michigan City’s Zaira Truvillion was clocked at 12.168 seconds in the trials to take the ninth spot, with Campbell finishing in 12.170 seconds. Campbell is a junior, though, and is likely to be back at state next year.
Team scores (top 10 and all county): 1. North Central 55, 2. Noblesville 40, 3. Zionsville 32, 4. Bloomington North 28, 5. Huntington North 27, 6. Hamilton Southeastern 26, 7. Carmel 24, T8. Park Tudor 23; Lake Central 23; Center Grove 23, 24. Fishers 11, T47. Guerin Catholic 5, T53. Hamilton Heights 2.
4×800 relay: 1. Valparaiso 9:03.91, 3. Noblesville (Summer Rempe, Brinkley Cooper, Riley Flynn, Paige Hazelrigg) 9:09.83, 4. Carmel (Audrey Ricketts, Olivia Cebalo, Jasmine Klopstad, Kara Wenzler) 9:14.59, 7. Southeastern (Grace Newton, Allie Latta, Ciara Kepner, Maggie Powers) 9:22.45, 13. Fishers (Megan Mybeck, Vera Schafer, Aubrey Baldwin, Anna Runion) 9:38.68.
100 hurdles – Finals: 1. Rachel Mehringer (Forest Park) 13.92, new state record, 3. Ally Elsbury (HSE) 14.26. Prelims: 11. Kiana Siefert (N) 14.69.
100 dash – Finals: 1. Ramiah Elliott (NC) 11.46, 7. Ella Scally (F) 12.11. Prelims: 10. Princess Campbell (Westfield) 12.17.
1600 run: 1. Addison Wiley (Huntington North) 4:38.69, new state record, 5. Bridget Gallagher (GC) 4:56.63, 18. Jamie Klavon (C) 5:16.76, 19. Olivia Mundt (C) 5:18.58, 21. Paige Hazelrigg (N) 5:23.28, 23. Elizabeth Butler (HSE) 5:25.46.
4×100 relay: 1. Zionsville 47.23, 6. Southeastern (Jocelyn Davis, Jehnea Mirro, Sanai Smith, Daniela Rios Rojas) 48.30, 14. Carmel (Lauren Bailey, Rebecca Belanger, Emily Norris, Ashlyn Guerrant) 49.06.
400 dash: 1. Elliott (NC) 54.75, 2. Cebalo (C) 56.08, 8. Cambell Wamsley (C) 57.50, 21. Regan Wans (HSE) 59.64.
300 hurdles: 1. Reese Sanders (Cathedral) 42.99, 2. Siefert (N) 44.24, 6. Elia Blackmore (HSE) 45.14, 26. Elsbury (HSE) 48.33.
800 run: 1. Wiley (HN) 2:06.26, new state record, 7. Rempe (N) 2:15.53, 9. Cooper (N) 2:16.08, 18. Klopstad (C) 2:21.93, 20. Schafer (F) 2:22.33.
200 dash – Finals: 1. Elliott (NC) 23.63, 7. Scally (F) 25.33. Prelims: 15. Davis (HSE) 25.75.
3200 run: 1. Nicki Southerland (Delta) 10:22.82, 13. Alivia Romaniuk (C) 11:03.10, 17. Maggie Powers (HSE) 11:14.09, 18. Brooke Lahee (N) 11:15.74, 19. Gallagher (GC) 11:16.44, 26. Liz Smith (W) 11:55.25.
4×400 relay: 1. North Central 3:52.56, 2. Carmel (Emersen Carlisle, Wamsley, Cebalo, Lani Samms) 3:54.24, 4. Southeastern (Mirro, Blackmore, Kepner, Wans) 3:57.28, 5. Noblesville (Cooper, Kate Rollins, Siefert, Rempe) 3:57.56.
High jump: 1. Emily Nannenga (Kankakee Valley) 5-10, 6. Malina Miller (N) 5-6, 8. Kelsey Smith (HH) 5-5, T15. Rylee Hassan (N) 5-2.
Long jump: 1. Alexia Smith (Evansville Bosse) 18-9.75, 4. Siefert (N) 18-7.5, 5. Scally (F) 18-6.5, 24. Elsbury (HSE) 16-8.
Discus: 1. Hadley Lucas (Bloomington North) 147-4, 5. Hannah Alexander (N) 133-11, 10. Rosiebella Fiabema (HSE) 123-7, 21. Taylor Reagor (C) 102-11.
Shot put: 1. Lucas (BN) 46-4.25, 19. Alexander (N) 37-9.25.
Pole vault: 1. Mackenzie VanBibber (Plainfield) 12-3, 8. Ella Wilhelm (HSE) 11-6, 9. Laina Lillge (N) 11-3.