At last week’s Lafayette Jefferson girls track and field regional, Noblesville gave a friendly reminder that the field part is just as important as the track part.
The Millers won their first-ever regional championship last week. Noblesville scored 77 points, with over half of those points – 45 of them, to be exact – coming from the field events.
On Saturday, the Millers will be heading down to Ben Davis for the IHSAA state meet. They’ll be doing so with the potential to earn five medals in the field. Noblesville’s quest begins at 3 p.m., which is when competition in the field events will start. Noblesville has nine qualifiers at the state meet, the most of any Hamilton County school.
The area to watch will be the high jump pit, where two Millers sophomores are seeded in the top five. Malina Miller is third and Rylee Hassan is fourth. Both cleared 5 feet, 5 inches at the regional, with Miller winning the regional title on misses.
Parker Davis seeded fourth in the pole vault, while Kiana Siefert holds the fifth seed in the long jump. Siefert is also seeded highly in the hurdles, with a fourth seed in the 300 hurdles and a ninth seed in the 100 hurdles.
Freshman Hannah Alexander is seeded 10th in the discus event. The top nine in each event get medals, but Alexander is close. Her seed mark is 127-5, while the No. 9 seed, Madison Miller of Culver Academies is 127-8, so Alexander is definitely in medal contention.
Carmel has eight qualifiers at the state meet. Senior Annie Christie will be leading the way for the Greyhounds, and she will be going for three medals. She will likely be part of the 4×800 relay team, which is seeded second, and is seeded fourth in the 3200 run and fifth in the 1600 run. Carmel is also seeded fourth in the 4×400 relay.
Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers each have six state qualifiers. The Royals will be led by Halle Hill, who has the county’s only top seed. Hill is rated first in the 1600 run with a time of 4:52.72, and is also seeded ninth in the 1600. Southeastern’s 4×400 relay team holds a third seed.
The Tigers will be watching Ella Scally, who cruised to sectional and regional titles in the dashes. Scally is seeded third in the 200 dash and sixth in the 100 dash. Another Fishers athlete to watch is Alison Casey, who is seeded third in the pole vault.
Westfield has five state qualifiers. The Shamrocks’ highest seed is a freshman, Lucy Hauser, who is seeded 12th in the 300 hurdles.
Hamilton Heights has three state qualifiers, with two of them belonging to Maria Mitchell. The senior is seeded third in the 1600 run and ninth in the 800. Kelsey Smith is seeded fifth in the high jump.
Guerin Catholic’s Alyssa Chang qualified in the pole vault and is seeded 12th.
A list of Hamilton County state qualifiers now follows.
4×800 relay: 2. Carmel 9:18.92, 6. Fishers 9:30.34, 9. Hamilton Southeastern 9:32.18, 11. Noblesville 9:33.65.
100 dash: 6. Ella Scally (F) 12.30, 19. Princess Campbell (Westfield) 12.62.
100 hurdles: 9. Kiana Siefert (N), 12. Ally Elsbury (HSE) 15.20.
200 dash: 3. Scally (F) 25.04.
1600 run: 1. Halle Hill (HSE) 4:52.72, 3. Maria Mitchell (Hamilton Heights) 4:53.65, 5. Annie Christie (C) 4:55.02, 14. Alivia Romaniuk (C) 5:10.52.
4×100 relay: 4. Fishers 48.31, 13. Westfield 48.86.
400 dash: 7. Regan Wans (HSE) 58.72.
300 hurdles: 4. Siefert (N) 45.21, 12. Lucy Hauser (W) 46.11.
800 run: 9. Mitchell (HH) 2:16.47, 18. Jasmine Klopstad (C) 2:18.87.
3200 run: 4. Christie (C) 10:35.17, 9. Hill (HSE) 10:59.24, 13. Cara Naas (C) 11:06.49, 16. Elizabeth Barrett (F) 11:08.71.
4×400 relay: 3. Southeastern 3:58.16, 4. Carmel 3:59.40, 19. Noblesville 4:05.21.
High jump: 3. Malina Miller (N) 5-5, 4. Rylee Hassan (N) 5-5, 5. Kelsey Smith (HH) 5-5.
Long jump: 5. Siefert (N) 18-2.75, 23. Sydney Black (W) 17-1.5.
Discus: 10. Hannah Alexander (N) 127-5.
Pole vault: 3. Alison Casey (F) 12-3, 4. Parker Davis (N) 11-9, 9. Tristan Barr (C) 11-3, 12. Alyssa Chang (GC) 11-0, 17. Kierstyn Ballard (W) 10-6.