Girls track and field: Greyhounds claim regional trophy, several county runners qualify for state

The REPORTER

The Carmel girls track and field team won a tough regional championship on Tuesday.

The Greyhounds edged out Brownsburg and Hamilton Southeastern to claim the Lafayette Jefferson regional. Carmel scored 82 points to win its first team regional title since 2016 and its 11^th overall.

In addition, the Hounds picked up two event wins. Emily Norris was first in the 200 dash with a time of 25.28 seconds. Freshman Emma Warner was victorious in a close high jump competition with Hamilton Heights’ Waverly Woolever. Both cleared 5 feet, 5 inches; Warner got the win with less overall misses.

The top three finishers in each event advance to the state finals, which take place Friday, May 31 at Indiana University. Norris also qualified for state in the 100 dash, where she finished second. Gabriela Grande Rosas advanced in the 400 dash and long jump, taking third in both, while Sadie Foley placed third in the 1600 run.

All three of those athletes joined Olivia Cebalo on the Greyhounds’ second-place 4×400 relay team. Carmel’s 4×800 relay team (Cebalo, Kara Wenzler, Annabel Pollert and Kaitlyn Oshimura) also placed second, so both relays advance to state.

Brownsburg was the team runner-up with 79 points, while Southeastern scored 78 points to place third. The Royals won five events, including relay victories in the 4×800 (Maggie Powers, Addison Smith, Anissa Lammie and Elise Herman, 9:25.33) and 4×400 (Ciara Kepner, Smith, Lammie and Chloe Senefeld, 3:51.92.)

Powers won the 1600 run in 5:00.12, Lammie easily claimed the 400 dash in 55.58, over 2.5 seconds ahead of the standard. Kepner edged out Noblesville’s Brinkley Cooper for first place in the 800 run by .03 seconds (2:15.48 to 2:15.51). Both runners are headed to state.

Elia Blackmore placed second in the 100 hurdles, qualifying for state along with HSE’s event champions.

Noblesville placed fifth with 65 points. Hannah Alexander swept the throwing events, dominating the discus in 156 feet, 2 inches, then winning the shot put with a top throw of 44 feet, 6.75 inches.

Delaney Teachnor cleared 12 feet to win the pole vault. Both Millers are headed to state, along with Cooper and Summer Rempe in the 800 run. Rempe and Cooper were also part of Noblesville’s third-place 4×800 relay, joining Riley Flynn and Gretchen Graham.

Fishers scored 47 points for sixth place. Maya Taylor was the 100 dash champion in 12.75 seconds, and joined Mireya Benjamin, Zinnia Pineda and Kylee Black to place second in the 4×100 relay and qualify for state. Macey Miller placed second in the shot put to earn a place at state.

Westfield’s Lucy Hauser won the 300 hurdles in a time of 45.06 seconds to qualify for state in that event. Woolever advanced to state in the high jump, as did Ella Ewing, who took third in the 100 hurdles.

Some athletes may receive callbacks to state as well. Those will be determined later today.

RESULTS

Team scores: Carmel 82, Brownsburg 79, Hamilton Southeastern 78, Avon 68, Noblesville 65, Fishers 47, West Lafayette 37, Westfield 36, Zionsville 25, Monrovia 16, Crawfordsville 14, Hamilton Heights 14, Harrison 13, Seeger 8, Plainfield 7, North White 6, Mooresville 6, Guerin Catholic 5, Tri-West 4, Danville 4, Benton Central 3, McCutcheon 2, Lebanon 2, Twin Lakes 2, Delphi 1.

4×800 relay: 1. Southeastern (Maggie Powers, Addison Smith, Anissa Lammie, Elise Herman) 9:25.33, 2. Carmel (Olivia Cebalo, Kara Wenzler, Annabel Pollert, Kaitlyn Oshimura) 9:28.73, 3. Noblesville (Riley Flynn, Brinkley Cooper, Gretchen Graham, Summer Rempe) 9:34.82, 5. Guerin Catholic (Katie Kolb, Brinna Wolf, Bailey Freese, Claire Milam) 9:42.70, 7. Westfield (Jordyn Landrum, Liz Smith, Maggie Naas, Emily Loiselle) 9:42.93, 12. Fishers (Aaliyah Hayes, Allie Belush, Elise Bryan, Grier Swaim 10:31.15.

100 hurdles: 2. Elia Blackmore (HSE) 15.45, 3. Ella Ewing (HH) 16.00, 4. Anna Williams (F) 16.09, 6. Faith Tchuente Fotso (C) 16.38, 9. Lucy Hauser (W) 17.18.

100 dash: 1. Maya Taylor (F) 12.75, 2. Emily Norris (C) 12.86, 6. Rebecca Berlanger (C) 13.05, 9. Mireya Benjamin (F) 13.10.

1600 run: 1. M. Powers (HSE) 5:00.12, 3. Sadie Foley (C) 5:01.84, 4. Ansley Applegate (N) 5:06.73, 6. Flynn (N) 5:16.93, 8. Olivia Mundt (C) 5:26.95, 12. Ava Powers 5:39.24.

4×100 relay: 2. Fishers (Benjamin, Zinnia Pineda, Kylee Black, Taylor) 47.97, 4. Southeastern (EJ Shults, Ava Kashani, Camryn McKinney, Chloe Senefeld) 48.95, 6. Noblesville (Mallory Cahill, Mya Baker, Kate Rollins, Maddie Coates) 49.68, 10. Heights (Norah Reiger, Lizzy Smith, Gracie Bortone, Waverly Woolever) 50.44, 11. Westfield (LeBraya Warren, LeAsia Warren, Josie Vondersaar, Abbi Van Bibber) 50.66.

400 dash: 1. Lammie (HSE) 55.58, 3. Gabriela Grande Rosas (C) 56.99, 7. Cebalo (C) 58.23.

300 hurdles: 1. Hauser (W) 45.06, 5. Micaiah Bullock (HSE) 47.48, 8. Maija Gilhooly (C) 48.15, 9. Williams (F) 48.57, 10. Devyn Day (F) 48.75, 15. Blackmore (HSE) 56.46.

800 run: 1. Ciara Kepner (HSE) 2:15.48, 2. Cooper (N) 2:15.51, 3. Rempe (N) 2:15.69, 7. Isabella Murch (F) 2:20.17, 8. Kolb (GC) 2:20.55, 9. Audrey Ricketts (C) 2:21.98, 11. Herman (HSE) 2:28.39.

200 dash: 1. Norris (C) 25.28, 4. Senefeld (HSE) 25.62, 7. Taylor (F) 26.39,

3200 run: 3. Butler (HSE) 11:01.57, 4. Alivia Lozier (W) 11:13.08, 6. Smith (W) 11:20.26, 7. Larkin Taylor (C) 11:30.33, 9. Nadia Perez (N) 11:43.65, 10. Kennedy Applegate (N) 11:46.47, 11. Milam (GC) 11:53.08.

4×400 relay: 1. Southeastern (Kepner, Smith, Lammie, Senefeld) 3:51.92, 2. Carmel (Grande Rosas, Foley, Cebalo, Norris) 3:55.34, 5. Westfield (Naas, Hauser, LeB. Warren, Landrum) 4:01.64, 7. Noblesville (Cooper, Coates, Rollins, Rempe) 4:02.78, 12. Heights (Reiger, Macie Smith, Bortone, Woolever) 4:08.32.

Discus: 1. Hannah Alexander (N) 156-2, 3. Macey Miller (F) 121-7, 5. Ellie Cooley (C) 120-2, 12. Amelia Kring (N) 105-5, 13. Mia Tobias (F) 103-6.

Shot put: 1. Alexander (N) 44-6.75, 2. Miller (F) 43-4, 7. Jada Henson (W) 37-10.5, 11. Katie Wooden (HSE) 36-4, 13. Nyla Young (N) 34-8.75.

Long jump: 3. Grande Rosas (C) 17-6.75, 5. Belanger (C) 17-3, 8. Gracie Czubik (W) 16-11.75, 15. Shults (HSE) 14-8.

High jump: 1. Emma Warner (C) 5-5, 2. Woolever (HH) 5-5, 5. Czubik (W) 5-2, T9. Mallory Kixmiller (F) 4-10; Smith (HH) 4-10, T15. Kori Dues (GC) 4-8; Maya McDonald (N) 4-8.

Pole vault: 1. Delaney Teachnor (N) 12-0, 3. Scarlett Olson (F) 11-6, 4. Alexandra Hamilton (W) 11-0, 7. Amelia Smith (N) 10-0, T9. Olivia Maynard (HSE) 9-6; Riley Williams (HSE) 9-6, 13. Paige Lemieux (W) 9-0.