By RICHIE HALL
FISHERS – The Hamilton Southeastern girls track and field team continued its sectional streak Tuesday on its home turf.
The Royals won their seventh consecutive sectional trophy in a tight battle with Carmel and Noblesville. Southeastern totaled 120 points, with the Greyhounds scoring 114 and the Millers 110.5. It was a competitive sectional, with multiple winners for each school, and people stepping up in different events.
“Our girls really stepped up,” said Royals coach Julie Alano. “We talked about just everybody in every event doing what they could.”
In addition to winning the sectional, Southeastern qualified several athletes to next Tuesday’s regional at Lafayette Jefferson. The top three finishers in each event automatically qualify for the regional, and there will likely be several callbacks for the Royals (and the other schools, too.)
“We talked about, top seven could move on with callbacks,” said Alano. “So, making sure you get in there and scoring the points and trying to get in the top seven. If you’re not three, don’t give up.”
Southeastern won two events, both in the distance area. Elizabeth Butler was first in the 1600 run, while Maggie Powers emerged from a very close battle to win the 3200 run. Powers finished in 11 minutes, 1.55 seconds, just a third of a second ahead of Noblesville’s Nadia Perez.
Alano said another highlight was HSE placing second and third in the 200 dash. Freshman Chloe Senefeld was second, while Jocelyn Davis finished third. Riley Williams helped out with a second-place result in the pole vault.
“We knew she could do that,” said Alano, who noted that it was just a matter of “finally having the chance.”
“We tried some other things and she’d had some knee issues, but we knew she could come through pretty well there,” said Alano.
Carmel won five events, including a sweep of all three relays. The Greyhounds won two of those relays in new sectional record time, with Olivia Cebalo, Kara Wenzler, Audrey Ricketts, Kaitlyn Oshimura setting a new 4×800 mark of 9:17.01 and Gabriela Grande Rosas, Cebalo, Cambell Wamsley and Emily Norris clocking in at 3:54.50 for the 4×400 relay.
Cebalo and Wamsley finished 1-2 in the 400 dash, while Norris won the 200 dash.
Noblesville also picked up five event wins. Hannah Alexander dominated the throwing events, setting new sectional records in both the discus and the shot put. Alexander won the discus with a top throw of 157 feet, 10 inches, and took the shot put in 47 feet, 4.25 inches.
Summer Rempe also set a new sectional record, practically sprinting through the 800 run to finish in 2:12.72. Rempe also joined Brinkley Cooper, Ansley Applegate and Riley Flynn to take second in the 4×800 run; their time of 9:18.56 was under the old sectional record. Malina Miller was first in the high jump and Delaney Teachnor won the pole vault.
Fishers placed fourth with 78.5 points. Maya Taylor was second in the 100 dash, and was part of the runner-up 4×100 relay with Mireya Benjamin, Zinnia Pineda and Kya Hoskins. Macey Miller placed second in the shot put and third in the discus.
Westfield scored 67 points and got two victories. Lucy Hauser won the 100 hurdles and placed second in the 300 hurdles. Princess Campbell also won a championship, placing first in the 100 dash.
Guerin Catholic was next with 48 points. Mia Chang took second in the long jump and Bridget Gallagher was the 1600 runner-up.
Hamilton Heights totaled 42 points. Ella Ewing led the Huskies with two event victories in the long jump and the 300 hurdles, also taking second in the 100 hurdles.
Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 120, Carmel 114, Noblesville 110.5, Fishers 78.5, Westfield 67, Guerin Catholic 48, Hamilton Heights 42, Western Boone 22, University 9, Lebanon 9, Sheridan 3.
4×800 relay: 1. Carmel (Olivia Cebalo, Kara Wenzler, Audrey Ricketts, Kaitlyn Oshimura) 9:17.01, new sectional record, 2. Noblesville (Brinkley Cooper, Ansley Applegate, Riley Flynn, Summer Rempe) 9:18.56, under old sectional record, 3. Southeastern (Addison Smith, Grace Newton, Maggie Powers, Julianne McLean) 9:35.17, 4. Guerin Catholic (Katie Kolb, Rosie Barrett, Camille Morrow, Bailey Freese) 9:42.34, 6. Fishers (Brooke Butts, Addison Kane, Nithya Murthy, Corinne McClanahan) 10:16.21, 7. Westfield (Gianna Ferreri, Robyn Schemel, Ena Durbin, Olivia Barnett) 10:16.35.
100 hurdles – Finals: 1. Lucy Hauser (W) 15.04, 2. Makenzie Loftin (HSE) 15.17, 3. Ella Ewing (HH) 15.24, 4. Anna Williams (F) 15.63, 5. Elia Blackmore (HSE) 15.88, 6. Olivia Fowler (N) 16.34, 7. Madison Clary (W) 16.53, 8. Sophia Sullivan (C) 16.65. Prelims: 9. Megan Mahon (C) 16.53, 10. Lilly Chesney (S) 17.11, 11. Olivia Boe (N) 17.57, 12. Elle Powers (F) 17.78, 14. Lily Westerkamm (U) 19.05.
100 dash – Finals: 1. Princess Campbell (W) 12.03, 2. Maya Taylor (F) 12.20, 3. Emily Norris (C) 12.24, 4. Tobi Fapetu (W) 12.37, 5. Mireya Benjamin (F) 12.55, 6. Gabriela Grande Rosas (C) 12.56, 8. Mya Baker (N) 13.18. Prelims: 9. Sanai Smith (HSE) 13.02, 10. Lindsay Abeo (HSE) 13.23, 11. Brooke Bunnell (GC) 13.59, 13. Elle Gilbert (N) 13.73, 15. Lindsey Porter (U) 13.85, 16. Taylor Seay (U) 13.89, 18. Keira Wolf (GC) 14.25.
1600 run: 1. Elizabeth Butler (HSE) 5:02.37, 2. Bridget Gallagher (GC) 5:05.85, 3. Paige Hazelrigg (N) 5:07.23, 4. Sadie Foley (C) 5:07.37, 5. Ava Powers (HSE) 5:12.71, 6. Kennedy Applegate (N) 5:16.09, 7. Olivia Mundt (C) 5:21.10, 9. Claire Milam (GC) 5:31.10, 10. Emily Loiselle (W) 5:36.36, 11. Grier Swaim (F) 5:41.17, 12. Mary Ella Bichey (HH) 5:44.77, 13. Ashley Wright (F) 5:53.47, 15. Ava Britton-Heitz (W) 6:20.17.
4×100 relay: 1. Carmel (Rebecca Belanger, Emily Norris, D’ahni Branch, Grande Rosas) 47.89, 2. Fishers (Benjamin, Zinnia Pineda, Kya Hoskins, Taylor) 47.99, 3. Westfield (Fapetu, Hauser, Abbi Van Bibber, Campbell) 48.72, 4. Southeastern (Loftin, Jocelyn Davis, Smith, Chloe Senefeld) 48.92, 5. Noblesville (Boe, Baker, Kate Rollins, Maddie Coates) 50.72, 6. University (Emily Comparini, T. Seay, Porter, Lily Hovda) 52.35, 8. Heights (Savannah Deetz, Lizzy Smith, Aubrey Franklin, Anna Jozsa) 53.49, 10. Sheridan (Nova Cross, Ali Pickard, Chesney, Ji Warren) 55.61.
400 dash: 1. Cebalo (C) 56.81, 2. Cambell Wamsley (C) 57.64, 3. Camryn McKinney (HSE) 1:00.17, 4. Hovda (U) 1:01.24, 5. Rylan David (F) 1:01.61, 6. Maya Etheredge (HSE) 1:01.63, 7. Cross (S) 1:01.65, 8. Clara Cameron (W) 1:02.05, 9. Brittany Brown (F) 1:03.12, 11. Devyn Day (F) 1:03.40, 13. Ada Mertes (GC) 1:05.62, 14. Finley Volk (N) 1:05.74, 15. Emily Catalano (GC) 1:05.76, 16. Devyn Johnson (N) 1:06.15.
300 hurdles: 1. Ewing (HH) 46.34, 2. Hauser (W) 46.59, 3. Ava Sinex (C) 46.77, 4. Blackmore (HSE) 47.59, 5. Williams (F) 48.82, 6. Loftin (HSE) 49.29, 7. Mallory Kixmiller (F) 49.31, 8. Chesney (S) 49.58, 9. Clary (W) 49.63, 12. Jaydi Jones (N) 52.57, 13. Elisabeth Green (C) 52.66, 14. Ally Hutchinson (N) 52.69, 17. Westerkamm (U) 55.85, 18. Comparini (U) 56.15.
800 run: 1. Rempe (N) 2:12.72, new sectional record, 2. Ciara Kepner (HSE) 2:15.07, 3. Ricketts (C) 2:15.32, 4. Gallagher (GC) 2:17.61, 5. Cooper (N) 2:17.93, 6. Isabella Murch (F) 2:18.40, 7. Jasmine Klopstad (C) 2:21.07, 8. Elise Herman (HSE) 2:24.25, 9. Jordyn Landrum (W) 2:25.17, 12. Anna Monnin (HH) 2:29.05, 13. Eva Parr (GC) 2:31.02, 14. Ferreri (W) 2:35.40, 17. Murthy (F) 2:41.14, 18. Bichey (HH) 2:43.42.
200 dash – Finals: 1. Norris (C) 25.35, 2. Senefeld (HSE) 25.59, 3. Davis (HSE) 25.60, 4. Fapetu (W) 25.63, 5. Taylor (F) 26.12, 6. Pineda (F) 26.32, 7. Wamsley (C) 26.95, 8. Hovda (U) 27.88. Prelims: 9. Cross (S) 27.44, 10. Rollins (N) 27.59, 12. Brooke Bunnell (GC) 27.74, 13. Addy Horvath (N) 27.77, 15. Cora McGee (GC) 29.29, 16. Emily Burns (W) 29.38, 17. T. Seay (U) 29.59.
3200 run: 1. Powers (HSE) 11:01.55, 2. Nadia Perez (N) 11:01.89, 3. Brooke Lahee (N) 11:02.38, 4. Liz Smith (W) 11:02.47, 5. Charlotte Konow (C) 11:23.90, 6. Freese (GC) 11:24.44, 7. Emersyn Weaver (C) 11:47.31, 8. Abby Lotter (F) 11:55.50, 9. Catey Campbell (HSE) 11:59.53, 10. Grace Boivin (GC) 12:19.42, 12. Tanvi Pothuri (F) 12:35.77, 14. Angelina Abriani (W) 12:53.34.
4×400 relay: 1. Carmel (Grande Rosas, Cebalo, Wamsley, Norris) 3:54.40, new sectional record, 2. Southeastern (Kepner, Smith, Butler Senefeld) 4:01.89, 3. Noblesville (Cooper, Coates, Addy Horvath, Rempe) 4:03.07, 4. Guerin Catholic (Barrett, Kyndall Osborne, Mia Chang, Emily Demmings) 4:09.97, 5. Westfield (Brown, Landrum, Cameron, Van Bibber) 4:10.47, 6. Fishers (David, Hoskins, Marina Agapios, Day) 4:14.02, 9. University (Comparini, Hovda, Westerkamm, T. Seay) 4:36.67.
Discus: 1. Hannah Alexander (N) 157-10, new sectional record, 3. Macey Miller (F) 122-2, 4. Fanta Sall (HSE) 108-2, 5. Victoria Vance (HSE) 108-0, 6. Anna Jozsa (HH) 105-7, 7. Maris Bulger (GC) 104-7, 9. Jada Henson (W) 99-6, 10. Kayla Gregory (F) 93-5, 11. Abigail Bonacker (C) 93-3, 12. Audrey Dickson (C) 92-10, 13. Thalia Siefert (N) 90-7, 14. Alana Halsted (W) 87-9, 15. Hadleigh Cherry (HH) 87-6, 18. Avery Hayden (S) 71-7, 19. Sophia Moore (GC) 68-0, 20. Payton Seay (U) 58-8.
Shot put: 1. Alexander (N) 47-4.25, new sectional record, 2. Miller (F) 39-4.75, 3. Bulger (GC) 37-5.5, 6. Mia Tobias (F) 33-5.25, 7. Elaina Constantine (HSE) 32-5.5, 8. Henson (W) 30-1, 9. Marielle Fitch (N) 30-0.5, 10. Lilyana Steiner (HH) 29-10, 11. Sarah Crook (C) 29-9.5, 12. Audrey Dickson (C) 29-9.5, 13. Jazmine Young (HSE) 29-8, 16. Halsted (W) 28-6.5, 17. Cherry (HH) 27-10.5, 18. P. Seay (U) 26-9.5, 19. Moore (GC) 26-3.
Long jump: 1. Ewing (HH) 18-6, 2. Chang (GC) 18-4.75, 3. Alyssa Karwowski (HSE) 17-8, 4. Grande Rosas (C) 17-3, 5. 5. Jurnee Hall (F) 17-1, 6. Rebecca Belanger (C) 16-10.25, 7. Gilbert (N) 16-9.5, 8. Baker (N) 16-6.5, 9. Chesney (S) 16-5, 11. Kayla Stone (W) 16-2.25, 12. Gracie Czubik (W) 16-1.25, 13. Madison Paciorek (F) 16-0.5, 14. Rotimi Aluko (HSE) 15-9.5, 15. Comparini (U) 15-9.5, 16. L. Smith (HH) 15-4.5, 20. Cristina Trice (GC) 12-1.5.
High jump: 1. Malina Miller (N) 5-6, 2. Waverly Woolever (HH) 5-4, 3. Kori Dues (GC) 5-1, 4. Makenzie Holcomb (C) 5-1, 5. Macie Smith (HH) 5-1, T6. Mallory Kixmiller (F) 5-0; Rylee Hassan (N) 5-0, 8. Julia Syljebeck (W) 5-0, 9. Lydia Pedersen (C) 5-0, 10. Karwowski (HSE) 4-10, 11. Porter (U) 4-8, 13. Amiyah Ballard (W) 4-8.
Pole vault: 1. Delaney Teachnor (N) 12-6, 2. Riley Williams (HSE) 12-0, 3. Laina Lillge (N) 11-0, 4. Ashlyn Bauer (W) 10-3, 5. Julia Dong (C) 10-0, 6. Savannah Strange (F) 10-0, 7. Paige Lemieux (W) 9-6, T10. Riann O’Leary (C) 9-0; Lilah Rose (HSE) 9-0.
Reporter photos by Kent Graham