Girls track & field: Hounds repeat as team champions, county boasts several state qualifiers

The REPORTER

The Carmel girls track & field team defended its regional championship Tuesday at Lafayette Jefferson.

The Greyhounds totaled 127 team points, including nine event victories, to win the team trophy. Carmel also qualified 12 to next weekend’s IHSAA state finals, which take place next Saturday, June 7 at North Central.

Emily Norris had a dominant day for the ‘Hounds, winning four events. Norris claimed the 200 dash and long jump, then joined Rebecca Belanger, Olivia Cebalo and Gabriela Grande Rosas for a victory in the 4×100 relay. At the end of the meet, Norris teamed with Grande Rosas, Cebalo and Sadie Foley to win the 4×400 relay.

Foley was a triple winner. She began the meet by joining Annabel Pollert, Anna Yoon and Larkin Taylor for a win in the 4×800 relay. Foley later placed first in the 1600 run.

Belagner also won the 100 dash, with Taylor triumphing in the 800 run and Pollert winning the 3200 run. Olivia Mundt placed third in the 1600 run and Cebalo was third in the 400 dash. Both qualified for state, as the top three in each event automatically advance to North Central.

Any student-athlete that reaches the state standard in her event also qualifies for state. Amyla Holder placed fourth in the discus, but her best throw was right on the standard of 127 feet, 3 inches, so she is headed to state.

Hamilton Southeastern placed second as a team with 100 points. The Royals won three events and advanced 10 to state.

Elia Blackmore dominated the hurdle events, easily winning the 100 hurdles and leading a 1-2 finish in the 300 hurdles. Chloe Senefeld was second in the 300, advancing both to state. Blackmore and Senefeld also ran with Laila Ehrgott and Kaleah McCarter) to place second in the 4×100, sending that relay on to state.

Anissa Lammie won the 400 dash and was part of two advancing relays. She joined Ciara Kepner, Ava Powers and Addison Smith to place third in the 4×800, then finished the meet by teaming with Smith, Senefeld and Kepner to place second in the 4×400.

Kepner took second in the 800 to qualify for state in that event. Elizabeth Butler placed second in the 1600 and 3200 runs to advance.

Noblesville finished fourth as a team with 54 points. The Millers had two state qualifiers: Ainsley Meinerding was second in the 200 dash, while Brinkley Cooper took third in the 800 run. Noblesville also had some results that may earn callbacks to the state meet; those should be announced sometime today.

Fishers finished fifth by scoring 45 points. The Tigers advanced five to state, starting with Macey Miller, who took second in the discus. Mia Tobias placed third in the shot put.

The Fishers 4×100 relay team of Devyn Day, Ava Underwood, Rylan David and Zinnia Pineda finished third, with Pineda placing third in the 200 dash to qualify in that event. Isabella Murch was fourth in the 800, but her time of 2 minutes, 14.54 seconds was under the state standard and she qualified.

Westfield placed sixth with 33.33 team points. The Shamrocks will send both of its pole vaulters to state: Alexandra Hamilton was second and Ella Jenkins placed fourth, clearing the state standard of 11 feet, 3 inches. Westfield’s 4×400 relay team of Jordyn Landrum, Gracie Czubik, LeAsia Warren and LeBraya Warren placed third to earn a place at state as well.

Hamilton Heights finished ninth with 28 points. Norah Reiger leads the Huskies’ three state qualifiers, placing second in the 400 dash. Olivia Schiffli was third in the 100 dash while Waverly Woolever took third in the high jump.

Guerin Catholic’s Amelia Smith won the pole vault, clearing 12 feet and qualifying for state. The Golden Eagles were 12^th as a team with 16 points.

Sheridan’s Nova Cross placed 10^th in the 200 dash preliminaries, with a time of 26.71 seconds.

Top 12 team scores and top eight Hamilton County finishers in each event now follow.

Top 12 team scores: Carmel 127, Hamilton Southeastern 100, Noblesville 54, Harrison 51, Fishers 45, Westfield 33.33, Western 31, West Lafayette 29, Hamilton Heights 28, Kokomo 22, Crawfordsville 21.33, Guerin Catholic 16.

4×800 relay: 1. Carmel (Sadie Foley, Annabel Pollert, Anna Yoon, Larkin Taylor) 9:10.68, 3. Southeastern (Ciara Kepner, Ava Powers, Anissa Lammie, Addison Smith) 9:22.89, 4. Westfield (Alivia Lozier, Jordyn Landrum, Mackenna Condon, Maggie Naas) 9:26.40, 5. Noblesville (Riley Flynn, Kate Mumaw, Gretchen Graham, Brinkley Cooper) 9:28.21, 6. Fishers (Aaliyah Hayes, Caitlin Hawkins, Allie Belush, Isabella Murch) 10:00.49, 7. Guerin Catholic (Addyson Horvath, Taylor Tragesser, Eva Parr, Brinna Wolf) 10:09.06, 8. Heights (Anna Monnin, Allie Bushey, Madeline McKinney, Amira Leer) 10:16.48.

100 hurdles: 1. Elia Blackmore (HSE) 14.49, 5. Faith Tchuente Fotso (C) 16.08, 7. Micaiah Bullock (HSE) 16.21.

100 dash: 1. Rebecca Belanger (C) 12.38, 3. Olivia Schiffli (HH) 12.62, 4. Mya Baker (N) 12.70, 6. Ainsley Meinerding (N) 12.73, 7. Kaleah McCarter (HSE) 12.76.

1600 run: 1. Foley (C) 4:52.15, 2. Elizabeth Butler (HSE) 4:57.67, 3. Olivia Mundt (C) 5:01.62, 4. Catey Campbell (HSE) 5:02.30, 6. Ansley Applegate (N) 5:05.82, 8. Flynn (N) 5:21.85.

4×100 relay: 1. Carmel (Belanger, Emily Norris, Olivia Cebalo, Gabriela Grande Rosas) 47.39, 2. Southeastern (Blackmore, Chloe Senefeld, Laila Ehrgott, McCarter) 47.75, 3. Fishers (Devyn Day, Ava Underwood, Rylan David, Zinnia Pineda) 48.78, 4. Noblesville (Mallory Cahill, Baker, Aleigh Heavey, Meinerding) 49.44, 8. Heights (Gracie Bortone, Lizzy Smith, Brooke Cox, Schiffli) 50.41.

400 dash: 1. Lammie (HSE) 55.53, 2. Norah Reiger (HH) 56.70, 3. Cebalo (C) 56.76, 4. Grande Rosas (C) 57.71.

300 hurdles: 1. Blackmore (HSE) 42.94, 2. Senefeld (HSE) 42.98, 4. Day (F) 45.88, 7. Livi Miller (C) 46.60, 8. Maija Gilhooly (C) 47.04.

800 run: 1. Carmel (Larkin Taylor) 2:13.60, 2. Kepner (HSE) 2:13.97, 3. Cooper (N) 2:14.02, 4. Murch (F) 2:14.54, 6. Katie Kolb (GC) 2:15.86.

200 dash: 1. Norris (C) 25.05, 2. Meinerding (N) 25.79, 3. Pineda (F) 26.07, 7. McCarter (HSE) 26.46.

3200 run: 1. Pollert (C) 10:36.69, 2. Butler (HSE) 10:42.25, 4. Lozier (W) 10:49.31, 5. Hawkins (F) 11:01.39, 6. Ella Gaddis (C) 11:02.59, 7. Bushey (HH) 11:30.96, 8. Jayde Stamm (N) 11:35.66.

4×400 relay: 1. Carmel (Grande Rosas, Cebalo, Foley, Norris) 3:49.29, 2. Southeastern (Smith, Senefeld, Kepner, Lammie) 3:49.90, 3. Westfield (Landrum, Gracie Czubik, LeAsia Warren, LeBraya Warren) 3:57.53, 4. Noblesville (Bell, Graham, Cooper, Alyssa Lahee) 4:00.03, 5. Heights (Rieger, Macie Smith, Bortone, Waverly Woolever) 4:00.51, 7. Fishers (Scarlett Olson, Charlotte Lawrence, Murch, Pineda) 4:04.95, 5. Guerin Catholic (Brooke Bunnell, Horvath, Kolb, Claire Flannagan) 4:05.23.

Discus: 3. Mia Tobias (F) 129-8, 4. Amyla Holder (C) 127-3, 7. Ellie Cooley (C) 119-6.

Shot put: 2. Macey Miller (F) 41-11.5, 5. Nyla Young (N) 37-10.5.

Long jump: 1. Norris (C) 17-7, 4. Baker (N) 17-0.5, 5. Belanger (C) 16-8.5, 7. Meinerding (N) 16-5, 8. Natalie Arnold (HSE) 16-3.25.

High jump: 3. Woolever (HH) 5-5, 5. Jolie Miller (W) 5-0, 7. Aspen Rollins (N) 5-0, T8. Czubik (W) 4-10.

Pole vault: 1. Amelia Smith (GC) 12-0, 2. Alexandra Hamilton (W) 11-9, 4. Ella Jenkins (W) 11-3, 5. Riley Williams (HSE) 11-0.