By RICHIE HALL
WESTFIELD – It’s happened before in track and field meets, and it will undoubtedly happen again, but it always bears repeating: Every point matters.
The latest example happened Tuesday at Westfield’s Riverview Health Stadium, the site of the Hamilton County girls track meet. Noblesville and Carmel went back and forth with the lead, and in the end, the Millers won by four points. Noblesville scored 134 points to the Greyhounds’ 130.
Both teams had their share of victories, and both managed a 1-2 finish in an event. But the Millers managed to get extra points here and there, which made the difference.
“We had some good performances, we had some records,” said Noblesville coach Jim Pearce. “We had a lot of people that got two points, one point, three points throughout the mix.” The coach believes that’s what “pushed us over the top.”
The Millers totaled six event wins, starting with the 4×800 relay, which they won in 9 minutes, 24.79 seconds. Summer Rempe blitzed to the finish in the open 800 with a time of 2:14.26, nearly four seconds ahead of second-place.
“She got the county meet record by a few-tenths of a second,” said Pearce. Rempe is not far away from the 2:13.34 that she ran last year at the regional.
She’s excited about running well and we’re excited about how she’s going to do,” said Pearce.
Noblesville also continued its mastery of the field events, winning four of them. Hannah Alexander put together a sweep of the shot put and discus, winning the latter event with a record throw of 150 feet, 9 inches, over 50 feet ahead of second place. Delaney Teachnor cleared 12 feet to win the pole vault. The Millers went 1-2 in the high jump, with Malina Miller first and Rylee Hassan second.
Carmel had four event wins, including a 1-2 finish in the 400 dash. Cambell Wamsley clocked in at 57.70 seconds, with Olivia Cebalo next in line at 58.59 seconds. Freshman Sadie Foley was first in the 1600 run, Emily Norris won the 200 dash, and the Greyhounds ran away with the 4×400 relay, taking that race by nearly nine seconds over second place.
Carmel coach Aaron McRill was pleased with his team’s performance.
“Emily Norris is just getting faster every week,” said McRill. “She just ran a 24.9, which is right now the second-fastest in the state, and she’s just getting stronger.”
Hamilton Southeastern scored 115 points to finish third. Maggie Powers won an event for the Royals, holding off Noblesville’s Nadia Perez to win the 3200 run in 11:14.01.
Westfield placed fourth as a team and had two event winners. Princess Campbell won a close 100 dash in 11.99 seconds, 0.03 seconds ahead of second place. Lucy Hauser placed first in the 300 hurdles.
Fishers was a winner in the 4×100 relay. The Tigers also got second-place results from Maya Taylor in the 100 dash and from Macie Miller in the discus.
Hamilton Heights’ Ella Ewing won two events, and finished as the meet’s high-point scorer. Ewing won the long jump in a new record of 18 feet, 5.75 inches and the 100 hurdles in 14.88 seconds, and also placed third in the 300 hurdles.
Reporter photos by Kent Graham
Team scores: Noblesville 134, Carmel 130, Hamilton Southeastern 115, Westfield 77, Fishers 72, Guerin Catholic 44, Hamilton Heights 40, Sheridan 5.
NOTE: Relay names were not immediately available.
4×800 relay: 1. Noblesville 9:24.79, 2. Carmel 9:27.51, 3. Southeastern 9:28.49, 4. Guerin Catholic 9:41.90, 5. Westfield 10:17.02, 6. Fishers 10:32.31.
100 hurdles – Finals: 1. Ella Ewing (HH) 14.88, 2. Lucy Hauser (W) 14.99, 3. Makenzie Loftin (HSE) 15.17, 4. Sophia Sullivan 16.19, 5. Anna Williams (F) 16.35, 6. Olivia Fowler (N) 16.49, 7. Megan Mahon (C) 16.73, 8. Madison Clary (W) 17.16, 9. Olivia Boe (N) 17.33. Prelims: 10. Lilly Chesney (S) 17.22, 11. Elle Powers (F) 18.70, 12. Catherine Traub (GC) 20.31.
100 dash – Finals: 1. Princess Campbell (W) 11.99, 2. Maya Taylor (F) 12.02, 3. Emily Norris (C) 12.16, 4. Tobi Fapetu (W) 12.36, 5. Mireya Benjamin (F) 12.37, 6. Gabriela Grande Rosas (C) 12.76, 7. Lindsay Abeo (HSE) 12.99, 8. Mya Baker (N) 13.05, 9. Sanai Smith (HSE) 13.06. Prelims: 10. Nova Cross (S) 13.05, 11. Elle Gilbert (N) 13.45, 12. Brooke Bunnell (GC) 13.53, 13. Keira Wolf (GC) 14.26.
1600 run: 1. Sadie Foley (C) 5:07.83, 2. Paige Hazelrigg (N) 5:08.61, 3. Ava Powers (HSE) 5:11.48, 5. Liz Smith (W) 5:15.72, 6. Olivia Mundt (W) 5:15.72, 7. Anaya Lammie (HSE) 5:44.45, 8. Grier Swaim (F) 5:47.85, 9. Robyn Schemel (W) 5:52.58, 10. Ella Smith (GC) 5:53.19, 11. Tanvi Pothuri (F) 5:58.05, 12. Annie Shedlock (GC) 6:05.71.
4×100 relay: 1. Fishers 48.05, 2. Carmel 48.28, 3. Westfield 48.80, 4. Southeastern 49.13, 5. Noblesville 51.35, 6. Heights 53.17, 7. Guerin Catholic 54.55.
400 dash: 1. Cambell Wamsley (C) 57.70, 2. Olivia Cebalo (C) 58.59, 3. Ciara Kepner (HSE) 1:00.03, 4. Brinkley Cooper (N) 1:00.12, 5. Bridget Gallagher (GC) 1:00.49, 6. Nova Cross (S) 1:01.28, 7. Maddie Coates (N) 1:01.97, 8. Clara Cameron (W) 1:02.78, 9. Kyndall Osborne (GC) 1:03.10, 10. Devyn Day (F) 1:03.23, 11. Marina Agapios (F) 1:05.21.
300 hurdles: 1. Hauser (W) 45.40, 2. Ewing (HH) 46.00, 3. Ava Sinex (C) 47.07, 4. Elia Blackmore (HSE) 47.08, 5. Williams (F) 49.13, 6. Clary (W) 49.48, 7. Chesney (S) 50.06, 8. Loftin (HSE) 50.22, 9. Jaydi Jones (N) 50.49, 10. Elisabeth Green (C) 52.24, 11. Ally Hutchinson (N) 52.48, 12. Emily Catalano (GC) 53.76, 13. Taub (GC) 57.59.
800 run: 1. Summer Rempe (N) 2:14.26, 2. Elizabeth Butler (HSE) 2:18.10, 3. Audrey Ricketts (C) 2:18.77, 4. Jasmine Klopstad (C) 2:24.43, 5. Elise Herman (HSE) 2:25.08, 6. Riley Flynn (N) 2:25.80, 7. Camille Morrow (GC) 2:27.67, 8. Isabella Murch (F) 2:28.40, 9. Claire Milam (GC) 2:29.22, 10. Abby Lotter (F) 2:29.53, 11. Anna Monnin (HH) 2:32.56, 12. Gianna Ferreri (W) 2:33.40, 13. Mary Ella Bichey (HH) 2:37.79, 14. Olivia Barnett (W) 2:38.88.
200 dash – Finals: 1. Norris (C) 24.90, 2. Chloe Senefeld (HSE) 25.29, 3. Taylor (F) 25.49, 4. Fapetu (W) 25.63, 5. Jocelyn Davis (HSE) 25.67, 6. Zinnia Pineda (F) 25.69, 7. Kate Rollins (N) 27.05, 8. Addy Horvath (N) 27.53, 9. Cross (S) 27.93. Prelims: 10. Bunnell (GC) 27.41, 11. Ashlyn Guerrant (C) 27.47, 12. Emily Burns (W) 28.56, 13. Cora McGee (GC) 28.84.
3200 run: 1. Maggie Powers (HSE) 11:14.01, 2. Nadia Perez (N) 11:15.31, 3. Kennedy Applegate (N) 11:24.20, 4. Charlotte Konow (C) 11:38.59, 5. Emersyn Weaver (C) 11:48.48, 6. Emily Loiselle (W) 11:59.64, 7. Catey Campbell (HSE) 12:11.98, 8. Eva Parr (GC) 12:26.16, 9. Keira Hines (GC) 12:30.77, 10. Addison Kane (F) 12:39.49, 11. Cecilia Schmidt (W) 13:37.15.
4×400 relay: 1. Carmel 3:57.49, 2. Southeastern 4:06.13, 3. Noblesville 4:09.97, 4. Westfield 4:10.00, 5. Fishers 4:11.34, 6. Guerin Catholic 4:12.26.
High jump: 1. Malina Miller (N) 5-6, 2. Rylee Hassan (N) 5-4, 3. Kori Dues (GC) 5-0, 4. Macie Smith (HH) 4-10, 5. Makenzie Holcomb (C) 4-10, 6. Alyssa Karwowski (HSE) 4-10, T7. Lydia Pedersen (C) 4-8; Mallory Kixmiller (F) 4-8, T9. Amiyah Ballard (W) 4-8; Kenley Johnson (HSE) 4-8, 11. Julia Syljebeck (W) 4-8, 12. Hannah Samson (F) 4-6.
Pole vault: 1. Delaney Teachnor (N) 12-0, 2. Riley Williams (HSE) 11-6, 3. Linley Burman (N) 10-6, 4. Ashlyn Bauer (W) 10-0, 5. Julia Dong (C) 9-6, 6. Alexandra Hamilton (W) 9-0, 7. Olivia Maynard (HSE) 9-0, T8. Riann O’Leary (C) 8-6; Savannah Strange (F) 8-6, 10. Ruby Schnitzius (F) 8-6, 11. Allie Hermann (GC) 8-0.
Long jump: 1. Ewing (HH) 18-5.75, 2. Mia Chang (GC) 18-3.75, 3. Grande Rosas (C) 17-4, 4. Karwowski (HSE) 16-7, 5. Kayla Stone (W) 16-3.25, 6. Jurnee Hall (F) 16-1.75, 7. Gilbert (N) 15-11.5, 8. Baker (N) 15-10.75, 9. Madison Paciorek (F) 15-10, 10. Chesney (S) 15-8.5, 11. Lydia Powers (HSE) 15-8.25, 12. Gracie Czubik (W) 15-6.5, 13. Rebecca Belager (C) 15-6.5, 14. Lizzy Smith (HH) 15-4.75, 15. Cristina Trice (GC) 13-3.5.
Shot put: 1. Hannah Alexander (N) 43-10, 2. Maris Bulger (GC) 36-11.5, 3. Macey Miller (F) 36-6, 4. Mia Tobias (F) 33-8.5, 5. Katie Wooden (HSE) 32-4.75, 6. Elaina Constantine (HSE) 31-10.75, 7. Audrey Dickson (C) 30-6, 8. Marielle Fitch (N) 30-1.75, 9. Lilyana Steiner (HH) 30-0.75, 10. Jada Henson (W) 28-6, 11. Alana Halsted (W) 28-4.75, 12. Sarah Crook (C) 28-1, 13. Hadleigh Cherry (HH) 27-10.75, 14. Sophia Moore (GC) 25-9.5.
Discus: 1. Alexander (N) 150-9, 2. Miller (F) 109-7, 3. Victoria Vance (HSE) 105-7, 4. Bulger (GC) 105-5, 5. Anna Jozsa (HH) 97-10, 6. Dickson (C) 97-7, 7. Thalia Siefert (N) 94-6, 8. Wooden (HSE) 92-0, 9. Halsted (W) 87-3, 10. Kayla Gregory (F) 86-7, 11. Henson (W) 86-6, 12. Abigail Bonacker (C) 85-5, 13. Cherry (HH) 77-4, 14. Moore (GC) 67-4.