New records established at HCC boys track meet

By RICHIE HALL
AVON – The teams that competed in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference boys track and field meet Friday at Avon not only shared the wealth when it came to winning events.
They also shared the wealth when it came to setting records. Five new records were set at the meet, including four by Hamilton County teams.
Brownsburg won the meet with a team score of 129 points. Fishers was the runner-up with 112 points, and the Tigers also won five individual events. Fishers led off with a new record in the 4×800 relay, which Drew Smith, Jake Brattain, Jaylen Castillo and Ethan Meyer finished in 8:08.76.
Meyer picked up two more wins as the meet went on. He placed first in the 1600 run, then was part of the Tigers’ winning 4×400 relay with H.L. Lewis, Jaylen Castillo and Keefer Soehngen. This was Soehngen’s second win of the meet, as he took first in the 400 dash. Hayden Tobias won the shot put.
“We ran what we were seeded to run, so we had a pretty good day,” said Fishers coach Nate Warnecke. “Of course you hope to win as a team, but we came up a little short to a fantastic Brownsburg team.”
Hamilton Southeastern finished in third place with 94 points. The Royals were led by the sensational Noah Malone, who set new meet records in winning both the 100 dash (10.62) and 200 dash (21.81).
Noblesville finished fifth with 64 points, and also picked up a new meet record. Travis Hickner set a new mark in the 3200 run with his time of 9:39.15. Andrew Herman was also a Millers winner, taking the high jump.
“I think we’re in a good spot going into the month of May,” said Noblesville coach Bill Kenley. “We got some big ones coming up, county and then of course sectional.”
Westfield tied for seventh with 37 points. The Shamrocks’ 4×800 relay team of Mahamat Djour, Max Gutwein, Jacob Beene and David Mannella placed second, but their time of 8:09.38 was under the old meet record.
Here is a list of team scores and top eight finishers in each event.

Team scores: Brownsburg 129, Fishers 112, Hamilton Southeastern 94, Avon 83, Noblesville 64, Zionsville 59, Franklin Central 37, Westfield 37.
4×800 relay: 1. Fishers (Drew Smith, Jake Brattain, Jaylen Castillo, Ethan Meyer) 8:08.76, new meet record, 2. Westfield (Mahamat Djour, Max Gutwein, Jacob Beene, David Mannella) 8:09.38, under old meet record, 5. Southeastern (Caleb Lindsay, Elliott Robinson, Jack Struss, Brandon Barrientos) 8:35.96.
110 hurdles: 6. Cooper Boehm (W) 15.36, 7. Marcus Roux (F) 15.80, 8. Caleb Durden (HSE) 16.04.
100 dash: 1. Noah Malone (HSE) 10.62, new meet record, 4. Gage Pratt (HSE) 10.98, 6. H.L. Lewis (F) 11.17, 7. Shomari Rogers-Walton (N) 11.19.
1600 run: 1. E. Meyer (F) 4:23.91, 2. Jacob Wiggers (HSE) 4:24.62, 3. Hunter Christy (F) 4:27.03, 4. Brady Jarosinski (HSE) 4:31.21, 7. Noah Douthit (W) 4:35.39.
4×100 relay: 2. Southeastern (Pratt, Nick Bostock, Durden, Malone) 42.75, T4. Westfield (Francis Agbo, Alex Kukura, Mason Piening, Boehm) 43.53; Fishers (Jason Lassic, Trenton Mabry, Dunn, Lewis) 43.53, 7. Noblesville (Kody Leach, Shawn Kinslow, Macalister Smith, Jack Newcomer) 45.13.
400 dash: 1. Keefer Soehngen (F) 49.94, 2. DeVontez Cox (N) 51.40, 7. Emilio Rios-Rojas (HSE) 52.13, 8. Djour (W) 52.62.
300 hurdles: 4. Calvin Grenda (W) 40.98, 8. Durden (HSE) 43.03.
800 run: 2. Andrew Anderson (N) 1:56.16, 3. Castillo (F) 1:58.38, 5. Mannella (W) 2:01.89, 8. Smith (F) 2:04.06.
200 dash: 1. Malone (HSE) 21.81, new meet record, 2. Pratt (HSE) 22.19, 5. Cole Carrithers (F) 22.91, 7. Agbo (W) 23.05, 8. Lewis (F) 26.58.
3200 run: 1. Travis Hickner (N) 9:39.15, new meet record, 2. Eric Carothers (HSE) 9:43.01, 6. Alex Meyer (F) 9:50.31, 7. Eric Swinson (HSE) 9:52.79.
4×400 relay: 1. Fishers (Lewis, Castillo, E. Meyer, Soehngen) 3:25.10, 2. Noblesville (Rogers-Walton, Mitchell Conard, Cox, Matt Conard) 3:27.29, 6. Southeastern (Rios-Rojas, Clayton Toner, Chris Stein, KJ Gomez) 3:32.94, 7. Westfield (Kukura, Joseph Harris, Djour, Beene) 3:34.55.
High jump: 1. Andrew Herman (N) 6-4.5, 4. Nick Love (N) 5-10, T5. Alex McGraw (HSE) 5-8, 8. Isaac Abeo (HSE) 5-6.
Long jump: 2. Rogers-Walton (N) 22-3, 3. Anthony Campbell (F) 21-4, 4. Herman (N) 20-8.5, 5. Durden (HSE) 19-9.5, 7. Mario Chalmers (W) 19-3.75.
Discus: 2. Wyatt Puff (F) 157-5, 3. Hayden Tobias (F) 154-0, 4. Jacob Netral (W) 151-0.
Shot put: 1. Tobias (F) 59-11.5, 3. Puff (F) 51-5, 6. Netral (W) 45-0, 8. Evan Lantz (HSE) 44-1.5.
Pole vault: 3. Alexander Cluff (HSE) 12-6, 4. Jackson Dunn (F) 12-0, 7. Benjamin Deo (HSE) 11-6.

Hamilton Southeastern’s Noah Malone (center) set two new records at the Hoosier Crossroads Conference boys track and field meet Friday at Avon. Malone set new marks in the 100 dash and 200 dash, which is pictured here. At right is the Royals’ Gage Pratt, who finished second in the 200. (Kent Graham)