Thursday’s Hoosier Crossroads Conference boys track and field meet turned into a showdown between Avon and Hamilton Southeastern.
The Royals pushed the top-ranked Orioles all the way to the end before Avon escaped with the conference title, scoring 124 points to sixth-ranked HSE’s 121.5. Seventh-ranked Fishers, which hosted the meet, placed third.
The Royals won three events. Madison Norris got a victory in the 110 hurdles, then joined Chase Maxey, Jack Boyd and Noah Malone for a win in the 4×100 relay. Chris Grubbs was first in the high jump.
Malone finished second in the 100 and 200 dashes, nearly upsetting Avon star Isaac Guerendo in the 200.
“As a team, we made some big strides,” said Southeastern coach John Albrecht. “We have been talking to our guys in the locker room about progress and growth, and we saw it in our field events. We have some of our top athletes coming back off injuries and just in time for state. People are getting their feet under them, their legs are starting to feel good again.”
The Tigers had two victories in distance events. Ethan Meyer paced the 1600 run, while Sam Kuhn was first in the 3200 run.
Westfield scored a win in the 4×800 relay, with Nick Leahy, David Mannella, Jacob Mears and Charlie Miller clocking in at 7:57.0. Payton Haack was first in the pole vault.
Noblesville’s 4×400 relay team of Bryce Gatewood, Mitchell Conard, Sean Kinslow and Devontez Cox finished the meet with a victory in that event.
Team scores: Avon 124, Hamilton Southeastern 121.5, Fishers 92, Brownsburg 77.5, Zionsville 74, Westfield 66, Noblesville 65.
4×800 relay: 1. Westfield (Nick Leahy, David Mannella, Jacob Mears, Charlie Miller) 7:57.0, 2. Fishers (Drew Smith, Sam Kuhn, Jack Kinsel, Ethan Meyer) 7:58.5, 4. Noblesville (Jack Commeville, Bryce Gatewood, Zach Freeman, Andrew Anderson) 8:06.06, 7. Southeastern (Jack Struss, Declan Golden, Alexis Giem, Brandon Barrientos) 8:28.62.
100 dash: 2. Noah Malone (HSE) 10.71, 3. H.L. Lewis (F) 10.87, 6. Trenton Mabry (F) 11.30, 8. Jack Boyd (HSE) 11.58. Preliminaries – 10. Shawn Kinslow (N) 11.59, 12. Mac Smith (N) 11.64, 13. Mason Piening (W) 11.81, 14. Dorian Henson (W) 12.01.
110 hurdles: 1. Madison Norris (HSE) 14.08, 4. Nate Smith (HSE) 15.03, 5. Cooper Boehm (W) 15.09, 6. Peyton Haack (W) 15.38, 8. Marcus Roux (F) 16.03. Preliminaries – 11. Matt Ogle (N) 17.49, 12. Kristian Jones (F) 18.09, 13. Shomari Rogers-Walton (N) 18.42.
200 dash: 2. Malone (HSE) 21.78, 3. Lewis (F) 22.00, 6. Gage Pratt (HSE) 23.04, 7. Alex Kukura (W) 23.36. Preliminaries – 11. Owen McGraw (W) 23.70, 12. Anthony Reel (N) 23.80, 13. Trenton Reeves (N) 23.88.
1600 run: 1. E. Meyer (F) 4:26.28, 3. Will Clark (F) 4:31.06, 5. Justin Amburgy (N) 4:35.63, 6. Eric Carothers (HSE) 4:35.93, 9. Nick Dombroski (N) 4:38.21, 10. Brady Southern (HSE) 4:38.49, 12. Joe Barnett (W) 4:39.96.
4×100 relay: 1. Southeastern (Chase Maxey, Norris, Jack Boyd, Malone) 41.56, 4. Fishers (Trenton Mabry, Lewis, Jason Lassic, Ben Norton) 43.30, 6. Westfield (Henson, Kukura, Boehm, McGraw) 44.01, 7. Noblesville (Reel, Kinslow, Reeves, Smith) 44.22.
400 dash: 2. Cole Carrithers (F) 49.98, 3. Charlie Miller (W) 50.22, 5. Devontez Cox (N) 50.46, 6. Chaz Birchfield (HSE) 50.48, 7. DiSean Graham (F) 50.75, 8. Gatewood (N) 51.64, 10. Jake Ledford (HSE) 52.37, 12. Mannella (W) 52.46.
300 hurdles: 2. Smith (HSE) 39.94, 3. Calvin Grenda (W) 41.00, 5. Nicholas Bostock (HSE) 41.37, 8. Matt Ogle (N) 44.13, 9. Marcus Roux (F) 44.96, 11. Mason McCartney (F) 46.40.
800 run: 2. Carrithers (F) 49.98, 3. Miller (W) 50.22, 5. Cox (N) 50.46, 6. Birchfield (HSE) 50.48, 7. Graham (F) 50.75, 8. Gatewood (N) 51.64, 10. Jake Ledford (HSE) 52.37, 12. Mannella (W) 52.46.
3200 run: 1. Kuhn (F) 9:36.21, 3. Grant Wilson (HSE) 9:42.29, 4. Brady Jarosinski (HSE) 9:42.68, 5. Blake Hipkiss (N) 9:46.82, 6. Travis Hickner (N) 9:47.44, 7. Alex Meyer (F) 9:53.52, 11. Samuel Novak (W) 10:12.92, 12. Tyler Smith (W) 10:14.32.
4×400 relay: 1. Noblesville (Gatewood, Mitchell Conard, Kinslow, Cox) 3:25.16, 3. Southeastern (Bostock, Nick Bowman, Jackson Sweeney, Gabe Fendel) 3:27.18, 4. Westfield (Miller, Mannella, Grenda, Leahy) 3:27.49, 6. Fishers (Carrithers, Hunter Kaiser, Lewis, Graham) 3:28.15.
High jump: 1. Chris Grubbs (HSE) 6-5, 2. Andrew Herman (N) 6-4, 5. Jackson Dunn (F) 5-10, T7. Isaac Abeo (HSE) 5-8, 11. Matthew Rops (W) 5-6.
Pole vault: 1. Haack (W) 15-0, 3. Leth Sundling (HSE) 14-4, 6. Conard (N) 12-6, 7. Dunn (F) 12-0, T10. Zach Witmer (F) 11-0, 12. Clark Collins (HSE) 11-0.
Long jump: 3. Rogers-Walton (N) 21-4, 4. Maxey (HSE) 21-2, 5. Boyd (HSE) 20-11.75, 8. Kaleb Pettijohn (W) 20-9.5, 10. Anthony Campbell (F) 20-4.75, 11. Jaden Wills (N) 19-11.75, 13. Elijah Scisney (F) 19-1, 14. Andrew Fisher (W) 19-0.5.
Shot put: 3. Luke Martin (F) 51-10.5, 4. Dalton Davis (N) 47-8, 5. Andrew Pazdernik (W) 46-9, 6. Hayden Tobias (F) 46-9, 7. Colin Caldwell (W) 45-9.5, 10. Garrett Bridges (N) 41-1, 11. Evan Lantz (HSE) 39-9, 12. Ethan Ededuwa (HSE) 39-0.5.
Discus: 4. Jonathan May (HSE) 151-5.5, 5. Wyatt Puff (F) 147-4, 7. Tobias (F) 136-0.5, 10. Davis (N) 126-5, 11. Ben Rude (HSE) 124-6, 12. Caldwell (W) 122-7.5, 13. Bridges (N) 109-1.
Hamilton Southeastern’s Madison Norris won the 110 hurdles event and was part of the Royals’ winning 4×100 relay team at Thursday’s Hoosier Crossroads Conference boys track and field meet. (Kent Graham)