The Hamilton Heights track and field teams hosted their annual Big Orange Meet on Saturday.
It was a great day for the Huskies girls team, as it finished second to a strong Lebanon squad. The Tigers scored 125.33 points, with Heights totaling 101.5 points.
The Huskies won four events. Kelsey Smith was part of two of those victories: She won the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 3 inches, then joined Camryn Runner, Morgan Guthrie and Victoria Lopez to win the 4×400 relay, which finished in a time of 4:25.64.
Ella Ewing cruised to a win in the 100 hurdles (17.15 seconds), while Taylor Standridge was first in the pole vault, with a best effort of 9-9.
Heights coach Todd Jones was happy with how his team performed, especially since the Huskies were missing two athletes who were unable to compete.
“Our girls stepped up, had some great performances,” said Jones. “Winning that 4×4 relay at the end of the meet was a really nice thing to have.”
In the boys meet, Heights finished sixth with 57.5 points. The Huskies collected three runner-up performances, including two from Nate Josza. He placed second in the long jump at 18-11, then joined Alex Knepper, Lukas Knepper and Trey Ehman to finish second in the 4×100 relay (46.01). Bayden Lutz was the pole vault runner-up with a vault of 12 feet.
Heights coach Mike Hippensteel was also pleased with how his young athletes competed – “We had some guys step up,” he said. He noted that the Huskies had lost quite a few athletes from last year.
“We’re just really inexperienced and it will be difficult to compete sometimes,” said Hippensteel. “But real pleased with how our young kids came out and went at it today.”
GIRLS MEET
Team scores: Lebanon 125.33, Hamilton Heights 101.5, Western 92.5, Northwestern 84.5, Lewis Cass 74.83, Western Boone 59, Maconaquah 37, Eastern 36.33, Tipton 13.
4×800 relay: 5. Heights (Morgan Guthrie, Teegan Madara, Alyson Dinwiddie, Juliana Springman) 11:27.62.
100 hurdles: 1. Ella Ewing 17.15, 5. Jayla Logan 18.18.
100 dash: 6. Taylor Standridge 14.01.
1600 run: 7. Madara 5:59.92, 12. Madison Dotlich 6:38.31.
4×100 relay: 2. Heights (Victoria Lopez, Standridge, Samera Henson, Ewing) 53.70.
400 dash: 2. Kelsey Smith 1:03.54, 5. Camryn Runner 1:06.02.
300 hurdles: 4. Logan 55.11, 9. Standridge 57.18.
800 run: 6. Guthrie 2:43.91, 12. Dinwiddie 2:58.62.
200 dash: 5. Lopez 28.94. Prelims – 14. Henson 30.50.
3200 run: 7. Springman 13:19.09.
4×400 relay: 1. Heights (Runner, Smith, Guthrie, Lopez) 4:25.64.
High jump: 1. Smith 5-3, 4. Runner 4-8.
Pole vault: 1. Standridge 9-9, T7. Mady Hutcherson 7-0.
Long jump: 2. Ewing 15-10.5.
Shot put: 12. Anna Jozsa 25-11, 13. Allie Matthews 24-1.5.
Discus: 10. Emily Bonebrake 74-2, 11. Jozsa 70-9.5.
BOYS MEET
Team scores: Western 134, Eastern 114.5, Northwestern 81, Lebanon 80, Tipton 60.5, Hamilton Heights 57.5, Maconaquah 43, Western Boone 26.5, Lewis Cass 23.
4×800 relay: 7. Heights (Evan Williamson, Clay Forrer, Tyler Overton, Josh Russell) 9:33.15.
110 hurdles: Prelims – 13. Preston Pearson 19.75, 15. Daniel Collier 20.38.
100 dash: 3. Nate Jozsa 11.68, 7. Lukas Knepper 11.97.
1600 run: 12. Forrer 5:33.53, 14. Landon Day 5:43.99.
4×100 relay: 2. Heights (Alex Knepper, L. Knepper, Trey Ehman, Jozsa) 46.01.
400 dash: 6. Collier 55.82, 11. Landon Steele 58.57.
300 hurdles: 11. Pearson 48.25, 15. Aiden Helm 50.63.
800 run: 10. Steven Case 2:19.25.
200 dash: 7. A. Knepper 25.65. Prelims – 10. Ehman 25.52.
3200 run: 6. Russell 11:09.78, 12. Drew Monnin 11:51.35.
4×400 relay: 6. Heights (Steele, Collier, Person, Aiden Orton) 3:56.43.
Pole vault: 2. Bayden Lutz 12-0, T4. Peyton McQuinn 11-0.
Long jump: 2. Jozsa 18-11, 5. Ehman 18-3.5.
Shot put: 11. Colin Wilson 35-9.5, 12. Josh Brown 35-3.5.
Discus: 5. Brown 126-1, 12. Randy Hubbell 104-7.
Hamilton Southeastern’s girls team hosted the annual Royal Relays on Saturday.
Southeastern won the team competition with a score of 127 points, with Fishers the runner-up by scoring 97 points. The Royals placed first in six events, starting with individual wins by Alyssa Barker in the 400 dash and Halle Hill in the 3200 run. HSE then claimed four relay races: The 4×400, 4×800, distance medley relay and shuttle hurdle relay.
The Tigers were led by Ella Scally, who won the 100 dash. Scally also was the top individual in the long jump, helping Fishers to a third-place result in the long jump relay.
TEAM SCORES
Hamilton Southeastern 127, Fishers 97, Center Grove 89, North Central 83, Warren Central 83, Pike 53, Fort Wayne Northrop 41, Lawrence North 29.
100 dash: 1. Ella Scally (F) 12.28, 11. Jadyn Durden (HSE) 13.28, 12. Jocelyn Davis (HSE) 13.47, 13. Myah Donaldson (F) 13.52.
400 dash: 1. Alyssa Barker (HSE) 59.68, 3. Regan Wans (HSE) 1:01.58, 5. Kate Baumgartner (F) 1:03.41, 6. Evelyn Butler (F) 1:04.74.
1600 run: 1. Anna Runion (F) 5:19.33, 2. Olivia Brown (HSE) 5:25.56, 3. Grace Newton (HSE) 5:25.72, 8. Brynn Urban (F) 5:42.71.
3200 run: 1. Halle Hill (HSE) 11:42.22, 2. Elizabeth Barrett (F) 11:44.85, 3. Maggie Powers (HSE) 11:53.38, 8. Megan Mybeck (F) 12:44.94.
300 hurdles: 6. Makenzie Loftin (HSE) 50.51, 8. Aubrey Baldwin (F) 51.41, 9. Anna Williams (F) 52.05, 10. Brooke Baker (HSE) 52.93.
4×100 relay: 4. Fishers (Donaldson, Scally, Genesis Bowers, Yumi Mayes) 51.27, 7. Southeastern (Durden, Loftin, Davis, Jillian Robinson) 52.70.
4×200 relay: 3. Southeastern (Barker, Davis, Camryn McKinney, Wans) 1:48.44, 4. Fishers (Donaldson, Kate Baumgartner, Scally, Bowers) 1:48.59.
4×400 relay: 1. Southeastern (Barker, Annice McFarland, Madisyn Etheredge, Jehnea Mirro) 4:11.44, 3. Fishers (Butler, Chloe Schroeder, Baumgartner, Baldwin) 4:19.96.
4×800 relay: 1. Southeastern (Brown, Newton, Katherine Kesler, Allie Latta) 10:00.55, 3. Fishers (Mia Yates, Erica Combs, Urban, Runion) 10:20.63.
Distance medley relay: 1. Southeastern (Brooke Ratliff, McFarland, Halle, Latta) 12:52.15, 3. Fishers (Barrett, Combs, Mybeck, Yates) 13:15.34.
4×100 shuttle hurdle: 1. Southeastern (Willo Sheikh, Ally Elsbury, Carolina Pierce, Loftin) 1:09.54, 4. Fishers (Baldwin, Addie Allgeier, Williams, Brooke Garrison) 1:16.62.
Long jump relay: 1. Scally (F) 18-8.5, 4. Mirro (HSE) 16-9, 11. Davis (HSE) 15-5, 13. Marina Agapios (F) 14-5. (Team: 3. Fishers 33-1.5, 4. Southeastern 32-2.)
Pole vault: 2. Alison Casey (F) 12-0, 4. Shealee Johnson (HSE) 9-0, 5. Beth Whiteford (F) 8-0. (Team: 2. Fishers 20-0, 4. Southeastern 9-0.)
High jump: T4. Ally Elsbury (HSE) 4-10; Etheredge (HSE) 4-10, 7. Mallory Kixmiller (F) 4-10, 10. Sarah Reddan (F) 4-4. (Team: 3. Southeastern 9-8, 5. Fishers 9-2.)
Discus: 5. Marina Alphin (HSE) 101-8, 6. Rosiebella Fiabema (HSE) 101-3, 9. Kayla Gregory (F) 87-11, 11. Kaycee Yetter (F) 78-5. (Team: 3. Southeastern 202-11, 6. Fishers 166-4.)
Shot put: 2. Grace Carroll (F) 38-0, 4. Fiabema (HSE) 37-0.25, 9. Delaney Richards (HSE) 32-6.25, 11. Olivia Norris (F) 30-2.75. (Team: 2. Southeastern 69-6.5, 4. Fishers 68-2.75.)
Hamilton Southeastern’s boys team placed third at the Ben Davis Relays on Saturday.
The Royals scored 77 points; Center Grove won the meet with 98 and Penn was runner-up with 81 points. Southeastern’s Gage Pratt won the 100 dash in a time of 10.88 seconds, with Xan Cluff placing first in the pole vault.
Relay winners included Stephen Sydnor and Lamine Sall in the long jump, and the 4×1600 team of Marquardt, Patrick, Ross and Satterfield. Connor Sarkovics took second in the 3200 with a 15-second personal best.