By RICHIE HALL
ZIONSVILLE – The Noblesville girls track and field team achieved something on Tuesday that it had never done before: Win a Hoosier Crossroads Conference championship.
The Millers claimed the HCC trophy at the finish of the meet, which took place at Zionsville. Noblesville scored 125 points to win the championship, holding off Hamilton Southeastern, which scored 113.5 points to claim second place.
“We’re pretty balanced,” said Millers coach James Pearce. The coach said that winning a conference meet is “really tough, because you’ve got to have depth in there.”
And the Millers’ depth pulled them through. Noblesville won five individual events, including a 1-2 finish in the 800 run. Summer Rempe was first in a time of 2 minutes, 17.21 seconds, followed by Brinkley Cooper in second (2:18.67). Both runners had already won an HCC event, as they were on the Millers’ first-place 4×800 relay, with Riley Flynn and Paige Hazelrigg. (9:28.85).
Kiana Siefert finished first in the 100 hurdles (15.10 seconds). Noblesville was also strong in the field events, with Malina Miller taking the high jump (5 feet, 3 inches) and Hannah Alexander triumphing in the discus (139-9), while placing second in the shot put.
“The 800 was huge,” said Pearce. “When you can get 18 points in something, that’s pretty cool.”
Rylee Hassan finished third in the high jump, giving the Millers 16 points in that event.
“Those big events really add up quick,” said Pearce.
Southeastern picked up the final event of the night, as the team of Elia Blackmore, Ciara Kepner, Jehnea Mirro and Regan Wans won the 4×400 relay in 4:06.79. Blackmore and Ally Elsbury went 2-3 in the 300 hurdles, with Elsbury also taking second in the 100 hurdles. Wans finished second in the 400 dash, and Rosiebella Fiabema was the discus runner-up.
Fishers took fifth as a team by scoring 62.5 points. Ella Scally won two events, placing first in the 200 dash (26.40 seconds) and the long jump (18-4).
Westfield scored 52.5 points and also had two event wins. Lucy Hauser was first in the 300 hurdles (47.21 seconds) and Liz Smith ran away with the 3200 (11:13.83).
Team scores: Noblesville 125, Hamilton Southeastern 113.5, Zionsville 99, Brownsburg 75.5, Fishers 62.5, Avon 62, Westfield 52.5, Franklin Central 33.
4×800 relay: 1. Noblesville (Brinkley Cooper, Riley Flynn, Summer Rempe, Paige Hazelrigg) 9:28.85, 2. Southeastern (Maggie Powers, Julianne McLean, Grace Newton, Allie Latta) 9:43.67, 3. Fishers (Vera Schafer, Aubrey Baldwin, Emma Schwertfeger, Megan Mybeck) 9:45.76, 6. Westfield (Nezira Djour, Kelly Pesyna, Robyn Schemel, Lizzie Hirschfield) 10:01.34.
100 hurdles – Finals: 1. Kiana Siefert (N) 15.10, 2. Ally Elsbury (HSE) 15.22, 5. Makenzie Loftin (HSE) 16.12, 6. Anna Williams (F) 16.88, 8. Madison Clary (W) 16.94. Prelims: 10. Addie Allgeier (F) 17.45, 11. E’layah Ballard (W) 17.52, 12. Olivia Boe (N) 17.65.
100 dash – Finals: 3. Genesis Bowers (F) 12.69, 5. Princess Campbell (W) 12.70, 6. Ella Scally (F) 12.83, 8. Tobi Fapetu (W) 13.09, 9. Sanai Smith (HSE) 13.16. Prelims: Maddie Coates (N) 13.09, 11. Bella Pyle (HSE) 13.14, 14. Mya Baker (N) 13.47.
1600 run: 2. Kennedy Applegate (N) 5:16.87 3. Elizabeth Butler (HSE) 5:18.04, 5. Nadia Perez (N) 5:19.93, 8. Addison Smith (HSE) 5:24.66, 11. Anna Runion (F) 5:29.96, 13. Sydney Klinglesmith (W) 5:35.68, 15. Addie Kane (F) 5:39.65, 16. Emily Loiselle (W) 5:43.53.
4×100 relay: 3. Southeastern (Jehnea Mirro, Elsbury, Smith, Jocelyn Davis) 50.03, 5. Westfield (Fapetu, Hauser, Hailey Anderson, Campbell) 51.34, 6. Noblesville (Boe, Baker, Kate Rollins, Coates) 52.37, 7. Fishers (Alaiyah Cole, Rylan David, Brooklyn Ferrell, Madeline Meier) 53.72.
400 dash: 2. Regan Wans (HSE) 59.47, 4. Ciara Kepner (HSE) 1:00.12, 8. Clara Cameron (W) 1:04.01, 9. Jaydi Jones (N) 1:04.08, 11. Schafer (F) 1:05.37, 12. Kaylee Roberts (N) 1:06.10, 13. Zoe Cheah (W) 1:07.05.
300 hurdles: 1. Hauser (W) 47.21, 2. Elia Blackmore (HSE) 47.66, 3. Elsbury (HSE) 48.27, 4. K. Siefert (N) 48.92, 5. Williams (F) 50.55, 9. Madison Clary (W) 51.10, 11. Mallory Kixmiller (F) 51.16, 14. Brielle Siefert (N) 55.96.
800 run: 1. Rempe (N) 2:17.21, 2. Cooper (N) 2:18.67, 3. Latta (HSE) 2:25.24, 4. Baldwin (F) 2:25.88, 6. Newton (HSE) 2:28.72, 8. Brooke Butts (F) 2:30.14, 9. Pesyna (W) 2:30.43, 16. Ava Britton-Heitz (W) 2:42.30.
200 dash – Finals: 1. Scally (F) 26.40, 5. Fapetu (W) 27.27, 6. Coates (N) 27.37, 9. Campbell (W) 29.71. Prelims: 10. Kya Hoskins (F) 27.55, 11. Mia Kemp (HSE) 27.59, 12. Rollins (N) 27.80, 13. Daniela Rios Rojas (HSE) 27.84.
3200 run: 1. Liz Smith (W) 11:13.83, 2. Powers (HSE) 11:26.84, 3. Brooke Lahee (N) 11:30.40, 7. Hazelrigg (N) 11:41.43, 11. Elise Herman (HSE) 12:20.10, 12. Samantha Taylor (W) 12:20.93, 13. Mybeck (F) 12:25.42, 16. Corinne McClanahan (F) 13:37.29.
4×400 relay: 1. Southeastern (Blackmore, Kepner, Mirro, Wans) 4:06.79, 3. Noblesville (Rempe, Rollins, Cooper, Jones) 4:13.11, 5. Fishers (Marina Agapios, Schwertfeger, Elle Powers, Schafer) 4:22.39, 7. Westfield (Djour, Cameron, Hirschfield, Maya Francisco) 4:24.75.
High jump: 1. Malina Miller (N) 5-3, 3. Rylee Hassan (N) 5-3, 4. Kemp (HSE) 5-0, T5. Amiyah Ballard (W) 4-10, T8. Kenley Johnson (HSE) 4-8, T10. Kixmiller (F) 4-8.
Pole vault: 3. Laina Lillge (N) 11-0, 4. Ashlyn Bauer (W) 11-0, 7. Delaney Teachnor (N) 10-0, 11. Savannah Strange (F) 8-0.
Long jump: 1. Scally (F) 18-4, 4. K. Siefert (N) 17-5, 5. Elsbury (HSE) 16-11, 6. Megan Feltner (N) 16-6, 11. Mirro (HSE) 16-0, 12. Jurnee Hall (F) 15-5, 14. A. Ballard (W) 14-1, 15. E. Ballard (W) 14-0.
Discus: 1. Hannah Alexander (N) 139-9, 2. Rosiebella Fiabema (HSE) 121-7, 5. Kendall Pagington (W) 100-9, 7. Kayla Gregory (F) 97-0, 8. Macey Miller (F) 96-0, 9. Marina Alphin (HSE) 94-10, 10. Alana Halsted (W) 88-1.
Shot put: 2. Alexander (N) 38-10, 3. Fiabema (HSE) 37-6.5, 4. Miller (F) 35-5.5, 6. Delaney Richards (HSE) 34-1, 8. Daley Rhodes (F) 33-1.5, 13. Alexandria Peltonen (W) 28-4, 14. Marielle Fitch (N) 27-3, 15. Pagington (W) 26-2.5.