By RICHIE HALL
FISHERS – Two days after the Hamilton Southeastern girls track and field team won an ultra-close county meet, the boys team was hoping to get a Royals county sweep.
Southeastern hosted the Hamilton County boys track and field meet on Thursday and did achieve the goal of winning the championship. Just like the girls, the Royals boys won the meet in dramatic fashion.
It came down to the 4×400 relay, where HSE finished in third place by 0.37 seconds. That gave the Royals enough points to claim the trophy, totaling 152 points to the Greyhounds’ 150. Fishers placed third with 117.5 points.
Southeastern and Carmel were close to each other for the entire meet. It looked as if the Royals were starting to pull away after they got a 1-3 finish in the 800 run; Nolan Satterfield won the event in 1 minute, 55.37 seconds, with Bennett DuBois placing third.
But the Greyhounds answered right back. James Philpott and Camren Avant went 1-2 in the 200 run, scoring 18 points and getting Carmel back within single digits. A 2-3 finish in the shot put helped the ‘Hounds stay close.
Carmel placed second in the 4×400, but the Royals clinched the trophy by placing third; Southeastern coach Garrett Lawton said he knew his team would “need to keep it pretty level with Carmel heading into that 4×4” to have a chance to win.
Lawton said his team had “a lot of strong performances” at the meet. “A couple of people I think weren’t necessarily quite where they wanted to be. But overall, I feel pretty good about where everyone’s at heading into the sectional.”
Satterfield’s 800 victory was one of three for the Royals at the meet. Manraj Grewal won the high jump with a winning leap of 6 feet, 4 inches, while Michael Griffith had an outstanding long jump today, with a best jump of 22 feet, 11.25 inches.
The Greyhounds had five individual wins at the meet. Philpott’s 200 victory (in 21.93 seconds) was his second of the evening, as he had already claimed the 100 dash in 10.86 seconds. Philpott scored 20 points at the meet and was a co-winner of the high point award.
Joseph Franklin picked up a discus win (161 feet, 1 inch). Carmel then had two relay victories, in the 4×800 (7:46.88) and the 4×100 (42.30 seconds).
Fishers also got five individual victories. Tyler Tarter was his usual dominant self in the hurdles, easily taking the 110 hurdles (14.93 seconds) and 300 hurdles (39.10 seconds), thus scoring 20 team points. As a result, Tarter was the other co-winner of the high point award.
Keefer Soehngen also turned some heads with his performance in the 400 dash. Soehngen ran the race in 48.44 seconds, establishing a new county meet record. He was also part of the Tigers’ 4×400 relay win (3:18.82).
Soehngen said he thought he ran “pretty well” at the meet. “And today it was really nice having good competition,” he said. Shout out to the HSE 400 runner. He’s got a great future.” (The Royals’ Jaylon Cooper placed second in 50.23 seconds.)
And Soehgen is also looking forward to the post-season, starting with the sectional, which takes place next Thursday (May 19) at Carmel.
“I think it’s going to be exciting, going into these races with some good competition,” said Soehngen. “I think I can definitely push past 48.”
Josh Forbes provided excitement in the pole vault, which he won with a best vault of 15 feet, 6 inches. Forbes started at 13 feet, then didn’t miss all the way through 15-6.
Noblesville took fourth place as a team with 63 points. Joel Mumaw got a victory for the Millers, making a big kick at the end to win the 1600 run in 4:15.12.
Westfield placed fifth with 55 points. The Shamrocks had two runner-up finishes: Kai Connor in the 1600 (4:17.69) and Colin Lakomek in the 800 run (1:55.90).
Hamilton Heights scored 31.5 points. The Huskies got a record-breaking performance from its star thrower, Colin Wilson. The junior won the shot put by over 10 feet, with his best throw of 62 feet, 5.5 inches setting a new county meet record.
“I think I threw pretty good,” said Wilson. “My first three were my best throws, the qualifying rounds, but the last three I got a little tired. I think I can come back at a later meet.”
Wilson said that today’s record was an outdoor personal best, but he’s thrown further during indoor meets.
“I think I’m going to be able to toss some even further throws at the sectional meet,” said Wilson. “And I got the motivation from this.”
Peyton McQuinn had a good pole vault, placing second with a best vault of 14 feet, 4 inches.
Guerin Catholic scored 26 team points and had an event winner. Ethan Hines ran a strong 3200 race, resulting in a first-place finish (9:40.87). Jack Weber placed third in the 1600 run.
University scored five points. Steven Scott placed seventh in the long jump and 400 dash, and eighth in the 200 dash.
Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 152, Carmel 150, Fishers 117.5, Noblesville 63, Westfield 55, Hamilton Heights 31.5, Guerin Catholic 26, University 5.
4×800 relay: 1. Carmel (Connor Heagy, Drew Grogan, Kole Mathison, Charlie Schuman) 7:46.88, 2. Fishers (Alec Foster, Colin Simons, Matthew Kim, Keefer Soehngen) 7:54.72, 3. Noblesville (Luke Shinneman, Noah Bushong, Alec Moor, Ronnie Neal) 8:07.66, 4. Southeastern (Nolan Satterfield, Noah Anderson, Adam Warski, Ian Ross) 8:11.12, 5. Westfield (Garrett Mowry, Sam Hinds, Maxwell Woehler, Luke Sullivan) 8:25.97, 6. Guerin Catholic (Christian Geary, James Crocker, Maxwell Fish, Evan McNeany) 8:52.76, 7. Heights (Steven Case, Evan Williamson, Rudy Bowman, Clayton Forrer) 8:59.74.
110 hurdles: 1. Tyler Tarter (F) 14.93, 2. Will Gerig (HSE) 15.53, 3. Adom Quist (C) 15.80, 4. Michael Schnurr (F) 15.80, 5. Peter Rooney (GC) 16.46, 6. Clayton Allen (HSE) 16.66, 7. Jack Huidsen (W) 16.87, 8. Braden Seasor (W) 17.18.
100 dash: 1. James Philpott (C) 10.86, 2. Mason Alexander (HSE) 11.14, 3. Christian Miller (HSE) 11.38, 4. Christ Degni (N) 11.39, 5. Daniel Collier (HH) 11.46, 6. Sevin Barringer-Hoonhout (N) 11.68, 7. Joseph Syrus (F) 11.69, 8. Cade Parker (W) 11.76.
1600 run: 1. Joel Mumaw (N) 4:15.12, 2. Kai Connor (W) 4:17.69, 3. Jack Weber (GC) 4:20.07, 4. Asher Propst (N) 4:20.24, 5. Andrew Knight (HSE) 4:21.92, 6. Tate Meaux (F) 4:23.42, 7. Will Marquardt (HSE) 4:26.48, 8. Thomas Biltimier (C) 4:27.45, 9. Sam Quagliaroli (F) 4:29.24, 10. Jack Capes (C) 4:35.01, 11. Charlie Naas (W) 4:48.86, 12. Luke Moster (GC) 4:50.27, 13. Ben Gleason (U) 5:14.98, 14. Owen Ascioti (U) 5:30.94.
4×100 relay: 1. Carmel (Gabriel LaBoyteaux, Gregory Gottlieb, Jaylen Zachery, Philpott) 42.30, 2. Southeastern (Kobe Dade, Miller, Ethan Falconer, Alexander) 42.61, 3. Westfield (Parker, Dillon Thieneman, Ryan Greagre, Dylan Walker) 43.52, 4. Fishers (Syrus, Grant Shelton, Leo Morrow, Dawson Scally) 43.62, 5. Noblesville (Barringer-Hoonhout, Degni, Derrell Coleman, Tanner Gibson) 44.00, 6. Heights (Alex Knepper, Chandler Thomas, Trey Ehman, Collier) 45.23, Guerin Catholic DQ.
400 dash: 1. Soehngen (F) 48.44, new county meet record, 2. Jaylon Cooper (HSE) 50.23, 3. Makell Wiggins (F) 50.55, 4. LaBoyteaux (C) 51.25, 5. Cole Taylor (C) 51.26, 6. Bryce Gray (HSE) 51.90, 7. Steven Scott (U) 53.27, 8. Landon King (W) 53.36, 9. Coleman (N) 53.67, 10. Nick Bauman (GC) 54.01, 11. Elliott Soderberg (N) 54.04, 12. Matt Dunlap (GC) 54.24, 13. Woehler (W) 55.91, 14. Jesiah Achenbach (HH) 56.25, 15. Aiden Orton (HH) 57.94, 16. Jayden Seaton (U) 1:00.43.
300 hurdles: 1. Tarter (F) 39.10, 2. Andrew Willman (C) 40.47, 3. Kern (N) 41.03, 4. Gerig (HSE) 41.08, 5. Schnurr (F) 42.60, 6. Quist (C) 42.78, 7. Huisden (W) 43.58, 8. Ellis Tarver (N) 44.07, 9. Jayden Bernavil (W) 44.72, 10. Preston Pearson (HH) 44.96, 11. Peter Rooney (GC) 45.75, 12. CJ Jarosinski (HSE) 45.99, 13. Aiden Helm (HH) 46.21.
800 run: 1. Satterfield (HSE) 1:55.37, 2. Colin Lakomek (W) 1:55.90, 3. Bennett DuBois (HSE) 1:57.08, 4. Charlie Leedke (C) 1:59.10, 5. Ben Grissom (GC) 2:00.39, 6. Moor (N) 200.46, 7. Tommy Clark (F) 2:01.39, 8. Connor Mallon (C) 2:01.57, 9. Bushong (N) 2:01.82, 10. Benjamin Greiwe (F) 2:02.07, 11. Owen Flynn (W) 2:02.17, 12. Case (HH) 2:05.10, 13. Crocker (GC) 2:08.94, 14. Gabriel Moshe (U) 2:27.17, 15. Ascioti (U) 2:35.60.
200 dash: 1. Philpott (C) 21.93, 2. Camren Avant (C) 22.49, 3. Alexander (HSE) 22.85, 4. Walker W) 22.99, 5. Thieneman (W) 23.00, 6. Scally (F) 23.31, 7. Barringer-Hoonhout (N) 23.32, 8. Scott (U) 23.37.
3200 run: 1. Ethan Hines (GC) 9:40.87, 2. Caden Click (N) 9:45.51, 3. Liam Oman (C) 9:46.73, 4. Ash Caylor (HSE) 9:47.40, 5. Connor Sarkovics (HSE) 9:48.20, 6. Mowry (W) 9:50.13, 7. Caden Carpenter (F) 9:54.91, 8. Jack Strong (N) 10:00.06, 9. Austin Wilson (F) 10:00.39, 10. Kiefer Jay (C) 10:07.42, 11. Drew Lovelace (W) 10:24.28, 12. Christian Geary (GC) 10:43.94, 13. Gleason (U) 11:59.00, 14. Ascioti (U) 13:00.94.
4×400 relay: 1. Fishers (Wiggins, Tarter, Shelton, Soehngen) 3:18.82, 2. Carmel (Gregory Gottlieb, Curran Eastes, Willman, Mathison) 3:20.62, 3. Southeastern (Jack Tholen, Matthew Randolph, Sebastian Oskins, John McCoy) 3:32.33, 4. Westfield (Connor, King, Jacob Good, Huisden) 3:32.70, 5. Noblesville (Roman Xinopoulos, Bode Barnes, Mumaw, Kern) 3:33.22, 6. Guerin Catholic (Weber, Andrew Cowlin, Nick Bauman, Ben Grissom) 3:37.28.
Discus: 1. Joseph Franklin (C) 161-1, 2. Jackson Constantine (HSE) 156-4, 3. Nolan Ring (C) 151-1, 4. Colin Wilson (HH) 149-4, 5. Jacob Gates (F) 144-5, 6. Spencer Lotz (HSE) 140-6, 7. Josh Brown (HH) 140-0, 8. Joel Gates (F) 134-11, 9. Hayden Netral (W) 118-4, 10. Magwire Graybill (W) 113-4, 11. Robert Sapienza (GC) 106-10, 12. Gabe Bellan (N) 88-6, 13. Eli Wittbrod (N) 88-1, 14. Luke Pierce (U) 63-5, 15. Andrew Moore (GC) 47-1.
Shot put: 1. Wilson (HH) 62-5.5, new county meet record, 2. Evan Brehl (C) 52-4, 3. Franklin (C) 51-5.75, 4. Jack Greer (HSE) 51-5, 5. Daniel Armstrong (F) 49-0, 6. Gates (F) 47-9.5, 7. Jon Grubbs (HSE) 47-8, 9. William Goodvine (W) 42-2, 9. Vance Farrar (W) 41-6, 10. Sapienza (GC) 38-11.5, 11. Brown (HH) 38-10.5, 12. Josh Rodgers (N) 37-11, 13. Mesfin Lynas (N) 34-2, 14. Pierce (U) 31-7, 15. Moore (GC) 24-5.5.
Long jump: 1. Michael Griffith (HSE) 22-11.25, 2. Christian Peterson (C) 22-8.5, 3. JonAnthony Hall (F) 22-0.75, 4. Silas Newton (HSE) 21-8.25, 5. Aydrian Caldwell (C) 20-9.5, 6. Syrus (F) 20-8.25, 7. Scott (U) 20-2.5, 8. Patrick Schramm (W) 19-6.25, 9. Reece Weyer (W) 18-9.5, 10. Connor Meinerding (N) 18-3, 11. Tyler Runyan (HH) 18-0.75, 12. Ehman (HH) 17-4, 13. Eldgin Phillips (U) 17-1.5, 14. Jordan Sharp (N) 15-5.75.
High jump: 1. Manraj Grewal (HSE) 6-4, T2. Alex Troutman (HSE) 6-2; Caldwell (C) 6-2, 4. Robert Campbell (W) 6-0, 5. Tarver (N) 6-0, 6. Tyrese Burrell (F) 5-10, T7. Runyan (HH) 5-8; Paul Kelley (F) 5-8, 9. Tyler Dikos (W) 5-6, 10. Max Miller (N) 5-4, 11. Eli Burns (GC) 5-2.
Pole vault: 1. Josh Forbes (F) 15-6, 2. Peyton McQuinn (HH) 14-4, 3. Seth Hargis (C) 13-6, 4. Will Johnston (N) 13-0, 5. Connor Langsford (HSE) 11-6, 6. Peyton Doty (F) 11-6, 7. Jack Gerstner (HSE) 11-0, 8. Sean Tallman (W) 10-6, 9. Alex Wilson (W) 10-0, T10. Alex Lara (C) 9-6; Aaron Bauman (GC) 9-6, 12. Kal Colter (HH) 9-6.