By RICHIE HALL
NOBLESVILLE – The Fishers Unified Track team continued its advancement streak Saturday at the Noblesville sectional, which took place at Beaver Materials Field.
The Tigers finished second at the sectional, scoring 111 points. New Castle won the sectional championship by scoring 130 points and Pendleton Heights took third with 108 points. All three teams advance to next Saturday’s Kokomo regional.
This was the second successful meet for Fishers in the past two weeks. Last Saturday, the Tigers won the Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet, scoring 122 points.
This marks the fifth consecutive time that Fishers has made it out of the Unified Track sectional. The Tigers have advanced every year since 2016. Of course, there was no season in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so Fishers – and for that matter, all the teams – were thrilled to be able to compete again.
“It’s amazing that we were able to do this this year,” said Tigers coach Patrick Schooley. “Last year, having it canceled was devastating for a lot of our students. It was devastating for us as coaches. But to be able to have a season this year, I think everybody needed that. We needed that as coaches, the students needed it, and it was just great to be back out here this year having a competition.”
Fishers had many good performances at the meet, including two first-place finishes in the 100 dash. Luke Valerio and Conner Babcock went 1-2 in Section 1, with Colin Schooley winning Section 4.
“When you come to these meets, you just got to perform where you’re seeded and everybody did that,” said Patrick Schooley. The coach was “very happy” with the performances.
“Everybody did such a super job,” said Schooley.
Westfield finished in fourth place by scoring 107 points. The Shamrocks had four event winners, including two in the relays. The girls 4×100 team of Ellie Rinne, Alex Hewitt, Brooke Easterhaus and Lauren Ryan won Section 1 of that event, while the boys 4×100 team of Owen Dossett, James Kraus, Carson Saturday and Finn McKenna also placed first in Section 1. Whitley Schwent (Flight 3) and Elayna Reynolds (Flight 4) were winners in the shot put.
Carmel tied for sixth place with 93 points. James Gastineau was a winner in the 100 dash, taking first in Section 4.
Noblesville scored 76 points to place eighth as a team. Leading the Millers with runner-up finishes were Alden Newby in Flight 6 of the long jump and Eliza Bozell in Flight 6 of the shot put.
Hamilton Southeastern scored 72 points for ninth place. Teegan Acres placed third in Section 2 of the 400 dash and Flight 5 of the shot put. Other third-place finishers were Gabrielle Dodridge in Section 3 of the 100 dash and Bridget Bell in Flight 6 of the long jump.
Team scores: New Castle 130, Fishers 111, Pendleton Heights 108, Westfield 107, Lawrence Central 95, Carmel 93, Lawrence North 93, Noblesville 76, Hamilton Southeastern 72, Zionsville 65, New Palestine 58.
100 dash
Section 1: 1. Luke Valerio (F) 11.61, 2. Conner Babcock (F) 12.13, 3. Corbin King (C) 12.48, 4. Sam Agee (N) 13.08, 5. Trevor Ewing (W) 13.45, 8. Priscilla Johnston (N) 15.33.
Section 2: 2. Hayden Lake (F) 14.95, 3. Alex Nordoff (C) 15.13, 6. Autum Curtis (W) 15.97.
Section 3: 3. Gabrielle Dodridge (HSE) 16.67.
Section 4: 1. Colin Schooley (F) 18.22, 4. Gavin Utzig (C) 18.57, 5. Adam Slota (HSE) 19.26, 6. Declan Daley (C) 19.83, 7. Ben Boehm (W) 19.97.
Section 5: 6. Jessica Neal (N) 23.43, 7. Arden Snyder (N) 25.28.
Section 6: T3. Jose Olivera (HSE) 24.80.
400 dash
Section 1: 1. James Gastineau (C) 54.87, 2. Conner Babcock (F) 56.10, 3. Kyle Zellers (W) 56.62, 7. Jacob Booze (HSE) 1:08.02, 8. Blake Koven (N) 1:08.63.
Section 2: 2. Andy Bullock (W) 1:05.77, 3. Teegan Acres (HSE) 1:08.98, 4. Carter Gordon (F) 1:10.33, 5. Hayden Lake (F) 1:11.84.
Section 3: 2. Kathleen Tran (F) 1:17.35, 3. Elizabeth Reiss (N) 1:18.79, 5. Kathryn Larkin (C) 1:19.45.
Section 4: Peyton Ramey (N) 1:23.89, 3. Madison Walker (W) 1:26.17, 4. Mercedes Schmidt (C) 1:30.87, 5. Maxine Rutsito (HSE) 1:34.90.
Section 5: 3. Matthew Kiffmeyer (HSE) 1:37.47, 5. Ceci Campbell (C) 1:50.82.
Girls 4×100 relay
Section 1: 1. Westfield (Ellie Rinne, Alex Hewitt, Brooke Easterhaus, Lauren Ryan) 59.44, 2. Fishers (Kristyn Santiago, Emerson Chapple, Crysta Coble, Natalie Bryan) 1:04.26, 3. Carmel (Mary Schuh, Elizabeth Price, Casey Dewitt, Elizabeth Pija) 1:04.98, 6. Noblesville (Kendall Crowe, Jessica Neal, Jessica Sell, Jenna Yancey) 1:17.16.
Section 2: 4. Southeastern (Rachel Holland, Kaleigh Stewart, Stephanie Arnold, Ella Penny) 1:25.86.
Boys 4×100 relay
Section 1: 1. Westfield (Owen Dossett, James Kraus, Carson Saturday, Finn McKenna) 49.52, 2. Fishers (Sam Syrus, Evan Barker, Luke Asquini, Anthony Valerio) 51.36, 3. Noblesville (Sam Agee, Broderick Caldwell, Michael Moller, Connor Lehman) 53.99, 5. Carmel (Sky Simpson, Micah Nist, Caiden Wetherald, Grant Gottlieb) 56.05.
Section 2: 5. Southeastern (Constantine Flinta, Matthew Kiffmeyer, Mason Cooley, Aiden Wilkinson) 1:12.29.
Long jump
Flight 1: 1. Kyle Zellers (W) 19-7, 2. Luke Valerio (F) 18-11, 3. Danny Ward (C) 17-0, 4. Joe Barbera (W) 16-8, 6. Jacob Hay (F) 15-11, 8. Anthony Valerio (F) 12-6.
Flight 2: 2. Ellie Rinne (W) 13-8.75, 3. Samuel Anderson (C) 13-1.5, T4. Mason Cooley (HSE) 10-11, T6. Abigail Pittman (N) 10-7, 8. Brenna Smith (HSE) 9-11.5.
Flight 3: 3. Logan Kojetin (N) 12-5.5, 4. Benjamin Rewers (HSE) 10-7, 6. Lainey Williams (W) 9-9.
Flight 4: 5. Colin Schooley (F) 8-7.5.
Flight 5: 4. Kentrell Richardson (C) 6-1.5.
Flight 6: 2. Alden Newby (N) 5-11, 3. Bridget Bell (HSE) 5-6.5, 4. Lily Small (C) 44-4.
Shot put
Flight 1: 2. Brody Frey (C) 45-7, 3. Case Reynolds (W) 41-4, 4. Andrew Barker (F) 40-11.5, 7. Evan Barker (F) 35-10.
Flight 2: 3. Devin Hankins (F) 28-8.5, 4. Jason Froemming (C) 28-1, 5. Noah Morris (N) 27-11, 6. Sky Simpson (C) 24-7.25, 8. Matthew Hanes (W) 22-8.5.
Flight 3: 1. Whitley Schwent (W) 25-1, 3. Ava Shanehsaz (N) 24-1.5, 4. Xanthe Tsimerakis (F) 22-7.75, 5. Aidan Johnston (N) 22-5.75, 7. Audra Marchese (C) 21-9.
Flight 4: 1. Elayna Reynolds (W) 22-7, 5. Kaleigh Stewart (HSE) 19-11.75.
Flight 5: 3. Teegan Acres (HSE) 19-2.5, 6. Adam Slota (HSE) 13-9.25.
Flight 6: 2. Eliza Bozell (N) 11-10.25.