The 2019 track and field season will come to a close this Saturday, June 1st with the IHSAA girls state championships in Bloomington. Here are our all-state picks by event:
4x800 meter relay:
West Lafayette
Hamilton Southeastern
Noblesville
Lowell
Lawrence North
Carmel
Evansville Memorial
Zionsville
Penn
We are taking the defending state champions here as they return 3 of 4 from last year’s team and won the Lafayette Jefferson Regional with the fastest performance in the state. Hamilton Southeastern picks up some early team points which could become vital and Zionsville posts an impressive time in section 1 and hangs on to medal.
100 meter hurdles:
K’Ja Talley - Warren Central
Chanler Robinson - North Central (Indy)
Patience Sakeuh - Pendleton Heights
Jordenne Hudson - Andrean
Kamrin Ricker-Hurley - Pike
Dylan Kirkwood - Fort Wayne Northrop
Anaya Parchman - Lawrence Central
Sophia Buck - Homestead
Jordan Yanders - Merrillville
And the team race is on! Talley and Robinson have been trading places on the leaderboard all season but in their one head to head meeting, Talley was victorious at the Marion County Meet. Sakeuh earns the first of three medals on the day as she comes home third.
100 meter dash:
Semira Killebrew - Brebeuf Jesuit
Kiyah Yeast - Center Grove
Taylor Herbert - Lawrence Central
Skylynn Blue-Williams - North Central (Indy)
Lauren Thomas - West Lafayette
Tionna Brown - Fort Wayne Northrop
Alyssa Robinson - North Central (Indy)
Tionne Bingham - Evansville Bosse
Hanna Hearn - Brebeuf Jesuit
Killebrew defends her title at 100 meters and North Central (Indy) begins racking up the points for the team battle.
1600 meter run:
Abigail Lynch - Brownsburg
Phoebe Bates - Carmel
Brooke Dixon - Brownsburg
Ava Gilliana - Valparaiso
Zoe Duffus - Carroll (Fort Wayne)
Addison Wiley - Huntington North
Jada Reedus - Franklin Central
Emma Tate - West Lafayette
Brenner Hanna - Greensburg
Lynch may have the best range (400-5000 meters) in the state and shows it here as she dethrones the defending champion Bates (whose range is also incredible). Many choices after the top few are based on guesswork as to whom has a relay on their legs.
4x100 meter relay:
North Central (Indy)
Warren Central
Hamilton Southeastern
Fort Wayne Northrop
Fishers
Center Grove
Merrillville
Bowman Academy
Zionsville
Our top three projected teams are loaded in the sprints and show why as they take the top three spots in the 4x100 meter relay. North Central (Indy) is a full second ahead of the second place team as far as seeds go and if they execute their exchanges, we have a hard time seeing them take anything less than blue medals at the awards platform.
400 meter dash:
Ramiah Elliott - North Central (Indy)
Mikeisha Covington - Warren Central
Iyanla Hunter - Perry Meridian
Lauren Thomas - West Lafayette
Taylor Herbert - Lawrence Central
Maria Anderson - Noblesville
Cierra Williams - Warren Central
Jemmia Pennix - Penn
Regan Wans - Hamilton Southeastern
Moral victory for Warren? Elliott, the freshman sensation, wins the 400 meter dash but the Warriors actually outscore the Panthers in the event as they place two in the top nine. Marion County flexes its muscle taking four of the top 5 and 5 of the top 7 spots.
300 meter hurdles:
Ella Robinson - Zionsville
Beth Barnes - Bishop Chatard
Kayla Brady - Lafayette Central Catholic
Tierra Sydnor - Hamilton Southeastern
K’Ja Talley - Warren Central
Isabella Jackson - Whiteland
Patience Sakeuh - Pendleton Heights
Dylan Kirkwood - Fort Wayne Northrop
Anaya Parchman - Lawrence Central
Robinson returns from a season ending injury in 2018 to dethrone Barnes in a great race. Brady scores one for single class track and field as the 1A athlete comes home third and then lane assignments by hear become vital as a couple of athletes from section 2 sneak on the awards platform.
800 meter run:
Elizabeth Stanhope - Pike
Maddie Russin - Crown Point
Abigail Lynch - Brownsburg
Julia Dvorak - Homestead
Ellie Tate - West Lafayette
Claire Sievern - Evansville Memorial
Ellie Schroeder - Guerin Catholic
Maddie Mirro - Hamilton Southeastern
Addison Wiley - Huntington North
We leave wanting more as both Stanhope and Russin win their sections but the Pike senior takes the state title that she let slip through her fingers last year. Russin runs clear of the field in section 1 and hangs on to second. The difference in section 2 becomes Lynch not having enough juice down the stretch after winning the 1600 meter run.
200 meter dash:
Semira Killebrew - Brebeuf Jesuit
Ramiah Elliott - North Central (Indy)
Skylynn Blue-Williams - North Central (Indy)
Kiyah Yeast - Center Grove
Tionna Brown - Fort Wayne Northrop
Mikeisha Covington - Warren Central
Aa’leiah Winford - Jeffersonville
Hanna Bargue - Perry Meridian
Kacyra Simmons - Ben Davis
Killebrew grabs the title that eluded her last year as another defending state champion (Brown) is dethroned. North Central (Indy) breaks the will of anyone hoping to steal the team title and the Ben Davis Regional is proven to be no joke as five of the nine podium spots are taken by those athletes.
3200 meter run:
Erin Strzelecki - Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger
Meagan Hathaway - Carroll (Fort Wayne)
Katelyn Wasson - Zionsville
Lulu Black - Hamilton Southeastern
Annalyssa Crain - Edgewood
Phoebe Bates - Carmel
Abby Lynch - Carroll (Fort Wayne)
Mariah Wehrle - Cardinal Ritter
Madeline Keller - Brebeuf Jesuit
We are picking a slight upset here as Strzlecki of Dwenger is our choice. She shocked the state this past fall in Terre Haute and we see her doing it again. Carroll grabs big points as does Hamilton Southeastern while Bates grabs her second medal of the day.
4x400 meter relay:
Hamilton Southeastern
Warren Central
North Central (Indy)
Bishop Chatard
Zionsville
West Lafayette
Perry Meridian
Homestead
Pike
Often this race comes down to who has the “freshest legs”. All things created equal, North Central (Indy) and Warren Central have the most elite sprint crews, but many of them will be working on their fourth event (some with prelims) of the day. We’ll take the Royals to defend their title as they are a little bit more fresh but once again, notice that our top three projected teams at the end of the night take the top three spots in the evening’s final event on the track.
Long Jump:
Prommyse Hoosier - Warren Central
La’Treasure Johnson - Lake Central
Claire Pittman - South Bend Washington
Tierra Sydnor - Hamilton Southeastern
Tionne Bingham - Evansville Bosse
Patience Sakeuh - Pendleton Heights
Mariah Grant - New Albany
Shaunyae Sowell - North Central (Indy)
Ella Scally - Fishers
Hoosier shows why experience matters most and explodes just like she did in 2018. The Warren senior wins comfortably and four other athletes earn repeat medals.
Discus Throw:
Lauren England - Terre Haute South
Hannah Redlin - Rensselaer Central
Cassie Evans - Franklin Central
Averi Parker - Lewis Cass
Kayla Truesdell - Jennings County
Brittnee James - Homestead
Becca Merritt - Sheridan
Matisen Ingle - North Central (Indy)
Beyoncey Coleman-Turner - Columbus East
The “toss up” event of the night goes to England but your guess is as good as ours. Inches separate the leaders and the battle just to make the finals is even closer. We will go with the “hot hand.”
Shot Put:
Ashley Weatherly - West Lafayette
Erikka Hill - Shenandoah
Britnee James - Homestead
Makeda Ellis - Lake Central
Lily Grimes - Greensburg
Lauren England - Terre Haute South
Markalah Barnes - Fort Wayne Northrop
Emily Bonser - Greenwood
Reagan Emberton - Whiteland
The top seed entering the state finals holds true as weatherly takes the crown. James and England come back to medal after doing the same in the discus and Truesdell medals for the second consecutive year.
High Jump:
Shelby Tyler - Noblesville
Haylea Crandall - Crawford County
Meleah Leatherman - Central Noble
Isabella Jackson - Whiteland
Erica Xayarath - Fort Wayne Wayne
Kelsy Bowlds - South Spencer
Tacoria Humphrey - Warren Central
Naimah Slaughter - Rock Creek Academy
Taylor Schoonveld - Kankakee Valley
Despite pulling double duty, Tyler checks out of the pole vault and comes back to defend her high jump crown with ease. She wins by over three inches but does not quite get the state meet record.
Pole Vault:
Kennedy Drish - Hamilton Southeastern
Taylor Jarosinski - Center Grove
Maddie Rigg - Lake Central
Sabrina Robison - McCutcheon
Grace Huckstep - Western Boone
Adrienne Salemme - Columbus North
Jada Parzygnot - Wawasee
Ella Wilhelm - Hamilton Southeastern
Maggie Burita - Churubusco
Team Standings:
North Central (Indy)
Warren Central
Hamilton Southeastern
West Lafayette
Center Grove
It ends up being closer than seeds indicate going into the meet as Warren and Hamilton Southeastern win their share of battles, but North Central (Indy) is just too much across the board.
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