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Miller runners sweep Marion Invitational
Noblesville’s second-ranked girls and fifth-ranked boys cross-country teams ran to easy wins in Saturday’s Marion Invitational. The Miller girls scored 32 points to 89 for runner-up Huntington North to capture the 23-team event. The boys scored 41...
After strong season, future is uncertain
The Hamilton Southeastern High School girls track team had its most successful season with 30 points to place fifth in the state meet, and Portia Bailey and Paige Smith won the program’s first individual state titles. Coach Julie Alano talked...
Chasing a final high school track win
Center Grove’s Sarah Higgens gets national steeplechase title, easing some disappointment of not making state this year Sarah Higgens’glorious running career at Center Grove High School looked like it might end on a sour note....
Spight is 3rd in national high jump
Warren Central’sDerrick Spightput the finishing touches on his brilliant high school career by finishing third in the high jump at the Nike Outdoor Nationals at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C. Spight, a two-time state...
Ft. Wayne pole vaulter named Gatorade athlete of year
Fort Wayne Northrop’s Corey Shank has been named the Gatorade Indiana Boys Track&Field Athlete of the Year after winning a third-consecutive state title in the pole vault earlier this month. Shank’s season-best vault of 16 feet, 7 inches is the...
Area athletes win 3 national titles
Indianapolis-area athletes capped the high school track and field season by winning three titles Saturday in the Nike national championships at Greensboro, N.C. Ben Davis won the boys 400-meter relay in 41.08 seconds. Colin Hester, Anthony Kimmons,...
Pendleton's McCardwell is 2nd
Pendleton Heights High School’sEllie McCardwellfinished second in the girls pole vault Friday night in the Nike track and field national championships at Greensboro, N.C.Shade Weygandt, Mansfield, Texas, won with a meet record of 13 feet, 3...
2 area track coaches win national honors
Warren Central’s Dennis McNulty and Lawrence Central’s Mike Holman have been named the national coaches of the year in boys track and boys cross country respectively by the National High School Coaches Association. McNulty has been a...
Westfield's Martin sets national sophomore record in steeplechase at Illinois track and field meet
Westfield’s Connor Martin set a national record for high school sophomores in winning the 2,000-meter steeplechase late Saturday night in the Midwest Distance Gala at Lisle, Ill. Martin’s time of 6 minutes, 1.97 seconds broke the record...
Strong effort allows Ben Davis to repeat
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Their resolve was forged in crucibles of competition well before arriving Friday night for the 106th boys state track and field meet. That applied not only to Ben Davis’ Giants, but to champions such as Warren Central...
Shields wins 1,600, but 5th in 800 despite his great time
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Drew Shields didn’t repeat his 1,600-800-meter double from last season, but the Fishers senior still went out with a bang. Shields captured the 1,600 title in 4 minutes, 11.36 seconds — almost 7 seconds faster...
High school track state meet: The boys and girls teams to beat
There are enough story lines at this weekend’s IHSAA state meets to pique the interest of any high school track and field follower: Can Fishers’ Drew Shields, after an illness nearly ended his season, repeat last year’s wins in the...
Pendleton Heights junior is top U.S. girls pole vaulter
It would be special enough to say that Ellie McCardwell is America’s top high school girls pole vaulter. But those who know her would tell you she’s so much more than that. Social responsibility? The Pendleton Heights junior wrote letters...
Ben Davis boys track team again heads to state finals undefeated and top-ranked
State champs unbeaten, top-ranked despite graduation losses The Ben Davis boys track and field team didn’t lose a scored meet in 2008 — and won the Indiana High School Athletic Association state championship. The Giants graduated seven...
Lawrence North High School pitcher seriously injured during storm
Lawrence North High School baseball playerBrad Bettswas expected to be moved to Community Hospital East on Wednesday to start rehabilitation after the thoracic vertebrae in his back dislocated Saturday when a tree fell on a barn in which he was...
Ben Davis shows why it's No. 1 in track
Giants dominate, sending 10 individuals, all 3 relays to state meet It’s not true that Ben Davis could beat the 52 other teams in this regional in a boys dual track and field meet. The Giants lose that one 89-43. This isn’t fantasy...
Beech Grove's Towe stays busy in multiple sports
Beech Grove’s Towe stays busy Jacob Towedidn’t want to leave Beech Grove High School with any regrets or sense of “what if.” He’s convinced he accomplished that. Towe will graduate from Beech Grove on May 31 after...
Zeinasellassies, clutch finishes help host Panthers grab title
Sectional team titles by North Central used to be as routine an occurrence as there was in Indiana boys track and field. From 1975-93, the Panthers won 19 in a row. Since then, only one. Until Thursday night. The host Panthers coupled distance...
No. 3 Carmel cruises to sectional victory
Zionsville’s Sorensen runs state-best 1,600 CARMEL, Ind. — Thursday’s 1,600-meter run in the Carmel Sectional had all the feel of a state finals race. Four runners broke the old sectional record. A fifth was .02 of a second off....
Warren Central's Spight jumps to new heights
Derrick Spight makes a difficult task look simple. The Warren Central High School senior glides gracefully toward the high jump bar, takes an explosive jump off his right leg and soars over the bar and softly to the mat. Earlier this week, Spight...
McCardwell tops nation at 13-5
Pendleton Heights juniorEllie McCardwellcleared 13 feet, 5 inches Tuesday night for the best mark nationally in high school girls pole vault this year. The previous best was 13-3 by seniorRachel Fisher, Allen, Texas, according to the Web site...
Terrell's 3 wins lead Ben Davis to victory in Marion County boys track and field meet
State’s top sprinter wins 100, 200, 400 relay as Ben Davis tops No. 1 Warren Central Matt Terrell said he has been struggling to keep up in calculus. He’s not alone in that toil. There is no keeping up with the Ben Davis senior on the...
Covenant Christian girls, Cathedral boys win City track
Despite never having finished better than fourth in the City girls track meet, Covenant Christian went into this season thinking it could bring home a title. The Warriors achieved their season-long goal Thursday, outscoring Bishop Chatard 1421/2-134...
Tigers, Royals are ready to make their move
The Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern boys track teams have endured uneven seasons, but their coaches believe the teams are ready to ascend steadily beginning with the Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet at 5 p.m. Friday at Fishers. “We’ve...
She's racing to claim more titles
LN’s Stacia Weatherford wants to win all 3 of her races at state Stacia Weatherford has accomplished just about everything she could in track and field. The Lawrence North High School senior has been a three-time, three-event qualifier in the...
Track team underestimates no one
As Friday’s Hoosier Crossroads Conference track and field meet approaches, Zionsville boys’ track coachGabe Porrasknows that his team is strong — and that being strong might not be enough to win. “I don’t consider us a...
Fast finish gives Fishers' Shields victory in Flashes Indy Showcase mile
Fishers senior outlasts Carmel’s Rosenberg at Flashes Indy Showcase When Drew Shields passed the 400-meter mark running stride for stride with Carmel’s Logan Rosenberg, the Fishers senior wasn’t feeling overly confident about his...
Girls track Royal Relays set for Saturday
It will be short but sweet for any high school girls track fan. Hamilton Southeastern will be hosting the Royal Relays at 10 a.m. Saturday as six of the state’s top nine teams will be competing in a non-traditional meet that includes adding the...
HSEHE keeps Mudsock Trophy
The Hamilton Southeastern High School boys track team upset No. 10 Fishers, 76-56, Wednesday night to retain possession of the all-sports Mudsock Trophy. The trophy is displayed by the school that wins the most of the 19 contests between the two high...
HSE girls split three-way meet
The Hamilton Southeastern High School girls track program has never finished in the top 10 in the state meet but was the second best team in Indiana on Tuesday night. The Royals, ranked 14th by the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country...
