The Fishers boys track & field team won a tight regional at Lafayette Jefferson Thursday. The Tigers scored 74 points, edging out Westfield by five points to win their first team regional since 2019. (Photo courtesy Fishers Athletics)
The REPORTER
The Lafayette Jefferson boys track & field regional is an event with high standards.
It takes an exceptional performance to win the team championship, and the Fishers Tigers answered the call at Thursday’s event. Fishers used exceptional depth and three event wins to claim its second regional title in program history and first since 2019.
The Tigers scored 74 points, just ahead of runner-up Westfield’s 69 points. Fishers got victories from Rocky Duplessis in the 400 dash, finished the meet with a victory in the 4×400 relay, and got an outstanding performance from its high jump crew.
Konrad Hayden towered over the competition, clearing 6 feet, 11 inches to win the event, over four inches ahead of second place. Austin Geesaman had a nice evening as well. He cleared 6 feet, 5 inches to place third. Both Tigers are headed to the state finals, as the top three in each event qualify automatically.
Any athlete that betters the state standard in an event also automatically punches a ticket to state. Eight of the 16 events had extra qualifiers beyond the top three, with seven advancing in the 110 hurdles.
The Shamrocks had one event victory, in the 4×100 relay. Westfield picked up three second-place results: the 4×800 relay, Olumide Fapetu in the 100 dash and Brady Lemieux in the pole vault.
Carmel finished third with 61 points. Alim Broadnax was the long jump champion, with a best leap of 23 feet and one-quarter inch. Lucas Bartlett was second in the 3200 run.
Noblesville and Hamilton Southeastern tied for fourth place; both schools scored 57 points.
The Millers’ Banner Barnes was a double winner in the 1600 and 800 runs, with teammate Isaiah Vohs finishing second in both races. The Royals had third-place finishes from Omar Elsayed in the 800 and Liam Powers in the 3200 run.
Hamilton Heights scored 19 points for 10th place. Will Duncan won the shot put and was second in the discus.
Guerin Catholic scored seven points to tie for 17th place. Seffrin Smith finished seventh in the 110 hurdles, but his time of 14.54 seconds was under the state standard, so he qualified for state.
Complete results, including all state qualifiers, are listed below.
Team scores (top 10 and all county): 1. Fishers 74, 2. Westfield 69, 3. Carmel 61, T4. Noblesville 57; Hamilton Southeastern 57, 6. Harrison 55, 7. Kokomo 43, 8. McCutcheon 35, 9. Lebanon 31, 10. Hamilton Heights 19, T17. Guerin Catholic 7.
State qualifiers from the regional
4×800 relay: 1. Harrison 7:50.53, 2. Westfield 7:52.55, 3. Noblesville 7:53.31, 4. Carmel 7:53.93, 5. Fishers 7:54.64.
110 hurdles: 1. Omar Daniels (K) 14.04, 2. Zion Clopton (Har) 14.06, 3. Daniel Richards (L) 14.20, 4. Kamarion Ayres (M) 14.21, 5. Sam Long (HSE) 14.33, 6. Logan Tuck (W) 14.37, 7. Seffrin Smith (GC) 14.54.
100 dash: 1. Elijah Curry (M) 10.78, 2. Olumide Fapetu (W) 10.86, 3. Angel Wilson (N) 10.88, 4. Cayden Gearhart (W) 10.89, 5. Francisco Luyindula (L) 10.93.
1600 run: 1. Banner Barnes (N) 4:17.36, 2. Isaiah Vohs (N) 4:17.61, 3. Luke Moulder (W) 4:18.56.
4×100 relay: 1. Westfield 40.93, 2. Fishers 41.91, 3. Lebanon 42.00, 4. Carmel 42.25, 5. Harrison 42.38.
400 dash: 1. Rocky Duplessis (F) 48.26, 2. Landon Dispennett (Seeger) 49.09, 3. Ryd Wallerstedt (W) 49.52.
300 hurdles: 1. Ayres (M) 37.56, 2. Daniels (K) 37.80, 3. Richards (L) 37.92, 4. Long (HSE) 38.24, 5. Clopton (H) 38.71.
800 run: 1. Barnes (N) 1:52.32, 2. Vohs (N) 1:54.86, 3. Omar Elsayed (HSE) 1:55.12, 4. Cooper Szotek (C) 1:55.16.
200 dash: 1. Vincent Rozzi (F) 21.29, 2. Luyindula (L) 21.71, 3. Ethan Landess (West Lafayette) 21.893, 4. Caleb Terril (W) 21.898.
3200 run: 1. Camden Raab (Western) 9:09.24, 2. Lucas Bartlett (C) 9:10.39, 3. Liam Powers (HSE) 9:10.93.
4×400 relay: 1. Fishers 3:18.96, 2. West Lafayette 3:19.94, 3. Hamilton Southeastern 3:20.21, 4. Noblesville 3:20.99, 5. McCutcheon 3:21.39.
Discus: 1. RJ Clem (Logansport) 167-9, 2. Will Duncan (HH) 161-3, 3. Marcus Noy (K) 157-5.
Shot put: 1. Duncan (HH) 59-10, 2. Mason Cantwell (F) 54-8.25, 3. Jack Eberhart (W) 54-2.
Long jump: 1. Alim Broadnax (C) 23-0.25, 2. Jeremiah Young (K) 23-0, 3. Jacob Schwartz (H) 22-6, 4. Gabriel Davis (C) 22-5, 5. William Tschida (HSE) 22-3.75, 6. Austin Donahoe (N) 22-3.
High jump: 1. Konrad Hayden (F) 6-11, 2. Braxton Schieffer (Northwestern) 6-7, 3. Austin Geesaman (F) 6-5.
Pole vault: 1. Owen Hudspith (Frankfort) 16-0, 2. Brady Lemieux (W) 14-0, 3. David Warner (H) 13-9.
