LC wins boys track sectional; NC takes third

IHSAA Boys’ Sectional Track Meet

At North Central, Indianapolis, IN
Team Scores: 1. Lawrence Central 181; 2. Lawrence North 119.5; 3. North Central 117; 4. Brebeuf 47; 5. Cathedral 45; 6. Chatard 34.5; 6. 34.5; 8. Heritage Christian 21.5; 9. Park Tudor 11; 10. 6; 11. Arlington 5; 12. 1; 12. Shortridge 1.

                 

3200R—1. Lawrence Central (Turner, Claflin, Steele, Laster) 7:51.68; 2. Lawrence North (Bagby, Hogston, Mahone, Stanley) 8:09.77; 3. Chatard (Boyce, Burkert, 3. Tegarden, Mark); 4. Cathedral (Bond, Kelly, Halloran, Clapp); 5. Brebeuf (Fisher, McWeeny, Maley T., Maley F) 8:32.69; 6. Tech ( Bennett, Campbell, Felder, Lately).

100—1. Shelman (LC) 10.83; 2. Burgess (LC) 10.88; 3. Cole (LN) 11.04; 4. Graham (Tech) 11.3; 5. Stowers (NC) 11.31; 6. Jackson (Tech) 11.38.

110H—1. Marcus Safer (LN) 13.86 meet record; 2. Brown (LC) 14.94; 3. Wadlington (LN) 15.62; 4. Smith (Tech) 15.79; 5. Obeime (Breb) 16.71; 6. Rhodes (Breb).

200—1. Tyrennzie Burgess (LC) 21.76; 2. Roby (Cath) 22.09; 3. Stowers (NC) 22.34; 4. Gardner (LC) 22.51; 5. Keefe (Chat) 22.99; 6. Rogan (NC) 23.01

1600—1. Josh Roche (LN) 4:22.81; 2. Dorsey (LC) 4:23.52; 3. Hadley (HC) 4:24.56; 4. Huffman (NC) 4:27.53; 5. Hester (LC) 4:29.02; 6. Hogston (LN) 4:29.42; 7. Mossman (NC) 4:36.48.
400R—1. Lawrence Central (Burgess, Gardner, Shelman, Gray) 41.5 meet record; 2. North Central (Conway, Dance, Stowers, Rogan) 43.24; 3. Tech (Adkins, Graham, Hairston, Jackson) 43.36; 4. Chatard (Gray, Keefe, Kelly-Hooks, Ursery); 5. Cathedral (Ash, Gillum, Taylor, Roby) 44.35; 6. Lawrence North (Christmas, Fowles, Pearcy, Johnson) 45.8.

400—1. Jeron Brown (LC) 49.99; 2. Conway (NC) 50.92; 3. Wallace (LC) 50.93; 4. Klemen (NC) 51.05; 5. M’Bourounko (Breb) 52.06; 6. Johnson (LN) 52.47.

300H—1. Daquan Brown (LC) 39.4; 2. Safer (LN) 40.15; 3. Mark (Chat) 40.59; 4. Pearcy (LN) 41.51; 5. Fink (Breb) 41.91; 6. Adkins (Tech) 42.26; 9. Kennedy (NC) 43.65; 11. Nash (NC) 44.72800—1. Connor Claflin (LC) 1:53.65; 2. Roche (LN) 1:54.36; 3. Dorsey (LC) 1:54.7; 4. Farley (PT) 1:55.58; 5. Kirkpatrick (Breb) 1:59.65; 6. Mahone (LN) 2:00.91; 9. Fox (NC) 2:03.49.

3,200—1. Futsum Zeinasellassie (NC) 9:18.57; 2. Adhanom (NC) 9:27.13; 3. Hoard (Breb) 9:32.89; 4. Stanley (LN) 9:40.96; 5. Clapp (Cath) 9:47.87; 6. Ball (LC) 9:58.55.
1600R—1. Lawrence Central (Brown, Wallace, Steele, Gardner) 3:20.32; 2. Brebeuf (Fink, Gapinski, M’Bourounko, Maley) 3:24.48; 3. Chatard (Burkert, Siderys, Keefe, Mark) 3:26.36; 4. Tech (Adkins, Redding, Campbell, Jackson) 3:27.06; 5. North Central (Alexander, Klemen, Conway, Carroll) 3:27.74; 6. Lawrence North (Bagby, Johnson, Nelson, Pearcy) 3:32.71.

HJ—1. Michael Metzger (NC) 6-6; 2. Freeman (LC) 6-4; 2. Smith (LC) 6-4; Boyd (NC) 6-2; 5. Elbrecht (PT) 6-0; 6. Person (LN) 6-0.

D—1. Anthony Bradley (NC) 159-3; 2. Brown (LN) 156-10; 3. Redding (NC) 143-8; 4. Washington (BR) 134-5; 5. Pace (LN) 131-0; 6. Dorsey (Arl) 129-5.

SP—1. Anthony Bradley (NC) 59-7.5; 2. Brown (LN) 55-6; 3. Reddding (NC) 51-4; 4. Rogers (LC) 50-9; 5. Brunett (HC) 49-3; 6. Gardner (LC) 48-2.5.

LJ—1. Jeron Brown (LC) 22-9.75; 2. Pate (Cath) 22-7; 3. Brown (LC) 21-7; 4. Muncie (LN) 20-11.75; 5. Hornback (HC) 20-0; 6. Rivelli (Chat) 19-6.25.

 PV—1. Graham Reid (Cath) 14-0; 2. Leibovitz (LC) 13-0; 3. Mattice (Breb) 12-0; 4. Briseno Rene (LN) 11-6; 5. Briseno Ric (LN) 11-0; 7. Hoskins (LC) 11-0; 9. Edwards (NC) 10 in three-way tie.     

Indiana should drug test athletes

By Vince Alexander
     In track and field, it was dramatic. The batons were out. The anchor runners had the crowd oohing and aahing during the final race of the evening – the 1600-meter relay – of the recent Marion County boys’ track and field meet.

     With the winning relay in doubt, an anchor runner dove for the finish line, and won. The crowd went wild.
     Diving to win a race is valiant and cool. A skin burn might be the worst you could get.
     However, cheating – especially using a performance-enhancing drug to win – is not cool. Eventually, I’d like to see all athletes competing in a state finals – especially in track and football – tested before they compete. I’m just concerned that a small minority of runners in Indiana want to win so badly that they’d cheat.
     The states of Texas and Florida agree. Because of the Internet, these things like steroids and human growth hormones are easier to get. Texas already has random drug testing in place for its high school track athletes. Next year, Florida will do the same.
     Don’t be mistaken, cheating by using performance-enhancing drugs in sports, especially track and field, has been around for a long time. Coaches, parents, and fans, don’t forget former Olympic stars Ben Johnson of Canada and Marion Jones of the United States.
     Today’s teens may be too young to know their stories. Johnson was considered the world’s fastest human. Johnson shocked the world in 1987 by winning the 100-meter dash in a world-record time of 9.83 seconds during the World Championship track meet in Rome. For about a year, Johnson was the most admired sprinter in the world. Unfortunately, he was a cheater. In 1988, he was kicked out of the 1988 Olympics for using steroids.
     On the women’s side, Jones paid the biggest price for wanting to win so badly that she resorted to cheating. Jones had to give back five of her medals – three gold and two bronze – after admitting she cheated. She had won gold medals in the 100, 200, and 1600 relay, and she won bronze medals in the 400 relay and the long jump. She admitted using a designer steroid called “the clear” from September of 2000 to July of 2001.
     Jones’ problems didn’t end there. She received a six-month prison sentence for admitting she lied about her use of steroids and for being a part of a check-fraud scheme.
     We can all learn from Johnson and Jones. If you get to the top by cheating – the fall from the top leaves more than just a track burn after a dive at the finish line – it could potentially ruin your life.
     Cheating in anything, including track and field, just isn’t worth it.

Lawrence Central dominates Marion County boys' track meet

Marion County Track and Field Meet

At North Central High School, Indianapolis, IN

 Boys
Team Results:
1. Lawrence Central 132; 2. Ben Davis 121; 3. Warren Central 110; 4. Lawrence North 57; 5. North Central 55; 6. Pike 38; 7. Franklin Central 31.5; 8. Southport 27; 9. Perry Meridian 17; 10. Roncalli 9; 10. Brebeuf Jesuit 9; 10. Decatur Central 9; 13. Park Tudor 6; 14. Beech Grove 1.5; Indianapolis Lutheran 1.

110H—1. Marcus Safer (LN) 14.15; 2. Washington (WC) 14.67; 3. Brown (LC) 15.02; 4. Ruth (BD) 15.23; 5. McDowell (BD) 15.38; 6. Wadlington (LN) 15.54.

100—1. Anthony Shelman (LC) 10.88; 2. Robinson-Berry (WC) 10.9; 3. Tensley (WC) 11.04; 4. Compton (BD) 11.18; 5. Gray (LC) 11.21; 6. Harmon (Pike) 11.26; 7. Stowers (NC) 11.43.

200—1. 1. Tyrennzie Burgess (LC) 21.81; 2.Turner (Spt) 22.29; 3. Gardner (LC) 22.3; 4. Brown (Pike) 22.6; 5. Stowers (NC) 22.63; 6. Compton (BD) 22.69; 8. Rogan (NC) 23.07

3200R—1. Lawrence Central (Dorsey, Steele, Turner, Claflin) 7:50.03; 2. Warren Central 7:58.54; 3. Franklin Central 8:04.95; 4. Pike 8:06.62; 5. Lawrence North 8:10.95; 6. Southport 8:25.53; North Central 8:26.55


1600—1. Josh Roche (LN) 4:16.55; 2. Brahm (BD) 4:21.48; 3. Hoard (Breb) 4:22.01; 4. Dorsey (LC) 4:23.65; 5. Hogston (LN) 4:31.21; 6. Ball (LC) 4:31.42; 8. Huffman (NC) 4:36.46.

400R—1. Lawrence Central (Shelman, Gray, Burgess, Gardner) 41.3; 2. Warren Central 41.69; 3. Pike 42.19; 4. Ben Davis 42.99; 5. Franklin Central 43.66; 6. North Central 43.68.

400—1. Colin Holtson (BD) 49.44; 2. Brown (LC) 49.9; 3. Wallace (LC) 50.04; 4. Smith (WC) 50.3; 5. Conway (NC) 50.71; 6. White (BD) 50.8; 9. Klemen (NC) 51.45

300H—1. Arq’eil Shaw (WC) 38.27; 2. Brown (LC) 39.1;3. Ruth (BD) 39.19; 4. Safer (LN) 39.35; 5. Mukusha (PM) 40.47; 6. Washington (WC) 40.5; 12. Kennedy (NC) 43.13


800—1. Connor Clafin (LC) 1:53.84; 2. Brahm (BD) 1:15.15; 3. Farley (PT) 1:55.49; 4. Crist (FC) 1:56.82; 5. Swem (PM) 1:57.58; 6. Dorsey (LC) 1:57.61.

3200—1. Futsum Zeinassallassie (NC) 9:10.07; 2. Adhamon (NC) 9:34.6; 3. Stanley (LN) 9:34.76; 4. Hester (LC) 9:47.73; 5. Stone (WC) 9:55.38; 6. Presnell (FC) 9:58.15.

1600R—1. Lawrence Central (Brown, Steele, Claflin, Burgess) 3:17.55; 2. Ben Davis 3:17.61; Pike 3:19.59; 4. Warren Central 3:19.62; 5. Franklin Central 3:27.1; 6. Brebeuf 3:28.11. 7. Southport 3:28.14; 8. North Central 3:28.17.

SP—1. Anthony Bradley (NC) 63-2; 2. Harley (WC) 60-1.75; 3. Brown (LN) 54-4; 4. Redding (NC) 54-2; 5. Gardner (LC) 51-9.5; 6. Day (WC) 50-8.5

D—1. Dyrek Chowning (WC) 169-5; 2. Mays (BD) 167-3; 3. Brown (LN) 159-4; 4. Dean (Spt) 158-1; 5. Bradley (NC) 152-1; 6. Greenwald (DC) 151-1; 11. Redding (NC) 136-8.


HJ—1. Gary Herb (BD) 6-7; 2. Rowe (BD) 6-6; 3. Davis (Spt) 6-6; 4. Smith (LC) 6-4; 5. Freeman (LC) 6-4; 6. Zunarelli (Ron) 6-4; 9. Metzger (NC) 6-2; 10. Boyd (NC) 6-2.


LJ—1. Errick Roberts (BD) 23-6; 2. Robinson-Berry (WC) 23-.25; 3. Beverly (Pike) 22-7.25; 4. Brown (LC) 22-3.75; 5. Massaley (FC) 21-11.75; 6. Warren (BD) 21-8.5.

PV—1. Terry Batemon (WC) 15-5; 2. Schenck (BD) 13-6; 3. Lewis (BD) 13-0; 4. Berninger (DC) 12-6; 5. Davidson (PM) 12-0; 6. Brennan (Ron) 11-6.

Editor's Note:

Vince Alexander

Hello. If you have been waiting for track results from the Marion County meet, I couldn't post the results because this site has been down in "read only" mode due to maintenance issues with Google for at least two days.

I assume the issue has been corrected, and I hope that you will continue to enjoy this website.

Your friend in sports,

Vince Alexander