BT&F Conference Indiana: #4 Pike wins seven events, conference crown

By Colin Altevogt
Track & Field Coordinator

Predictably
enough, No. 4 Pike won seven of 16 events April 25 at Indiana
University to easily defend its Conference Indiana boys track title
against a field that included six teams ranked in the state’s Top 25.

The
Red Devils totaled 147 points to outduel runner-up No. 10 Bloomington
South (124), with No. 20 Lawrence Central third. The field, in fact,
was so talented that No. 15 Bloomington North could manage only a
sixth-place finish with 50 points.

Pike’s Keron Harding was one
of the meet’s two individual winners, jumping 22’2.5” in the long jump
and running :22.09 in the 200-meter dash to best teammate Darnel Harris
in the latter. Harding was also on the winning 4×100 meter relay.

The
Red Devils also won the 4×400 in 3:21.88 in the event where they hold
the state’s best time, and 400 meter ace Josh Lee broke the meet record
in that event as well with his :48.34 performance. (That time is also
the state’s best so far.) Other Pike winners were Darnell Harris in the
100 and Larrijames Smith in the 300 meter hurdles.

Bloomington
South’s Joe Holahan was the meet’s other double winner, posting times
of 1:57.30 and 4:26.19 to win the 800 and 1600 runs. Bloomington
North’s Michael Hoffman ran away from Ben Bizuneh of Pike to win the
3200 in 9:20.57, the fifth-best number in Indiana this season.

Lawrence
Central’s Geoff Davis joined Lee as the other meet record-breaker.
Davis cleared 6’8.5” in the high jump, the fourth-best effort this
season.

The Conference Indiana boys results …

Team scores
1. #4 Pike 147
2. #10 Bloomington South 124
3. #20 Lawrence Central 89
4. #24 Columbus North 66
5. #21 Franklin Central 53.5
6. #15 Bloomington North 50
7. Perry Meridian 48.5
8. Southport 45

Your individual results (thank you, BHSNWeb!):

Event 2 Boys 4×800 Meter Relay
Conference: ! 7:56.30 1999 , BS J. Davis, J. Dorais, E. Morgan, M. Pemberton
Finals
1 Franklin Central ‘A’ 8:08.92
1) Dunten, Michael 12 2) Lasiter, Scott 11
3) Talhelm, Joe 11 4) Slone, DJ 12
2 Bloomington North ‘A’ 8:15.18
1) Drake, Wes 12 2) Buzelli, Andrew 11
3) Schoch, Tim 12 4) Varns, Dan 9
3 Lawrence Central ‘A’ 8:16.08
1) Lawrence, Ben 12 2) Gary, Nick 12
3) Sheridan, Spencer 12 4) Marshall, Taylor 11
4 Pike ‘A’ 8:20.78
1) Jordan, Michael 12 2) Abel, Kendale 12
3) Dennis, Tyler 11 4) Jordan, Craig 11
5 Bloomington South ‘A’ 8:27.92
1) Sylla, Lamine 12 2) Breeden, Scott 12
3) Chen, Justin 10 4) Gornall, Jordan 9
6 Southport ‘A’ 8:38.12
1) gearhart, michael 11 2) jones, cory 10
3) williams, austin 10 4) morris, daniel 10
7 Perry Meridian ‘A’ 8:38.84
1) Beedle, Ricky 11 2) Clark, Brian 09
3) Merkison, Julian 11 4) Williams, Alex 09
8 Columbus North ‘A’ 8:39.60
1) Hofmeister, Tim 9 2) Ryan, Matt 12
3) Patron, Jerry 12 4) Stott, Chad 12

Event 4 Boys 100 Meter Dash
Conference: ! 10.58 2005 Will Glover, LC
Preliminaries
1 Harris, Darnell 10 Pike 11.22Q 1
2 Peoples, Kentel 12 Pike 11.47Q 2
3 Mitchell, Devante 10 Franklin C 11.48Q 2
4 Johnson, Michael 11 Franklin C 11.65Q 1
5 towalid, johnny 12 Southport 11.55q 2
6 Lee, Andrew 10 Lawrence C 11.78q 1
7 Brueggemann, John 12 Columbus N 11.82q 2
8 Espinoza, Javier 11 Perry Mrdn 11.86q 2
9 Thomas, Devon 11 Blgtn North 11.87 2
10 Stephens, DJ 11 Blgtn South 11.90 2
11 Cloyd, Justin 12 Columbus N 11.94 1
12 Kieffner, Chasen 11 Blgtn South 11.98 1
13 Perkins, Jeremiah 12 Lawrence C 12.02 2
14 Richardson, Luke 12 Blgtn North 12.36 1

Finals
1 Harris, Darnell 10 Pike 11.24
2 Mitchell, Devante 10 Franklin C 11.50
3 towalid, johnny 12 Southport 11.53
4 Peoples, Kentel 12 Pike 11.57
5 Brueggemann, John 12 Columbus N 11.70
6 Lee, Andrew 10 Lawrence C 11.73
7 Johnson, Michael 11 Franklin C 11.73
8 Espinoza, Javier 11 Perry Mrdn 11.86

Event 6 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
Conference: ! 14.55 2001 Brian Hulse, LC
Preliminaries
1 Hunter, Marquis 11 Pike 15.28Q 2
2 Crompton, Taylor 12 Columbus N 15.62Q 1
3 Mitchell, DeJuan 12 Lawrence C 15.32Q 2
4 Smith, Larrijames 12 Pike 16.00Q 1
5 Ferguson, Ryan 12 Perry Mrdn 15.35q 2
6 wood, tajuan 11 Southport 15.74q 2
7 Tuttle, Max 10 Blgtn North 16.10q 2
8 Lovett, Gavin 12 Blgtn South 16.11q 2
9 Jones, Dee 11 Columbus N 16.50 2
10 claywell, brandon 11 Southport 16.62 1
11 Kruse, Adam 12 Franklin C 16.69 2
12 Powell, Glenn 9 Lawrence C 17.02 1
13 Wang, Wayne 12 Blgtn North 18.90 1
— DeHon, Taylor 11 Blgtn South DQ 1

Finals
1 Mitchell, DeJuan 12 Lawrence C 14.97
2 Crompton, Taylor 12 Columbus N 15.12
3 Ferguson, Ryan 12 Perry Mrdn 15.13
4 Hunter, Marquis 11 Pike 15.33
5 wood, tajuan 11 Southport 15.71
6 Tuttle, Max 10 Blgtn North 15.82
7 Smith, Larrijames 12 Pike 16.12
8 Lovett, Gavin 12 Blgtn South 16.27

Event 8 Boys 200 Meter Dash
Conference: ! 21.63 2005 Will Glover, LC
Preliminaries
1 Miller, Jon 12 Perry Mrdn 22.83Q 1
2 Harris, Darnel 10 Pike 23.00Q 2
3 Harding, Keron 12 Pike 22.89Q 1
4 Person, Paul 10 Perry Mrdn 23.38Q 2
5 towalid, johnny 12 Southport 23.05q 1
6 Alora, Scottie 12 Blgtn South 23.14q 1
7 Williams, Larry 12 Lawrence C 23.33q 1
8 Morris, Ernie 11 Blgtn South 23.42q 2
9 Santos, Franciel 11 Lawrence C 23.62 2
10 Johnson, Michael 11 Franklin C 23.62 1
11 Ashibuogwu, Manny 09 Franklin C 23.99 2
12 Thomas, Devon 11 Blgtn North 24.07 2
13 Brueggemann, John 12 Columbus N 24.19 1
14 Hooker, Michael 11 Columbus N 24.32 2
15 Anderson, Eric 10 Blgtn North 24.80 1

Finals
1 Harding, Keron 12 Pike 22.09
2 Harris, Darnel 10 Pike 22.36
3 Miller, Jon 12 Perry Mrdn 22.61
4 Morris, Ernie 11 Blgtn South 22.94
5 Alora, Scottie 12 Blgtn South 23.02
6 Person, Paul 10 Perry Mrdn 23.14
7 Williams, Larry 12 Lawrence C 23.28
8 towalid, johnny 12 Southport 23.37

Event 10 Boys 1600 Meter Run
Conference: ! 4:12.86 2004 Christian Wagner, CN
Finals
1 Holahan, Joe 11 Blgtn South 4:26.19
2 Lasiter, Scott 11 Franklin C 4:28.97
3 nelson, lance 10 Southport 4:33.31
4 Jordan, Michael 12 Pike 4:36.61
5 Lawrence, Ben 12 Lawrence C 4:41.34
6 Ocasio, Gabe 9 Columbus N 4:43.51
7 Brooks, Corbin 10 Columbus N 4:46.63
8 Talhelm, Joe 11 Franklin C 4:46.68
9 Turner, Matt 11 Lawrence C 4:49.04
10 morris, daniel 10 Southport 4:49.13
11 Lambert-Cheatum, Nathan 10 Pike 4:55.51
12 Petersen, Joel 10 Perry Mrdn 4:56.38
13 Duty, Johnny 12 Perry Mrdn 4:56.45
14 Carter, Patrick 10 Blgtn North 4:57.29
15 Breeden, Scott 12 Blgtn South 5:06.59

Event 12 Boys 4×100 Meter Relay
Conference: ! 41.95 4/25/2008 Pike, Pike S Keglar, K Harding, K Peoples, D Harris
Finals
1 Pike ‘A’ 41.95!
1) Keglar, Steven 12 2) Harding, Keron 12
3) Peoples, Kentel 12 4) Harris, Darnell 10
2 Perry Meridian ‘A’ 42.56
1) Ferguson, Ryan 12 2) Espinoza, Javier 11
3) Miller, Jon 12 4) Pino, Charlie 12
3 Columbus North ‘A’ 44.20
1) Cloyd, Justin 12 2) Brueggemann, John 12
3) Hooker, Michael 11 4) Brueggemann, Thomas 10
4 Lawrence Central ‘A’ 44.27
1) Pastures, Patrick 12 2) Lee, Andrew 10
3) Lee, Andre 12 4) Williams, Larry 12
5 Bloomington South ‘A’ 44.97
1) Hogue, Jordan 10 2) Andrew, James 12
3) Kieffner, Chasen 11 4) Stephens, DJ 11
6 Franklin Central ‘A’ 45.30
1) Ashibuogwu, Manny 09 2) Johnson, Michell 11
3) Kiki, Jaron 09 4) Mitchell, Devante 10
7 Bloomington North ‘A’ 45.59
1) Richardson, Luke 12 2) Tuttle, Max 10
3) Johnson, Clay 12 4) Thomas, Devon 11
— Southport ‘A’ DNF
1) bayless, jimmy 09 2) walker, julian 11
3) towalid, johnny 12 4) wood, tajuan 11

Event 14 Boys 400 Meter Dash
Conference: ! 48.34 4/25/2008 Josh Lee, Pike
Finals
1 Lee, Josh 12 Pike 48.34! 2
2 Abel, Kendale 12 Pike 50.00 2
3 Dunten, Michael 12 Franklin C 50.51 2
4 Sylla, Lamine 12 Blgtn South 51.46 2
5 Alora, Scottie 12 Blgtn South 51.65 2
6 Watson, Gabe 11 Columbus N 52.58 2
7 Weisner, Dustin 12 Columbus N 52.72 1
8 Steele, Michael 9 Lawrence C 52.96 2
9 Rincker, Michael 12 Perry Mrdn 53.64 1
10 Howard, Jamaal 11 Lawrence C 53.76 2
11 schouten, john 11 Southport 53.99 1
12 Dybvig, Eric 12 Blgtn North 54.35 1
13 Varns, Dan 9 Blgtn North 54.82 1
14 Gbadyu, Thomas 09 Perry Mrdn 55.22 1
15 bullard, austin 11 Southport 55.92 1

Event 16 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
Conference: ! 39.20 2002 Dan Asher, SP
Finals
1 Smith, Larrijames 12 Pike 40.00 2
2 Mitchell, DeJuan 12 Lawrence C 40.69 2
3 Crompton, Taylor 12 Columbus N 40.71 2
4 Tuttle, Max 10 Blgtn North 40.81 2
5 Jones, Dee 11 Columbus N 41.63 2
6 DeHon, Taylor 11 Blgtn South 41.64 2
7 Lovett, Gavin 12 Blgtn South 42.39 2
8 claywell, brandon 11 Southport 42.74 1
9 Hinton, Josh 11 Franklin C 42.96 1
10 bayless, jimmy 09 Southport 43.41 1
11 Kruse, Adam 12 Franklin C 43.47 2
12 Booker, Michael 11 Perry Mrdn 44.45 1
13 Shaver, Daniel 09 Perry Mrdn 44.94 1
14 Wang, Wayne 12 Blgtn North 45.24 1
15 Gates, Javonte 9 Lawrence C 45.70 1
16 Corey, Charles 12 Pike 45.92 2

Event 18 Boys 800 Meter Run
Conference: ! 1:56.44 2001 Aaron Fisher, FC
Finals
1 Holahan, Joe 11 Blgtn South 1:57.30
2 Schoch, Tim 12 Blgtn North 1:57.84
3 Drake, Wes 12 Blgtn North 2:00.71
4 Merkison, Julian 11 Perry Mrdn 2:01.27
5 Jordan, Craig 11 Pike 2:01.87
6 Sheridan, Spencer 12 Lawrence C 2:02.12
7 Lasiter, Scott 11 Franklin C 2:02.36
8 Whyde, Michael 10 Franklin C 2:03.23
9 Marshall, Tayor 11 Lawrence C 2:03.29
10 Stott, Chad 12 Columbus N 2:03.44
11 gearhart, michael 11 Southport 2:05.01
12 Robinson, Derrick 10 Pike 2:06.46
13 jones, cory 10 Southport 2:08.50
14 Patron, Jerry 12 Columbus N 2:09.17
15 Gornall, Jordan 9 Blgtn South 2:09.94
16 Remeika, Billy 12 Perry Mrdn 2:09.99

Event 20 Boys 3200 Meter Run
Conference: ! 9:01.91 2003 Christian Wagner, CN
Finals
1 Hoffmann, Michael 12 Blgtn North 9:20.57
2 Bizuneh, Ben 12 Pike 9:28.06
3 Pence, John 12 Columbus N 9:49.83
4 Buzzelli, Andrew 11 Blgtn North 9:55.47
5 Chen, Justin 10 Blgtn South 10:00.49
6 Cain, Matt 12 Pike 10:04.35
7 Murphy, Josh 12 Blgtn South 10:10.44
8 Jenkins, Zach 11 Franklin C 10:14.01
9 Gates, Zach 11 Columbus N 10:18.76
10 mosier, tim 10 Southport 10:30.29
11 Eakle, Steven 10 Perry Mrdn 10:30.35
12 Claflin, Connor 9 Lawrence C 10:34.93
13 Riggleman, David 12 Perry Mrdn 10:47.33
14 Ayres, Conner 11 Franklin C 10:56.82
15 Baughman, Zach 11 Lawrence C 11:03.63

Event 22 Boys 4×400 Meter Relay
Conference: ! 3:21.88 4/25/2008 Pike, Pike C Krupa, K Abel, L Smith, J Lee
Finals
1 Pike ‘A’ 3:21.88!
1) Krupa, Chris 12 2) Abel, Kendale 12
3) Smith, Larrijames 12 4) Lee, Josh 12
2 Bloomington South ‘A’ 3:27.55
1) Sylla, Lamine 12 2) Holahan, Joe 11
3) Kruschke, Loren 11 4) Alora, Scottie 12
3 Perry Meridian ‘A’ 3:30.19
1) Person, Paul 10 2) Jordan, Robert 11
3) Ferguson, Ryan 12 4) Merkison, Julian 11
4 Lawrence Central ‘A’ 3:30.21
1) Santos, Franciel 11 2) Steele, Michael 9
3) Farries, Jerrell 12 4) Lee, Andrew 10
5 Franklin Central ‘A’ 3:30.51
1) Dunten, Michael 12 2) Johnson, Michael 11
3) Kiki, Jaron 09 4) Slone, DJ 12
6 Bloomington North ‘A’ 3:32.71
1) Drake, Wes 12 2) White, Blake 10
3) Schoch, Tim 12 4) Tuttle, Max 10
7 Columbus North ‘A’ 3:34.21
1) Jones, Dee 11 2) Weisner, Dustin 12
3) Watson, Gabe 11 4) Stott, Chad 12
8 Southport ‘A’ 3:40.65
1) prather, matt 09 2) bayless, jimmy 09
3) jones, cory 10 4) gearhart, michael 11

Event 24 Boys High Jump
Conference: ! 6-08.50 4/25/2008 Geoff Davis, Lawrence C
Finals
1 Davis, Geoff 11 Lawrence C 6-08.50!
2 Volz, Drake 12 Blgtn South 6-06.00
3 Oren, Ben 12 Columbus N 6-02.00
4 Blackshear, Amir 10 Perry Mrdn J6-02.00
5 Lewis, Dejuan 11 Pike 6-00.00
6 Bower, Matt 11 Blgtn South J6-00.00
7 Jackson, Ian 11 Perry Mrdn J6-00.00
7 Higdon, Brian 11 Franklin C J6-00.00
9 Jack, David 12 Blgtn North 5-10.00
9 Curvey, Michael 12 Columbus N 5-10.00
9 walker, julian 11 Southport 5-10.00
— Berry, Robert 11 Lawrence C NH
— Harding, Keron 12 Pike NH
— prather, matt 09 Southport NH

Event 26 Boys Discus Throw
Conference: ! 198-01 1998 Tyler Garrett, SP
Finals
1 case, michael 12 Southport 164-03.50
2 Pervine, Ryan 11 Lawrence C 162-02.50
3 Lowery, Cameron 12 Pike 155-04
4 Kelly, Pat 12 Columbus N 155-00
5 Sanders, Alex 12 Pike 154-01
6 Heisler, Cameron 12 Blgtn South 151-03
7 Watson, Gabe 11 Columbus N 136-01.50
8 Newman, Mitchell 10 Lawrence C 135-07
9 Jack, David 12 Blgtn North 132-05
10 West, David 12 Perry Mrdn 128-04.50
11 Tackett, Curtis 12 Franklin C 124-11
12 Erb, Justis 10 Blgtn North 115-09.50
13 jones, ben 11 Southport 113-09.50
14 Ayala, Rafael 12 Franklin C 113-01.50
15 Rohl, Corey 11 Perry Mrdn 106-08.50
— Stancombe, Ben 11 Blgtn South FOUL

Event 28 Boys Shot Put
Conference: ! 62-02 1998 Tyler Garrett, SP
Finals
1 Stancombe, Ben 11 Blgtn South 56-01.50
2 Sanders, Alex 12 Pike 53-05.00
3 Turner, Brandon 11 Lawrence C 51-00.50
4 Carter, Stephan 12 Blgtn South 50-09.50
5 Tackett, Curtis 12 Franklin C 48-10.50
6 Ridley, Jordan 11 Lawrence C 47-07.00
7 cook, michael 11 Southport 47-00.00
8 Krempel, Matt 11 Columbus N 46-01.50
9 Patterson, Dustin 12 Perry Mrdn 46-01.00
10 Bower, Sam 11 Franklin C 44-00.75
11 Day, Steven 12 Columbus N 43-11.00
12 Hill, Jozey 12 Blgtn North 43-06.50
13 Erb, Justis 10 Blgtn North 41-04.50
14 petty, doug 11 Southport 40-09.50
15 Lowery, Cameron 12 Pike 37-08.50
16 Lovejoy, TJ 10 Perry Mrdn 37-08.00

Event 30 Boys Long Jump
Conference: ! 23-04 2004 Donald Washington, FC
Preliminaries
1 Harding, Keron 12 Pike 21-11.50q
2 Morris, Ernie 11 Blgtn South 21-07.00q
3 Alora, Scottie 12 Blgtn South 21-01.50q
4 claywell, brandon 11 Southport 20-03.50q
5 walker, julian 11 Southport 20-01.50q
6 Jackson, Ian 11 Perry Mrdn 20-00.00q
7 Smith, Larrijames 12 Pike 19-11.50q
8 Douglas, Chae 9 Columbus N 19-04.50q
9 Langham, Markel 10 Lawrence C 19-03.00
10 Nicola, Evan 11 Blgtn North 17-08.50
11 Steinbach, Shane 10 Perry Mrdn 17-02.00
12 Shillings, Chris 9 Columbus N 16-07.50
— Higdon, Brian 11 Franklin C FOUL
— Thomas, Devon 11 Blgtn North FOUL
— Hibbitt, Josh 11 Lawrence C FOUL

Finals
1 Harding, Keron 12 Pike 22-02.50
2 Morris, Ernie 11 Blgtn South 21-07.00
3 Alora, Scottie 12 Blgtn South 21-01.50
4 Jackson, Ian 11 Perry Mrdn 20-03.50
5 claywell, brandon 11 Southport J20-03.50
6 walker, julian 11 Southport 20-01.50
7 Smith, Larrijames 12 Pike 19-11.50
8 Douglas, Chae 9 Columbus N 19-04.50

Event 32 Boys Pole Vault
Conference: ! 15-00 2006 Dane Fox, BN
Finals
1 Volz, Drake 12 Blgtn South 14-06.00
2 Saunders, Zach 11 Lawrence C 14-00.00
3 Gennett, Bryan 12 Lawrence C 13-06.00
4 Volz, Drew 9 Blgtn South 12-06.00
5 Harmon, Jase 10 Columbus N 12-00.00
6 mcclellan, eric 12 Southport 11-06.00
7 Knox, Matt 11 Franklin C J11-06.00
8 young, trevor 10 Southport 11-00.00
9 Krupa, Chris 12 Pike J11-00.00
— Ward, Brian 12 Pike NH
— Young, CJ 10 Franklin C NH
— Davidson, Johnathan 09 Perry Mrdn NH
— Cheek, Jordan 10 Perry Mrdn NH
— Schwenk, Ben 12 Columbus N NH
— Nicola, Evan 11 Blgtn North NH
— Johnson, Clay 12 Blgtn North NH