Moolenaar, Nies help Pioneer take 24th at Lafayette Jeff girls regional

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls track

Led by eighth-place finishes from Aspen Moolenaar and Keirsten Nies, the Pioneer girls track team scored 1.33 points and finished in 24th place at the Lafayette Jeff girls track regional Tuesday.

Carmel won with 127 points.

Moolenaar cleared 10-3 in the pole vault and finished eighth. Nies went over at 4-10 in the high jump and finished in a three-way tie for eighth.

Moolenaar and Nies were among five Pioneer athletes to compete at the regional. Among other Pioneer athletes in individual events, Michelle Harding was 11th in the 200 meters in 27.16 seconds and 16th in the long jump with a leap of 15-0 ½, and Rachel Harding was 12th in the high jump with a jump of 4-10.

Also, the 4 x 100 relay took 12th place in 51.29 seconds. The team consisted of Michelle Harding, Rachel Harding, Moolenaar and Nies.

Moolenaar received regional callbacks in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles after finishing fourth in both events at the Kokomo sectional but declined to participate in order to focus on the pole vault.

This marks the first year that Pioneer’s sectional has fed into the Lafayette Jeff regional.

Lafayette Jeff girls track regional results Tuesday (top 10 teams): 1. Carmel 127, 2. Hamilton Southeastern 100, 3. Noblesville 54, 4. Harrison (West Lafayette) 51, 5. Fishers 45, 6. Westfield 33.33, 7. Western 31, 8. West Lafayette 29, 9. Hamilton Heights 28, 10. Kokomo 22, 24. Pioneer 1.33

Scoring on 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for all events

State qualifiers plus all Pioneer results

100 m

1. Belanger (CAR) – 12.38 seconds, 2. Byrd (LJEFF) – 12.57, 3. Schiffli (HH) – 12.62

200 m

1. Norris (CAR) – 25.05 seconds, 2. Meinerding (NOB) – 25.79, 3. Pineda (FISH) – 26.07, 11. Michelle Harding (PIO) – 27.16

400 m

1. Lammie (HSE) – 55.53, 2. Reiger (HH) – 56.70, 3. Cebalo (CAR) – 56.76

800 m

1. Taylor (CAR) – 2:13.60, 2. Kepner (HSE) – 2:13.97, 3. Cooper (NOB) – 2:14.02, 4. Murch (FISH) – 2:14.54

NOTE: Murch also meets the state qualifying standard of 2:14.68 and advances to state.

1,600 m

1. Foley (CAR) – 4:52.15, 2. Butler (HSE) – 4:57.67, 3. Mundt (CAR) – 5:01.62

3,200 m

1. Pollert (CAR) – 10:36.69, 2. Butler (HSE) – 10:42.25, 3. DeWitt (HARR) – 10:43.63

100 m hurdles

1. Blackmore (HSE) – 14.49 seconds, 2. McKay (KOK) – 14.99, 3. McKitrick (WEST) – 15.46

300 m hurdles

1. Blackmore (HSE) – 42.94 seconds, 2. Senefeld (HSE) – 42.98, 3. Thornton (KOK) – 45.02

4 x 100 m relay

1. Carmel (Belanger, Norris, Cebalo, Grande Rosas) – 47.39, 2. Hamilton Southeastern (Blackmore, Senefeld, Ehrgott, McCarter) – 47.75, 3. Fishers (Day, Underwood, David, Pineda) – 48.78, 12. Pioneer (Michelle Harding, Rachel Harding, Aspen Moolenaar, Keirsten Nies) – 51.29

4 x 400 m relay

1. Carmel (Grande Rosas, Cebalo, Foley, Norris) – 3:49.29, 2. Hamilton Southeastern (Smith, Senefeld, Kepner, Lammie) – 3:49.90, 3. Westfield (Landrum, Czubik, LeAsia Warren, LeBraya Warren) – 3:57.53

4 x 800 m relay

1. Carmel (Foley, Pollert, Yoon, Taylor) – 9:10.68, 2. Harrison (West Lafayette) – 9:13.22, 3. Hamilton Southeastern (Kepner, Powers, Lammie, Smith) – 9:22.89

Long jump

1. Norris (CAR) – 17-7, 2. Hoagland (FOC) – 17-4 ½, 3. Byard (CRAW) – 17-1 ½, 16. Michelle Harding (PIO) – 15-0 ½

High jump

1. Ketterer (HARR) – 5-7, 2. Gardner (CRAW) – 5-6, 3. Woolever (HH) – 5-5, 8. Keirsten Nies (PIO) – 4-10, 12. Rachel Harding (PIO) – 4-10

Discus

1. Walden (WEST) – 135-2, 2. Reif (NW) – 129-9, 3. Tobias (FISH) – 129-8, 4. Holder (CAR) – 127-3

NOTE: Holder meets the state qualifying standard of 127-3 and also advances to state.

Shot put

1. Walden (WEST) – 43-11 ½, 2. Miller (FISH) – 41-11 ½, 3. Alexander (WL) – 39-1 ½

Pole vault

1. Smith (GC) – 12-0, 2. Hamilton (WF) – 11-9, 3.Baker (NW) – 11-3, 4. Jenkins (WF) – 11-3, 8. Aspen Moolenaar (PIO) – 10-3