Pioneer girls track update: Moolenaar’s prep career ends in 2 events at Lafayette Jeff regional

Juby finishes 12th in discus

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls track

Aspen Moolenaar

Pioneer senior Aspen Moolenaar’s high school track career ended at the Lafayette Jeff regional Tuesday after she tied for 10th in the pole vault and 14th in the 300 hurdles.

Meanwhile, sophomore Emilee Juby had her season end in the discus.

Moolenaar cleared 10-3 in the pole vault, which was a nine-inch improvement from her sectional performance. She was also nearly two seconds faster in the 300 hurdles, running a 48.88.

Juby, the Hoosier North champion in the discus, was second at the sectional with a throw of 107-8 and 12th in the regional with a throw of 108-10.

Pioneer did not score a team point at the regional. Carmel won with 116 points.

Lafayette Jeff girls track regional results Tuesday (top 10 teams plus Pioneer): Carmel 116, Hamilton Southeastern 78, Westfield 56, Harrison (West Lafayette) 54, Noblesville 54, Fishers 49, Hamilton Heights 35, Western 30, Northwestern 28, Guerin Catholic 24, Pioneer 0

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

State qualifiers (top three) plus all Pioneer results

100 m

1. McCarter (Hamilton Southeastern) – 12.18 seconds, 2. Meinerding (Noblesville) – 12.38, 3. Griffin (Lewis Cass) – 12.55

200 m

1. Pineda (Fishers) – 24.86 seconds, 2. Meinerding (Noblesville) – 24.98, 3. Warren (Westfield) – 25.29

400 m

1. Lammie (Hamilton Southeastern) – 54.73 seconds, 2. Reiger (Hamilton Heights) – 55.47, 3. Grande Rosas (Carmel) – 56.12

800 m

1. Oshimura (Carmel) – 2:11.09, 2. Foley (Carmel) – 2:12.06, 3. Caplinger (Faith Christian) – 2:12.48

1,600 m

1. Foley (Carmel) – 4:58.69, 2. Taylor (Carmel) – 4:59.20, 3. Manfra (Harrison (West Lafayette)) – 5:01.44

3,200 m

1. Pollert (Carmel) – 10:30.35, 2. Gebhart (Hamilton Southeastern) – 10:41.06, 3. Bushey (Hamilton Heights) – 10:42.97

100 m hurdles

1. Scheiffer (Northwestern) – 14.82 seconds, 2. McKay (Kokomo) – 14.90, 3. Eblen (Westfield) – 15.04

300 m hurdles

1. Senefeld (Hamilton Southeastern) – 41.91 seconds, 2. Thornton (Kokomo) – 44.19, 3. Eblen (Westfield) – 44.57, 4. Day (Fishers) – 44.64, 5. Rhodes (Westfield) – 45.00, 6. Woolever (Hamilton Heights) – 45.00, 14. Aspen Moolenaar (Pioneer) – 48.88

(NOTE: Day, Rhodes and Woolever all beat the state qualifying standard of 45.07 seconds, and they also advance to state.)

4 x 100 m relay

1. Hamilton Southeastern – 47.78 seconds, 2. Fishers – 47.88, 3. Carmel – 49.17

4 x 400 m relay

1. Hamilton Southeastern – 3:48.56, 2. Carmel – 3:53.66, 3. Hamilton Heights – 3:54.45

4 x 800 m relay

1. Carmel – 9:16.40, 2. Hamilton Southeastern – 9:19.37, 3. Westfield – 9:22.25

Long jump

1. Meinerding (Noblesville) – 18-4, 2. Bell (Noblesville) – 17-4 ¼, 3. Lefforge (Northwestern) – 17-1 ½

High jump

1. Ketterer (Harrison (West Lafayette)) – 5-5, 2. Dahlenburg (North White) – 5-5, 3. Woolever (Hamilton Heights) – 5-4

Discus

1. Walden (Western) – 145-9, 2. Stokes (Harrison (West Lafayette)) – 140-11, 3. Tobias (Fishers) – 139-10, 4. Cooley (Carmel) – 139-9, 5. Zarate (Benton Central) – 138-2, 6. Kring (Noblesville) – 134-0, 12. Emilee Juby (Pioneer) – 108-10

(NOTE: Cooley, Zarate and Kring all beat the state qualifying standard of 130-6, and they also advance to state.)

Shot put

1. Walden (Western) – 48-8 ½, 2. Tobias (Fishers) – 43-0, 3. Stokes (Harrison (West Lafayette)) – 42-9, 4. Alexander (West Lafayette) – 41-8 ½

(NOTE: Alexander beat the state qualifying standard of 41-6 ¾, and she also advances to state.)

Pole vault

1. Smith (Guerin Catholic) – 13-1 ½, 2. Baker (Northwestern) – 12-3, 3. Jenkins (Westfield) – 12-0, t-10. Aspen Moolenaar (Pioneer) – 10-3

Pioneer places sixth at Kokomo sectional

The Pioneer girls track team scored 41 points at the Kokomo sectional May 19 and placed sixth out of 11 teams.

Western won with 139 points. Three Rivers Conference champion Northwestern was second with 135.5.

Moolenaar, a Franklin College signee, single-handedly accounted for 17 points by finishing second in the pole vault, fourth in the 300 hurdles and fifth in the 100 hurdles.

She advanced in the pole vault automatically by finishing in the top three, and she advanced in the 300 hurdles on a callback.

Juby finished second in the discus with a throw of 107-8. Western’s Ellyse Walden had the winning throw of 140-6.

Other Pioneer scorers in individual events included junior Brooklynn Dillman, who was fourth in the shot put with a throw of 32-5; junior Noa Bissacco, who was fifth in the high jump; freshman Bella Scales, who was seventh in the high jump; Avery Haselby, who was seventh in the pole vault; and Ellie Hines, who was eighth in the 800.

Also, Pioneer’s 4 x 400 relay team consisting of Paytyn Dillman, Jenna Franklin, Hines and Camilla Sandoval-Galo took seventh in 5:15.47 and scored two points by finishing seventh.

Kokomo girls track sectional results May 19:

Western 139, Northwestern 135.5, Lewis Cass 93, Kokomo 82, Logansport 61.5, Pioneer 41, Maconaquah 32, Eastern (Greentown) 14, Tipton 9, Tri-Central 6, Peru 4

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

Top three in each event plus all Pioneer scorers

100 m

1. Griffin (LC) – 12.58 seconds, 2. Baker (NW) – 12.76, 3. Ewing (Western) – 12.96, 18. Kaydence Cottrell (PIO) – 14.70

200 m

1. Griffin (LC) – 26.03 seconds, 2. Ewing (Western) – 26.40, 3. Shade (Western) – 27.50, 16. Zadie Fross (PIO) – 30.22

400 m

1. Griffin (LC) – 58.77 seconds, 2. Shade (WEST) – 1:01.03, 3. Dubbels (NW) – 1:01.53, 9. Jenna Franklin (PIO) – 1:06.93, 16. Paytyn Dillman (PIO) – 1:10.29

800 m

1. Dechert (WEST) – 2:30.05, 2. Raab (WEST) – 2:34.15, 3. Gillem (LC) – 2:36.32, 8. Ellie Hines (PIO) – 2:49.87, 11. Paytyn Dillman (PIO) – 3:23.87

1,600 m

1. Dechert (WEST) – 5:18.27, 2. Woodhouse (LOG) – 5:19.90, 3. Rush (LC) – 5:21.26

3,200 m

1. Rush (LC) – 12:02.80, 2. Thompson (KOK) – 12:06.13, 3. Brewster (NW) – 12:14.23, 11. Avery Haselby (PIO) – 15:37.05

100 m hurdles

1. Thornton (KOK) – 14.59 seconds, 2. McKay (KOK) – 14.98, 3. Zoie Scheiffer (NW) – 15.39, 5. Aspen Moolenaar (PIO) – 16.43, 10. Camilla Sandoval-Gallo (PIO) – 19.14

300 m hurdles

1. Thornton (KOK) – 46.99 seconds, 2. Scheiffer (NW) – 47.79, 3. McKay (KOK) – 50.31, 4. Aspen Moolenaar (PIO) – 50.79

4 x 100 m relay

1. Kokomo – 50.43, 2. Western – 51.03, 3. Northwestern – 51.15, 9. Pioneer (Kaydence Cottrell, Zadie Fross, Jenna Franklin, Camilla Sandoval-Gallo) – 56.10

4 x 400 m relay

1. Lewis Cass – 4:12.21, 2. Western – 4:14.02, 3. Maconaquah – 4:20.55, 7. Pioneer (Paytyn Dillman, Jenna Franklin, Ellie Hines, Camilla Sandoval-Gallo) – 5:15.47

4 x 800 m relay

1. Western – 10:20.26, 2. Northwestern – 10:27.35, 3. Lewis Cass – 10:54.47

Long jump

1. Lefforge (NW) – 17-2, 2. Zimmerman (LOG) – 16-7 ¼, 3. Williams (KOK) – 15-11 ¾, 12. Aspen Moolenaar (PIO) – 13-6 ¾, 15. Lavana Tolosa (PIO) – 13-1 ½

High jump

1. Scheiffer (NW) – 5-0, 2. Zimmerman (LOG) – 4-10, 3. Fischer (NW) – 4-8, 5. Noa Bissacco (PIO) – 4-6, 7. Bella Scales (PIO) – 4-4

Discus

1. Walden (WEST) – 140-6, 2. Emilee Juby (PIO) – 107-8, 3. Nielson (NW) – 104-11, 15. Chelsea Clark (PIO) – 73-7

Shot put

1. Walden (WEST) – 47-8 ¼, 2. Kretz (WEST) – 36-7 ¾, 3. Nielson (NW) – 36-2, 4. Brooklyn Dillman (PIO) – 32-5, 9. Laylah Demond (PIO) – 30-5

Pole vault

1. Baker (NW) – 11-9 ¼, 2. Aspen Moolenaar (PIO) – 9-6, 3. Porter (LOG) – 8-6