To reach the IHSAA State Track and Field Meet, Morristown’s Oakleigh Goedde will have to surpass the height that won her the Warren Central Sectional high jump title.
The Morristown senior (photo) was the only participant to clear five feet one week ago in winning a sectional title. She enters today’s Franklin Regional as the fourth overall seed – the top three automatically advance to the state championship meet.
Franklin seniors Brooke Coffman and Morgan Sandrock each cleared 5-3 at the sectional as did Center Grove sophomore Emerson Vlcan.
Goedde and Greensburg sophomore Leah West are next in the seeding list at 5-0.
The girls state track and field meet is June 3 on the campus of Indiana University.
Much like Goedde, Triton Central junior Brayden Wilkins and Shelbyville junior Ethan Lambert will likely need a career-best performance to advance out of the Greenfield-Central Regional Thursday.
Wilkins is the fifth overall seed in the 100 meters and the sixth seed in the 200. He finished third in both events in the sectional.
Warren Central’s Jaelyn Reeves-Lile is the top seed in the 100 at 10.77 seconds. Greenwood’s William Riley (10.92), Warren Central’s David Taylor (10.99), Center Grove’s Micah Coyle (11.03) also are seeded ahead of Wilkins (11.06).
Whiteland’s Matthew Wray (21.82) is the top seed in the 200 ahead of Reeves-Lile (21.88), Coyle (21.92), Riley (22.29), Greenfield-Central’s Ian Jack (22.33) and Wilkins (22.37).
Wilkins also qualified for the long jump at the regional but opted not to compete to focus on the sprint events.
Lambert is the fifth seed in the discus event.
Center Grove’s Garrett Messer is the top seed with a best sectional throw of 185-9.5. The next three seeds are all over 160 feet – Warren Central’s Damien Shanklin (169-8), Roncalli’s Seth Brosseau (164-4) and Whiteland’s Tayton Schakel (164-1).
Lambert is the only other competitor in the field that cleared 150 feet at the sectional. His best throw was 151.
Also competing Thursday at the Greenfield-Central Regional are:
- Shelbyville sophomore Blake Hughes in the 400 (seeded 10th at 51.81)
- Morristown junior Cade Mahin in the 400 (seeded 14th at 52.49)
- Shelbyville senior Beau Kenkel in the 800 (seeded 9th at 2:02.41)
- Triton Central junior Ethan Cales in the 110 hurdles (seeded 13th at 15.97)
- Shelbyville’s 3,200 relay team of seniors Elijah Von Werder and Kenkel, junior Ben Price and sophomore Teagan Ervine are seeded 16th at 8:40.95.
The boys state track and field meet is June 2 at Indiana University.
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