Ethan Lambert could not find more distance. Brayden Wilkins could not find more speed.
The Shelby County track and field season came to a conclusion Thursday at the Greenfield-Central Regional.
Lambert (photo), a Shelbyville junior, finished sixth in the discus with a best throw of 149 feet, four inches – just short of his sectional best of 151-0.
Center Grove’s Garrett Messer won the regional title with a 175-foot throw. Warren Central’s Damien Shanklin (171-1) and Whiteland’s Tayton Schakel (169-1) finished second and third to earn berths in the state championship meet.
Roncalli’s Seth Brosseau (157-10) and East Central’s Will Kemper (150-10) placed fourth and fifth ahead of Lambert.
Wilkins, a Triton Central junior, finished fifth in the 200 meters in 22.93 seconds. Whiteland’s Matthew Wray (21.93), Warren Central’s Jaelyn Reeves-Lile (21.95) and Center Grove’s Micah Coyle (22.21) earned the state championship berths. Greenfield-Central’s Ian Jack was fourth in 22.74.
Wilkins also finished seventh in the 100 in 11.39. Greenwood’s William Riley won the 100 in 10.80 with Reeves-Lile (10.84) and Warren Central’s Davis Taylor (11.00) also qualifying for the state meet.
Triton Central’s Ethan Cales placed 12th in the 110 hurdles (16.28).
Morristown’s Cade Mahin finished 11th in the 400 (52.0).
Shelbyville’s Blake Hughes ran a personal-best 51.62 in the 400 to finish ninth.
Shelbyville’s Beau Kenkel fought through illness and placed 15th in the 800 (2:11.85).
And the Shelbyville quartet of Elijah Von Werder, Ben Price, Teegan Ervine and Kenkel finished 14th in the 3,200 relay (8:44.45).
In another IHSAA postseason event:
Softball
Edinburgh Sectional
Edinburgh 17, Morristown 0
MacKenzie Bieker pitched a two-hit shutout to propel Edinburgh into the Sectional 59 championship game.
Bieker had 13 strikeouts over five innings and was bolstered by a five-run first inning and nine-run third.
Gracie Barrett, Alix Streeval and Bieker each had three hits. Barrett drove in four runs. Eloise Cox had three runs batted in.
Rhylee Coppage took the loss in the pitcher’s circle for Morristown (11-10).
Edinburgh (14-12) will face Class A, No. 7 Indianapolis Lutheran (17-7) in today’s sectional championship game. The Saints defeated Providence Cristo Rey Wednesday, 13-0.
Steve Bush photo
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