Sports
These Evansville-area girls are going to state
EVANSVILLE — The final weekend of the high school girls track & field season is set.
A handful of athletes from Southwestern Indiana advanced from the regional at Central High School on Tuesday, May 27. The state finals will be held on Saturday, June 7 at North Central High School in Indianapolis. The top three finishers in each event advanced to state, plus any individual or relay team meeting the three-participant standard in the finals of their event.
The top athlete from Evansville in the regional? None other than De’Janay Layne of North. The sophomore was a double winner in the 100 and 200-meter sprints with times of 12.10 and 24.39 seconds, respectively. The latter was a new Central Regional record, breaking the mark held by Nikita Owens of Central in 2010.
The other regional champions from SW Indiana were Mallory Watt (Princeton) in the 1,600, Rachael Jacqmain (Vincennes Rivet) in the 400, Leah Heldman (Mater Dei) in the high jump, Ann Elise Sloan (Evansville Christian) in the pole vault, Castle in the 4×400 relay and Angelica Sierra (Southridge) in the shot put.
Ayanna Starks, Jadyn Presley, LaNijha Rodgers and Jada Harper of New Albany also set a new regional record in the 4×100 relay with a time of 48.17 seconds. Below are the top three finishers in each event.
Evansville Central Regional
Team standings: Floyd Central 103.5, New Albany 57, North 55, Castle 50, Jasper 36, Corydon 32, Southridge 30.5, Mater Dei 30, Boonville 28.5, Memorial 21, Harrison 18, Pike Central 16, Borden 14, Princeton 13, Eastern (Pekin) 12, Forest Park 12, Gibson Southern 11, Vincennes Rivet 11, Evansville Christian 10, Tell City 9, Heritage Hills 7, North Harrison 6, Perry Central 6, Tecumseh 6, Washington 5.5 North Posey 4.5, Central 4, North Knox 3.5, Barr-Reeve 3, Providence 3, South Knox 3, Mount Vernon 2, Bosse 1.
100: De’Janay Layne (North) 12.10; Ava Kelley (Boonville) 12.35; Ayanna Starks (New Albany) 12.48
200: De’Janay Layne (North) 24.39; Ava Kelley (Boonville) 25.75; Aubree Adams (Corydon Central) 25.90
400: Rachael Jacqmain (Vincennes Rivet) 58.01; Morgan Wannemuehler (Mater Dei) 59.75; Riley Hinson (Forest Park) 1:00.10
800: Adeline Shultz (Floyd Central) 2:16.74; Ruth Dickason (Mater Dei) 2:22.73; Emma Campbell (Floyd Central) 2:24.18
1,600: Mallory Watt (Princeton) 5:06.01; Noel Nifong (Floyd Central) 5:10.23; Bella Milliner (Floyd Central) 5:10.57
3,200: Noel Nifong (Floyd Central) 11:06.44; Maddie Graber (Southridge) 11:08.78; Xavery Weisman (Pike Central) 11:59.17
100 hurdles: Jada Harper (New Albany) 14.00; Alishia Darrett (North) 15.37; Jackie Smith (Floyd Central) 15.90
300 hurdles: Jada Harper (New Albany) 45.74; Jackie Smith (Floyd Central) 46.15; Madelyn Knies (Jasper) 46.69
4×100 relay: New Albany 48.17; Floyd Central 49.50; Corydon Central 49.57
4×400 relay: Castle 4:05.05; North 4:07.02; Jasper 4:07.25
4×800 relay: Floyd Central 9:51.62; Corydon Central 9:57.80; Heritage Hills 9:58.33
High jump: Leah Heldman (Mater Dei) 5-04; Riley Rarick (Borden) 5-04; Claire Townsend (North) 5-02
Pole vault: Ann Elise Sloan (Evansville Christian) 11-06; Elsie Krodel (Castle) 11-03; Katherine Woebkenberg (Jasper) 11-03
Long jump: Aubree Adams (Corydon Central) 18-03.5; Lyla Conway (Floyd Central) 17-08.75; Grace Tincher (North Harrison) 17-02.75
Shot put: Angelica Sierra (Southridge) 37-09; Megan Cleveland (Castle) 37-09; Hilary Cleveland (Castle) 37-02
Discus: Riley Jackson (Floyd Central) 130-10; Angelica Sierra (Southridge) 122-09.5; Isabella Roland (New Albany) 119-01