Motorin’: Local track teams gearing up for boys sectionals

Today’s boys track sectional meets involving local teams:

Columbus North (5:30 p.m.): Columbus East, Columbus North, Hauser, Edinburgh, Center Grove, Franklin, Greenwood, Greenwood Christian Academy, Indian Creek, Southwestern (Shelby), Waldron

Bloomington North (5:30 p.m.): Brown County, Bloomfield, Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Eastern Greene, Edgewood, Linton-Stockton, Martinsville, Owen Valley, Shakamak, White River Valley

Bedford North Lawrence (5:45 p.m.): Jennings County, Trinity Lutheran, Bedford North Lawrence, Brownstown Central, Crothersville, Eastern (Pekin), Mitchell, Orleans, Paoli, Salem, Seymour, Springs Valley, West Washington

East Central (5 p.m.): South Decatur, Batesville, East Central, Franklin County, Greensburg, Jac-Cen-Del, Lawrenceburg, Milan, North Decatur, Oldenburg Academy, Rising Sun, South Dearborn, South Ripley

Admission: $6

Advancement: Top three in each event and anyone else meeting the state standard qualify for regional. If that number for a specific regional does not reach 16 in an event, the next-best performances from the four feeder sectionals are added until 16 is reached.

Qualifiers from Columbus North, East Central, Connersville and Warren Central advance to the Warren Central Regional. Qualifiers from Bloomington North, Bedford North Lawrence, Jeffersonville and Terre Haute North advance to the Bloomington North Regional. The regional round is May 25.

Here are the top three seeds in each event for the Columbus North Sectional:

Pole vault: 1. (tie) Brigham Kleinhenz (CN) and Payton Utterback (F) 14-0; 3. Grant Fehribach (CN) 12-6.

High jump: 1. (tie) T.C. O’Neal (CE), Christian Goines (CG) and Kaden Branam (Wa) 6-4.

Long jump: 1. Mitchell Burton (CN) 22-11 1/2; 2. O’Neal (CE) 21-11; 3. (tie) Goines (CG) and Travis Murr (F) 20-11.

Shot put: 1. Coleman Tennyson (CN) 54-3; 2. Hunter Wolford (CN) 51-9; 3. Nick Young (G) 49-1.

Discus: 1. Noah Maness (IC) 161-9; 2. Young (G) 155-4 1/2; 3. Jared Clark (CE) 153-0.

4×800 relay: 1. Center Grove 8:17.90; 2. Franklin 8:22.05; 3. Columbus North 8:25.24.

110 hurdles: 1. Goines (CG) 14.50; 2. Triston Perry (CN) 14.74; 3. Samuel Bennett (F) 15.13.

100: 1. Grant Mason (CG) 10.8; 2. Burton (CN) 10.86; 3. Murr (F) 11.02.

1,600: 1. Paul Bean (CE) 4:28.32; 2. Nick Yeend (S) 4:30.40; 3. Ethan Pine (G) 4:30.70.

4×100 relay: 1. Center Grove 42.39; 2. Columbus North 43.04; 3. Columbus East 43.27.

400: 1. Matt Fleener (CG) 50.02; 2. Logan Bontrager (CG) 50.08; 3. O’Neal (CE) 50.83.

300 hurdles: 1. Trevor Hohlt (CG) 39.00; 2. Perry (CN) 39.77; 3. Sam Hohlt (CG) 40.05.

800: 1. Chandler McGaha (F) 1:58.83; 2. Lucas Oskins (G) 2:01.69; 3. Zane Libke (CG) 2:01.90.

200: 1. Mason (CG) 21.79; 2. Murr (F) 22.40; 3. Burton (CN) 22.64.

3,200: 1. Charlie Allen (CN) 9:45.62; 2. Joshua Campbell (F) 9:51.15; 3. Elijah Brooks (CN) 9:55.24.

4×400 relay: 1. Center Grove 3:24.00; 2. Franklin 3:30.80; 3. Columbus North 3:31.80.