The boys track and field postseason begins today with sectional action at 32 sites. Four of those will include area teams.
The top three individuals and anyone meeting the state-standard time or distance automatically qualify for next week’s regional round. Beyond those 12 qualifiers from four feeder sectionals into each regional, the next-best performances from the feeder sectionals will be added to reach a field of 16 in each event.
Here is information on the sectional sites involving area teams:
Columbus North Sectional
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Time: 5:30 p.m.
Teams: Columbus East, Columbus North, Hauser, Edinburgh, Center Grove, Franklin Community, Greenwood Christian, Greenwood Community, Indian Creek, Southwestern (Shelbyville), Waldron, Whiteland
Qualifiers advance to: Franklin Regional
East Central Sectional
Time: 5 p.m.
Teams: South Decatur, Batesville, East Central, Franklin County, Greensburg, Jac-Cen-Del, Lawrenceburg, Milan, North Decatur, Oldenburg Academy, Rising Sun, South Dearborn, South Ripley
Qualifiers advance to: Franklin Regional
Bloomington North Sectional
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Teams: Brown County, Bloomfield, Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Eastern Greene, Edgewood, Linton-Stockton, Martinsville, Owen Valley, Shakamak, White River Valley
Qualifiers advance to: Bloomington North Regional
Bedford North Lawrence Sectional
Time: 5:45 p.m.
Teams: Jennings County, Trinity Lutheran, Bedford North Lawrence, Brownstown Central, Crothersville, Eastern (Pekin), Mitchell, Orleans, Paoli, Salem, Seymour, Springs Valley, West Washington
Qualifiers advance to: Bloomington North Regional
Here are the top three seeds in each event for the Columbus North Sectional:
Pole vault: 1. Brigham Kleinhenz (CN) 14-9; 2. Connor Walsh (CG) 13-6; 3. Matt Frazier (Franklin) 13-3.
High jump: 1. Zarrien Johnson-Bey (CE) 6-5; 2. (tie) Luke Poindexter (CE), Preston Terrell (CN), Jake Keith (CG) 6-2.
Long jump: 1. Lucas Roehling (CG) 20-8; 2. Johnson-Bey (CE) 20-7; 3. (tie) Crase Bergman (CE) and Keith (CG) 20-6.
Shot put: 1. Nick Young (Greenwood) 56-5; 2. Manny Cheam (Franklin) 50-10; 3. Zach Clark (CE) 49-2 1/2.
Discus: 1. Young (Greenwood) 170-9 1/2; 2. Logan Abbott (CN) 155-0; 3. Logan Beers (Whiteland) 151-11.
4×800 relay: 1. Center Grove 8:15.70; 2. Franklin 8:33.00; 3. Columbus North 8:36.00.
110 hurdles: 1. Nick Patton (Greenwood) 14.85; 2. Sam Hohlt (CG) 15.20; 3. Nick Riggles (Franklin) 15.32.
100: 1. Cody Horner (CE) 11.09; 2. Damon Hunter Jr. (CN) 11.24; 3. Riley McCann (Franklin) 11.28.
1,600: 1. Ethan Pine (Greenwood) 4:25.72; 2. Sam Horak (CN) 4:33.00; 3. Mika Long (Whiteland) 4:37.79.
4×100 relay: 1. Columbus North 43.54; 2. Center Grove 44.10; 3. Whiteland 44.20.
400: 1. Matt Fleener (CG) 49.10; 2. Tyler Fromer (Franklin) 50.08; 3. Lex Logan (Greenwood) 50.71.
300 hurdles: 1. Hohlt (CG) 38.95; 2. Riggles (Franklin) 40.44; 3. Owen Rupp (CE) 41.16.
800: 1. David Ryan (Whiteland) 2:01.65; 2. Drew Thompson (CN) 2:01.80; 3. Sebastian Martin (CG) 2:02.00.
200: 1. Fleener (CG) 22.15; 2. Hunter (CN) 23.09; 3. Horner (CE) 23.12.
3,200: 1. Charlie Allen (CN) 9:43.00; 2. Andrew Bixler (Franklin) 9:41.24; 3. Wyatt McCullough (Franklin) 9:45.24.
4×400 relay: 1. Center Grove 3:27.00; 2. Franklin 3:31.00; 3. Whiteland 3:31.38.
