School-record: Chesterton’s 3,200 relay team of (Left to right) Eric Lewis, Dan Keller, Geoff Lambert and Ed Lawson set a new CHS-record at the State Finals Meet Friday night in Indianapolis.

(Photo by Jane DeVries)

As light rain fell throughout much of the evening, the Lawrence North Wildcats ignored the conditions and used their superior depth to capture their third consecutive state title, and fourth overall, in the 100th Annual Boys Track and Field State Finals on Friday at the Michael Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis, in front of a colorful umbrella carrying crowd of 5,333.

Chesterton finished out their strong end of the season run with 41st place team showing.

Top finishers for the Trojans were Spencer West, who finished fifth in the shot put with a throw of 57-3.75, while Mike Dunlap posted a 16th place height of 13-6 in the pole vault.

Trojan freshman Adam Martin placed 16th in the 1,600 with a time of 4:24.63, followed by sophomore Max Goldak placing 25th in the 3,200 (9:55). Ryan Rearick ended his CHS career with a 26th place finish in the 400, while anchoring the 1,600 relay team of Dave Novotney, Joe Bailey, Geoff Lambert that finished 15th (3:24.57).

Chesterton’s 3,200 relay foursome of Eric Lewis, Ed Lawson, Geoff Lambert and Dan Keller broke the school-record with a 7:57.27, which was good for 11th place overall.

Winning only two events, Lawrence North, the state’s number-one ranked team in the final poll, continued to put points on the board with three second place finishes, along with a third, fourth and seventh to outdistance second place Fort Wayne Northrop, 69-44.

The Wildcats picked up their first eight points of the evening in the opening event, the 3200 Meter Relay, with a second place finish to Brebeuf Jesuit.

Trent Morton (10), Matt Impink (12), Brian Kolas (12) and Chris Smitson (11) gave the victorious Braves a 7:47.29 time in the race, with Lawrence North a close second at 7:47.41.

LN put 10 points in the book in the 110 Meter Hurdles, with speedster Brandys Green (12) improving upon his second place finish a year ago to finish out front in a time of 13.97.

Green was back again, setting the pace in the 300 Meter Hurdles, an event in which he finished third in 2002.

This time, his 37.47 was good enough for first place, pushing the Wildcats into an insurmountable lead in the team standings.

North Central (Indpls.) took home its only first in the 100-Meter Dash, with Pierre Bush (11) crossing the finish line in a time of 10.73.

In the 1600 Meter Run, Christian Wagner (11) of Columbus North turned in the best time in the event since it was changed from yards to meters in 1980, as he raced home in 4:07.11.

Rudy Chapa’s converted time of 4:04.20 in 1976 still stands as the event record. By comparison, last year’s winner, Nick Kruse of Lake Central, finished in 4:17.20.

Wagner had a chance to catch his breath and then returned gunning for Chapa’s mark in the 3200 Meter Run. The Hammond blur had set the standard at 8:55.10 (converted time) in 1975.

With the crowd cheering him on, Wagner crossed the finish line in 8:55.92, just missing etching his name in the record book, but giving the junior a goal to shoot for in 2004. Nef Araia (12) of Lawrence North, the two-time defending cross country state champion and defending champion in the 3200, was a distant second at 9:14.85.

Ben Davis made it two in a row in the 400 Meter Relay, as Michael Richardson (12), Todd Barnard (12), Bruce Williams (12) and Charles Thompson (12) combined for a 41.57 finish. Richardson and Williams were members of last year’s state championship team in the event.

The Giants would be heard from again as Bruce Williams returned later to turn in a time of 22.11 to lead the field in the 200 Meter Dash and the school’s 1600 Meter Relay team closed out the show with a victory as a trio of their 400 Meter Relay members, Richardson, Thompson and Williams, were joined by Richard El (10) to finish the evening with a 3:17.96 effort.

Josh Ferry (12) of Bloomington South led the way in the 800 Meter Run in 1:53.98 for the Panthers top finish of the meet.

White River Valley etched its name in the win column when Doug Dayhoff (11), who had finished third a year ago, led the field across the finish line in the 400 Meter Dash in a time of 48.13.

In the field events, Cory Martin (12), Edgewood, captured the top spot in the Discus Throw with a toss of 174-00. Donald Washington (10), Franklin

Central, was first in the Long Jump, turning in a distance of 23-02.25. The High Jump crown belonged to Dustin Keller (12) from Lafayette Jefferson, with a leap of 6-09.00.

Shot Put honors went to Jason Brown (12) of South Bend Clay, showcasing a put of 62-11.00.

The Pole Vault, which was delayed extensively by the weather conditions, finally concluded with Ryan Schipper (12) of Fort Wayne Dwenger outlasting the field, topping out at 15-9.00, one foot higher than last year when he finished third.

Boys Track Results

State Finals Meet

At IUPUI

Team Standings

1. Lawrence North 69; 2. Fort Wayne Northrop 44; 3. Ben Davis 39; 4. North Central (Indpls) 31; 5. Lawrence Central 29; 6. Columbus North 26; 7. Fort Wayne Snider 25; 8. South Bend Clay 23; 9. Harding 22; 10. (tie) Bloomington North 20, 10. Warren Central 20, 12. Edgewood 18; 12. Lafayette Jefferson 18; 14. (tie) Franklin Central 17, Elkhart Memorial 17, Brebeuf 17; 17. Bloomington South 12.50; 18. (tie) Wawasee 12, Hammond 12; 20. (tie) Goshen 11, Fort Wayne North Side 11, Culver Military 11; 23. (tie) White River Valley10, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 10; 25. (tie) Valparaiso 9, Lake Central 9, New Albany 9; 28. Zionsville 8; 29. Hamilton Southeastern 7.5; 30. (tie) Batesville 7, West Lafayette 7, East Chicago Central 7; Portage 7, Carroll (Fort Wayne) 7, Indianapolis Broad Ripple 7, Center Grove 7, Gary West Side  7; 38. South Bend St. Joseph's 6, Kokomo 6, Caston 6; 41. (tie) CHESTERTON 5, Penn 5, Andrean 5, Carmel 5, Hammond Gavit 5, Castle 5, 47. (tie) Heritage Hills 4, Brown County 4, South Bend Riley 4; 50. Rushville Consolidated 3, Seeger 3, Southport 3, Warsaw 3, McCutcheon 3, Concord 3, North Newton 3, Perry Meridian 3, Terre Haute South Vigo 3; 59. (tie) Hanover Central 2.50, Highland 2.50; 61. (tie) Homestead 2, 61. South Bend Adams 2, Western 2, Fort Wayne Concordia Luth 2, Garrett 2, Corydon Central 2, Ind. School for the Deaf 2, Elkhart Central 2; 69. Pendleton Heights 1, Plymouth 1, Brownsburg 1, Knightstown 1.  

3,200-Relay

1, Indpls Brebeuf (Trent Morton, Matt Impink, Chris Smitson, Brian Kolas), 7:47.29. 2, Lawrence North, 7:47.41. 3, Franklin Central, 7:47.63. 4, Valparaiso, 7:48.33. 5, Carmel, 7:49.49. 6, Fort Wayne Snider, 7:49.60. 7, Center Grove, 7:53.88. 8, Wawasee, 7:54.98. 9, Fort Wayne Northrop, 7:56.42; 11. CHESTERTON (Eric Lewis, Ed Lawson, Geoff Lambert, Dan Keller) 7:57.39.

100-Hurdles

1, Brandys Green, Lawrence North, 14.18. 2, Charles Bailey, Ft. Wayne Northrop, 14.72. 3, Kyle Sweeney, Portage, 14.72. 4, Jordan Seabrook, Indpls North Central, 14.83. 5, Anthony Argentino, Wawasee, 14.68. 6, Dalon Liggon, Kokomo, 14.96. 7, Brian Kaluf, Lake Central, 14.96. 8, Tyyon Neal, Lafayette Jeff, 15.59. 9, DQ.

100

1, Pierre Bush, Indpls North Central, 10.98. 2, Brandon Golder, Lawrence Central, 11.04. 3, Dalmon Simms, Indpls Broad Ripple, 11.01. 4, Jawann Turner, Hammond, 11.02. 5, Michael Richardson, Indpls Ben Davis, 11.14. 6, Alfred Woods, Gary West, 11.03. 7, Charles Thompson, Ben Davis, 11.15. 8, Kesonn Lee, Ft. Wayne Northrop, 11.13. 9, Kelly Martin, McCutcheon, 11.12.

1,600

1, Christian Wagner, Columbus North, 4:07.11. 2, Nef Araia, Lawrence North, 4:11.96. 3, Zach Schwab, West Lafayette, 4:17.25. 4, Matt Cummins, Elkhart Memorial, 4:17.73. 5, Corey Drake, Ft. Wayne Northrop, 4.19.95. 6, John Seacat, New Albany, 4:19.53. 7, Sean Bowman, Brown County, 4:19.66. 8, Kyle Walsh, Western, 4.20.59. 9 Michael Smith, Brownsburg, 4:20.89; 16. Adam Martin, Chesterton, 4:24.63.

400-Relay

1, Ben Davis (Michael Richardson, Todd Barnard, Bruce Williams, Charles Thompson), 41.57. 2, Ft. Wayne Northrop, 42.04. 3, Lawrence North, 42.25. 4, Lawrence Central, 42.26. 5, Culver Military, 42.36. 6, Zionsville, 41.71. 7, Valparaiso, 42.79. 8, Elkhart Central, 42.84. 9, Ft. Wayne Snider, 43.06.

400

1, Doug Dayhoff, White River Valley, 48.13. 2, Phil Madison, Lawrence Central, 48.63. 3, Orlando Collins, Warren Central, 48.99. 4, Donnie Smith, Culver Military, 49.19. 5, Gary Ogburn, Castle, 49.19. 6, Selwyn Lymon, Ft. Wayne North, 49.38. 7, Andrew Mathis, Seeger, 49.40. 8, Sean Wright, South Bend Riley, 49.48. 9, Logan Edwards, Homestead, 49.84; 26, Ryan Rearick, Chesterton 51.89.

300-Hurdles

1, Brandys Green, Lawrence North, 37.47. 2, Charles Bailey, Ft. Wayne Northrop, 37.67. 3, Ryan Smith, Bloomington North, 38.38. 4, Brian Kaluf, Lake Central, 38.77. 5, Anthony Argentino, Wawasee, 38.96. 6, Joey Hodges, Warren Central, 39.02. 7, Kevin Mauser, Southport, 39.21. 8, Dalon Liggon, Kokomo, 39.35. 9, Rob Lappin, Plymouth, 39.38.

800

1, Josh Ferry, Bloomington South, 1:53.98. 2, John Hiestand, Bloomington North, 1:54.43. 3, Chris Smitson, Indpls Brebeuf, 1:54.57. 4, John Cavanaugh, South Bend St. Joseph’s, 1:55.50. 5, Joel Sanders, Ft. Wayne Snider, 1:55.67. 6, Marcus Phelps, Lawrence North, 1:56.35. 7, John Lambertus, Terre Haute South, 1:56.78. 8, Steven McPherson, South Bend Riley, 1:56.85. 9, Nathan Webb, Brown Co., 1:57.09.

200

1, Bruce Williams, Ben Davis, 21.76; 2, Geoffrey King, Ft. Wayne Harding, 21.91; 3, Pierre Bush, Indpls North Central, 21.99; 4, Jawann Turner, Hammond, 22.18; 5, Ronald Stringer, New Albany, 22.20; 6, Kesonn Lee, Ft. Wayne Northrop, 22.22; 7, Alfred Woods, Gary West, 22.40; 8, Antinoice Surry, Ft. Wayne Snider, 22.43; 9, Kelly Martin, McCutcheon, 22.85.

3,200

1, Christian Wagner, Columbus North, 8:55.92; 2, Nef Araia, Lawrence North, 9:14.85; 3, Rob Grote, Batesville, 9:15.70; 4, Ryan Hutton, Columbus North, 9:17.00; 5, Jordan Kyle, Hamilton Southeastern, 9:22.95; 6, Nick Waninger, Heritage Hills, 9:23.62; 7, Stephen Cohen, North Newton, 9:24.76; 8, Jeff Hoover, South Bend Adams, 9:25.72; 9, Brock Hagerman, Pendleton Heights, 9:27.46; 25, Max Goldak, Chesterton 9:55.

1,600-Relay

1, Ben Davis (Michael Richardson, Richard El, Charles Thompson, Bruce Williams), 3:17.96; 2, Lawrence North, 3:18.97; 3, Lawrence Central, 3:19.00; 4, Ft. Wayne Harding, 3:20.68; 5, Warren Central, 3;20.70; 6, Zionsville, 3:20.79; 7, Franklin Central, 3:31.80; 8, Evansville Bosse 3:31.92; 9, McCutcheon, 3:31.96; 15, CHESTERTON (Dave Novotney, Joe Bailey, Geoff Lambert, Ryan Rearick) 3:24.57.

Discus

1, Cory Martin, Edgewood, 174-0. 2, Howie Kyser, Indpls North Central, 170-09. 3, Michael Macellari, South Bend Clay, 165-6. 4, Jason Brown, South Bend Clay, 163-9. 5, Mike Anderson, Hammond Gavit, 163-4. 6, Ryan Baker, Center Grove, 162-11. 7, Julius Smith, Elkhart Memorial, 161-11. 8, Oyne Davis, Indiana Deaf, 160-0. 9, Nathan Rausch, Knightstown, 159-5.

Pole Vault

1, Ryan Schipper, Ft. Wayne Dwenger 15-9. 2, Bryan Pedler, Elkhart Memorial, 15-6. 3, Andrew Brown, Carroll, 15-6. 4, James Martzall, Ft. Wayne Northrop, 15-6. 5, Joe Bronnenberg, Bloomington North, 15-3. 6, Josh Brownell, Penn, 14-6. 7, Kyle Boley, Warsaw, 14-6. 8, James Knepper, Garrett, 14-6. 9, Curtis Asay, McCutcheon, 14-0; 16. Mike Dunlap, Chesterton, 13-6.

High Jump

1, Dustin Keller, Lafayette Jeff, 6-9. 2, Jason Thomas, Ft. Wayne Harding, 6-8. 3, Eric Daniels, East Chicago, 6-6. 4, David Ford, Lawrence North, 6-6. 5, Justin Wynn, Ft. Wayne Snider, 6-6. 6(tie), Gregory Shroka, Hanover Central; Clay Crick, Bloomington South; John Barr, Highland; Hunter Myers, Hamilton Southeastern, all 6-4.

Shot Put

1, Jason Brown, South Bend Clay, 62-11. 2, Cory Martin, Edgewood, 61-8. 3, Tyler Miller, Goshen, 58-9. 4, Andy Powlen, Caston, 57-10. 5, Spencer West, Chesterton, 57-3 3/4. 6, David Koronkiewica, Goshen, 56-1. 7, Ryan Fields, Rushville, 55-3 1/2. 8, Joshua Gaines, Ft. Wayne Northrop, 54-5 1/2. 9, John Hawkins, Ben Davis, 54-5 1/4.

Long Jump

1, Donald Washington, Franklin Central, 23-2 1/4. 2, Justin Wynn, Ft. Wayne Snider, 22-5 3/4. 3, Selwyn Lymon, Ft. Wayne North Side, 22-4 1/2. 4, Andrew Eaton, Lafayette Jefferson, 22-3 1/2. 5, Nolan Petties, Andrean, 22-1 1/2. 6, Desmond Tardy, Warren Central, 22- 1/4. 7, LeVon Parker, Concord, 21-9. 8, Quentin Combs, Corydon Central, 21-8 1/4. 9, Frank Duong, Penn, 21-7 1/2.

Posted 6/9/2003