West Lafayette boys and girls track and field conquers Hoosier Conference championship

West Lafayette proved it could carry a roster of athletes who could contribute and win a multitude of events while hosting the 75th Hoosier Conference Championship at Gordon Straley Field.

Juniors David Curl and Ryan Miloudi set the tone in three events for the boys team while junior Taylor Woods and senior Henny Schminke delivered top performances on the girls side.

Woods won the girls shot put for the Red Devils.

Curl won two events, including the long jump, and anchored the 400-meter relay team while Schminke and Miloudi both won the 1,600 to lead West Lafayette to the Hoosier Conference boys and girls team titles on Friday night.

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West Lafayette girls scored 171 points while Hamilton Heights finished second with 157 points and Western finished third with 95 points.

The Red Devils' boys team earned 165 points, Rensselaer Central finished second with 104 points and Hamilton Heights finished third with 96 points.

It was an impressive outing for Curl who finished second in discuss and later ran to victory in the 400 relay while using his brother Wyatt as a source of motivation. Wyatt Curl competes in the decathlon at Air Force.

"He's a decathlete over there and I'm just as athletic as he is so let me try all this stuff," Curl said. "And I was able to do pretty well. Got a lot of room for improvement because with a lot of events you only get a certain amount of practice at each place. So it's hard to improve but you just got to be locked in."

Rensselaer Central junior Bryan Camarena battled through a broken left index fingertip on his non-throwing hand to win the discus. Camarena broke the finger after smashing it on a 40-pound dumbbell in the weight room. He couldn't throw for two weeks.

Despite the time off, Camarena showed few side effects making his mark of 159 feet, 11 inches on the first throw. Camarena's goal is to throw for 170 feet at the sectional after learning the discus and shotput in the eighth grade.

"I've just been watching YouTube videos and getting whatever advice I can," Camarena said.

Woods began throwing shot put after a knee injury during volleyball forced her to use her knees less and take time away from her club season.

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"(Track) keeps me in a competitive spirit because I want to be good when high school volleyball season starts," Woods said.

Senior Joselyn Jundos rounded out top performances by claiming the 400-meter title in 59.38 seconds. Jundos carries a notebook that she writes notes in before and after every race.

"I usually take notes before and after every meet to assess how I'm feeling," Jundos said. 'Making sure that I'm zoning in and really understanding how I felt in the moment of the race and right after the race so I can improve."

Top three placers

Girls shot put:

1. Taylor Woods - West Lafayette - Jr. - 40 feet 1 inch

2. Ellyse Walden - Western - Soph. - 39 feet 9.5 inches

3. Audrey Alexander - West Lafayette - Soph. - 35 feet 5 inches.

Boys shot put:

1. Will Duncan - Hamilton Heights - Soph. - 48 feet and 2 inches.

2. Justin Hilton - Hamilton Heights - Sr. - 44 feet 9.5 inches.

3. Bryan Camarena - Rensselaer Central - Jr. - 44 feet 4.5 inches.

Girls discus throw:

1. Elyse Walden - Western - Soph. - 123 feet 5 inches.

2. Sophia Zarate - Benton Central - Soph. - 111 feet 3 inches.

3. Taylor Woods - West Lafayette - Jr. - 102 feet and 1 inch.

Boys discus throw:

1. Bryan Camarena - Rensselaer Central - Jr. - 159 feet 11 inches.

2. Connor Simmons - Central Catholic - Sr. - 125 feet 2 inches.

3. Gavin Bourff - Western - Jr. - 124 feet 5 inches.

Girls high jump:

1. Lexi Hale - Northwestern - Sr. - 5 feet 2 inches.

2. Waverly Woolever - Hamilton Heights - Soph. - 5 feet 2 inches.

3. Ayla Jackson - Northwestern - Soph. - 5 feet.

Boys high jump:

1. Tyler Runyan - Hamilton Heights - Sr. - 5 feet 10 inches.

2. Jackson Money - Tipton - Sr. - 5 feet 10 inches.

3. Peyton Tarrh - Northwestern - Jr. - 5 feet 8 inches.

Girls long jump:

1. Ella Ewing - Hamilton Heights - Sr. - 16 feet 10 inches

2. Grace Healey - Rensselaer Central - Sr. - 16 feet 6 inches.

3. Darya Areskina - West Lafayette - Fr. - 16 feet 2.25 inches.

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Boys long jump:

1. David Curl - West Lafayette - Jr. - 19 feet 11 inches.

2. Porter Mitrione - West Lafayette - Sr. - 19 feet 4.25 inches.

3. Ledger Shaffer - Twin Lakes - Fr. - 19 feet 1.5 inches.

Girls Pole Vault:

1. Amy Schminke - West Lafayette - Soph. - 9 feet 6 inches.

2. Kynlee Dunbar - West Lafayette - Soph. - 9 feet

3. Emma Sinn - Rensselaer Central - Sr. - 9 feet.

Boys pole vault:

1. Jack Jordan - Rensselaer Central - Sr. - 14 feet 6 inches.

2. Caleb Farr - Tipton - Jr. - 13 feet.

3. Briar Rule - Rensselaer Central - Sr. - 12 feet 6 inches.

Girls 4 x 800-meter relay:

1. Hamilton Heights - Anna Monnin, Mary Ella Bichey, Kendall Moe, Amira Leer - 10:27.50.

2. Western - Kendall DePoy, Hattie Harlow, Madelynn Shoaff, Lauren Bradley - 10:33.79.

3. West Lafayette - Alivia Lewis, Sarah Flesher, Natalie Cuttell, Annabelle Mullis - 10:37.36

Boys 4 x 800-meter relay:

1. Rensselaer Central - Tom Van Hoose, Trey Maceyjewski, Ethan Cook, Jacob Partin - 8:29.90.

2. West Lafayette - Ryan Kelley, Aiden Graves, Albert Rajwa, Jack Chandler - 8:39.22.

3. Western - Camden Raab, Maddox Carver, Lincoln McKillip, Aden Yeary - 8:45.93.

Girls 100 meter hurdles:

1. Lacey Rathbun - Western - Sr. - 15.94.

2. Ella Ewing - Hamilton Heights - Sr. - 16.32.

3. Jacqueline Rilenge - Twin Lakes - Jr. - 16.82.

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Boys 110 meter hurdles:

1. Cooper Altherr - Tipton - Sr. - 15.26.

2. Maxston Baker-Hoover - Twin Lakes - Sr. - 15.33.

3. Jaden Park - West Lafayette - Soph. - 15.62.

Girls 100 meters:

1. Norah Reiger - Hamilton Heights - Fr. - 12.79.

2. Gracie Bortone - Hamilton Heights - Fr. - 13.09.

3. Mira Massey - West Lafayette - Sr. - 13.23.

Boys 100 meters:

1. Landon Hedington - Twin Lakes - Sr. - 11.28.

2. Jaylyn Pugh - Hamilton Heights - Sr. - 11.31.

3. Rashad Claybon - Rensselaer Central - Fr. - 11.46.

Girls 1600 meters:

1. Henny Schminke - West Lafayette - Sr. - 5:07.98.

2. Hannah Moore - Northwestern - Sr. - 5:13.39.

3. Anna Monnin - Hamilton Heights - Soph. - 5:35.90.

Boys 1600 meters:

1. Ryan Miloudi - Jr. - West Lafayette - 4:27.64.

2. Ryland Barnes - Soph. Northwestern - 4:41.18.

3. Tom Van Hoose - Sr. - Rensselaer Central - 4:41.64.

Girls 4 x 100 meter relay:

1. Hamilton Heights - Norah Reigher, Lizzy Smith, Gracie Bortone, Waverly Woolever - 50.28.

2. West Lafayette - Mira Massey, Darya Areshkina, Audrey Biddle, Cameron Schweigert - 51.97.

3. Twin Lakes - Yolanda Mares, Jacquline Rilenge, Lilly Baker, Rhyan Strange - 53.55.

Boys 4 x 100 meter relay:

1. West Lafayette - Jevan Subagia, Brennan Wood, Porter Mitrione - David Curl - 44.01.

2. Hamilton Heights - Jaylyn Pugh, Connor Baumann, Eric Balcom and Jack Bickett - 44.12.

3. Twin Lakes - Colton Robertson, Ledger Shaffer, Maxston Baker-Hoover, Landon Hedington - 44.78.

Girls 400 meters:

1. Joselyn Jundos - West Lafayette - Sr. - 59.38.

2. Charlotte Simpson - West Lafayette - Soph. - 59.65.

3. Norah Reiger- Hamilton Heights - Fr. - 59.68.

Boys 400 meters:

1. Daniel Schomer - West Lafayette - Sr. - 50.28,

2. Ian Strachan - West Lafayette - Sr. - 51.72.

3. Ben Zamora - Central Catholic - Soph. - 53.64.

Girls 300 meter hurdles:

1. Lacy Rathburn - Western - Sr. - 49.28.

2. Ella Ewing - Hamilton Heights - Sr. - 50.10.

3. Addie Gustus - West Lafayette - Jr. -50.49.

Boys 300 meter hurdles:

1. Cooper Altherr - Tipton - Sr. - 40.51.

2. Maxston Hoover-Baker - Twin Lakes - Sr. - 41.17.

3. Ben Fredette - West Lafayette - Jr. - 42.22.

Girls 800 meters:

1. Henny Schminke - West Lafayette - Sr. - 2:31.05.

2. Anna Monnin - Hamilton Heights - Soph. - 2:32.68.

3. Annie Dunford - West Lafayette - Soph. - 2:34.5

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Boys 800 meters:

1. Trey Maciejewski - Rensselaer Central - Sr. - 2:01.96.

2. Ryan Miloudi - West Lafayette - Jr. - 2:02.35.

3. Aden Yeary - Western - Sr. - 2:02.90.

Girls 200 meters:

1. Waverly Woolever - Hamilton Heights - Soph. - 26.71.

2. Joselyn Jundos - West Lafayette - Sr. - 26.96.

3. Gracie Bortone - Hamilton Heights - Fr. - 27.39.

Boys 200 meters:

1. Rashad Claybon - Rensselaer Central - Fr. - 23.63.

2. Jaylyn Pugh - Hamilton Heights - Sr. - 23.70.

3. Brennan Wood - West Lafayette - Jr. - 23.77.

Girls 3200 meters:

1. Hannah Moore - Northwestern - Sr. - 11:12.27.

2. Henny Schminke - West Lafayette - Sr. - 11:41.81.

3. Courtney Adams - Northwestern - Jr. - 11:59.74.

Boys 3200 meters:

1. Camden Raab - Western - Soph. - 9:56:04.

2. Jack Chandler - West Lafayette - Jr. - 9:59.67.

3. Zach Johnson - West Lafayette - Soph. - 10:06.46.

Girls 4 x 400 relay:

1. Hamilton Heights - Norah Reiger, Masie Smith, Gracie Bortone, Waverly Woolever - 4:10.08.

2. West Lafayette - Addie Gustus, Molly Andrew, Henny Schminke, Joselyn Jundos - 4:14.72.

3. Western - Joy Marley, Ashlyn Pownall, Sara Szerdy, Lacy Rathbun - 4:32.56

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