LAFAYETTE — It was only a preliminary race, but Elijah Curry crossed the finish line, winning his 100-meter heat race while pumping his fist in the air.
The victory did nothing other than qualify Curry for the finals, but in retrospect, it set the tone for the night at Lafayette Jeff’s Scheumann Stadium.
Curry would back up his prelim run by winning the 100-meter finals, one of six individual victories for the Mavericks at the IHSAA boys track and field sectional Thursday, May 21.
More importantly, McCutcheon outscored runner-up Lafayette Jeff by 25.5 points in the team standings to win its first sectional title since 2017 and fourth in program history.
Leading the way was Kamarion Ayres, who won both hurdles races, claimed four individual wins, teaming with Curry, Jaymar Johnson and Easton Oakes to win the 400 relay and partnering with Kaiden Konkle, 800-meter individual champ Andrew Weinman and Johnson to close the meet with a first-place finish in the 1,600 relay.
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Lafayette Jeff boys track sectional resules
Team standings: McCutcheon 147, Lafayette Jeff 121.5, North Montgomery 83, Seeger 59, Clinton Central 58.5, Frankfort 54, Crawfordsville 49, Clinton Prairie 19, Central Catholic 19, North Vermillion 11, Attica 2, Fountain Central 1
Regional qualifiers
3,200 relay – 1. Clinton Central (Kaleb Jacobs, Carter Cline, Kaleb Griffy, Matthew Dunn) 8:24.94; 2. North Montgomery (Drew Dark, Zach Craig, Kale Mitchell, Payson Frazier) 8:28.02; 3. Lafayette Jeff (Geovane Geo-Perez, Gage Dailey, Raine Hamm, Makaveli Varnadoe) 8:29.80
100 – 1. Elijah Curry (McCutcheon) 11.05; 2. Bryce Vanostran (Lafayette Jeff) 11.25; 3. Mason Meister (Central Catholic) 11.30
110 hurdles – 1. Kamarion Ayres (McCutcheon) 14.84; 2. Braiden Jarboe (Clinton Prairie) 16.49; 3. Keshaun Burns (Lafayette Jeff) 16.55
200 – 1. Bryce Vanostran (Lafayette Jeff) 22.52 (sectional record); 2. Elijah Curry (McCutcheon) 22.68; 3. Landon Dispennett (Seeger) 22.70
1,600 – 1. Spencer Dunn (Clinton Central) 4:30.02; 2. Andrew Weinman (McCutcheon) 4:37.43; 3. Josh Inskeep (Crawfordsville) 4:42.14
400 relay – 1. McCutcheon (Jaymar Johnson, Kamarion Ayres, Easton Oakes, Elijah Curry) 42.87 (sectional record); 2. Lafayette Jeff (Paul Walgamuth, Royce Clevenger, Tarvaris Fernandez, Bryce Vanostran) 43.08; 3. North Montgomery (Dakota Glasson, Eli Peebles, Bennett Oppy, Hunter Haworth) 43.90
400 – 1. Landon Dispennett (Seeger) 49.37 (sectional record); 2. Kaiden Konkle (McCutcheon) 50.29; 3. Max Whitlock (Frankfort) 51.09
300 hurdles – 1. Kamarion Ayres (McCutcheon) 39.16 (sectional record); 2. Matthew Dunn (Clinton Central) 41.57; 3. Levi Jacobs (Clinton Central) 42.65
800 – 1. Andrew Weinman (McCutcheon) 2:02.04; 2. Spencer Dunn (Clinton Central) 2:03.59; 3. Jose Raynal (Seeger) 2:03.80
3,200 – 1. Josh Inskeep (Crawfordsville) 10:10.85; 2. Drew Dark (North Montgomery) 10:14.27; 3. Carter Cline (Clinton Central) 10:15.19
1,600 relay – 1. McCutcheon (Kaiden Konkle, Jaymar Johnson, Andrew Weinman, Kamarion Ayres) 3:27.56 (sectional record); 2. Frankfort (Jaydon Davis, Brandon Delgado-Salamanca, Brock Dudley, Max Whitlock) 3:29.72; 3. Seeger (Parker Bryant, Nicholas Wallpe, Reid Dispennett, Landon Dispennett) 3:30.52
Long jump – 1. Clayton Brown (North Montgomery) 20-5 1/2; 2. Eli Peebles (North Montgomery) 20-5 1/2; 3. Conner Rios (Clinton Prairie) 20-1 3/4
High jump – 1. Bryce Vanostran (Lafayette Jeff) 6-0; 2. Eli Peebles (North Montgomery) 5-10; 3. Omar Williams (Lafayette Jeff) 5-8
Discus – 1. Isaiah Max (Seeger) 151-0; 2. Micah Kiser (McCutcheon) 138-11; 3. Kyron Smith (Lafayette Jeff) 138-8
Shot put – 1. Elijah McQuiller (Lafayette Jeff) 46-8; 2. Terry Kenner (McCutcheon) 46-7; 3. Gage Taylor (North Montgomery) 46-0
Pole vault – 1. Owen Hudspith (Frankfort) 15-0 (sectional record); 2. Jonathan Walgamuth (Lafayette Jeff) 11-6; 3. Paul Walgamuth (Lafayette Jeff) 11-0
This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: McCutcheon boys track wins first sectional title since 2017
Reporting by Sam King, Lafayette Journal & Courier / Lafayette Journal & Courier
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