EVANSVILLE — The final weekend of the Indiana high school boys track and field season is set.
A handful of athletes from Southwestern Indiana advanced from the regional at Central High School on Thursday, May 29. The IHSAA state finals will be held on Friday, June 6 at North Central High School in Indianapolis. The top three finishers in each event advanced to state, plus any individual or relay team meeting the three-participant standard in the finals of their event.
Floyd Central clipped North by three points, 76-73, to win the regional team championship. The Huskies had four regional champions in De’Amontey Layne (200), Darian Walker (110 hurdles), the 4×100 relay and 4×400 relay.
The other regional champions from SW Indiana were Karwin Pope (Princeton) in the 100, Reagan Shaver (Mater Dei) in the 400, Dane Kramer (Castle) in the 800, Jackson Nolan (Reitz) in the 3,200, Bret Lange (Heritage Hills) in the 300 hurdles, Castle 4×800 relay and Grant Boyd (Pike Central) in the pole vault.
Evansville Central Regional
Team standings: Floyd Central 76, North 73, Castle 48, Reitz 37, Heritage Hills 36, New Albany 34, Harrison 31, Tell City 31, Mater Dei 29, Princeton 28, Corydon Central 23, Providence 23, North Harrison 22, Gibson Southern 18, Forest Park 14, Jasper 14, Memorial 13, Boonville 12, Northeast Dubois 10, Pike Central 10, Signature School 8, Barr-Reeve 6, Central 5, Wood Memorial 5, Perry Central 4, Mount Vernon 3, Shoals 3, South Knox 3, South Central 2, Borden 1, Bosse 1.
100: Karwin Pope (Princeton) 10.82; Tucker Smith (North Harrison) 11.06; Landon Terry (Tell City) 11.08
200: De’Amontey Layne (North) 21.69; Ben Quach (Castle) 21.93; Cole McBride (North) 22.23
400: Reagan Shaver (Mater Dei) 48.24; Tucker Smith (North Harrison) 49.36; Micah Robling (Harrison) 49.58
800: Dane Kramer (Castle) 1:56.13; Connor Zwissler (Providence) 1:57.10; Jack Moutardier (New Albany) 1:57.29
1,600: Connor Zwissler (Providence) 4:20.14; Jack Wilbourne (Signature) 4:21.29; Brice Johnson (Reitz) 4:22.32
3,200: Jackson Nolan (Reitz) 9:11.09; Carter Zieren (Reitz) 9:14.78; Noah Nifong (Floyd Central) 9:17.58
100 hurdles: Darian Walker (North) 14.16; Henry Dixon (New Albany) 14.42; Brody Riggs (Gibson Southern) 14.61; Isaac Kaiser (Floyd Central) 14.64; Jordan Paul (Boonville) 14.65
300 hurdles: Bret Lange (Heritage Hills) 39.01; Henry Dixon (New Albany) 39.12; Isaac Kaiser (Floyd Central) 40.37
4×100 relay: North 42.26; Harrison 42.63; Castle 42.77
4×400 relay: North 3:22.79; Mater Dei 3:23.95; Corydon Central 3:25.84
4×800 relay: Castle 7:55.17; Memorial 7:56.40; Heritage Hills 8:05.95
High jump: Josh Greiger (Floyd Central) 6-4; Owen Boeglin (Forest Park) 6-3; Joshua Waynescott (North Harrison) 6-3
Pole vault: Grant Boyd (Pike Central) 14-6; Mason Terry (Tell City) 14-6; Noah Buchanan (Mater Dei) 13-9
Long jump: Bryce Kernen (Floyd Central) 23-6; Quinton Burnett (Floyd Central) 22-2.5; Jaylen Wells-Henderson (New Albany) 21-9.25
Shot put: Brock Conrad (Floyd Central) 58-1.5; Ben Brasher (North) 58-0; Tayten Wilson (Harrison) 55-3
Discus: Brock Conrad (Floyd Central) 147-7; Bobby Robinson (Gibson Southern) 145-8.5; Peyton Martin (Heritage Hills) 139-1
This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: These SW Indiana athletes qualified for the 2025 IHSAA boys track and field state finals
Reporting by Kyle Sokeland, Evansville Courier & Press / Evansville Courier & Press
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