Adams' Angel Thomas finishes 4th in 100 at girls state track meet

Tim Creason
·9 min read
South Bend Adams Angel Thomas competes in the 100 meter dash during the IHSAA girls track and field state finals on Friday, June 3, 2022, at Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex, at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
South Bend Adams Angel Thomas competes in the 100 meter dash during the IHSAA girls track and field state finals on Friday, June 3, 2022, at Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex, at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Somebody finally beat Adams junior Angel Thomas in a 100-meter dash.  But it took a near-state record to do it.

Indianapolis North Central senior Ramiah Elliott clocked 11.46 seconds to win the 100 during Friday’s girls state finals at the Indiana University track in Bloomington. That was the second-fastest time ever in the history of the state meet, trailing only Pike’s Lynna Irby, who clocked 11.41 in 2017.

In Elliotts’ wake came Thomas, who clocked a blistering 11.91 of her own to finish fourth.  She ran 11.96 in the qualifying heats, proving she would have a good day.

Thomas dominated the 100 in northern Indiana this spring, and, in fact, her clocking in Bloomington would have won five of the last 15 state finals.

South Bend Adams Angel Thomas competes in the 100 meter dash during the IHSAA girls track and field state finals on Friday, June 3, 2022, at Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex, at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
South Bend Adams Angel Thomas competes in the 100 meter dash during the IHSAA girls track and field state finals on Friday, June 3, 2022, at Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex, at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Thomas, who easily won at the Mishawaka girls sectional and Kokomo regional, had the same official time as third-place Camryn Dunn of Chesterton.  However, a review of the photo finish revealed Dunn edged Thomas by six-one thousandths of a second.

The 100 was one of only three events where Tribune-area girls won award medals Friday.

Michigan City’s Zaira Truvillion joined Thomas on the awards stand in the 100. She finished eighth in 12.13.

LaPorte freshman Lila Gillisse showed her future may be bright in the 3200-meter run, as she finished eighth in a personal best 10:46.22.

And in the 4 x 800 relay, Penn collected a ninth-place finish to also make the awards stand.  Julia Smith, Mary Eubank, Abby Stevens and Julia Economou ran a season-best 9:25.87.

The girls state meet was dominated by central Indiana teams, with Indianapolis North Central scoring 55 points for the win. Noblesville was second with 40.

Three state meet records fell, with Huntington North’s Addison Wiley collecting two of them.  Her 4:38.69 in the 1600-meter run shattered the old standard of 4:43.46 held by Waverly Neer of Culver Academies.  She also won the 800 in a state meet best of 2:06.26.

Forest Park’s Rachel Mehringer set a new state meet record of 13.92 in the 100-meter hurdles.

Local athletes came close but just missed out on medals in a few events.  Elkhart’s Mady Axon finished 10th in the high jump by clearing 5 feet, 4 inches.  Only the top nine finishers won medals.

Penn’s Mary Eubank was 12th in the 3200-meter run.  Economou was 11th in the 800.

IHSAA GIRLS STATE 

TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 

At Indiana University, Bloomington 

TEAM SCORES (TOP TEN): Indianapolis North Central 55, Noblesville 40, Zionsville 32, Bloomington North 28, Huntington North 27, Hamilton Southeastern 26, Carmel 24, Indianapolis Park Tudor 23, Lake Central 23, Center Grove 23.  TRIBUNE AREA:  South Bend Adams 6 … La Porte 2, Michigan City 2 … Penn 1. 

IHSAA MEDAL WINNERS & TRIBUNE-AREA RESULTS 

4 x 800 relay: 1, Valparaiso (Cheyanne Stock, Lillian Maldia, Kaylie Politza, Brooke Byvoets) 9:03.91.  2, Columbus North 9:08.32.  3, Noblesville 9:09.83.  4, Carmel  9:14.59.  5, Floyd Central 9:17.33.  6, Indianapolis North Central  9:22.20. 7, Hamilton Southeastern 9:22.45.  8, Chesterton 9:22.64.  9, Penn (Julia Smith, Mary Eubank, Abby Stevens, Julia Economou) 9:25.87 … 23, LaPorte (Myrriam Dhoore, Ella Dubs, Brenna Sobecki, Faith Spain) 10:09.03 … 25, NorthWood (Emilie Allen, Sydney Prenkert, Mackinze Brewer, Savanah Slone) 10:20.04. 

100 hurdles: 1, Rachel Mehringer (Forest Park) 13.92 (STATE MEET RECORD).  2, Taylor Jackson (Merrillville) 13.97. 3, Ally Elsbury (Hamilton SE) 14.26.  4, Reese Sanders (Indianapolis Cathedral) 14.26.  5, Morgan Patterson (FW Northrop) 14.38.  6, Madi Kramer (Center Grove) 14.39.  7, Jaliyah Paige (FW North Side) 14.50.  8, Kobi Scott (FW Northrop) 14.54.  9, Kyla Kante (Bloomington No) 14.57. … 19, Ella Flick (SB Saint Joseph) 15.44 (heats) … 25, Kayla Douglas (SB Adams) 15.61 (heats). 

100: 1, Ramiah Elliott (Indianapolis North Central) 11.46. 2, Sophia Yovanovich (Zionsville) 11.82.  3, Camryn Dunn (Chesterton) 11.91.  4, Angel Thomas (SB Adams) 11.91.  5, Lyric Steele (Charlestown) 11.95.  6, Nyla Jones (Ben Davis) 12.04.  7, Ella Scally (Fishers) 12.11.  8, Zaira Truvillion (Michigan City) 12.13.  9, Courtney Jones (Terre Haute So) 12.15 … 24, Brooklyn Williams (Washington) 12.68 (heats). 

1600: 1, Addison Wiley (Huntington No) 4:38.69 (STATE MEET RECORD).  2, Nicki Southerland (Delta) 4:43.99. 3, Gretchen Farley (Indianapolis Park Tudor) 4:50.35.  4, Jaydon Cirincione (Floyd Central) 4:55.55.  5, Bridget Gallagher (Guerin Catholic) 4:56.63.  6, Karina James (Lowell) 4:57.24.  7, Veronica Hargrave (Plainfield) 4:57.29.  8, Josefina Rastrelli (Warsaw) 5:00.08.  9, Jacqueline Brasseale (Evansville Memorial) 5:01.10 … 16, Julie Smith (Penn) 5:15.70 … 25, Lillian Zelasko (New Prairie) 5:41.17. 

4 x 100 relay:  1, Zionsville (Michelle Nazarov, Omema Anyanwu, Lily Robinson, Sophia Yovanovich) 47.23. 2, Brownsburg 47.61.  3, Lake Central 47.91.  4, Indianapolis North Central 47.95.  5, Fort Wayne Northrop 48.07.  6, Hamilton Southeastern 48.30.  7, Terre Haute South 48.28.  8, Warren Central 48.43.  9, Avon 48.52 … 23, NorthWood (Hannah Chupp, Claire Payne, Megan Mikel, Elayna Yoder) 50.11 … 24, South Bend Adams (Isabella Soens, Sofia Frazee, Kayla Douglas, Angel Thomas) 50.33. 

400: 1, Ramiah Elliott (Indianapolis North Central) 54.75.  2, Olivia Cebalo (Carmel) 56.08.  3, Camryn Dunn (Chesterton) 56.64.  4, Kacyra Simmons (Ben Davis) 56.87.  5, Jaylie Lohmeyer (Harrison-Lafayette) 56.92.  6, Jayda Holbrook (Charlestown) 57.02.  7, Kate Henselmeier (Center Grove) 57.45.  8, Cambell Wamsley (Carmel) 57.50.  9, Jada Stansberry (Alexandria-Monroe) 57.79 … 23, Terryah Leonard (SB Washington) 1:00.81. 

300 hurdles: 1, Reese Sanders (Indianapolis Cathedral) 42.99.  2, Kiana Siefert (Noblesville) 44.24.  3, Leah Handshoe (Leo) 44.64.  4, Ryann Parrish (Homestead) 44.73.  5, Jada-Marie Davis (Harrison-Lafayette) 45.14.  6, Elia Blackmore (Hamilton SE) 45.14.  7, Mary Bea Sowinski (Indianapolis Bishop Chatard) 45.24.  8, Ella Francis (Bloomington No) 45.27.  9, Anne Carmichael (Lake Central) 45.43 … 15, Ella Frick (SB Saint Joseph) 46.34. 

800: 1, Addison Wiley (Huntington No) 2:06.26 (STATE MEET RECORD).  2, Gretchen Farley (Park Tudor) 2:09.89.  3, Kaylie Politza (Valparaiso) 2:10.69.  4, Emma Hellwege (Wheeler) 2:13.46.  5, Nola Somers Glenn (Bloomington No) 2:13.97.  6, Lily Baker (Columbus No) 2:15.17.  7, Summer Rempe (Noblesville) 2:15.53.  8, Mary Isabella Hodges (Center Grove) 2:15.94.  9, Brinkley Cooper (Noblesville) 2:16.08 … 11, Julia Economou (Penn) 2:16.75 … 24, Lauren Frick (SB Saint Joseph) 2:22.66. 

200: 1, Ramiah Elliott (Indianapolis North Central) 23.63. 2, Kacyra Simmons (Ben Davis) 24.31.  3, Alana Springer (Avon) 24.63.  4, Lyric Steele (Charlestown) 24.74.  5, Janae Bailey (Indianapolis North Central) 24.95.  6, Jila Vaden (Warren Central) 25.22.  7, Ella Scally (Fishers) 25.33.  8, Madi Kramer (Center Grove) 25.40.  9, Kayana Maroska (Greenfield Central) 25.61 … 24, Angel Thomas (SB Adams) 28.01 (heats) … Ja’leilya Williams (Elkhart) false start. 

3200: 1, Nicki Southerland (Delta) 10:22.82.  2, Sophia Kennedy (Park Tudor) 10:25.02.  3, Addison Wiley (Huntington North) 10:38.57.  4, Karina James (Lowell) 10:40.60.  5, Kendall Martin (Indianapolis Brebeuf) 10:40.97.  6, Julia Kiesler (Columbus No) 10:42.50.  7, Bailey Ranta (Chesterton) 10:43.03.  8, Lila Gillisse (La Porte) 10:46.22. 9, Jaydon Cirincione (Floyd Central) 10:47.35 … 12, Mary Eubank (Penn) 11:02.32 … 20, Ellie Stabnik (Penn) 11:16.90 … 24, Lillian Zelasko (New Prairie) 11:44.30. 

4 x 400 relay: 1, Indianapolis North Central (Cassity Jones, Janae Bailey, Lailah Jewell, Ramiah Elliott) 3:52.56. 2, Carmel 3:53.39.  3, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard 3:55.00.  4, Hamilton Southeastern 3:57.28.  5, Noblesville 3:57.56.  6, Brownsburg 3:58.24.  7, Homestead 3:58.47.  8, Zionsville 3:58.76. 9, Valparaiso 3:59.08 … 16, Northridge (Elainna Papandrea, Olivia Adkins, Jen’Daesha Brown, Tame Baylis) 4:04.77. 

High jump: 1, Emily Nannenga (Kankakee Valley) 5-10.  2, Kya Crooke (Heritage Christian) 5-7.  3, Taylor Schoonveld (Kankakee Valley) 5-7.  4, Tie between Josie Page (Wood Memorial) and Ellie Irwin (Greenwood) 5-7.  6, Malina Miller (Noblesville) 5-6.  7, Lena Spiller (Culver Academies) 5-5.  8, Kelsey Smith (Hamilton Heights) 5-5.  9, Marin Hart (Warsaw) 5-4 … 10, Mady Axson (Elkhart) 5-4.  

Long jump:  1, Alexia Smith (Evansville Bosse) 18-9 ¾.  2, Courtney Jones (Terre Haute So) 18-8 ½.  3, Morgan Patterson (FW Northrop) 18-7 ¾.  4, Kiana Siefert (Noblesville) 18-7 ½.  5, Ella Scally (Fishers) 18-6 ½.  6, Michelle Nazarov (Zionsville) 18-4. 7, Joanna Fields (Valparaiso) 18-2 ¾.  8, Kylee Marshall (Munster) 18-2 ½.  9, Kobi Scott (FW Northrop) 18-2 ¼. 

Shot put: 1, Hadley Lucas (Bloomington No) 46-4 ¼.  2, Shelby Wingler (Center Grove) 45-4 ½.  3, Niesha Anderson (FW Snider) 44-1.  4, Alexandra Sparks (Carroll-FW) 42-9 ½.  5, Emarie Jackson (Greensburg) 42-5 ¼.  6, Kylie Crum (Center Grove) 41-8 ¼.  7, Gwen Howard (Whitko) 41-4 ¾.  8, Quin Lumbley (New Palestine) 41-4.  9, Malena Higgins (Anderson) 41-2 ½. 

Discus: 1, Hadley Lucas (Bloomington No) 147-4.  2, Sarah Schoonmaker (Lake Central) 136-10.  3, Emma Yoder (Wawasee) 134-3.  4, Sydney Miller (New Palestine) 134-1.  5, Hannah Alexander (Noblesville) 133-11.  6, Madison Miller (Culver Academies) 131-10.  7, Drew Mallory (Whiteland) 131-5.  8, Abby Sanner (Warsaw) 129-1.  9, Emarie Jackson (Greensburg) 125-7. 

Pole vault: 1, Mackenzie VanBibber (Plainfield) 12-3.  2, Kennedy Merrell (Zionsville) 12-3.  3, Gwen Schilling (Lake Central) 12-0.  4, Kailee Swart (Indianapolis Cathedral) 11-9.  5, Gabbi Zeilenga (Covenant Christian-DeMotte) 11-9.  6, Annalise Zeinemann (Floyd Central) 11-6.  7, Ashlyn Schwab (Brownsburg) 11-6.  8, Ella Wilhelm (Hamilton SE) 11-6.  9, Laina Lillge (Noblesville) 11-3 … Jill Pletcher (Penn) no height. 

MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD:  Hope Fox (East Central) 

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: High school girls state track meet: Adams' Angel Thomas finishes 4th