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State Champions                                                       Last Year’s Girls State Meet



                                                                                     Indianapolis Cathedral Wins First Girls Track and Field State Title

                                                                                    In a hotly contested event that went   Sophomore Lily Cridge of Indianapolis   North Central junior Ramiah Elliott was
                                                                                    down to the wire, Indianapolis Cathedral   Bishop Chatard set the lone state record   able to defend her state titles from 2019
                                                                                    edged the field to clinch its first-ever   of the meet winning the 3200 meters   in the 200 meters (24.33) and 400 meters
                                                                                    girls track and field state championship.   in a time of 10:03.16 which eclipsed   (55.08), and was a member of North
                                                                                    This year’s state meet was moved to   the 10:11.20 set by Mishawaka’s Anna   Central’s winning 400 meter relay team
                                                                                    Ben  Davis High School after Indiana   Rohrer in 2015.  (47.32), alongside Lailah Jewell, Delaney
                                                                                    University was unable to host due to             Moore, and Janae Bailey.
                                                                                    COVID-19 restrictions.   Senior Tacoria Humphrey took first   Junior Addison Wiley of Huntington North
                                                                                    A three-way tie existed between Warren   place in the high jump at 5-9 to head   was also a double winner defending her
                                                                                                             up Warren Central’s runner-up effort.
                                                                                    Central, Lawrence Central and North   She also was a fourth place finisher in   title in the 1600 meters (4:45.27) and tak-
                                                                                    Central (Indianapolis) heading into   the 200 meters. Freshman Laila Smith   ing home the 800 meter crown (2:08.62).
                                                                                    the 1600 relay, the final event of the   impressed by finishing third in the 300
                                                                                    evening, with Cathedral in fourth with           Senior Erikka Hill of Shenandoah ended
                                                                                    29 points. Three more teams also had a   hurdles and fifth in the long jump to help   her career by defending her state title in
                                                                                    mathematical chance at the crown. But   the Warriors cause.  the shot put with a throw of 45-4.25.
                                                                                    it was Cathedral, who pulled away on             Attendance for the event was 4,380.
                                                                                    junior Reese Sanders’ anchor leg, who
                                                                                    won in 3:54.24 capturing 10 points and
                                                                                    ultimately the team title for the school
                 2021 IHSAA Girls Track and Field State Champion                    with 39 points. Warren Central finished
                                                                                    fourth in the race and thus one point shy
                            Indianapolis Cathedral Irish                            of the team title with 38 points. Zionsville
                                                                                    ended third in the overall standings with
        Year   Champion        Runner-Up       Score   Venue                          33 points.
        1973-74   Harrison (W. Lafayette)   Indpls. Washington   32-27   North Central HS, Indianapolis
                               West Lafayette                                       Sanders also took first in the 300 hurdles
        1974-75   Indianapolis Washington    —   36-36   North Central HS, Indianapolis      with a time of 43.36, and third place
               Jeffersonville
        1975-76   Wawasee      Jeffersonville   30-28   North Central HS, Indianapolis   in the 100 hurdles. The Irish picked
        1976-77   Jeffersonville   Evansville Bosse   34-20   North Central HS, Indianapolis      up valuable points from senior Alexis
                                                                                    Parchman in the 100 meters as well as
               Marion
        1977-78   Indianapolis Arlington   Jeffersonville   41-34   Warren Central HS, Indpls.   its 400 meter relay team, both of which
        1978-79   Fort Wayne Wayne   Fort Wayne South Side   48-36   Warren Central HS, Indpls.   claimed fourth place. Cathedral won the
        1979-80   Fort Wayne South Side   Fort Wayne Wayne   38-29   North Central HS, Indianapolis   state title with only five qualifying
        1980-81   Fort Wayne Northrop   Gary West Side   38-26   North Central HS, Indianapolis      runners. Their one-point margin of victory
               Indianapolis Marshall
        1981-82   Gary West Side   Anderson    33-32   North Central HS, Indianapolis   equaled the meet’s closest finishes in
        1982-83   Gary Roosevelt   Harding     32-26   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI      1982 and 1997 and it was lowest winning
        1983-84   North Central (Indpls.)   Fort Wayne South Side   38-32   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI   point total in 27 years.
        1984-85   Fort Wayne South Side   Gary Roosevelt   50-39   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI
        1985-86   Fort Wayne South Side   North Central (Indpls.)   42-38   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI
        1986-87   North Central (Indpls.)   Fort Wayne Snider   34-31   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI
        1987-88   Perry Meridian   Fort Wayne South Side   32-26   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI
        1988-89   Fort Wayne South Side   North Central (Indpls.)   40-36   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI   2020-21 State Champions
        1989-90   Gary Roosevelt   Fort Wayne Northrop   37-34   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI                                              Final Team Standings
        1990-91   Fort Wayne Northrop   Gary Roosevelt   58-54   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI
        1991-92   Gary Wallace   Fort Wayne Northrop   65-37   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI   Event   Champion    School                        Time/Dist./Ht.
        1992-93   Gary Wallace   Benton Central   70-40   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI                                                     1.   Indpls. Cathedral   39
        1993-94   Gary Wallace   Benton Central   39-34   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI    Pole Vault   Taylor Jarosinski (12)   Center Grove   13-0  2.   Warren Central   38
        1994-95   Harding      Gary Wallace    55-29   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI       Long Jump   Michelle Nazarov (12)   Zionsville   19-0
        1995-96   Harding      —               49-49   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI                                                        3.   Zionsville   33
               Lawrence Central                                                      Discus   Mia Pulianas (12)   Elkhart   144-5     T4. North Central (Indpls.)  32
        1996-97   Pike         Gary Wallace    47-46   North Central High School     High Jump   Tacoria Humphrey (12)   Warren Central   5-9
        1997-98   Carmel       Pike            40-38   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI                                                        T4. Lawrence Central   32
        1998-99   Carmel       Pike            45-38   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI        Shot Put   Erikka Hill (12)   Shenandoah   45-4.25
        1999-00   Fort Wayne Northrop   Gary West Side   44-35   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI                                               6.   Indpls. Bishop Chatard  27
        2000-01   Fort Wayne Northrop   Carmel   55-46   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI      3200 Relay              Carmel         9:11.27   T7. Hamilton Southeastern  26
        2001-02   Fort Wayne Northrop   Warren Central   60-49   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI      (Annie Christie 12, Jasmine Klopstad 10, Mahalet Zeruesenay 12, Abbey Grogan 12)
        2002-03   Fort Wayne Northrop   Warren Central   93-85   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI                                               T7. Lake Central   26
        2003-04   Fort Wayne Northrop   Fort Wayne Concordia   90-81   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  100 Hurdles  Rachel Mehringer (10)   Forest Park   :14.35  T7. Center Grove   26
        2004-05   Fort Wayne Northrop   Lawrence Central   65-37   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  100 Meters   Taylor Herbert (12)   Lawrence Central   :12.03
        2005-06   Warren Central   FW Northrop/Muncie Central   47-41   Robert Haugh Complex, IU                                      10. Carmel       22
        2006-07   Warren Central   Lawrence North/Valparaiso   64-34   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  1600 Meters  Addison Wiley (11)   Huntington North   4:45.27
        2007-08   Warren Central   North Central (Indpls.)   47-43   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  400 Relay      North Central (Indpls.)  :47.32
        2008-09   Lawrence North   Warren Central   51-45   Robert Haugh Complex, IU
        2009-10   Lawrence Central   Lawrence North   44-41   Robert Haugh Complex, IU    (Lailah Jewell 9, Delaney Moore 12, Ramiah Elliott 11, Janae Bailey 10)
        2010-11   Fort Wayne Northrop   —      42-42   Robert Haugh Complex, IU      400 Meters   Ramiah Elliott (11)   North Central (Indpls.)  :55.08
               Lawrence North
        2011-12   Pike         Fort Wayne Northrop   55-49   Robert Haugh Complex, IU   300 Hurdles  Reese Sanders (11)   Indpls. Cathedral   :43.36
        2012-13   Fort Wayne Northrop   Lawrence Central   60-51   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  800 Meters   Addison Wiley (11)   Huntington North   2:08.62
        2013-14   Lawrence Central   Pike      47-38   Robert Haugh Complex, IU
        2014-15   Pike         Warren Central   50-48   Robert Haugh Complex, IU     200 Meters   Ramiah Elliott (11)   North Central (Indpls.)  :24.33
        2015-16   Warren Central   Pike        70-48   Robert Haugh Complex, IU
        2016-17   Warren Central   Hamilton Southeastern   55-46   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  3200 Meters  Lily Cridge (10)   Indpls. Bishop Chatard  10:03.16
        2017-18   Hamilton Southeastern   Brebeuf   62-44   Robert Haugh Complex, IU                1600 Relay      Indpls. Cathedral   3:54.24
        2018-19   North Central   Warren Central   75-52   Robert Haugh Complex, IU
        2019-20  Tournament Cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic                       (Reese Sanders 11, Milani Kimble 11, Sidney Sanders 10, Kaylah Pitts 12)
        2020-21         Indianapolis Cathedral                Warren Central                      39-38               Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis
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