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State Champions                                                       Last Year’s Girls State Meet




                                                                                     Elliott carries North Central to fourth state championship, second in four years
                                                                                    North Central Senior Ramiah Elloitt   Bloomington North Sophomore Hadley   Senior Mackenzie VanBibber of
                                                                                    finished first in four events on Friday,   Lucas swept the throwing events on   Plainfield ended her high school career
                                                                                    finishing as state champion in the   Friday, taking first in discus with a throw   with a State Championship in Pole Vault,
                                                                                    100-meter dash, 200-meter dash,   of 147-04 and shot put with a throw of   finishing at a height of 12-03.00. Juniors
                                                                                    400-meter dash, and the 4x400-meter   46-04.25. She will have a chance to   Emily Nannenga of Kankakee Valley and
                                                                                    dash. She is the only track athlete - girls   defend both titles next year.  Alexia Smith of Evansville Bosse took
                                                                                    or boys - to win that quadruple crown            home first in High Jump and Long Jump
                                                                                    in state history. Ramiah finishes her   Forest Park Senior Rachel Mehringer   respectively. Both will have a chance to
                                                                                    high school career as an 11-time State   successfully defended her State   defend their title next year.
                                                                                    Champion. She is a one-time state   Championship in the 100-meter hurdles,
                                                                                    champion in the 100, three-time  cham-  posting a State Record time of 13.92
                                                                                    pion in the 200, three-time champion in   in the process. Reese Sanders of
                                                                                    the 400, a two-time champion as a part   Indianapolis Cathedral also defended
                                                                                    of North Central’s 4x100 relay team, and   her title as 300-meter hurdles Champion,
                                                                                    a two-time champion as a part of North   finishing with a time of 42.99.
                                                                                    Central’s 4x400 relay team. A covid
                                                                                    cancellation in 2020 robbed Ramiah
                                                                                    of the chance to finsh as a four-time
                2021-22 IHSAA Girls Track and Field State Champion                  champion in the 200 and 400, but
                                                                                    nevertheless, she graduates as one of
                        North Central (Indianapolis) Panthers                       Indiana’s most decorated runners.
        Year   Champion        Runner-Up       Score   Venue                          Huntington North Senior Addison Wiley
        1973-74   Harrison (W. Lafayette)   Indpls. Washington   32-27   North Central HS, Indianapolis      finished as State Champion in the
                               West Lafayette
        1974-75   Indianapolis Washington    —   36-36   North Central HS, Indianapolis      800-meter run and 1600-meter run,
               Jeffersonville
                                                                                    breaking both State Records in the
        1975-76   Wawasee      Jeffersonville   30-28   North Central HS, Indianapolis   process. She posted a time of 2:06.26
        1976-77   Jeffersonville   Evansville Bosse   34-20   North Central HS, Indianapolis      in the 800, and 4:38.69 in the 1600. She
               Marion
        1977-78   Indianapolis Arlington   Jeffersonville   41-34   Warren Central HS, Indpls.   finishes her outstanding high school
        1978-79   Fort Wayne Wayne   Fort Wayne South Side   48-36   Warren Central HS, Indpls.   career as a two-time State Champion in
        1979-80   Fort Wayne South Side   Fort Wayne Wayne   38-29   North Central HS, Indianapolis
        1980-81   Fort Wayne Northrop   Gary West Side   38-26   North Central HS, Indianapolis      the 800 and three-time State Champion
               Indianapolis Marshall                                                in the 1600. It is important to note that
        1981-82   Gary West Side   Anderson    33-32   North Central HS, Indianapolis   Addison missed a chance to post four
        1982-83   Gary Roosevelt   Harding     32-26   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI
        1983-84   North Central (Indpls.)   Fort Wayne South Side   38-32   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI   State Championship in the 1600 due to
        1984-85   Fort Wayne South Side   Gary Roosevelt   50-39   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI   the Covid cancellation in 2020.
        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
        1989-90   Gary Roosevelt   Fort Wayne Northrop   37-34   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI        2021-22 State Champions               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
        1992-93   Gary Wallace   Benton Central   70-40   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI    Event    Champion       School                        Time/Dist./Ht.  1.   North Central (Indpls.)  55
        1993-94   Gary Wallace   Benton Central   39-34   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI    Pole Vault   Mackenzie VanBibber (12) Plainfield   12-3
        1994-95   Harding      Gary Wallace    55-29   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI                                                        2.   Noblesville   40
        1995-96   Harding      —               49-49   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI       Long Jump   Alexia Smith (11)   Evansville Bosse   18-9.75  3.   Zionsville   32
               Lawrence Central                                                      Discus   Hadley Lucas (10)   Bloomington North   147-4
        1996-97   Pike         Gary Wallace    47-46   North Central High School                                                      4.   Bloomington North   28
        1997-98   Carmel       Pike            40-38   IU Track Stadium, IUPUI       High Jump   Emily Nannenga (11)   Kankakee Valley   5-10
        1998-99   Carmel       Pike            45-38   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI                                                         5.   Huntington North   27
        1999-00   Fort Wayne Northrop   Gary West Side   44-35   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI      Shot Put   Hadley Lucas (10)   Bloomington North   46-4.25  6.   Hamilton Southeastern  26
        2000-01   Fort Wayne Northrop   Carmel   55-46   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI      3200 Relay              Valparaiso     9:03.91
        2001-02   Fort Wayne Northrop   Warren Central   60-49   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI                                               7.   Carmel      24
        2002-03   Fort Wayne Northrop   Warren Central   93-85   Carroll Stadium, IUPUI  (Cheyanne Stock 11, Lillian Maldia 12, Kaylie Politza 12, Brooke Byvoets 10)  T8. Park Tudor   23
        2003-04   Fort Wayne Northrop   Fort Wayne Concordia   90-81   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  100 Hurdles  Rachel Mehringer (11)   Forest Park   :13.92
        2004-05   Fort Wayne Northrop   Lawrence Central   65-37   Robert Haugh Complex, IU                                           T8. Lake Central   23
        2005-06   Warren Central   FW Northrop/Muncie Central   47-41   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  100 Meters   Ramiah Elliott (12)   North Central (Indpls.)  :11.46
        2006-07   Warren Central   Lawrence North/Valparaiso   64-34   Robert Haugh Complex, IU                                       T8. Center Grove   23
        2007-08   Warren Central   North Central (Indpls.)   47-43   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  1600 Meters  Addison Wiley (12)   Huntington North   4:38.69
        2008-09   Lawrence North   Warren Central   51-45   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  400 Relay              Zionsville     :47.23
        2009-10   Lawrence Central   Lawrence North   44-41   Robert Haugh Complex, IU
        2010-11   Fort Wayne Northrop   —      42-42   Robert Haugh Complex, IU       (Michelle Nazarov 12, Omema Anyanwu 9, Lily Robinson 12, Sophia Yovanovich 12)
               Lawrence North                                                        400 Meters   Ramiah Elliott (12)   North Central (Indpls.)  :54.75
        2011-12   Pike         Fort Wayne Northrop   55-49   Robert Haugh Complex, IU
        2012-13   Fort Wayne Northrop   Lawrence Central   60-51   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  300 Hurdles  Reese Sanders (12)   Indpls. Cathedral   :42.99
        2013-14   Lawrence Central   Pike      47-38   Robert Haugh Complex, IU
        2014-15   Pike         Warren Central   50-48   Robert Haugh Complex, IU     800 Meters   Addison Wiley (12)   Huntington North   2:06.26
        2015-16   Warren Central   Pike        70-48   Robert Haugh Complex, IU      200 Meters   Ramiah Elliott (12)   North Central (Indpls.)  :23.63
        2016-17   Warren Central   Hamilton Southeastern   55-46   Robert Haugh Complex, IU
        2017-18   Hamilton Southeastern   Brebeuf   62-44   Robert Haugh Complex, IU                3200 Meters  Nicki Southerland (10)   Delta   10:22.82
        2018-19   North Central (Indianapolis)  Warren Central   75-52   Robert Haugh Complex, IU  1600 Relay      North Central (Indpls.)   3:52.56
        2019-20         Tournament Cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic
        2020-21   Indianapolis Cathedral   Warren Central   39-38   Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis  (Cassity Jones 11, Janae Bailey 11, Lailah Jewell 10, Ramiah Elliott 12)
        2021-22   North Central (Indianapolis)  Noblesville   55-40   Robert Haugh Complex, IU
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