IHSAA girls' track: Regional qualifiers for Mooresville, Monrovia, DC, Indian Creek

Schools in and around Morgan County were able to send plenty of girls' track athletes to the next round during sectionals Tuesday.

Here's a look at who made the cut to perform at regionals next week for Mooresville, Monrovia, Decatur Central and Indian Creek.

Mooresville (Zionsville sectional)

In what is always a hypercompetitive sectional, the Pioneers managed to send three individual performers and two relay teams to regionals at Lafeyette Jefferson next week.

Mooresville star runner Alysha Bradford upped her game to the next level, setting two new records for herself. She broke the school record in the 400, previously held by herself, finishing the race in 57.74 seconds for the first place sectional crown.

Bradford followed it up with a personal record in the 200-meter dash (25.31), placing second and coming within 0.4 of the school record.

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Rebecca Leitzman led the way in field events, nabbing second place in the shot put by throwing the weighted ball 37 feet and 7.25 inches. Madelynn Denny ran the 100-meter dash a season best 12.51 seconds (fifth) to also qualify for regionals.

As for the relay's, the 4x100 team of Kaitlyn Strietelmeier, Denny, Lauren Atwell and Olivia Henderson placed fourth with a 50.44 finish and the 4x400 team of Bradford, Atwell, Strietelmeier and Henderson ran a 4:12.30 for sixth. Both made the cut for regionals.

Even with five competitors going to regionals, the team posted personal and season best records across the board. The 4x800-meter relay team ran the event a season best 10:33.04, Strietelmeier (13.16) notched a season best performance in the 100-meter dash and Caia Moore went for a personal record in both the 100 (17.03) and 300-meter (52.35) hurdles.

Monrovia (Zionsville sectional)

Monrovia's girls' track team has been a force all season, and that didn't change during sectionals.

As a team the Bulldogs placed sixth with 33 points, crowning two sectional champs, sending two individuals and two relay teams to regionals next week.

Hurdles star Joslyn Young captured yet another sectional championship in the 300-meter hurdles, the third time she's done so in her career. Young completed the race in 47.02 seconds, edging out Avon's Jordan Denagall (47.56).

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When it came to discus, Whitney Willett topped all the competition, tossing for 111 feet and 3 inches to come away with the sectional title.

The Bulldogs' 4x100 relay squad of Young, Ashley Trudeau, Samantha Kluemper and Shelby Clements ran the fastest time Monrovia has ever had, breaking the school record by finishing in 51.82 seconds, placing sixth to head to regionals,

The same four made up the 4x400 team which finished fifth (4:07.06) to also head to regionals.

Decatur Central (Pike sectional)

The Hawks saw a lot of success in Indianapolis, boasting four athletes and one relay team who will make the trip to regionals at Ben Davis next week.

Senior long distance runner Ayva Schmalz proved to be as efficient as ever, scoring two top five finishes to compete in two events at regionals. She ran the 1,600-meter race in 5:32.94, which was enough for second place. She wrapped up the day with a 12:08.59 run in the 3,200-meter race, which was good for fifth.

The field events are where Decatur Central really excelled, with three of its four advancers coming from the long jump, discus and shot put.

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Aliseonna Garnett was the top competitor, notching a regional berth in both the discus (106-03, third) and shot put (39-01.00, second). With her is Katie Tran, who threw the discus 103 feet and six inches for fourth place, and Miranda Woodard, who cleared a 4-foot, 10-inch bar for third place in the high jump.

The 4x100 relay team of Jacey Wheeler, Jameela Hydre-Yusoff, Mercy Oyetola and Neveah Hearn will also get a shot to make the state finals next week

Indian Creek (Franklin sectional)

Three individuals and two relay teams will represent the Braves at the Franklin regionals next week.

Molly Margison served as the Braves top individual placer, finishing fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.82, a new personal record. in the 300-meter hurdles, Ella Taylor set a new school record, previously held by herself, with a 48.71 finish for seventh.

On the distance side, Samuela Grosso set a personal record in the 800-meter race with a 2:25.18 run to place sixth.

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The Braves' 4x800-meter relay team of Grosso, Phoebe Dowty, Hannah Seitzinger, Paige Iaria, proved it could compete with the best of them, coming in at third (9:56.90) behind Center Grove (9:55.46) by less than a second, setting a new Indian Creek record, breaking the last by nearly eight seconds.

The 4x400 team, consisting of Grosso, Dowty, Iaria and Taylor, also set a new school record, running the race in 4:13.41 to break the previous mark which had been set in 2009.

Contact reporter Devin Voss at dvoss@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @DevinVoss23.

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