BT&F MIC Championship: #1 Ben Davis steamrolls #2 Warren, #3 LN

By Aaron Pittman
HoosierAuthority.com

INDIANAPOLIS – Twelve years and six runner-up finishes later, Ben Davis took home its first Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference boys track & field championship April 25. In a meet bothered by high winds throughout at Ben Davis, the top-ranked Giants racked up 158.5 points by dominating the meet from the start.

Ben Davis won seven of 16 events, including a sweep of the relay events. The Giants also got wins in the 300-meter hurdles by Brandon Newburn (:38.88) and the 400-meter dash by Raphael Williams, and they captured first- and second-place finishes in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

Ben Davis’ Lavarus Williams, who set a state-best time of 10:63 in winning the 100 and also took the 200, was thrilled with the outcome.

“We’re an elite team, and we just wanted to come out and run our race,” Williams said.

Two-time defending state champion No. 2 Warren Central finished second with 98.75 points, just ahead of third-place No. 3 Lawrence North (93.25), a four-time state champ itself. Seven of the state’s 23 top-ranked teams competed in the loaded event.

Lawrence North continued its success in the field events with a first- and second-place finish in the long jump, where Jordan Conley won with a state-best 23’08.75”. LN’s Brandon Pounds was a double winner, pushing past the competition with wins in the shot put (a state-best and meet-record 66’-04”) and discus (169’-02”).

Another meet record (:41.48) was set by the Ben Davis 4×100 meter team of Colin Hester, Matthew Terrell, Raphael Williams, and Williams.

Heading into the state meet May 31 at Indiana University, Ben Davis has made its claim as the team to beat. A boys state title would be the first for the mammoth school on Indianapolis’ far-westside.

Team scores
1. #1 Ben Davis 158.50
2. #2 Warren Central 98.75
3. #3 Lawrence North 93.25
4. #5 Carmel 75.75
5. #13 North Central (Indianapolis) 74.75
6. #12 Center Grove 57
7. #23 Terre Haute North 42
8. Terre Haute South 22

Your individual results (thank you, Dason and your Terre Haute North crew!):

Event 2 Boys 4×800 Meter Relay
7:56.23 STAT
Finals
1 Ben Davis ‘A’ 8:12.93 10
1) Sefton, Nick 12 2) Sutton, Trey 11
3) Martin, Brian 12 4) Orea, Derrick 12
2 North Central ‘A’ 8:16.29 8
1) Wilkins, Barry 2) Kinkead, Kris 12
3) Marcus, David 12 4) Scott, Beau 10
3 Carmel ‘A’ 8:24.83 6
1) Gomez, Steven 2) McRoberts, Luke
3) Romaniuk, Scott 4) Brunk, Colin
4 Warren Central ‘A’ 8:24.86 5
1) Bixler, Tim 11 2) Shickles, Kyle 11
3) Doerflein, Sahun 12 4) Mathews, Joel 12
5 Terre Haute North ‘A’ 8:27.41 4
1) Davis, John 10 2) Brinza, Milton 9
3) Query, Brandon 11 4) Mayhew, Zack 12
6 Lawrence North ‘A’ 8:43.33 3
1) Bagby, Logan 9 2) Wolfe, Scott 9
3) Kuhl, Pierce 12 4) Salupo, Nicholas 11
7 Center Grove ‘A’ 8:44.68 2
1) Raker, Evan 11 2) Land, Evan 11
3) Catt, Nathanial 10 4) Wright, Jeremy 10
8 Terre Haute South ‘A’ 8:53.50 1
1) Sullivan, Andrew 12 2) Stinnet, Deli
3) Bender, Jessie 4) Collier, Matt

Event 4 Boys 100 Meter Dash
10.94 STAT
Preliminaries
1 Wilson, Traquincey 12 Lawrence North 10.84QSTAT 2
2 Williams, Lavarus 12 Ben Davis 10.86QSTAT 1
3 Terrell, Matthew 11 Ben Davis 10.86QSTAT 2
4 Smith, Shaun 12 Terre Haute Nort 10.90QSTAT 1
5 Campbell, Michael 12 Warren Central 11.06Q 1
6 Vines, Elijah 12 North Central 11.15Q 2
7 Conley, Jordan 10 Lawrence North 11.21q 1
8 Broaden, John 10 North Central 11.23q 1
9 Cheesebourough, George 11 Warren Central 11.28q 2
10 Jones, Kevin 11 Center Grove 11.31 1
11 Jones, Kyle 11 Center Grove 11.46 2
12 Batten, Justin Carmel 11.55 2
13 Brown, Elias Terre Haute Sout 11.59 2
14 Strassler, Lucas 10 Terre Haute Nort 11.98 2
15 Edwards, Zach Terre Haute Sout 12.00 1

Finals
1 Williams, Lavarus 12 Ben Davis 10.63 STAT 10
2 Terrell, Matthew 11 Ben Davis 10.70 STAT 8
3 Wilson, Traquincey 12 Lawrence North 10.77 STAT 6
4 Smith, Shaun 12 Terre Haute Nort 10.84 STAT 5
5 Campbell, Michael 12 Warren Central 11.12 4
6 Vines, Elijah 12 North Central 11.15 3
7 Conley, Jordan 10 Lawrence North J11.15 2
8 Cheesebourough, Ge 11 Warren Central 11.17 1
9 Broaden, John 10 North Central 11.41
Preliminaries
10 Jones, Kevin 11 Center Grove
11 Jones, Kyle 11 Center Grove
12 Batten, Justin Carmel
13 Brown, Elias Terre Haute Sout
14 Strassler, Lucas 10 Terre Haute Nort
15 Edwards, Zach Terre Haute Sout

Event 6 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
14.73 STAT
Preliminaries
1 Richardson, D’Juan 12 Warren Central 14.25QSTAT 1
2 Collins, Marquis 11 Warren Central 14.64QSTAT 2
3 Harper, Joshua 12 Lawrence North 14.37QSTAT 1
4 Newbern, Brandon 12 Ben Davis 14.74Q 2
4 Swift, Luke 11 Center Grove 14.74Q 2
6 Luallen, Jordan 11 Center Grove 15.14Q 1
7 Rose, Robert 10 Ben Davis 15.15q 1
8 Jones, David Carmel 15.89q 2
9 Gueye, Racine 12 North Central 16.01q 2
10 Gambles, Josh 12 North Central 16.39 1
11 Hosier, Dayne 11 Terre Haute Nort 16.41 2
12 Muncie, Brandon 9 Lawrence North 16.75 2
13 Stratford, Troy Carmel 17.11 1
14 Miller, Jordan 11 Terre Haute Nort 17.25 1
15 Tapia, Erwin Terre Haute Sout 18.16 2
16 Payne, Kenny Terre Haute Sout 18.23 1

Finals
1 Richardson, D’Juan 12 Warren Central 13.96 STAT 10
2 Harper, Joshua 12 Lawrence North 14.32 STAT 8
3 Newbern, Brandon 12 Ben Davis 14.34 STAT 6
4 Collins, Marquis 11 Warren Central 14.36 STAT 5
5 Swift, Luke 11 Center Grove 14.54 STAT 4
6 Luallen, Jordan 11 Center Grove 14.97 3
7 Rose, Robert 10 Ben Davis 15.06 2
8 Gueye, Racine 12 North Central 15.48 1
9 Jones, David Carmel 16.06
Preliminaries
10 Gambles, Josh 12 North Central
11 Hosier, Dayne 11 Terre Haute Nort
12 Muncie, Brandon 9 Lawrence North
13 Stratford, Troy Carmel
14 Miller, Jordan 11 Terre Haute Nort
15 Tapia, Erwin Terre Haute Sout
16 Payne, Kenny Terre Haute Sout

Event 8 Boys 200 Meter Dash
22.29 STAT
Preliminaries
1 Terrell, Matthew 11 Ben Davis 21.68QSTAT 1
2 Williams, Lavarus 12 Ben Davis 22.12QSTAT 2
3 Smith, Shaun 12 Terre Haute Nort 22.47Q 1
4 Thomas, Mykal 12 Warren Central 22.62Q 2
5 Williams, Eric 11 Warren Central 22.52Q 1
6 Shank, Khyran 10 North Central 22.85Q 2
7 Blackburn, Tarus 12 Lawrence North 22.69q 1
8 Rippe, Joe Carmel 22.81q 1
9 Jones, Kevin 11 Center Grove 22.82q 1
10 Vines, Elijah 12 North Central 22.86 1
11 Majors, Justin 12 Lawrence North 23.31 2
12 Jones, Kyle 11 Center Grove 23.39 2
13 Wiram, Lonnie Terre Haute Sout 23.68 1
14 Brown, Elias Terre Haute Sout 23.87 2
15 Brinson, Devin Carmel 23.99 2
16 Strassler, Lucas 10 Terre Haute Nort 26.16 2

Finals
1 Williams, Lavarus 12 Ben Davis 22.10 STAT 10
2 Terrell, Matthew 11 Ben Davis 22.15 STAT 8
3 Smith, Shaun 12 Terre Haute Nort 23.10 6
4 Shank, Khyran 10 North Central 23.28 5
5 Thomas, Mykal 12 Warren Central 23.29 4
6 Blackburn, Tarus 12 Lawrence North 23.72 3
7 Jones, Kevin 11 Center Grove 23.75 2
8 Rippe, Joe Carmel 23.83 1
9 Williams, Eric 11 Warren Central 25.93
Preliminaries
10 Vines, Elijah 12 North Central
11 Majors, Justin 12 Lawrence North
12 Jones, Kyle 11 Center Grove
13 Wiram, Lonnie Terre Haute Sout
14 Brown, Elias Terre Haute Sout
15 Brinson, Devin Carmel
16 Strassler, Lucas 10 Terre Haute Nort

Event 10 Boys 1600 Meter Run
4:20.02 STAT
Finals
1 Porter, Dan Carmel 4:38.28 10
2 White, Donavan 12 Ben Davis 4:39.73 8
3 Johnson, Trai Shau 10 Ben Davis 4:39.75 6
4 Smith, JD Carmel 4:40.67 5
5 Sullivan, Andrew 12 Terre Haute Sout 4:41.68 4
6 Mathews, Joel 12 Warren Central 4:42.00 3
7 Serna, Ben 12 Center Grove 4:44.07 2
8 Lammers, Rod 12 North Central 4:44.66 1
9 Stanley, Scott 9 Lawrence North 4:50.43
10 Davis, John 10 Terre Haute Nort 4:51.30
11 Boyd, Chris Lawrence North 4:51.89
12 Pack, Caleb 11 Warren Central 4:51.91
13 Query, Brandon 11 Terre Haute Nort 4:54.83
14 Geshay, Connor 10 North Central 4:57.11
15 Catt, Nathanial 10 Center Grove 4:57.31
16 Harlan, Clayton Terre Haute Sout 4:58.18

Event 12 Boys 4×100 Meter Relay
42.66 STAT
Finals
1 Ben Davis ‘A’ 41.48 STAT 10
1) Hester, Colin 11 2) Williams, Lavarus 12
3) Williams, Rapheal 12 4) Terrell, Matthew 11
2 Lawrence North ‘A’ 42.21 STAT 8
1) Blackburn, Tarus 12 2) Conley, Jordan 10
3) Wilson, Traquincey 12 4) Majors, Justin 12
3 Warren Central ‘A’ 43.26 6
1) Cheesebourough, George 11 2) Williams, Eric 11
3) Campbell, Michael 12 4) Thomas, Mykal 12
4 North Central ‘A’ 43.95 5
1) Broaden, John 10 2) Shank, Khyran 10
3) Vines, Elijah 12 4) Lincey, Dominique 10
5 Terre Haute North ‘A’ 44.29 4
1) Gabbard, Daniel 9 2) Hosier, Dayne 11
3) Strassler, Lucas 10 4) Smith, Shaun 12
6 Center Grove ‘A’ 44.32 3
1) Swift, Luke 11 2) Luallen, Jordan 11
3) Jones, Kyle 11 4) Meadows, Bryan 11
7 Carmel ‘A’ 44.87 2
1) King, Aaron 2) Batten, Justin
3) Kreig, Sean 4) White, Jimmy
— Terre Haute South ‘A’ DQ
1) Edwards, Zach 2) Payne, Kenny
3) Myers, Evan 4) Brown, Elias

Event 14 Boys 400 Meter Dash
48.88 STAT
Finals
1 Williams, Rapheal 12 Ben Davis 50.34 2 10
2 Rippe, Joe Carmel 50.76 2 8
3 Nicholas, Eric 12 North Central 51.16 2 6
4 Martin, Brian 12 Ben Davis 51.25 2 5
5 Marr, Charlie 11 North Central 51.37 2 4
6 Brown, Jayce 11 Center Grove 51.49 2 3
7 Ransom, Kejuanta 12 Warren Central 51.84 2 2
8 Jenkins, Zach 12 Terre Haute Nort 52.66 1 1
9 Massaley, Siafa 9 Warren Central 52.67 2
10 Bubeck, Dylan Terre Haute Sout 52.71 1
11 Hare, Dillon 9 Terre Haute Nort 53.91 1
12 Lawshe, Demory 11 Lawrence North 54.53 1
13 Wood, Mike 11 Center Grove 54.95 1
14 Brown, Jamar 9 Lawrence North 56.07 1
15 Stephens, Shane Terre Haute Sout 56.10 1

Event 16 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
38.67 STAT
Finals
1 Newbern, Brandon 12 Ben Davis 38.88 1 10
2 Richardson, D’Juan 12 Warren Central 39.33 2 8
3 Collins, Marquis 11 Warren Central 40.13 2 6
4 Harper, Joshua 12 Lawrence North 40.26 2 5
5 Gueye, Racine 12 North Central 41.57 2 4
6 Luallen, Jordan 11 Center Grove 41.89 2 3
7 Swift, Luke 11 Center Grove 42.21 2 2
8 Weaver, Dean Carmel 42.31 2 1
9 Gambles, Josh 12 North Central 42.49 1
10 Stratford, Troy Carmel 42.59 1
11 Haley, John Terre Haute Sout 43.42 1
12 Hosier, Dayne 11 Terre Haute Nort 43.73 1
13 Rose, Robert 10 Ben Davis 44.40 2
14 Stinnet, Deli Terre Haute Sout 44.87 1
15 Cole, Kevin 9 Lawrence North 45.39 1
16 Weatherford, Scott 10 Terre Haute Nort 46.33 1

Event 18 Boys 800 Meter Run
1:56.21 STAT
Finals
1 Wilkins, Barry North Central 2:01.52 10
2 Kinkead, Kris 12 North Central 2:02.94 8
3 Sefton, Nick 12 Ben Davis 2:03.42 6
4 McRoberts, Luke Carmel 2:03.79 5
5 Gomez, Steven Carmel 2:04.45 4
6 Kuhl, Pierce 12 Lawrence North 2:04.55 3
7 Bixler, Tim 11 Warren Central 2:05.12 2
8 Ellington, Doug 11 Warren Central 2:05.66 1
9 Orea, Derrick 12 Ben Davis 2:05.75
10 Raker, Evan 11 Center Grove 2:06.10
11 Brinza, Milton 9 Terre Haute Nort 2:06.87
12 Land, Evan 11 Center Grove 2:08.50
13 Davis, John 10 Terre Haute Nort 2:10.79
14 Salupo, Nicholas 11 Lawrence North 2:11.42
15 Young, Lemuel Terre Haute Sout 2:12.04
16 Collier, Matt Terre Haute Sout 2:12.57

Event 20 Boys 3200 Meter Run
9:22.25 STAT
Finals
1 Mayhew, Zack 12 Terre Haute Nort 9:44.39 10
2 Wilson, Andy 12 Ben Davis 9:52.00 8
3 Serna, Ben 12 Center Grove 9:52.25 6
4 Smith, JD Carmel 9:52.53 5
5 Lammers, Rod 12 North Central 9:56.58 4
6 Marcus, David 12 North Central 9:58.88 3
7 Wenrich, Orion 12 Warren Central 9:59.46 2
8 Ohlman, Tom Carmel 10:04.32 1
9 Mascari, John 9 Terre Haute Nort 10:10.93
10 Farkas, Matt 11 Lawrence North 10:11.85
11 Pack, Caleb 11 Warren Central 10:24.87
12 Sullivan, Andrew 12 Terre Haute Sout 10:24.92
13 Williams, Josh 10 Ben Davis 10:25.45
14 Bantista, Greg 12 Center Grove 10:38.27
15 Goetschel, Morgan Terre Haute Sout 10:53.09
16 Grese, Zack 10 Lawrence North 11:31.05

Event 22 Boys 4×400 Meter Relay
3:21.49 STAT
Finals
1 Ben Davis ‘A’ 3:20.23 STAT 10
1) Martin, Brian 12 2) Newbern, Brandon 12
3) Rose, Robert 10 4) Williams, Lavarus 12
2 Warren Central ‘A’ 3:21.62 8
1) Ransom, Kejuanta 12 2) Richardson, D’Juan 12
3) Massaley, Siafa 9 4) Collins, Marquis 11
3 North Central ‘A’ 3:22.82 6
1) Gueye, Racine 12 2) Wilkins, Barry
3) Marr, Charlie 11 4) Nicholas, Eric 12
4 Center Grove ‘A’ 3:28.05 5
1) Swift, Luke 11 2) Luallen, Jordan 11
3) Jones, Kyle 11 4) Brown, Jayce 11
5 Carmel ‘A’ 3:29.62 4
1) Brunk, Colin 2) Batten, Justin
3) White, Jimmy 4) Rippe, Joe
6 Lawrence North ‘A’ 3:33.14 3
1) Cole, Kevin 9 2) Harper, Joshua 12
3) Wilson, Traquincey 12 4) Majors, Justin 12
7 Terre Haute North ‘A’ 3:33.31 2
1) Lentz, Conner 12 2) Strassler, Lucas 10
3) Jenkins, Zach 12 4) Hare, Dillon 9

Event 24 Boys High Jump
6-06.00 STAT
Finals
1 Spight, Derrick 11 Warren Central 6-08.00 STAT 10
2 Povonder, Robby 11 Center Grove 6-06.00 STAT 8
3 McCright, Ben Carmel 6-04.00 6
4 Jones, Ceasar 11 Warren Central J6-04.00 5
5 Austin, Adam Terre Haute Sout 6-02.00 4
6 Sommers, Evan 10 Center Grove J6-02.00 3
7 Blackburn, Tarus 12 Lawrence North 6-00.00 1.5
7 Hester, Colin 11 Ben Davis 6-00.00 1.5
9 Lismon, Greg 10 Ben Davis J6-00.00
9 Davis, Jake Carmel J6-00.00
11 Young, Lemuel Terre Haute Sout 5-10.00
11 Gambles, Josh 12 North Central 5-10.00
11 Jenkins, Zach 12 Terre Haute Nort 5-10.00
11 Hudson, Broc 10 Terre Haute Nort 5-10.00
— Conley, Jordan 10 Lawrence North NH
— Evans, Kameron 11 North Central NH

Event 26 Boys Long Jump
21-08.50 STAT
Finals
1 Conley, Jordan 10 Lawrence North 23-08.75 STAT 10
2 Wilson, Traquincey 12 Lawrence North 23-08.50 STAT 8
3 Rippe, Joe Carmel 22-10.75 STAT 6
4 Williams, Rapheal 12 Ben Davis 22-09.75 STAT 5
5 Blackburn, Tarus 12 Lawrence North 22-08.25 STAT 4
6 Williams, Jeff 12 Warren Central 22-02.00 STAT 3
7 Hester, Colin 11 Ben Davis 21-05.75 2
8 Campbell, Michael 12 Warren Central 21-03.75 1
9 Kreig, Sean Carmel 21-02.00
10 Gabbard, Daniel 9 Terre Haute Nort 20-10.00
11 Broaden, John 10 North Central 20-09.50
12 Shank, Khyran 10 North Central 20-02.50
13 Weatherford, Scott 10 Terre Haute Nort 19-09.25
14 Meadows, Bryan 11 Center Grove 19-03.50
15 Myers, Evan Terre Haute Sout 18-06.50
16 Stoner, Nick 9 Center Grove 18-00.50

Event 28 Boys Pole Vault
14-08.00 STAT
Finals
1 Riley, Tanner 11 Center Grove 13-06.00 10
2 Southammavong, Fra 12 Ben Davis J13-06.00 8
3 Chiasson, David Carmel J13-06.00 6
4 Crooks, Tyler Terre Haute Sout 13-00.00 5
5 Hiser, Daniel 12 Ben Davis 12-06.00 4
6 Bubeck, Dylan Terre Haute Sout J12-06.00 3
7 Boyd, Blake 10 Lawrence North 12-00.00 0.7
7 Vanneman, Brian Carmel 12-00.00 0.7
7 Aldrich, Jacob 11 Warren Central 12-00.00 0.7
7 Haines, Adam 11 North Central 12-00.00 0.7
11 Christy, Blake 10 Center Grove J12-00.00
12 Lentz, Conner 12 Terre Haute Nort 11-06.00
13 Ridgway, Jacob 11 Terre Haute Nort J11-06.00
— Faulkner, Arlen 11 Lawrence North NH

Event 30 Boys Shot Put
55-00.75 STAT
Finals
1 Pounds, Brandon 12 Lawrence North 66-04.50 STAT 10
2 Smith, Ryan 12 Lawrence North 53-11.00 8
3 Edwards, Aaron 12 Terre Haute Nort 51-08.50 6
4 Stepp, Jordan 11 Ben Davis 51-04.00 5
5 Malone, Mike 11 Ben Davis 51-02.00 4
6 Haynes, Matthew 11 Warren Central 50-00.50 3
7 Bridwell, Josh Terre Haute Sout 49-03.00 2
8 Webster, Matthew 12 Warren Central 48-11.50 1
9 Wood, Justin 12 Center Grove 47-03.00
10 Riddle, Eric Carmel 44-07.50
11 Toth, Frank 11 Terre Haute Nort 43-07.50
12 Spahn, Michael Carmel 43-02.00
13 Murff, Kygh 10 North Central 40-02.00
14 Sissom, Geoff 11 Center Grove 39-02.50
15 Nicoson, Austin Terre Haute Sout 34-10.50
16 Montgomery, Marcus 11 North Central 33-02.00

Event 32 Boys Discus Throw
161-00 STAT
Finals
1 Pounds, Brandon 12 Lawrence North 169-02.00 STAT 10
2 Webster, Matthew 12 Warren Central 163-00.00 STAT 8
3 Montgomery, Marcus 11 North Central 154-00.00 6
4 Riddle, Eric Carmel 153-09.00 5
5 Edwards, Aaron 12 Terre Haute Nort 137-05.00 4
6 Bridwell, Josh Terre Haute Sout 135-03.00 3
7 Hendricks, Tim 12 Ben Davis 135-01.00 2
8 Sissom, Geoff 11 Center Grove 134-11.00 1
9 Trapkus, Blair Carmel 133-00.00
10 Blackshear, Marcus 11 Warren Central 117-04.00
11 Stepp, Jordan 11 Ben Davis 117-02.00
12 Wood, Justin 12 Center Grove 111-01.00
13 Smith, Ryan 12 Lawrence North 109-09.00
14 Toth, Frank 11 Terre Haute Nort 102-06.00
15 Murff, Kygh 10 North Central 94-05.00