The IHSAA Girls Track and Field State Finals were held Friday at Indiana University in Bloomington. Among the local athletes who competed, only Greensburg’s Emarie Jackson earned a Top 8 podium finish. She placed fifth in the shot put with a heave of 42’5.25”.
Jackson just missed the podium in the discus taking ninth.
East Central’s Hope Fox won the state’s prestegious Mental Attitude Award.
Fox competed in the 300-meter hurdles, long jump, and was a part of East Central’s 400 relay team..
Fox is a member of National Honor Society and Exemplary Honor Roll along with the EC volleyball and basketball teams. She volunteers assiting with East Central’s youth basketball leagues and Read Across America, reading books to the elementary schools in her township.
Hope is the daughter of Joshua and Robin Fox and will be attending Southern Connecticut University to play basketball.
A $1000 scholarship from Farm Bureau Insurance was presented to East Central High School in Hope Fox’s name.
Other local results:
- Greensburg’s Elizabeth Mitchell- 13th in the 100 hurdles.
- East Central’s Hope Fox- 23rd in the 300 hurdles and 25th in the long jump.
- Shawe’s Emmaline Leatherman- 15th in the high jump.
- East Central’s Ellie Hill- 11th in the long jump.
- EC’s 400 relay of Fox, Hill, Anna Graf and Rachel Campbell- 21st.
- EC’s 1600 relay of Graf, Launa Davis, Hill and Campbell- 19th.
- Batesville’s 3200 relay of Megan Allgeier, Katie Olsen Kaylie Raver and Emma Weiler- 18th.
Please click on this link for full results of the IHSAA Girls Track and Field State Finals.
We thank eveyrone who contributed to the recaps.