Boys Track & Field

2025 Season Preview

The 2025 Roncalli Track and Field team should once again compete as one of the top teams in the state. The team boasts top competitors and potential All-State finishers in many events.

Senior Sam Vaught leads the team of potential state qualifiers. In 2024 Vaught won the 1600m Sectional and Regional Championships en route to a 16th-place finish at the State Championship. Vaught set a new 1600m school record and posted the 2nd 800m and 3rd 3200m time in school history. Junior Anthony Litz could earn All-State status in the 300IH after placing 8th in the event at the regional meet last year, posting the 4th fastest time in school history. The Royals also have two relays with All-State potential: the 4X800m relay of Litz, juniors Owen Lewis and Cole Huff and sophomore Jim Buchmeier, and the 4x400m relay of Litz, Vaught, Lewis, Huff and junior Ben Swiezy.

The long sprints should be the strength of the team with Litz, Lewis, Huff, Buchmeier and Swiezy. The distance crew is small but powerful with Vaught and sophomore Will Lewis. Lewis ran the 8th fastest 1600m time in school history in 2024, which was the fastest time ever recorded by a freshman at Roncalli.

In the field events, the throws will again be very strong. Junior Dom Nelson in his first season of track and field last year, hit a top 10 mark in the shot put. Sophomore TJ Michalak was the Marion County Freshman Champion in both the shot and the disc last year. Junior Carter Sitzman, along with newcomers junior Jake Irwin and junior Zane Baker could develop into point scorers for the Royals. Senior Jacob Johnson and sophomore Zane Blanchette are the top returning long jumpers; both have a chance to score at the sectional. The team will be looking to develop high jumpers and pole vaulters.

The short sprints are the wildcard events of this team. Juniors Liam Kidwell and Alex Beard both ran on the 4X100m relay in 2024. There will be a lot of competition featuring many newcomers, including juniors Alex Toth, Jonny Harlow and Dylan Guthrie. The team will be looking to add hurdlers to compete with Johnson and junior Andrew Woodruff in the 110HH,  while senior Joey Pacholski will team up with Litz in the intermediate hurdles.