2026 Boys Track & Field Schedule

The Boys Track and Field team opened their season with several outstanding performances:
– 4X400m relay team of Alex Beard, Anthony Litz, Cole Huff and Owen Lewis ran an indoor school record, #4 All Time and state leading time of 3:23.51 en route to a first place finish.
-Beard set a new school record to finish 4th in the 60m
-Zane Blanchette jumped over 20 feet to take 4th in long jump;
Litz placed 6th in the 60HH
-4X200m relay placed 9th Liam Kidwell, Ben Swiezy, Alex Toth, Dylan Guthrie

The Boys Track and Field team continued to show their early season strength at the Fall Creek Qualifier
The 4X800m relay posted the 5th fastest time in the state so far (Jim Buchmeier, Anthony Litz, Owen Lewis, Will Lewis)
The 4X400m relay continued an undefeated season placing 1st (Alex Toth, Ben Swiezy, Sam Smith, Dylan Guthrie)
Dom Nelson placed 5th in the shot
Jake Irwin placed 6th in the shot
TJ Michalak placed 11th in the shot
Irwin’s throw of 48’0” moves him to #9 on the All Time list.

The Boys track and field team had a solid night as many athletes got their first experience competing at the varsity level.
Among many new PRs, the highlights of the meet:
Dom Nelson setting a new PR in the shot put #5 all time 52’3”
4x200m relay of Cole Huff, Ben Swiezy, Alex Toth, Zane Blanchette set a new indoor school record
4X400m relay of Cole Huff, Ben Swiezy, Alex Toth, Sam Smith placing 5th

The Boys Track and Field team had another record breaking meet at the Fall Creek Pavillion HSR Qualifier #3.
Individual results:
Alex Beard, Anthony Litz, Cole Huff and Owen Lewis combined to set a new school record in the 4X200m relay, placing 3rd and posting the 10th fastest time in the state, 1:30.18. The same 4 then came back 20 minutes later to break their own indoor school record in the 4X400m and post the 5th fastest time in the state in that event, 3:23.48. Earlier in the night, Litz set a new PR in the 60HH to place 8th.

The Boys Track and Field team competed at the Fall Creek Pavilion Qualifier #4. Individual results: 

4X800m relay placed 4th- Will Lewis, Owen Lewis, Anthony Litz, Jim Buchmeier

Dom Nelson placed 8th in shot put, and Jake Irwin PRd to place 9th in shot.

All four legs of the 4X400m relay set new PRs -Alex Toth, Ben Swiezy, Cole Huff and Sam Smith

A handful of members of the boys track and field team compete with Whiteland over the break. Many of the guys competing in their first high school track meet. The team came away with a handful of place scorers.
Dom Nelson won the shot put
TJ Michalak won the discus and finished 2nd in the shot put
Owen Lewis and Jim Buchmeier went 1-2 in the 400m
Mickey Flynn was 2nd in the 110HH
Anthony Litz was 3rd in the 800m

In the shot put, Dom Nelson placed 14th, 6 inches short of making the final. He was the #1 thrower from Marion County and the #2 thrower from our Regional.
The 4X8 team placed 18th after coming in seeded at #23. Will Lewis, Owen Lewis and Jim Buchmeier all ran season’s bests. Anthony Litz ran a great leg to move us up from 5th to 2nd in our heat.
In the 4X4 Anthony Litz ran a season’t best and the 6th fastest split out of the 96 guys who competed. This indoor season the team set five Indoor School Records and qualified three events to the State Championship

The Boys Track and Field Team lost a close 2 point contest to New Palestine on Saturday.

The Royals swept 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the 

100m- Alex Beard, Cole Huff, Anthony Litz

200m- Beard, Huff, Owen Lewis

400m- Dylan Guthrie, Will Lewis, Sam Smith

Shot- Dom Nelson, Jake Irwin, TJ Michalak

Disc- Irwin, Nelson, Michalak

4X100 cruised to the win (Beard, Ben Swiezy, Huff, Alex Toth)

Also Finishing 2nd- Swiezy 300IH- PR and Mikey Flynn HJ- PR

Scoring 3rd place finishes- Andrew Woodruff- 110HH, Owen Lewis 1600m, Luke Senac 800m and Nick Woodburn- HJ

The Boys Track and Field team had another strong meet against Southport.  48 guys set new PRs on the night.

Winning events for the Royals:

Anthony Litz- 400m

Dom Nelson- shot put

Jake Irwin- discus

Wyatt Laker- pole vault

Mitch Asher and Nick Woodburn tied to win the high jump

4X100m relay of Logan Jackson, Lucas Underwood, Zane Blanchette and Liam Kidwell

The boys track and field team won the Archdiocesan Championship. The 34 out of 41 Royals competing in the meet scored and the team had 9 individual champions and 4 individual runners-up. Four Royals cracked the All Time Top 10 list.

Individual Champions:

Dom Nelson- shot

Jake Irwin- disc

Alex Beard- 100 and 200

Owen Lewis- 800

Ben Swiezy- 300IH

4X1- Beard, Swiezy, Cole Huff, Alex Toth

4X4- O. Lewis,Swiezy, Huff, Will Lewis

4X8- W.Lewis, Luke Senac, Cliff LaMarca, Sam Cochran

All Time Top 10:

Beard #3 100m 10.94

4X100m #3 43.07 Beard, Swiezy, Huff, Toth

Huff #7 200m 22.95

Irwin #9 disc 142’6

The Boys Track and Field team defeated Eastern Hancock. Among the highlights: Jake Irwin moved to #7 on the All Time list in the discus as well as the Royals winning every event.
100m- Cole Huff
200m- Alex Beard
400m- Anthony Litz
800m- Owen Lewis
1600m- Will Lewis
3200m- Eli Simon
110HH- Andrew Woodruff
300IH- Mickey Flynn
High Jump- Mitch Asher
Long Jump- Ben Swiezy
Shot Put- Dom Nelson
Discus- Jake Irwin

The Boys Track and Field team had a stellar senior night as they defeated the Cathedral Irish!
On the night the team combined for 63 new PRs. Highlighting the day, Anthony Litz set a new school record in winning the 300IH, 38.88. Litz also won the 110HH in a PR that ranks #7 all time. Litz teamed up with Owen Lewis, Ben Swiezy and Cole Huff to win the 4X4 relay.
Ben Swiezy’s PR in the 300IH moves him to #9 on the All Time list.
Winning events on senior night:
Dom Nelson-Shot
Jake Irwin- disc
Anthony Litz- 100HH and 300IH
Owen Lewis- 800m
Luke Senac- 1600m
Will Lewis- 3200m
4X1- Alex Beard, Swiezy, Huff, Alex Toth
4X4- Lewis Swiezy, Huff, Litz

The Boys track and field team placed 4th at the 75th annual Marion Relays. Notable Performances:
Anthony Litz was named the Most Outstanding Athlete of the meet.
1st place 4X4- Owen Lewis, Ben Swiezy, Dylan Guthrie, Anthony Litz
1st place Sprint Medley Relay- Owen Lewis, Ben Swiezy, Alex Beard, Anthony Litz
1st place shot put- Dom Nelson
On Friday night several members of the team competed with the state’s best sprinters at the Lafayette Jeff Sprinter Showcase.
Top 10 finishes there:
Anthony Litz- 7th- 400m
Alex Beard- 8th- 100m
Cole Huff- 9th 400m- All Time #9
Beard- 10th- 200m

The Boys Track and Field team split a tri meet with Lawrence North and Pendleton Heights.
Top finishes from:
Anthony Litz- 1st place 110HH and 300IH- his 110 time moves up to number 6 on the All Time list
Dom Nelson- 1st place shot put
Jake Irwin- 1st place discus

The Boys Track and Field team had an outstanding performance at the McNulty Invite as they posted state and National elite level performances, placing 4th as a team.
Dom Nelson set a new PR and hit a nationally elite performance to win the shot put (#5 in school history)
Anthony Litz placed 2nd in the 300 hurdles in a nationally elite time
4X4 ran a nationally elite time- #4 all time in school history to place second in an incredibly exciting race (Owen Lewis, Ben Swiezy, Cole Huff, Anthony Litz)
4X1 placed 3rd and ran the all time 3rd fastest time (Alex Beard, Swiezy, Huff and Alex Toth)

The Boys JV Track and Field team had some strong performances as they came up short of Center Grove and Whiteland in a JV Invitational.
Dylan Guthrie set a PR to win the 400m
Lucas Orrick set a PR to place 2nd in the 110HH
Jackson Syberg placed second in the 200m

The boys track and field team had an outstanding team performance as they won the Circle City Conference Championship! We had champions or runners-up in 12 of the 16 events.
Individual Champions:
Alex Beard- 200m (#2 in school history)
Will Lewis- 800m (# 10 in school history)
Anthony Litz- 300IH
Jake Irwin- discus (#7 in school history)
Dom Nelson- shot put
Runners-up:
4X800m ( Chris Jerry, Cliff LaMarca, Zeke Littell, Luke Senac)
4X100m #4 in school history (Alex Beard, Anthony Litz, Cole Huff, Alex Toth)
4X400m #4 in school history (Owen Lewis, Alex Toth, Cole Huff, Anthony Litz)
TJ Michalak- shot
Michalak- discus
Owen Lewis- 400m
Alex Beard- 100m
Additionally, Anthony Litz 110HH time ranks #3 in school history.

The Boys Track and Field team defeated Brebeuf Jesuit. Winning events on the evening:
100m- Alex Beard
200m/400m- Anthony Litz
110HH- Andrew Woodruff
300IH- Mickey Flynn
Long jump- Zane Blanchette
High Jump- Mitch Asher
4X100m- Mickey Flynn, Zane Blanchette, Lucas Underwood, Nolan Denney
4X400m- Andrew Woodruff, Dylan Guthrie, Sam Smith, Owen Lewis
Shot put- Dom Nelson
Discus- Jake Irwin

The freshmen boys had a strong meet at Freshmen County.
Kayden Nordholt placed 2nd in the long jump
Jackson Syberg placed 6th in the 200m and 8th in the 100m
Mitch Asher placed 5th in high jump
4X1 placed 5th (Jacob Clark, Nordholt, Syberg, Asher)
4X4 placed 5th (Syberg, Asher, Nate Vilches, Nordholt)
4X8 placed 6th (Isaias Hawkins, Vilches, Owen Sidhom, Aiden McGuire)

The Boys Track and Field team had a strong effort at the Marion County Championships, headlined by Alex Beard’s new school record in the 100m and Cole Huff moving to #3 All Time in 200m

Top finishes:
Dom Nelson- 3rd shot put
Jake Irwin- 3rd discus
Will Lewis- 3rd 1600
4X4- 3rd (Beard, Owen Lewis, Cole Huff, Alex Toth)
Alex Beard- 5th 100m
TJ Michalak- 5th shot put
Wyatt Laker- 6th pole vault
Cole Huff- 7th 200m
Owen Lewis- 7th 400m
TJ Michalak- 7th discus

The boys track and field team had a strong showing at the sectional meet placing 3rd.
The Royals were led by sectional shot put champion Dom Nelson!

Also qualifying for the regional meet:
Alex Beard 200m
Owen Lewis 400m
TJ Michalak shot put and discus
Jake Irwin discus
All three relays advanced:
4X1 Zane Blanchette, Dylan Guthrie, Jackson Syberg, Alex Toth
4X4 Alex Beard, Owen Lewis, Cole Huff, Alex Toth
4X8 Jim Buchmeier, Zeke Littell, Luke Senac, Will Lewis

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The Boys Track and Field team wrapped up their season at the IHSAA State Championships. Results on the day:
4X400m Relay, Alex Beard, Cole Huff, Alex Toth, Owen Lewis placed 21st
Alex Beard placed 23rd in the 200m
Dom Nelson placed 25th in the shot put