The Lady Royals started their indoor season in good fashion!

Congratulations to Tessa Mize, who battled one of the top distance runners in the state, and is now the holder of the 3rd fastest time in school history with a time of 11:37.92!

New PRs set
Alana Hawkins 60 m
Sophia Ramsay was .04 from a new PR
Molly Feldmen set a new PR in the 60m Hurdles

Placing in the Top 10 for the Meet

The 4 x 800 relay of Ximena Zarza-Diego, Madelyn Kitchens, Marygrace Rykowski, and Ava Shirley

The 4 x 200 relay of Sophia Ramsay, Alana Hawkins, Kalise Gutierrez, Molly Feldmen won their heat

The 4 x 400 Relay of Ximena Zarza-Diego, Alana Hawkins, Anna Cromer, and Sophia Ramsay

The Distance Medley Relay of Tessa Mize, Madelyn Kitchens, Marygrace Rykowski, and Ava Shirley ran well placing 2nd overall

The Lady Royal Track and Field team had a strong meet at the UIndy indoor qualifier:
Running PRs :
Molly Feldman in the 60 hurdles
Alana Hawkins in the 60, was 0.02 sec from qualifying for the Finals
Marygrace Rykowski finished 5th in the 3200
The 4 x 800 relay of Ellie Himes, Rachel Flick, Marygrace Rykowski and Reagan Turk finished 8th
The 4 x 200 relay of Alana Hawkins, Stella Asher, Anna Cromer and Halle Moore finished 9th

In the High Jump
Lydia Stahley and Stella Asher (a PR) both jumped 4’10” to start the season with strong performances to both finish in the Top 4 at the event.

The Lady Royals had a great night at the Warren Central Indoor qualifier.

Congratulations to Ava Shirley and Charlie Fletterer who finished first and third in the 3200 with new PRS. Along with Tessa Mize, Ava and Charlie hold 3 of the Top 5 times in the 3200 in school history!

The Distance Medley Relay of Ava Shirley, Madelyn Kitchens, Charlie Fletterer and Tessa Mize earned first place honors in the race! Tessa had a great anchor leg, coming back from behind in her mile leg to get the victory.

The 4 x 800 relay of Tessa Mize, Madelyn Kitchens, Ximena Zarza-Diego and Reagan Turk ran a season’s best time to finish 2nd overall.

The 4 x 400 relay of Reagan Turk, Alana Hawkins, Anna Cromer and Ximena Zarza-Diego ran a seasons ‘best time’ to finish in the top 8.

Lydia Stahley and Stella Asher placed in the top 8 in the high jump

PRs on the night:
Kalise Gutierrez in the long jump
Emilia Reutebuch and Maya Skartvedt in the shot put
Halle Moore and Ava Beer in the 60 m dash

The Lady Royals celebrated Senior Night against Cathedral

First Place Finishes :
Tessa Mize, Ximena Zarza Diego, Madelyn Kitchens, Reagan Turk in 4×800 relay
Alana Hawkins in the 100
Lydia Stahley in the High Jump
Kalise Gutierrez in the Long Jump
Alyssa O’Connor in the Discus

Personal Bests on the night:
In the 1600 m : Charlie Fletter, Marygrace Rykowski, Ellie Himes, and Emma Gzibovskis
800: Madelyn Kitchens
100 m: Alana Hawkins and Halle Moore
200 m: Alana Hawkins and Halle Moore

The JV Lady Royals competed at Avon on a wet night where all the field events were canceled. Despite the rainy conditions, PRs were made!
PR in running events:
Ava Beer in the 100 m dash
Ellie Himes in the 1600m
Cecilia Ruplinger in the 400m and the 200 m
Brigid Ruplinger in the 200
Amelia Shirley in the 300 hurdles
Marygrace Rykowski in the 3200

The Lady Royal Track and Field team competed against some of the top ranked teams in the state at the Noblesville Invitational.

Sophia Ramsay had a great night – Earning a PR in the 200 and season’s best times in the 100, 4 x 400 and anchoring the 4 x 100

PRs on the night:
Halle Moore and Alana Hawkins in the 100
Madelyn Kitchens in the 1600
Cici Ruplinger and Anna Cromer in the 400
Molly Feldman in the 300 hurdles
Stella Asher in the 200
Marygrace Rykowski in the 3200

The Lady Royal Track and Field team placed 2nd at the Whiteland JV invite
Meet Highlights:
21 girls had a PR on the night!
PR’s:
Shot put Adi Akel
100 m runners Brigid Ruplinger, Anna Wilson, Cici Ruplinger, and Dulce Gonzalez
4×100 relay of Gabby Nolting, Ava Beer, Becca Engle, and Brigid Ruplinger
100 and the long jump Becca Engle
300 Hurdlers Amelia Shirley, Brigid Boyle, Keri McNulty, and Sophia Pinkiston
400 runners Reagan Turk and Ximena Zarza Diego
200 m runnerCaroline Crews
800 Marygrace Rykowski
Discus Throwers Gracie Rossman, Iang Ku, Maddy Back,

Event Winners:
4×800 relay of Ximena Zarza-Diego, Marygrace Rykowski, Amelia Shirley, and Reagan Turk
Becca Engle in the 100
Reagan Turk in the 400

The Lady Royal Track and Field team placed 3rd at CCC Meet!
Sophia Ramsay had a great night – anchoring the 3rd place 4 x 100 relay and 4 x 400 relay , earning a season’s best time in the 100 and a new PR in the 200
8 girls total had PRs on the night:
Becca Engel in the long jump
Charlie Fletter in the mile
Cici Ruplinger in the 400
Madelyn Kitchens in the 800
Ximena Zarza Diego in the 800
Lauren Koleszar in the pole vault
Alana Hawkins in the 300 hurdles
Molly Feldman in the 300 hurdles
Finishes in the Top 3
Sophia Ramsay – 2nd in the 100
4 x 100 relay of Kalise Gutierrez, Alana Hawkins, Halle Moore, and Sophia Ramsay – 3rd
Sophie Schneider – 2nd in the pole vault
Lauren Koleszar- 2nd in the pole vault
Makayla Kedra – 2nd in the shot put
Emilia Reutebuch – 3rd in the shot put
Alyssa O’Connor – 3rd in the discus

The JV girls finished their season with some great races. We had 16 girls get a PR . Great job to all the girls this season!
PRs on the night:
Anna Wilson, Dulce Gonzalez, Gabby Nolting in the 100
Gabby Nolting and Ava Beer in the 200
Marygrace Rykowski in the 1600
Emma Gzibovskis – in the 1600 and as anchor in the 4 x 100
Amelia Shirley, Caroline Crews, and Brigid Boyle in the 300 hurdles
Caroline Crews and Sara Teipen in the 100 hurdles
Adi Akel, Maddy Back and Gracie Rossman in shot put
Maya Skartvedt, Far Iang, and Hau Kim shot put and discus

The Lady Royals had an outstanding meet on Friday at the Greenfield Central Invite finishing 3rd.

Notable events:

Molly Feldman had her best meet in her career – establishing a new PR in the 300 hurdles, a new PR in the 100 hurdles to finish 2nd, and stepping in for the 4 x 100 relay as the anchor leg in their season’s best time to finish 2nd overall.

PRs on the night:

    Kalise Gutierrez (100 m)

    Ava Shirley and Tessa Mize  (1600m)

    Alana Hawkins (400m and 200m)

    Cecilia Ruplinger (400)

    Anna Cromer (400)

    Madelyn Kitchens (800)

    Ximena Zarza Diego (800)

    Makayla Kedra (Shot Put)

    Emilia Reutebuch (Discus)

    Alyssa O’Connor (Discus)

Finishing in the Top 3  

• 4 x 800 relay of Reagan Turk, Charlie Fletter, Ximena Zarza Diego, and Madelyn Kitchens, ran their season’s best time finishing 2nd
• Reagan Turk 2nd (800)
• Ava Shirley 2nd (3200) 
• Lydia Stahley 3rd (high jump)
• 4 x 100 Relay of Kalise Gutierrez, Alana Hawkins, Halle Moore, and Molly Feldman finished 2nd

The Lady Royal Freshmen track and field team finished their season at the Marion County Meet.

The Ladies did a great job competing with the following girls earning PRS

Marit Waltz in the 100 hurdles

Emilia Reutebuch in the shot put (7th place)

Brigid Boyle in the 300 Hurdles (8th place)

The Girls Track and Field team had a great meet at Sectionals! Automatically earning the right to advance to the Regionals:
Lydia Stahley – in the high jump placed 2nd
4 x 800 relay of Reagan Turk, Charlie Fletter, Ximena Zarza Diego, and Madelyn Kitchens placed 2nd
Molly Feldman placed 3rd in the 100 with a new PR
Ava Shirley was 3rd in the 3200 with a new PR
Charlie Fletter placed 2nd in the 3200 with a new PR

Also advancing to Regionals via callbacks
Sophia Ramsay in the 100 with a new season’s best – 5th place
4 x 100 relay of Kalise Gutierrez, Alana Hawkins, Halle Moore, & Sophia Ramsay placed 5th

Scoring/Setting a new PR:
Brigid Ruplinger – 200 new PR
Tessa Mize -1600 – 5th place
Anna Cromer 400 -6th place with a new PR
Madelyn Kitchens – 5th with a new PR
4 x 400 relay of Alana Hawkins, Sophia Ramsay, Cici Ruplinger, and Reagan Turk set a new season’s best and placed 6th
Alyssa O’Connor narrowly missed a callback and placed 4th in the discus
Sophie Schneider placed 7th in the pole vault
Becca Engel set a new PR in the long jump
Stella Asher 7th in the high jump tying her PR

The Lady Royals had a great night at the Regional Meet
Congratulations to Charlie Fletter who automatically qualified for the State Meet by running her PR in the 3200 run of 11:21.62. Charlie is now the 3rd fastest 3200 runner in school history!
Setting new PRs
Molly Feldman earned her 8th place by running her new PR of 15.52, this makes Molly the 2nd fastest 100m hurdler in school history!
The 4 x 100 Relay of Kalise Gutierrez, Alana Hawkins, Halle Moore, and Sophia Ramsay ran a Season’s Best time of 50.78 to finish 6th
Tessa Mize set a new PR of 5:25.92 in the 1600 and placed 6th.Tessa now holds the 5th fastest time in school history!
Sophia Ramsay set a new PR in the 100 of 12.75- Sophia holds the 4th fastest time in school history!
Also helping the Royals finish 12th overall were
The 4 x 800 relay of Reagan Turk, Ximena Zarza Diego, Charlie Fletter, and Madelyn Kitchens placed 5th
Lydia Stahley 6th in the High Jump
Ava Shirley 7th in the 3200
Reagan Turk 8th in the 800

Charlie Fletter ended her 2024 season in great fashion, finishing in 21st place in the 3200 with a 12 second PR. Charlie is the 3rd fastest 2 miler in school history with a time of 11:09.96, only 3 seconds off the school record!