Boys State Championship: Last Year vs This Year

Indiana Most Improved
Justin Amburgy

In this weeks State Championship edition of Indiana: Most Improved, we take a look at last year's performances from the state finals and compare them with this weekend's results to where returners stacked up with their race from last year.

The top honors for the state finals would go to Will Dierlam from Evansville F.J. Reitz. Will would have a massive jump in performance from last year going from a 230th place finish last fall as a freshman before taking 31st this past weekend as a sophomore. He would take 1:37 off of his time from last state finals going from a 17:24 to a 15:47. His season best was a 15:37 the week prior at the Evansville Mater Dei Regional. Next up would be Gavin Cooke from Angola as he would go from a 18:21 at LaVern last fall before clocking a 16:48 this past weekend. This improvement would also move him up in the field by 73 spots going from 246th place last year to 173rd this year as a Junior. His season best would be a 16:30 from the West Noble Sectional. Rounding out the top three would be Jack Strong from Noblesville as he would go from a 17:05 last year to a 15:58 this year for a 54th place finish. Jack's besst time this year would come from Columbus North where he ran to a 15:44.

Of the 99 boys that returned to the state finals from last year, 63 would make an improvement in their time compared to last year. Of those 63, five would have an imrprovement of at least one minute or more. Check out the full list of returners below!


RANKATHLETE2024 STATE2023 STATEDIFFERENCE
1Will Dierlam - Evansville F.J. Reitz High School15:47.0017:24.70( 1:37.70 )
2Gavin Cooke - Angola High School16:48.3018:21.90( 1:33.60 )
3Jack Strong - Noblesville High School15:58.4017:05.30( 1:06.90 )
4Max Malloy - Elkhart High School15:23.4016:27.00( 1:03.60 )
5Hikari Shiga - Floyd Central High School17:16.1018:17.70( 1:01.60 )
6John Libs - Noblesville High School15:20.6016:18.70-58.1
7Jacob Mitchell - Bloomington North High School15:19.8016:12.20-52.4
8Jack Holden - Bloomington North High School15:56.0016:40.60-44.6
9Xavier Miller - Northridge High School15:38.6016:22.80-44.2
10Jace Works - Columbus North High School15:33.4016:14.20-40.8
11Jace Bullins - Wabash High School16:32.7017:12.60-39.9
12Zander Ritenour- Lakewood Park Christian15:49.5016:27.60-38.1
13Liam Powers - Hamilton Southeastern High School15:33.3016:11.30-38
14Tyler Mimnaugh- Warsaw Community High School15:55.5016:33.10-37.6
15Gus Phillips - North Central High School (Indianapolis)15:59.4016:36.80-37.4
16Noah Bontrager - Westview High School14:51.5015:28.80-37.3
17Baylor Miller - Northridge High School15:20.4015:57.20-36.8
18Carter Zieren - Evansville F.J. Reitz High School15:48.1016:24.00-35.9
19Thomas Krueger- Valparaiso High School16:15.0016:50.80-35.8
20Brandon Haas - Brownsburg High School15:48.3016:22.30-34
21Isaiah Cordes - Wabash High School15:59.2016:30.50-31.3
22Luke Moster - Guerin Catholic School15:33.8016:03.20-29.4
23Parker Melling - Fishers High School16:19.8016:49.10-29.3
24Brady Hicks - Northridge High School16:25.1016:54.20-29.1
25Memphis Martin- Lakeland High School15:52.6016:21.20-28.6
26Ian Tharp - Franklin Central High School16:31.8017:00.20-28.4
27Jack Hearld - Danville Community High School15:07.5015:35.60-28.1
28Will Schlegel - Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran High School15:36.6016:04.40-27.8
29Caleb Winders - Bloomington North High School15:59.9016:25.00-25.1
30Tyler Kerzee - Brownsburg High School15:52.5016:17.00-24.5
31Kush Grewel - Penn High School16:03.0016:27.30-24.3
32Chance Ratliff - Brownstown Central High School16:10.5016:33.70-23.2
33Marc Hernandez- Northridge High School15:49.7016:12.50-22.8
34Shane Ratliff - Brownstown Central High School16:07.8016:29.90-22.1
35Liam Bauschke - Mishawaka High School15:08.7015:30.70-22
36Jalen Strietelmeier - Highland High School15:34.6015:56.10-21.5
37Nate Thomas - Fishers High School15:34.7015:56.20-21.5
38Patrick Ryan - Lake Central High School16:57.5017:18.90-21.4
39Bryson Slagle - Fishers High School16:13.4016:33.50-20.1
40Andrew Wright - Franklin Central High School16:26.5016:45.80-19.3
41Sam Quagliaroli- Fishers High School14:46.9015:06.00-19.1
42Cooper Enyeart - Angola High School16:10.1016:28.90-18.8
43Liam Lilly - LaPorte High School16:11.5016:28.00-16.5
44Jonathan Klaus - Columbus North High School16:22.3016:38.80-16.5
45Draven Martinez- Columbus North High School16:05.6016:21.60-16
46Caleb Meritt - Evansville F.J. Reitz High School16:45.1017:00.60-15.5
47Eli Balbach - Brownsburg High School15:58.2016:13.50-15.3
48Justin Reedus - Franklin Central High School16:09.0016:21.00-12
49Tanner Mammolenti - Penn High School16:31.0016:41.70-10.7
50Caelan D'Onofrio- Bloomington North High School15:32.3015:40.60-8.3
51Gavin Good - Columbia City High School16:00.4016:08.60-8.2
52Cohen Brunson - Fort Wayne Carroll High School16:51.1016:58.90-7.8
53Cillian Hoover - Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran High School16:47.0016:54.20-7.2
54Ezra Church - Wabash High School17:01.8017:08.10-6.3
55Evan Farmer - Franklin Central High School15:58.4016:04.40-6
56Jack Ryan - Penn High School16:23.1016:28.30-5.2
57Mason Nobles - Valparaiso High School15:53.2015:58.20-5
58Noah Nifong - Floyd Central High School15:45.7015:50.50-4.8
59Evan Smith - Lake Central High School16:48.8016:52.40-3.6
60Jackson Nolan - Evansville F.J. Reitz High School15:29.2015:32.40-3.2
61Ben Perschon - Lake Central High School15:47.7015:50.80-3.1
62Jonas Church - Wabash High School16:33.8016:35.30-1.5
63Christopher Angeles - Frankfort High School16:20.2016:20.60-0.4
64Carter Buhr - Carmel High School16:00.9016:00.600.3
65Joe Keyser - Northridge High School16:25.4016:23.402
66Luca Cirincione - Floyd Central High School15:34.8015:29.805
67Zach Risner - Avon High School15:48.6015:43.405.2
68Calvin Seitz - Jasper High School15:30.8015:23.107.7
69Cameron Cox - Center Grove High School16:35.8016:27.708.1
70Mitchell Ford - Avon High School17:24.3017:16.108.2
71Nick Vega - Hamilton Southeastern High School16:05.8015:57.508.3
72Jack Turnbull - Zionsville Community High School15:41.6015:31.6010
73Jackson Gackenheimer - Warsaw Community High School15:52.0015:41.6010.4
74Alec Dial - Perry Meridian High School16:34.7016:22.8011.9
75Grant Hostetler - North Central High School (Indianapolis)16:23.5016:08.9014.6
76JD Haines - Bishop Chatard High School16:13.2015:56.5016.7
77Otto Leake - Valparaiso High School16:31.0016:13.1017.9
78Neal White - Columbus North High School15:48.1015:25.7022.4
79Brett Shull - Wabash High School17:20.6016:57.2023.4
80Clark Meridew - Warsaw Community High School16:38.8016:13.6025.2
81Sam Sienkowski- Valparaiso High School16:23.1015:57.4025.7
82Jake Metzger - Crown Point High School16:52.2016:26.2026
83Jakob Nehring - Plainfield High School16:25.3015:59.1026.2
84Logan Vanzant - Columbus North High School16:47.3016:17.9029.4
85Rick Orr - Warsaw Community High School17:06.3016:35.7030.6
86Ian Baker - Brownsburg High School15:55.3015:24.3031
87Hunter Panning - Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran High School16:30.7015:58.2032.5
88Hayden Kemple - Clinton Prairie High School16:29.0015:54.9034.1
89EJ Ellingson - Fort Wayne Carroll High School18:21.2017:39.6041.6
90Shane Conroy - Portage High School16:01.8015:15.6046.2
91Riley SCHAMP - Hamilton Southeastern High School16:55.6016:07.9047.7
92Emilio Leal - Franklin Central High School17:12.4016:23.3049.1
93Jack Capes - Carmel High School16:39.1015:49.7049.4
94Landon Miller - Greencastle High School16:20.1015:29.3050.8
95Sawyer Mossberger - Evansville F.J. Reitz High School17:01.0016:07.8053.2
96Kraedyn Young - Jennings County High School16:56.2015:53.901:02.30
97Zane Meyer - Edgewood High School16:52.0015:42.701:09.30
98Matt Givens - Penn High School17:17.2016:01.401:15.80
99Aaron Richter - Elkhart High School16:46.4015:15.301:31.10