PHOTO CREDIT: OWEN FINK
SCORE. CHILDERS. DOWTY. THREE EVENTS, THREE LEADERS
Score is the only Indiana girl under 2:15. Childers swept two events in one afternoon. Dowty leads the 3200m even off her best.
The outdoor season has basically just started but the leaderboards already have shape, with notable contributions from three schools in particular. Bishop Chatard has three athletes in the 800m top seven. Westfield has three in the 1600m top seven. Hamilton Southeastern has three in the 3200m top ten. Here is where the top 10 stands.
Julia Score leads the state 800m by more than six seconds. The Indianapolis Bishop Chatard senior ran 2:13.55 at Bishop Chatard vs Guerin on Apr 4 - a PR and the state lead. Score is a multi-event distance threat with national meet experience. Last outdoor season she placed 2nd at the IHSAA Girls State Track & Field Meet in the 3200m (10:28.64), ran 4:53.88 in the 1600m, and competed at New Balance Nationals Outdoor in four events. She placed 7th at the IHSAA State XC Championships in the fall. The Wake Forest commit has two teammates in the top 10 of the 800m leaderboard - Grace Leppert ran 2:19.94 for second and Maggie Rushenberg ran 2:25.42 for seventh, both at the same meet.
Lila Childers of Bloomington North ran 5:11.26 in the 1600m and 2:23.61 in the 800m at the Edgewood vs Bloomington North and Owen meet on Apr 2 - both outdoor PRs. The junior's 5:11.26 leads the state and her 2:23.61 sits sixth. Anya Zoeller of Pendleton Heights is the one athlete currently in the top five of both the 800m (4th, 2:21.43) and the 1600m (4th, 5:12.60).
Libby Dowty of Indian Creek opened her outdoor 3200m season at Waldron vs Indian Creek and Shelbyville on Mar 31 and went sub-11-minutes at the tri-meet, running 10:55.36 to lead the state. She ran 10:34.90 indoors this season and holds a career PR of 10:15.14 from the 2024 IHSAA Girls State Track & Field Meet, where she placed second. Zoe Gebhart of Hamilton Southeastern sits second in the 3200m at 11:09.18 and also appears in the 1600m top 10 at 5:20.51.
800m - Top 10
Julia Score, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, 2:13.55 - Bishop Chatard vs Guerin, Apr 4
Grace Leppert, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, 2:19.94 - Bishop Chatard vs Guerin, Apr 4
Lilly Higgins, Hamilton Heights High School, 2:20.76 - Lebanon HS vs Hamilton Heights, Mar 20
Anya Zoeller, Pendleton Heights High School, 2:21.43 - Frankton/PHHS, Mar 30
Ruth Dickason, Evansville Mater Dei High School, 2:23.28 - Mater Dei/Memorial/North Tri, Mar 31
Lila Childers, Bloomington North High School, 2:23.61 - Edgewood vs Bloomington North and Owen, Apr 2
Maggie Rushenberg, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, 2:25.42 - Bishop Chatard vs Guerin, Apr 4
Maggie Naas, Westfield High School, 2:25.65 - HSE Girls vs Westfield, Mar 31
Paige Voigtschild, Bedford North Lawrence High, 2:25.68 - BNL vs Mitchell/Barr-Reeve/Orleans, Apr 2
Maddy Higgins, Hamilton Heights High School, 2:25.97 - Lebanon HS vs Hamilton Heights, Mar 20
1600m - Top 10
Lila Childers, Bloomington North High School, 5:11.26 - Edgewood vs Bloomington North and Owen, Apr 2
Hannah Crain, Edgewood High School, 5:12.02 - Edgewood vs Bloomington North and Owen, Apr 2
Mackenna Condon, Westfield High School, 5:12.53 - HSE Girls vs Westfield, Mar 31
Anya Zoeller, Pendleton Heights High School, 5:12.60 - Frankton/PHHS, Mar 30
Emma Pitney, Westfield High School, 5:16.91 - HSE Girls vs Westfield, Mar 31
Ceci Jackson, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, 5:18.32 - Bishop Chatard vs Guerin, Apr 4
Jenna Burns, Westfield High School, 5:20.43 - HSE Girls vs Westfield, Mar 31
Zoe Gebhart, Hamilton Southeastern High, 5:20.51 - Tri @ NC, Mar 25
Paige Voigtschild, Bedford North Lawrence High, 5:21.75 - BNL vs Mitchell/Barr-Reeve/Orleans, Apr 2
Gabrielle Goedeker, Whiteland Community High School, 5:23.96 - Whiteland vs Roncalli, Mar 23
3200m - Top 10
Libby Dowty, Indian Creek High School, 10:55.36 - Waldron vs Indian Creek and Shelbyville, Mar 31
Zoe Gebhart, Hamilton Southeastern High, 11:09.18 - HSE Girls vs Westfield, Mar 31
Mallory Watt, Princeton Community High, 11:34.00 - Barr Reeve/Princeton/Vincennes/Washington, Mar 19
Lena Shipp, Whiteland Community High, 11:34.01 - Whiteland vs Roncalli, Mar 23
Penny Eads, Bloomington North High School, 11:52.87 - Edgewood vs Bloomington North and Owen, Apr 2
Katy Niles, Woodlan High School, 12:15.10 - Woodlan v Churubusco, Mar 24
Eden Muhlhauser, Whiteland Community High, 12:15.60 - Whiteland vs Roncalli, Mar 23
Kate Lux, Hamilton Southeastern High, 12:16.14 - HSE Girls vs Westfield, Mar 31
Ali Johnson, Hamilton Southeastern High, 12:18.99 - HSE Girls vs Westfield, Mar 31
Izzy McCulloch, Westfield High School, 12:23.84 - Avon Lake Invitational, Apr 4
PHOTO CREDIT: OWEN FINK
SCORE. CHILDERS. DOWTY. THREE EVENTS, THREE LEADERS
Score is the only Indiana girl under 2:15. Childers swept two events in one afternoon. Dowty leads the 3200m even off her best.
The outdoor season has basically just started but the leaderboards already have shape, with notable contributions from three schools in particular. Bishop Chatard has three athletes in the 800m top seven. Westfield has three in the 1600m top seven. Hamilton Southeastern has three in the 3200m top ten. Here is where the top 10 stands.
Julia Score leads the state 800m by more than six seconds. The Indianapolis Bishop Chatard senior ran 2:13.55 at Bishop Chatard vs Guerin on Apr 4 - a PR and the state lead. Score is a multi-event distance threat with national meet experience. Last outdoor season she placed 2nd at the IHSAA Girls State Track & Field Meet in the 3200m (10:28.64), ran 4:53.88 in the 1600m, and competed at New Balance Nationals Outdoor in four events. She placed 7th at the IHSAA State XC Championships in the fall. The Wake Forest commit has two teammates in the top 10 of the 800m leaderboard - Grace Leppert ran 2:19.94 for second and Maggie Rushenberg ran 2:25.42 for seventh, both at the same meet.
