Evansville Harrison Had One of Indiana's Best Sprint Days of the Season
It happened at a home meet in early April. Four athletes, four PRs, two of them sophomores.
On Apr 2 at the Harrison Quad, a number of Evansville Harrison sprinters stepped on the track and ran the fastest times of their careers. Four Warriors now rank in the top ten in the state. By the end of the afternoon, the program had a sophomore sitting first in Indiana in the 100m, another sophomore sitting second in the state in the 200m, plus excellent showings from a senior who has quietly become one of the best sprint prospects in the region and a junior who had already been to regionals.
Deandre Sanders, a sophomore, won the 100m at 10.46. Twelve months ago he was running 11.57 at a tri meet in May, finishing 5th. Regardless of conditions, that suggests a huge improvement. He ran one indoor meet this winter, going 7.14 in the 60m at the ISU HSR Qualifier in March. The Harrison Quad was his first outdoor meet of the spring.
Daerail Jamerson, also a sophomore, was in that same 100m final and ran 10.62, then came back for the 200m and ran 21.50 to win. The 200m mark sits second in Indiana. In under a year he went from JV meets to winning varsity-level contests.
Richard Helaire has been working toward this for three years. Now a senior, he ran 12.24 in his first meet in 2024, came back in 2025 to run 11.06 at sectionals and 11.30 at regionals. This spring he ran 10.56 at the Harrison Quad, third in Indiana. Keep an eye on him. His progression has been steady, and remember, Helaire is the one in this group who has stood in a late-May heat and knows what it costs to advance.
Dawens Atime's track record goes back to middle school. He ran 12.40 at the Indiana State Middle School Championships in 2023, 11.59 as a freshman in 2024, 11.39 in 2025, and 10.65 at the Harrison Quad this spring, seventh in Indiana. Last spring he reached regionals in the 200m, running 22.78 in the prelims at IHSAA Boys Regional 8.
The sprint squad is the story but the roster runs deeper. Micah Robling (2026) has run 50.88 in the 400m, 16th in Indiana. Tayten Wilson (2027) has thrown 49-1 in the shot put and 130-3 in the discus. Karson Stewart (2026) has put the shot 48-7. Kennedie Granderson (2027) has run 26.77 in the 200m, 25th in Indiana among girls. Anthony Bavone (2027) has run 11.16 in the 100m. Adyson Thomas (2027) has run 52.99 in the 400m. Malachi Johnson (2029) has gone 11.14 in the 100m and 23.57 in the 200m. Makasia Mumford (2028) has run 13.11 in the 100m. Jada Ragland (2027) has jumped 15-0 in the long jump.
Helaire and Atime have postseason experience and know where this road goes. Sanders and Jamerson are sophomores who just ran 10.46 and 21.50 at a home meet in early April. The rest of Indiana's sprinters will get their answer about what that means in a few weeks.