By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor
LAWRENCE – Fourth-ranked North Central (Indianapolis) utilized a huge finish from Filimon Adhanom late in the Panthers’ season-opening boys track & field meet March 24 to squeak past No. 5 host Lawrence Central, 68-64.
The outcome of the meet turned in the next-to-last event, the 3200-meter run. An outstanding kick down the stretch allowed Adhanom to overtake LC’s Ross Pereira. The four-point swing was the difference as the teams would have tied at 66.
North Central won nine of the 16 events, including a 1-2-3 finish in the shot put led by Anthony Bradley’s 54’ 11” and a double win from Justin Boone (:41.31 in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles, 21’ 04” in the long jump). The Panthers are looking for their fourth state title and first since 1992.
Futsum Zeinasellassie, the defending state champion in the 3200, was a winner in the 1600 (4:37.0) and placed second in the 3200 (1:59.0) for coach Rick Stover’s Panthers. Other marquee wins for North Central came in the 100, where John Broaden nipped teammate Khyran Shank by just .05 with a 10.65, and the 200, where Shank returned the favor with a :21.65 to down LC’s runner-up Tyrenzzie Burgess (:21.70) and Broaden (:21.77).
Lawrence Central coach Mike Holman was pleased with his team’s effort despite the narrow loss, citing the efforts of Burgess, Jeron Brown (a :50.01 in winning the 400), and the Bears’ 4×400-meter relay unit in addition to Pereira’s personal-best 9:56 in the 3200.
LC is a two-time state champ, the last crown coming in 2005.
The individual results (thank you, Jon Kowalczyk!):
110-meter high hurdles
1st Glen Powell LC 15.14
2nd Justin Boone NC 15.60
3rd DaQuan Brown LC 16.52
100-meter dash
1st Khyran Shank NC 10.65
2nd John Broaden NC 10.70
3rd Anthony Shelman LC 10.90
1600 meters
1st Futsum Zeinasellassie NC 04:37.0
2nd Matt Dorsey LC 04:37.3
3rd Filimon Adhanom NC 04:37.7
400 meters
1st Jeron Brown LC 50.01
2nd Derek Morgan NC 51.83
3rd Bo Scott NC 52.29
300-meter intermediate hurdles
1st Justin Boone NC 41.31
2nd DaQuan Brown LC 41.70
3rd Wesley Roberts LC 43.03
800 meters
1st Connor Claflin LC 01:58.0
2nd Futsum Zeinasellassie NC 01:59.0
3rd Julian Tumi NC 02:01.0
200-meter dash
1st Khyran Shank NC 21.65
2nd Tyrenzzie Burgess LC 21.70
3rd John Broaden NC 21.77
3200 meters
1st Filimon Adhanom NC 09:55.0
2nd Ross Pereira LC 09:56.0
3rd G. Conner NC 10:05.0
Shot put
1st Anthony Bradley NC 54-11.00
2nd Redding NC 51-03.00
3rd Kygh Murff NC 49-05.00
Discus
1st Mitchell Newman LC 145-03.00
2nd Tyrone Payton LC 127-11.00
3rd Kygh Murff NC 125-03.00
Long jump
1st Justin Boone NC 21-04.00
2nd Jeron Brown LC 21-02.00
3rd R. Johnson NC 20-09.00
High jump
1st Rahee Johnson NC 6-00.00
2nd Kewan Davis LC 5-10.00
3rd Andrew Anderson LC 5-10.00
Pole vault
1st Blake Boyd LC 13-00.00
2nd Jack Leibovitz LC 11-06.00
3rd Thomas McGurie LC 8-00.00
4×800 meter relay
1. North Central, 8:16.0
4×100 meter relay
1. Lawrence Central (Marcellian Gardner, Andrew Lee, Anthony Shelman, Tyrennzie Burgess), 42.34
4×400 meter relay
1. Lawrence Central (Connor Claflin 50.40, Tyrennzie Burgess 51.40, Jack Leibovitz 51.96, Jeron Brown 50.60), 3:24.4
Processing your request, Please wait....
