Delaware All-State teams revealed after record-setting indoor track and field season
brandon holveck, delaware news journal
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The fastest in state history in their primary events, Middletown's Isabelle Walsh and Salesianum's Ethan Walther earned Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year honors as awarded by the state's coaches.
Walsh and Walther each won the 1,600 and 800 at the state championships Feb. 3 in Landover, Maryland, and at other points in the season ran the fastest times in state history in those events. Walther also broke the 3,200 state record.
They lead the 2024 indoor track and field All-State teams, which are composed of the event winners at the state meet.
Middletown's Isabelle Walsh greets fellow competitor Anna Bockius after Walsh won the 1600 meter race during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
In consecutive weeks, Walther ran 1:54.90 in the 800, 4:14.39 in the mile and 9:18.23 in the 2 mile to set state records in each event. In the last half-century, no other boy has at once held the Delaware indoor records in the three individual distance events.
At the state meet, he cruised to a five-second victory in the 1,600 and took over in the final lap to win the 800 in a meet record. Walther also ran on Salesianum's third-place 4x400. He was the last runner left on the track cooling down.
Salesianum's Ethan Walther puts some distance between him and the competition as he wins the 1600 meter run during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
On March 10, he placed 23rd in the 800 at New Balance Nationals in 1:54.41.
After a slow opening lap, Walsh took command of the 1,600 state championship race and led the rest of the way. Keyed by a 67-second final 400, Walsh won by six seconds in a meet record time. She then won the 800 off a faster first quarter in another meet record performance.
The following week, Walsh placed fifth in the mile at Millrose Games in 4:46.27. For record-keeping purposes, it is converted to a 4:44.61 1,600. That's more than 10 seconds faster than anyone in Delaware ran in the previous five full indoor seasons.
The 800 state record entering the year — Lydia Olivere's 2:13.93 — was broken three times this season. Walsh was the first to the record, running 2:11.44 in early January and lowering that mark by a tenth of a second at the state meet. On the final day for state-record eligible performances, Tatnall's Abby Downin ran 2:09.74 on Feb. 24 at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island. In the same race, Walsh ran 2:10.88.
On March 9, she placed fourth at Nike Nationals in 2:09.22, the fastest time in state history, but outside the official high school competition season.
Juliana Balon, sr., Padua (55, 200, 400, long jump)
Padua's Juliana Balon (second from left) wins the 55 meter dash during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. Kiara Davis of Tatnall (left) takes second and Smyrna's Aaliyah Turpin runs to a third place while Tatnall's Arianna Montgomery (right) finished fourth.
Arianna Montgomery, so., Tatnall (55 hurdles)
Tatnall's Arianna Montgomery (second from left) and teammate Kiara Davis mirror each other's strides but it is Montgomery who would win the 55 meter hurdles by three-hundredths of a second during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. Tatnall's Alexis Turlue (left) was fourth and Smyrna's Aaliyah Turpin runs to a third place (right).
Isabelle Walsh, sr., Middletown (800, 1,600)
Middletown's Isabelle Walsh wins the 800 meter run during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Carlita Kaliher, sr., Tatnall (3,200)
Arianna Donovan, jr., Saint Mark's (4x200)
Reagan Garibaldi, jr., Saint Mark's (4x200)
DeLaira Muzzi, fr., Saint Mark's (4x200)
Alexis Donovan, jr., Saint Mark's (4x200)
Madelyn Mead, sr., Padua (4x400, 4x800)
Molly Flanagan, sr., Padua (4x400, 4x800)
Padua's Sophia Holgado (left) hands off to Molly Flanagan for the final leg of the 4x400 as Padua wins the event over Tatnall's Darian Harris and Malana Neal (right) during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Anna Bockius, so., Padua (4x400)
Sophia Holgado, sr., Padua (4x400)
Alessandra DeAscanis, sr., Padua (4x800)
The field in the 4x800 meter relay, including Caesar Rodney's Madeline Francis (left) and Padua's Alessandra DeAscanis (right) takes off at the start during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. Padua claimed first, Caesar Rodney second, and Tatnall was third in the event.
Kelsey Wolff, sr., Padua (4x800)
Taylor Stone, jr., Middletown (high jump)
Mekiyah Earnest, sr., Padua (triple jump)
Mekiyah Earnest of Padua participates in the long jump after earlier winning the triple jump crown during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Elce Walsh, jr. Padua (pole vault)
Simone Cooper, sr., Middletown (shot put)
Middletown's Simone Cooper throws on her way to winning the shot put with a top throw of 41' 8.5" during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
All-State boys indoor track and field team
Jasyn Truitt, sr., Salesianum (55, 4x200)
Salesianum's Jasyn Truitt (right) wins the state championship in the 55 meter dash as Archmere's Jack Maister (left) places second and Appoquinimink's Chad Miller third alongside Caravel's Donovan Dixon during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Michael Latham, sr., Odessa (55 hurdles)
Odessa's Michael Latham (left) clears a hurdle en route to a first place finish in the 55 meter hurdles during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. Fourth-place finisher Robert Redden of Cape Henlopen races at right.
Anai Burney-Green, jr., Middletown (200)
Bishop Lane, sr., Salesianum (400, 4x200)
Salesianum's Bishop Lane (left) runs behind eventual second-place finisher Jayden Feaster of Middletown (center) and Odessa's Jordan Hollis (fifth place) before Lane won the 400 meter dash during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Ethan Walther, jr., Salesianum (800, 1,600)
Salesianum's Ethan Walther (right) runs to a first place finish in the 800 meter run ahead of second place A.I. du Pont's Camerin Williams (center) and third place Ian Cain of Caesar Rodney during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Ben Pizarro, jr., Tatnall (3,200)
Eli Ecret, jr., Salesianum (4x200)
Jake Portale, sr., Salesianum (4x200)
Salesianum's Bishop Lane takes the baton from Jake Portale for the anchor leg as their team wins the 4x200 meter relay during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Aiden Cain, sr., Caesar Rodney (4x400)
Josh Johnson, jr., Caesar Rodney (4x400)
Ian Cain, sr., Caesar Rodney (4x400)
Gabe Harris, so., Caesar Rodney (4x400)
Caesar Rodney's Gabe Harris takes the final exchange from Ian Cain (right) in the 4x400 en route to a first place win as Salesianum's Bishop Lane (left) receives the baton from Ethan Walther during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Brian Yeager, jr., Saint Mark's (4x800)
Saint Mark's Brian Yeager takes the baton across the finish line to help his team to a win in the 4x800 meter relay in the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Connor Gebhardt, sr., Saint Mark's (4x800)
Alec Jurgaitis, so., Saint Mark's (4x800)
Brandon Smith, sr., Saint Mark's (4x800)
Elijah Williams, sr., Smyrna (high jump)
Smyrna's Elijah Williams (facing camera) and Milford's Ben Gusciora congratulate each other after both cleared 6'4" in the high jump with Williams winning the event during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Jack Maister, sr., Archmere (long jump)
Jakwon Kilby, sr., Dover (triple jump)
Bailey Fletcher, sr., Cape Henlopen (pole vault)
Cape Henlopen's Bailey Fletcher makes an attempt after winning the pole vault at 15' 0" during the DIAA indoor track and field championships at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
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