Park Tudor's Jasiah Rogers sets stage for state meet with fastest 100 time in 20 years.

In the week leading up to the IHSAA regional boys track meet at Lawrence Central, Jasiah Rogers made a slight adjustment to the angle of the pedals on his starting blocks.

Consider it a success.

Rogers, a Park Tudor senior, ran the 100 in a blistering 10.30 seconds on a cool evening to not only punch his ticket to next week’s state meet, but post the best mark in the state this spring. According to the records kept at Indianarunner.com, Rogers’ time ties him for sixth in state history and is the best since Gary West Side’s Mark Jelks ran a 10.25 at the state meet in 2002.

“I came into regionals feeling good,” said Rogers, who set a state record at the indoor state meet with a 6.68 time in the 60 meters. “Lots of great support at my back, and I did something different with my blocks. Turns out, it worked.”

Rogers, a Purdue recruit, will undoubtedly stick with the plan going into next week’s state meet in Bloomington. He also edged Christian Woodson of North Central to win the 200, running a 21.76 time to Woodson’s 21.79.

The 100 figured to be a battle between Rogers and Lawrence Central senior Elijah Jackson, who previously had the best time in the state this spring at 10.47 in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference meet at the end of April. Jackson finished second with a 10.50.

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“I couldn’t be here without him,” Rogers said of Jackson. “I’ve been competing with him since last summer in AAU season and it’s been a great season for both of us.”

Rogers joked he did not make his block adjustment on the fly Thursday night.

“It’s something I’ve been working on with my club coach,” he said. “I didn’t come out here and just do it. That would not be smart. I’ve been working on it for the past few days. We did it so I could maximize my strength. In the 100, if you make a mistake you’re finished.”

No mistakes for Rogers in Thursday’s race. But he knows he will have to put up another good performance next week with a field that will include Jackson, Brownsburg’s Dominic Calhoun and Warren Central’s Jaelyn Reeves-Lile as top competition.

“In past years, I haven’t had someone really push me like (Jackson),” Rogers said. “I’m glad I’ve been able to work with him on a pretty consistent basis.”

Mt. Vernon won the regional as a team with 73 points to edge second-place North Central (66). Lawrence North (54), Lawrence Central (51) and Brebeuf Jesuit (40) rounded out the top five.

Mt. Vernon senior and Purdue football recruit George Burhenn won the 110 hurdles in 14.31 seconds, a season best and the best mark in the state prior to Thursday (Charlestown’s Jake Ottersbach posted a 14.12 in the regional at Bloomington North). Burhenn also won the 300 hurdles in 38.74 seconds.

Brebeuf Jesuit senior Cameron Todd was another double winner in the 1,600 (4:14.36) and 3,200 (9:17.46). Lawrence North senior Nicholas Ostendorf battled him in the 1,600 to the wire (4:14.89).

Southport’s Nickens Lemba won the 400 (48.20) in a final preparation to face Plainfield’s Nayyir Newash-Campbell in next week’s state meet. Heritage Christian junior Luke Himes won the shot put (62-7) and discus (169-4).

Delta senior Abram Stitt, the top long jumper coming into the regional, went 23 feet, 5 inches to win. Yorktown senior Kolton Nanko overcame a broken pole vault to jump 14 feet and win the regional title.

North Central senior Lee Martin went 6-6 to win the high jump. Teammate Nate Killeen won the 800 with a 1:54.93.

Other boys regionals:

>> At Lafayette Jeff: Junior sprinter Dominic Calhoun ran to three regional records, featuring a state record in the 4x100 relay, and led No. 1-ranked Brownsburg to a repeat title over No. 2 Carmel 126-80. The Bulldogs, who had never won a boys track regional until last year, finished second at state in 2022 and 2021. Brownsburg advanced in 14 of 16 events, with 16 individual qualifiers and all three relays. No. 3 Plainfield, the defending state champion, was third with 65. Deandre Cooper, Josh Handy, Caleb Heldman and Calhoun clocked 40.88 in the relay, breaking the record of 40.91 set by Gary Roosevelt in 1991. After records of 10.46 and 21.35 in 100/200 prelims, Calhoun won finals in 10.48 and 21.43. Besides the 4x100 and 200, state-leading times were recorded by Fishers junior Tyler Tarter (37.49) in the 300 hurdles and Plainfield (3:18.19) in the 4x400. Nayyir Newash-Campbell set a regional record of 47.53 in the 400 and anchored Plainfield’s relay in 46.6. Defending state champ Bode Gilkerson of Plainfield high jumped 7 feet for the second time in eight days. Carmel’s Kole Mathison, defending state champ at 1,600/3,200, won those in 4:12.99 and 8:59.81, setting a regional record in the latter.

>> At Greenfield-Central: Parker Doyle won a 14.33/39.27 hurdles double and ran on a winning 4x400 relay to help Center Grove to a fifth team title in the past seven regionals. The Trojans outscored runner-up Warren Central 122-98. Greenwood sophomore William Riley won the 100 in 10.80 and Whiteland junior Matthew Wray the 200 in 21.93.

Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.

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