Rogers Runs 6.68 For Indoor Indiana Best In 60 Meters; Bode Gilkerson Clears 7 Feet In HJ
By David Woods for DyeStat
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For one Saturday, Park Tudor School was the epicenter of Indiana running.
March Madness in the Hoosier state is usually about basketball. Across a parking lot from Indiana University’s fieldhouse is the hoops hall where five NCAA championship banners hang.
But the madness on this night came in track and field, and from an Indianapolis private school whose enrollment is 378. The Panthers have a banner to hang, too.
Jasiah Rogers became Indiana’s fastest teen, and valiant quadruples by Gretchen Farley and Sophia Kennedy delivered a first-ever state track title. Of Park Tudor’s previous 20 state championships, 17 were in tennis or basketball.
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Hoosier State Relays – divided by small schools in Classes 1A-2A-3A and large schools in 4A-5A-6A – are an unofficial indoor state meet. But that trophy, these times and those smiles were authentic.
“This means the world to me, honestly,” said Rogers, who set an Indiana indoor record of 6.68 in the 60 meters. “To be able to be a senior and leave my mark on the state in the last year. Hopefully, the record will stand for a good amount of time.
“All the hard work I put in, all the time, dedication and sacrifice, it’s all for this.”
How legit is Rogers? He broke his own state record of 6.69 – set March 4 at Marion, Ind. – and was fourth in 6.72 at New Balance Nationals Indoor on March 12 at Boston. His 6.68 is US#8 and ranks 15th on Tilastopaja’s under-20 world list.
Moreover, his time is worth 1,108 points on World Athletics’ scoring tables. By comparison, Plainfield’s Bode Gilkerson became the first American high schooler this year to high jump 7 feet – worth 1,030 points. Gilkerson would have needed to jump 7-3.25 to match Rogers’ score.
While on the subject of legit, Farley favorably compares to a state quadruple turned in last June by Huntington North’s Addy Wiley.
Farley: 10:42, 3,200 meters; 3:36, 1,200; 2:10, 800; 57.5, 400.
Wiley: 10:38, 4:38 (1,600), 2:06, 57.03.
Wiley was at peak fitness, going on to set a 1,600 national record a week later. Farley is seven weeks removed from basketball season.
“I learned a lot,” Farley said.
The quadruples came in a span of three and a half hours, with about 80-90 minutes between races.
In the opening 3,200, Kennedy made a bid for sub-10:00 by running…
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