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Arabians’ Andrew Harvey places sixth in shot put

INDIANAPOLIS — Adversity can reveal the inner strength of an individual, and Pendleton Heights’ Andrew Harvey proved his mettle at the Indiana State Boys Track and Field Finals at Ben Davis High School on Friday, June 4.

Harvey finished sixth in the shot put finals with a distance of 56-feet, 6-inches after a disastrous discus event and more problems in the shot put.

“I feel pretty good,” Harvey said. “I could have taken the bad route after having a really bad day in the discus, I could have come over here and sulked. I took the anger I had and translated it into the shot put.”

Harvey finished three places higher than he was seeded.

In the discus, Harvey fouled on all three of his attempts in his flight with two flags for stepping out of the circle and one for hitting the fence.

Immediately following the discus, the shot put competition began, and Harvey’s first attempt erased the faults of the discus. The throw was 56-6, and his yell of “Yes, sir,” confirmed he was back in the competition. “I wasn’t as much happy about the distance as it was good technically. It was a good way to start it off,” Harvey said.

The attempt was good enough to get him into the final round of 11 athletes, but he fouled on his first two attempts before hitting a mark in the final attempt.

“There are two paths to take. He took the determination path,” said John Harvey, coach and father. “He could have gave up, but he didn’t. I was proud to see he was good enough to get sixth.”

Prior to the start of the discus, an official mentioned that 1200 athletes began sectional competition, and they were the final 27 remaining.

Harvey set school records in both events during the regular season. He is the school’s record-holder in the shot put with a heave of 58-2. His top discus distance was 182-9.

Harvey will attend Eastern Illinois in the fall.

Heineman tied for 21st

Pendleton Heights sophomore Maddie Heineman finished tied for 21st in the pole vault competition at the IHSAA Girls State Track and Field Finals held Saturday, June 5 at Ben Davis High School.

Heineman cleared 10-feet, but was unable to make it over the bar set at 10-6.

Center Grove’s Taylor Jarosinski won the event with a height of 13-feet.

Heineman was seeded at 10-3, a height she cleared earlier this season. The mark is the second best in school history. She is one of only to PH vaulters to clear over 10-feet.

Ellie McCardwell is the school record holder at 13-7, set in 2010.

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