April 15, 2022

Elliott selected as March Athlete of the Month

photo: Nevin Wilson

Ramiah Elliott, 18, of Indianapolis has been named the USATF Indiana Athlete of the Month for March 2022. Elliott is a senior at North Central High School and has announced she will matriculate to the University of Florida following graduation.

On March 13, Elliott won the 200m at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York. Her winning time of 23.34 was the fastest ever run by an Indiana girl indoors and just .07 seconds off her outdoor career best time. Only Maicel Malone's state outdoor record of 23.12 and Elliott's outdoor 23.27 are faster on the Indiana all-time list. In New York she also finished sixth in the 60m running 7.48.

One week later at the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference championships she won the 60m running a career best of 7.47 (Indiana #3 all-time). Her time has only been bettered by Semira Killebrew (7.34) and Lynna Irby (7.39).

To rounded out the month by winning the 60m at the Hoosier State Relays in a time of 6.48. She also ran the second leg on North Central's winning 4x200m relay team.

March Results for Ramiah Elliott

Red Devil Classic (March 5; Indianapolis, IN)
New Balance Nationals Indoor (March 11-13; New York, NY)
Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference championships (March 19; Indianapolis)
Hoosier State Relays (March 26; Bloomington, IN)

Other notable performances by USATF Indiana members in March

Jesse Davis - At the USATF Masters Half Marathon Championships in Syracuse, NY, Davis, 40, won the M40-44 division running 1:09:46.

Gretchen Farley - At the New Balance Nationals in New York Farley, 17, ran the #9 (800m; 2:09.51) and #22 (1600m; 4:51.63) times ever by an Indiana athlete.

Luke Himes - At the Hoosier State Relays, Himes, 16, finished second in the Shot Put with the #17 mark (63-7) all-time by an Indiana athletes 63-7

Gary Hunter - At the USATF Masters Indoor Championships New York, Hunter, 66, won his 49th national title as he won the M65 pole vault with a clearance of 10-11¾.

Cody Johnston - At the Hoosier State Relays, Johnston, 18, won the Pole Vault clearing 16-7 (#19 Indiana high school all-time.

Addison Knoblauch - At the Hoosier State Relays, Knoblauch, 16, won the 3200m running 10:11.92 (Indiana H.S. #1 - indoors / #4 all-venues).

Sarah Maple - At the USATF Youth Indoor Championships in New York, Maple, 14, finished third in the 13-14 3000m and sixth in the 1500m.

Antonio Palacios - At the USATF Masters Indoor Championships in New York, Palacios, 55, won his 19th and 20th national titles. He won the M55 Triple Jump (41-7) and Long Jump (18-3).

Jeff Zenger - At the USATF 50 km Championships in East Islip, NY, Zenger, 29, finished fourth running 3:15:37.

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