Standouts on and off field: 3 finalists for Indianapolis City Male Athlete of the Year

The Marion County Athletic Association will soon name its City and County Athletes of the Year, an award that dates to 1950 and grew to include girls’ achievements in 1979. The awards are geared toward athletic achievement, but almost every winner over the years has exhibited impressive credentials in and out of their athletic, academic and personal areas. Generally, multi-sport athletes are given consideration over single-sport athletes, though in some cases a single-sport athlete has been so outstanding that he or she has been selected as the winner.

Here are the three finalists for City Male Athlete of the Year ( Bishop Chatard’s Kalen Sargent was last year’s winner ): Phoenix Boyer, Bishop Chatard Boyer, a track and field and cross county standout, was the state runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles as a junior and state runner-up in the 4x400-meter relay as a sophomore and junior. Boyer was an All-City in cross county as a junior, a three-time sectional champion in track and field and a six-time state finalist (with the spring still to be completed). He was part of two City championships in cross country and three City titles in track and field.

Chatard finished 11 th in state last year. Boyer, an honor roll student with a 4. 17 GPA, is the school record holder in the 400, 300 hurdles and 4x400 relay team.

He owns the fourth-fastest time in the 300 hurdles in state history. Boyer plans to run track at Indiana. Kyle Harden, Cathedral Harden was an eight-time letterwinner in football and wrestling for the Irish, winning four City championships during his high school career.