{"id":685009,"date":"2026-06-05T02:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685009\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T02:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:03:09","slug":"franklin-central-standout-eyes-record-breaking-state-finals-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685009\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Central standout eyes record-breaking state finals performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Thursday at the IHSAA Regionals, Rylan Hainje unofficially broke the United States high school record for 110-meter hurdles, finishing in just 13.05 seconds.<\/p>\n

INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 When you think of breaking records for high school track and field in the United States, Indiana\u00a0<\/a>probably doesn’t standout as a serious contender.<\/p>\n

Franklin Central’s Rylan Hainje would like a word about that.<\/p>\n

“I’ve definitely worked so hard just to get to where I am today,” the senior standout said.<\/p>\n


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Hainje did not even start running track until his sophomore year of high school. A buddy convinced him to try out, a coach saw his potential running hurdles and the rest is history.<\/p>\n

Since then, he’s broken multiple state records, and just last Thursday, May 28 at the IHSAA Regionals, Hainje unofficially broke the United States high school record for 110-meter hurdles, running in just 13.05 seconds.<\/p>\n

“I’m really proud of myself,” Hainje told 13Sports. “There’s definitely been some rough moments leading up to this point. With all the support I’ve had and all the hard work I have put in, I am definitely proud of myself.”<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, the on-site timing company did not utilize an anemometer. Without a wind reading, the record will not be recognized by Track and Field News. Hainje explained to 13Sports that with no wind gauges present, the record does not officially count.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t phase the Franklin Central senior, though. He says he’ll just do it again this weekend at the state finals.<\/p>\n

“I’m definitely going to shatter the record \u2014 both records,” Hainje confidently said. “I’m ready.”<\/p>\n

Not only is Hainje looking to break the national 110-meter hurdles record again, but he’s eyeing the national 300-meter hurdles record as well, which was set just two months ago in Texas.<\/p>\n

Hainje told 13Sports he takes so much pride in representing the state of Indiana in track and field.<\/p>\n

“I’ve met so many people running track. To be able to have all of this support means a lot,” Hainje said. “To see the involvement in track and how big the crowds are, it means a lot because I’m not just running for myself \u2014 I’m running for the whole state, and that’s something that I really love doing.”<\/p>\n

In the fall, Hainje is taking his talents not far from home as he will continue his athletic career at Marian University.<\/p>\n

The 2026 IHSAA Track and Field State Finals are taking place at North Central High School in Indianapolis, with the girls’ meet on Friday, June 5 and the boys’ meet on Saturday, June 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last Thursday at the IHSAA Regionals, Rylan Hainje unofficially broke the United States high school record for 110-meter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-685009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}