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Below you will find this past week’s IHSAA Sectional top performances for both boys and girls. On the boys side, fans are in for a treat in the 300 hurdles and 400m in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the girls sprints should be a great battle as returning National Champion Brionna Thomas fights off her contenders. Boys [...]

Tuesday afternoon marked the official start of the IHSAA State Tourament for Track and Field. The Eastern (Greentown) girls track team wasted no time showing how dominant they can be, even with an school enrollment of just 460 athletes. The Lady Comets won the Madison-Grant Sectional in rare fashion. It wasn’t just that they had [...]

Friday’s Franklin Central Showcase is set to be one of the most competitive we have seen. The boy’s race features just about all the big dogs you would hope to see. The only major individuals that we’re really disappointed aren’t running are Zach Panning (FW Concordia), Kyle Eller (Lowell), Ari Coulopoulos (Valparaiso), and James Huffman [...]

This Thursday at 12:00am EST, registration for the “Friday Night Special” will open to all interested individuals. The “Friday Night Special” will take place Friday June 7, 2013 at Carroll Stadium at IUPUI. The meet will have a projected start time at 7:30pm. What events are there? The events that will be run are as [...]

One of the most anticipated events in the state is set to take place Friday, April 12th at Franklin Central High School. The FC Showcase and “Miracle Mile” is always a top notch event. The big change in this years’ event will be the addition of a third heat to both the girls and boys [...]

By: Drake Sterling The 2013 Hoosier State Relays (HSR) Finals held at Indiana Wesleyan on Saturday, March 16th, 2013 were just as exciting as was promoted going in to the meet. The meet, held annually and promoted as the unofficial “Indoor State Championships”, featured the top 24 athletes and relays in the 55m Dash, 55m [...]

Indiana Runner would like to thank our own Eileen Gernhard for the great pictures of the 4a-5a competition. You can find the pictures at the link viagra pas cher below: http://2013indianarunner.shutterfly.com

For the second consecutive year, Indiana Runner is excited to have the opportunity to provide an exclusive LIVE webcast of the Hoosier State Relays at Indiana farmacia online Wesleyan University on Saturday, March 16th, 2013. A long day of competition will begin at 8:00 am with the field events in the large school division championships. [...]

The past two weekends were very busy for track and field. In addition to the HSR Qualifying Meets for current Indiana athletes, a plethora of former Hoosier high school athletes competed in the NCAA D1, D2, D3 and the NAIA National Championships. In total, these athletes earned over 50 All-American Awards in their respective divisions. [...]

The vast majority of Indiana’s track and field athletes are now engaging in full competition during this indoor track season. The ultimate goal for all athletes is to earn a qualifying spot for the 2013 Hoosier State Relays Meet, held at Indiana Wesleyan on March 16th. The HSR Finals have sparked interest in competing indoors [...]

In an on-going attempt to cover everything Indiana high school track and field related, Indiana Runner is excited to announce the addition of a new forum to the classic IR message board. Effective immediately, forum users can utilize the new “Indiana Thrower” forum on the message board. In this forum, Indiana Runner Throws Coordinator, Troy Heckaman will [...]

This years’ IR Distance Showcase has the opportunity to be the best yet. Fans shouldn’t be surprised to see up to 7 meet records in just 10 events. Below you will find an event by event preview. Also, by following the link below, you can view the 2013 IRDS Heat Sheets and make your own [...]

Girls 1200 Name    School Bethany Neeley    Comet TC Brittany Neeley    Comet TC Maddy Roach    Lawrence Cyclones Mackenzie Caldwell    Columbus Thorn Ciara Scott    Bowling Green Lightning Caitlyn Chastain    Lorac Sarah-Emily Woodward    Bowling Green Lightning Casey Wendorff    Center Grove Meghan Carrico    Assumption (KY) Connie Brahm    Ben Davis Lauren Wheeler    Bowling Green Lightning Brittney Hansen    Bowling Green Lightning [...]

There’s just a few days left until the Fourth Annual Indiana Runner Distance Showcase at the University of Indianapolis. Entries closed late Saturday night with the maximum number of participants signed up to compete. For the second straight year, over 600 high school athletes from around Indiana will compete in 5 girls and 5 boys [...]

Registration for the First Annual IR “Friday Night Special” has opened to all interested individuals. The meet will take place Friday June 7, 2013 at Carroll Stadium at IUPUI with a projected start time of 7:30pm. What events are there? The events that will be run are as follows with these qualifying marks – 2000m Steeplechase [...]

Below you can find information for entries for the 2012 Indiana Runner Distance Showcase. The fourth annual version of the meet will take place on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 at the University of Indianapolis Athletics and Recreation Center. The meet will begin promptly at 9:00 am and the schedule will be as follows: Girls 1200 [...]

After qualifying for Foot Locker Nationals by way of a ninth place finish at FL Midwest, what were your feelings towards your chances at Nationals immediately following that race? I was so overwhelmed with excitement! I had been training and looking forward to footlocker all year long. Immediately following the race I figured being an [...]

January – By Justin Floyd January is usually a slow month in terms of running as the indoor season is just beginning but this year seemed to have more action than usual with some fast times and big names showing some form early. The Indoor season started in earnest with several early marks by big [...]

December 18th, 2012   Indiana Runner is happy to announce the meet information for the Fourth Annual Indiana Runner Distance Showcase. The meet, which saw a record number of competing athletes last year will welcome a few changes to an already successful and high anticipated format. The first change is in the meet date. Traditionally [...]

Mishawaka’s Anna Rohrer and West Lafayette’s Bobbie Burgess will both compete in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in San Diego, California this Saturday, December 8th. The two girls will be Indiana’s only representatives at the most distinguished meet of the season. They qualified by way of the Foot Locker Midwest Regional last month. In [...]

Indiana Runner is excited to announce the addition of two meets to their home calendar in 2013. The website, with the help of comprar cialis generico de 10 mg en española it’s always generous sponsors, will host both a distance-only Friday night post-season track meet in June as well as an elite Junior Varsity cross [...]

Both Mishawaka’s Anna Rohrer and West Lafayette’s Bobbie Burgess extended their already exemplary 2012 cross country campaigns by 2 more weeks this past Saturday at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional. Both Rohrer and Burgess grabbed one of the to buy literature essay p 10 automatic qualifying positions for the 2012 Foot Locker Championships, held in [...]

Over 150 Indiana Runners are signed up to compete in the 2012 Footlocker Midwest Championship Cross Country Meet in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Other states which are represented in the Midwest Regional include Colorado, Illinois,Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mi buy propecia nnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and U.S. citizens in Overseas Military Installations. This [...]

Indiana has a rich tradition of sending off our high school graduates to success on the collegiate level. 2012 is no exception. Below you will find a full list of competing individuals in the various collegiate national championships. Corrections cheap cialis online or additions are welcome HERE. Men’s Division 1 November 17th, 2012 – Louisville, [...]

The 2012 NXN Midwest Regional at the Lavern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute was well hyped coming in and in turn, did not disappoint. The meet, which featured many of the top teams and individuals from Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mich order viagra online igan, and Ohio, has grown especially larger over the last [...]

For the second year in a row, Indiana Runner will be providing a LIVE webcast of today’s Nike Cross National Midwest Region Meet from Terre Haute, Indiana.

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October 31st, 2012 Indiana Runner is sad to announce that Robert Abraham has stepped down from Indiana Runner, effective immediately. Abraham, the head coach at Brown County High School stepped down due to time constraints and to focus on other aspects of his coaching and personal career. Rob served Indiana Runner as the Brown County [...]

By: Drake Sterling For those who made the trip to Terre Haute’s Lavern Gibson cialis sale Championship Cross Country Course for Saturday’s IHSAA State Meet, you were rewarded with some great races and gutsy performances in both the boys’ and girls’ races. The girls race saw five girls break the previous LG State Meet record [...]

Drake Sterling If there’s one thing I’ve learned from covering Indiana cross country over the years, it’s that come the weekend of the State Meet, not even the most foregone conclusions are safe. Ultimately, the team everyone thought was a lock for a podium finish will fall to 10th. Meanwhile, the up and down team [...]

By Colin Altevogt Girls Coordinator Perhaps it isn’t a foregone conclusion after all. With the number one team returning a solid group and the defending state champion looking like one of the nation’s best, both the team and individual championships seemed pre-determined in June. While Carmel and Warsaw’s Ashley Erba will both enter the meet [...]

After an exciting and unpredictable 2012 post-season thus far, the fields are officially set for the 67th Annual Boys and  32nd Annual Girls State Championships. For the first time in many years, both team championships as well as both individual championships are still highly debatable as to who will win. The boys championship will be [...]

By Colin Altevogt Girls Coordinator Participating Schools: #15 Avon, Brownsburg, #12 Fishers, #4 Hamilton Southeastern, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon Hyper Facebook(tm Traffic , #18 Noblesville, #11 Westfield, #21 Zionsville Perhaps the deepest conference in Indiana, the Hoosier Crossroads Conference boasts five of Indiana’s top 20 teams, all of which have state meet aspirations. [...]

8/2 Josh Keith (Lake Central) Distance – Purdue University Calumet 7/30 Nicholas Jones (Highland) Sprints Jump viagra uk s – Calumet College 7/30 Andrea Degard (Calument) Distance – Calumet College 7/30 Keyia McConnahay (Peru) Distance – Calumet College 7/14 Nick Nolting (Franklin Central) Mid Distance – Franklin College 6/30 Zach Bray (Hamilton Southeastern) Hurdles – [...]

By: Justin Floyd As we enter the conference championship portion of the cross country season, one meet holds a special place in my heart and is in the forefront of my mind. It is the Duneland Athletic Conference. Every year they run their viagra tablets antiquated dual meets that hold some sort of importance towards [...]

By: Drake Sterling 1. Is there any way to predict who gets the 5th spot at the Brebeuf Regional? Nine of the top sixteen teams in this week’s Indiana Runner top 25 are located in the Brebeuf Regional. One wo cialis online uld think Carmel, Westfield, Lawrence Central, and Hamilton Southeastern are a lock. That [...]

Boys Preview: September 22nd, 2012 By: Drake Sterling This year will mark the 31st annual Culver Academy Invitational. The meet, which features over 4,000 athletes, is one of the biggest, if not the bigg Stock Market Winners est in the state. One of the particularly exciting features is the presence from out-of-state schools. This year’s [...]

Anna Rohrer Inteview September 17th, 2012 By: Drake Sterling   Mishawaka’s Anna Rohrer has shocked the entire state thus far during the 2012 cross country season with her amazing improvement and race performances. We were lucky enough to be granted an email interview with Anna, and as you will read below, she has also shocked [...]

2012 FlashRock Invitational (Boys) 9/15/2012 By Drake Sterling   Changes to the Invite: As most know, the FlashRock Invitational in Error Expert – Registry Repair previous years has been run in two evenly competitive “Green” and “Blue” races. The races were exciting and frustrating at the same time. Afterwards, the results would compare the races [...]

By Colin Altevogt Girls coordinator Participating schools: Barr-Reeve, Bedford North Lawrence, Bloomington North, #21 Bloomington South, Borden, Brown County, #6 Columbus North, Corydon Central, buy cheap propecia East Central, Eastern (Pekin), Edgewood, Floyd Central, Forest Park, Franklin, Greensburg, Horizon Christian, Indian Creek, Jeffersonville, Lawrence Central, Lighthouse Christian, Madison, Martinsville, New Albany, North Central (Farmersburg), #22 [...]

September 5th, 2012 By: Drake Sterling     Terre Haute Junior, Jackson Bertoli, who has been a threat for All-State finishes in both cross country and track in the last year, has quietly produced some early results this cross country season that deserve a closer look. Bertoli has been undefeated to fellow Hoosier Harriers thus [...]

Terre Haute State Preview – Boys By: Drake Sterling September 1st, 2012 *UPDATE: Sorrells not competing, Morgan Township’s Alec Kostelnik is! generic viagra We were so excited about Indiana’s first big weekend of 5k action, we decided to bring you a second Boys “Meet of the Week” article! Featured this Saturday morning in lovely Terre [...]

Harrison Invitational By: Drake Sterling September 1st, 2012 This weekend is a very exciting one for Indiana cross country. We are lucky to have some elite meets taking place, including the State Pre canadian pharmacy cialis view Meet, the Artesian Classic, the ASICS Marion Invitational, the Harrison Invitational, and the North Harrison Invitational (Thursday). What [...]

Update Friday, August 24th *Indianapolis Cathedral will not be in attendance   Girls Preview: By Colin Altevogt Girls coordinator   Participating schools: Andrean, #1 Carmel, Columbia City, #20 Crown Point, Harrison (West Lafayette), Homestead, Indianapolis Cathedral, Michigan City, Pioneer, South Bend St. Joseph’s, Terre Haute South, #2 West Lafayette, #23 Zionsville. With each team’s propensity [...]

By: Justin Floyd Senior Alec Kostelnik (Morgan Township High School) broke onto the state scene last fall by earning all state honors and setting huge PR’s on the track this spring. Now he is one of the favorites to take home some serious hardware come this October in Terre Haute. I had the chance to [...]

August 14th, 2012 On the day when a lot of Indiana teams first toe the line and kick off their 2012 cross country seasons, Indiana Runner officially wraps up its 2012 Preseason Coverage. This summer, IR completed its usual Preseason Top 50 Boys and Girls Teams as well as the Preseason Boys and Girls Individual [...]

8/3/2012   Brionna Thomas – So. – Fort Wayne Wayne High School     Brionna Thomas shocked everyone this past month winning the National Championship for Intermediate Girls at the USATF Junior Olympic Meet for 200 meters. Thomas, just a Sophomore at Fort Wayne Wayne High School capped off an immensely successful season in which she [...]

7/21/2012   Starting July 21st and counting down to August 14th, Indiana Runner will be releasing our “Preseason Boys and Girls All-State Individuals”. The individuals will be released number 25 to number 1 one per day. Tune in everyday to see who the newest featured athletes are and make sure you get on the message [...]

July 21st, 2012 We are halfway through another great season of Jones’ and Colin’s Preseason Top 50 Teams! Teams 50 through 25 have been released during the first 25 days and already, the Message Board threads related to the Top 50 prediction contest have over 15,000 views! IR Staff members Brandon Jones and Colin Altevogt have spent [...]

7/1/2012     Gary Austin – Sr. – Pike High School   By: Drake Sterling   Austin capped off a fantastic season with a month of June that ended right on schedule, earning him some huge wins in the post-season. On June 2nd, Austin rolled into the IHSAA State Finals as the co-favorite for the [...]

Cross Country Realignment released by IHSAA. By Justin Floyd June 26th, 2012 The topic of realignment has been in the back of everyone’s mind since it was announced that the IATCCC would propose a plan to the IHSAA in order to better align the Sectional, Regional, and Semi State meets during the tournament series. The [...]

6/17/2012 Eastern (Greentown) Junior Bethany Neeley competed in this past weekend’s New Balance Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was kind enough to share her experience with the IR community through a weekend long blog. In this blog, readers will get to see what it’s like to compete at a meet of this caliber. [...]

June 17th, 2012     Indiana was well represented this weekend as many athletes made the travel down to Greensboro, North Carolina for the Annual New Balance Outdoor National Meet. Those who made the long trip down I-74 performed very well representing their schools and our state. In total, there were three National Championship performances [...]

June 15th, 2012     Just a reminder from us here at Indiana Runner that Coach Koeppen’s All Star Cross Country Camp sign ups end Saturday, June 16th! Athletes are able to sign up afterwards, however, a late fee will be added. Info for the 29th Annual All Star Camp is below: CAMP ELIGIBILITY  The [...]

June 12th, 2012   The American Milers Club will host the third of four high performance track meets at I.U.P.U.I. this Wednesday, June 13th. The June 13th meet will boast the best talent of any meet yet this season. With the conclusion of the NCAA season this past weekend, collegiates and recent graduates all over [...]

June 10th, 2012         The Indiana Association of Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches used the banquet of the Midwest Meet of Champions to present many of our great Indiana athletes with multiple awards for their amazing seasons in 2012. The banquet was held at Ceruti’s Banquet Hall in Fort Wayne. [...]

June 10th, 2012 Brittany Neeley, a Junior from Eastern (Greentown), has been gracious enough to do a one-time blog for Indiana Runner solely on her experience at this weekends Midwest Distance Festival in Joliet, IL. For those who don’t know Brittany, she is one of the most talented middle distance and versatile athletes in the [...]

June 4th, 2012                                                                         We are proud to announce that Indiana Runner’s Webcast of the 2012 Girls and Boys State [...]

6/3/2012   The Indiana Invaders, a professional elite track development team, will be hosting the 8th annual American Milers Club Series Meets during the first two weeks of June. The “AMC” Meets as they are often referred to will take place at the historic Michael A. Carroll Stadium on the I.U.P.U.I campus. The exact address [...]

5/31/2012 Tomorrow starts our big weekend here at Indiana Runner! Tune into IndianaRunner.com on both Friday and Saturday, June 1st and 2nd for LIVE Webcasts of the IHSAA Girls and Boys State Meets. The meets will be shown in their entirety, including field events and prelims of all events. We will feature on track reporting [...]

May 30th, 2012     On Tuesday, May 29th, I had the great opportunity to sit down and talk with Coach Dennis McNulty of Warren Central. As we all know, on May 21st, he announced he will be retiring from coaching after 35 amazing years. I had only met Coach McNulty on a few occasions [...]

May 30th, 2102 Jeron Brown – Sr. – Lawrence Central By: Drake Sterling Needless to say, May was a big month for Lawrence Central’s Jeron Brown.  His great month began at the Marion County Meet. Despite finishing a disappointing 3rd in the long jump, Brown came back to win the 400 meter title in 49.80. [...]

By Colin Altevogt Girls Coordinator 4×800 Carmel has won this event the last three years, and it appears possible that the Greyhounds could make it four in a row. However, the ‘Hounds have been beaten in their last three meets by cross-county rival Hamilton Southeastern. The Royals hold the state’s best time by virtue of [...]

5/30/2012 De’Sean Turner graduated from Warren Central High School in 2007 as one of the State’s most versatile and decorated all-time track and field athletes. De’Sean was the 1600 meter State Champion in 2007 in 4:08.34, an individual Cross Country State Champion in 2006, 2xtime Cross Country Team Champion in 2005 and 2006, 2nd in [...]

AllTrax Timing – Contractor License Hy-Tek’s MEET MANAGER Page 1 IHSAA Girls State Meet – 6/1/2012 Indiana University Meet Program – IHSAA Girls State Meet Event 13 Girls Long Jump Pos Comp# Name Year School Seed Mark Flight 1 of 3 Finals 1 344 Winfrey, Twyla 12 Broad Ripple 17-04.50 2 555 Yeadon, Chelsea 11 [...]

By: Justin Floyd The North Central Regional had an air of tension as plenty of athletes and coaches were eager to see how their athletes would respond to their training, hoping they could either hit the state standard or grab a top 3 spot in their respective events. Today they would face the challenge against [...]

5/21/2012   Indiana Runner is proud to announce that Chuck Koeppen’s All Star Camp will be our EXCLUSIVE sponsor for the 2012 IHSAA State Meet Webcast. We were awarded the opportunity to produce our first LIVE webcast for the State Meet on May 18th. We were honored and excited about the possibilities it could bring [...]

Photo submitted by Bobby Browning Jack Andritch of Hamilton Southeastern edges out Carmel’s Bobby Browning for 2nd place in the 3200 at the Carmel Sectional by just .01 seconds! *Send all Photo of the Week submissions to: dsterling4@gmail.com

5/19/2012   Indiana Runner is proud to announce that we will be providing LIVE Webcasts of both the Girls and Boys 2012 Track and Field State Finals on June 1st and 2nd from Indiana University. Our coverage will begin on Friday at approximately 2:50 pm, just prior to the start of the Girls pole vault, [...]

Futsum Takes Convincing Win, Looks to Gain Confidence Justin Floyd   Futsum Zienasellassie took home the victory in the 3200 meter run Thursday night at the North Central Sectional in Indianapolis. He led from the gun and only Spencer Clapp of Indianapolis Cathedral attempted to go with him. His efforts were in vein however as [...]

By: Coach Cash 5/15/2012 1. The Fort Wayne female sophomores…  How dangerous are they? Symone Black, Karrina Smith,  Brionna Thomas, Dejah Arnold, Dyamond Morris, and a few others took the Northeast region by storm last year, and are proving to be a tougher challenge this year.  From top to bottom, the Northrop Regional will be [...]

Top 10 Distance Stories to Watch Going Into the 2012 State Tournament By Drake Sterling and Colin Altevogt 5/15/2012   1.      Can anyone stop the Sisters Neeley? The seniors from Eastern (Greentown) have lied relatively low since Bethany ran 4:57 for 1600 and Brittany ran 2:14 for 800 at the New Balance Indoor Nationals. Bethany [...]

Futsum Zeinasellassie and Cassandra Wertman win IR April Athlete of the Month Awards! Futsum Zeinasellassie  - Senior – North Central High School By: Drake Sterling       First of all, the decision to name Futsum IR’s April Athlete of the Month was not as easy as one might think. Barr Reeve’s Connor Sorrells gave [...]

  The NEW look, Indiana Runner! By Drake Sterling     First of all, thank you to all the devoted IR fans and followers out there! We have experienced such a positive outpour since our management change last May. We hope that we continue to please you in the future with our coverage of the [...]

This past weekend, I had the experience to travel to New York City for New Balance Indoor Nationals with not only coaches and teammates, but my bestfriends as well. The trip included Charlie Skoog, Dana Neer, Anna Bearss (Warsaw), Avery Ewing, Emily Ewing, Kyle Duvall (Westfield), Bethany Neeley, and myself. It all started as we [...]

Photo courtesy of Len Shuck Jr. Jason Crist approaches the finish line, winning the 2012 Franklin Central Showcase Miracle Mile *Send all Photo of the Week submissions to: dsterling4@gmail.com

1600 Relay January 26th, 2012   Northrop They are hungry to bring the State meet record back to Fort Wayne, after helplessly watching from behind as Ashley Spencer and Lawrence North took it away. Lawrence Central Not only did they not lose anyone from last year’s relay… Addison Hall, who was the fastest leg on [...]

3200 Relay January 26th, 2012   Carmel This team cranks out 800 runners like Bub’s Cafe cranks out delicious elk burgers. They lose two runners from the State meet, but will replace them without losing blinking. Northrop Everyone returns for this relay, and they will be chasing a team title. Latrice Bolton will have a [...]

400 Relay January 26th, 2012 Pike Could be one of the five fastest relays in the state’s history. And I must mention that Jasmine McFadden is at Pike, not North Central…and she is a senior this year. My apologies to Jasmine. Could also have Morgan and Chelsea Yeadon, and a healthy Morgan Haney this year. [...]