Jason Crist: State Runner-Up!

Jason Crist had his best race yet on Saturday, placing 2nd at the IHSAA State Championships. He has now cemented himself in as the second best Flash in State Finals History!

Jason competed up front all day and made a great move 800M out to pull away. Finishing into a 400M headwind allowed Brad Hess of FW Carroll to reel Jason back in, but Crist proved to be too tough, pulling out the runner-up spot and earning the ring! Congratulations, Jason!

Results can be found here.

State Meet Next Weekend!

Well, the season ended on a sour note for the Flashes Boys XC Team at the semi-state on Saturday. Unfortunately, we ended up finishing where we were seeded to finish--7th and one spot from qualifying for the state meet. This is the second year in a row we have ended up in this rough spot.

This is no doubt the best team FCXC has ever had not to qualify for State, and while the sting of being so close to going two years in a row will take awhile to wear off, the future looks very bright for FC Boys Distance.

We had 18 guys under 18:00 this year, 8 of which broke 17:00. 3 Other guys were under 17:10. The real kicker is that every single one of these 18 guys returns next year but one!

While Jason Crist's electrifying last K (2:49) was amazing to watch as he placed 2nd in the semi-state in a PR of 15:14, perhaps the biggest highlights of the day came from the "time trial" where Austin Presnell ran a PR of 16:55, and Brad Loeffler and Eric Catlow finally broke down barriers they have been striving for all season. "XC Ted" rounded out his season with a GIANT PR as well!

Hopefully everyone will make it out to see Jason Crist run at the State meet in Terre Haute and take hold of his season-long goal: a top-5 finish at the state meet. The girls team, who finished 4th overall today, also needs our support this weekend! Details about the meet can be found on the IHSAA Website.

Full results for the semi-state can be found here.

Details about the XC Banquet and Track Season will be sent out via Email by Coach K and played over the announcements at school.

Regional Champs!

The Flashes won the Regional Championship on Saturday, defeating Warren Central for the second straight meet. Next up: the Carmel semi-state on Saturday! Race time: 10:30 girls, 11:15 boys. Time-trial prior to the meet. Location: Northview Christian Church in Carmel.

For you loyal followers of the FC Distance website, here's a saucy Coach Dunn Preview of the meet (should be a close one...remember only 6 teams advance!). There are many great individuals at this race as well (Brahm, Mudd, etc...) but their teams should not factor in so I have not included them. Clearly, adding the other 13 teams into the meet will change the scores quite a bit, but nonetheless this was a fun way to waste a Thursday:

Carmel Semi-State Based on Brebeuf Regional Results

(with CN, Warren, FC added in by finishing place at County and Flashrock)

1 Futsum Zeinasellass 11 North Central (indpls) 15:16.2 4:56

2 Jason Crist 11 Franklin Central Guess/County

3 Chris Walden 12 Carmel 15:24.1 4:59

4 Andrew Diehn 11 Columbus North Flashrock

5 Filimon Adhanom 12 North Central (indpls) 15:37.2 5:03

6 Cody Stone 11 Warren Guess/County

7 William Hogston 12 Lawrence North 15:47.3 5:06

8 Joshua Roche 12 Lawrence North 15:47.7 5:06

9 Sean O’Brien 12 Warren Guess/County

10 Troy Reeder 10 Hamilton Southeastern 15:48.1 5:06

11 Patrick Appleton 10 Carmel 15:52.3 5:08

12 Gabe Ocasio 12 Columbus North Flashrock

13 Andrew Beiriger 12 Columbus North Flashrock

14 Tim Hofmeister 12 Columbus North Flashrock

15 Ryan Ferguson 12 Noblesville 15:53.4 5:08

16 Scott Stanely 12 Lawrence North 15:56.7 5:09

17 Christian Bowers 12 Noblesville 16:00.8 5:10

18 Sawyer Hitchcock 11 Hamilton Southeastern 16:01.1 5:11

19 Zach Mahone 12 Lawrence North 16:11.7 5:14

20 Will Wartenberg 12 Hamilton Southeastern 16:12.7 5:14

21 Michael Sublette 11 Columbus North Flashrock

22 Dave Powell 11 Columbus North Flashrock

23 Jonathan Baldwin 12 Columbus North Flashrock

24 Jack Andritsch 11 Hamilton Southeastern 16:13.5 5:15

25 Sam Roudebush 11 Noblesville 16:13.7 5:15

26 Jared Burris 12 North Central (indpls) 16:19.7 5:17

27 Brice Mossman 12 North Central (indpls) 16:22.0 5:17

28 Brandon Smith 11 Warren Guess/County

29 Josh Millares 12 Fishers 16:23.2 5:18

30 Eric Kinn 11 Carmel 16:23.6 5:18

31 Kyle Knight 11 Hamilton Southeastern 16:23.9 5:18

32 Matt Shaw 11 Franklin Central Guess/County

33 Nick Dhadwal 11 Franklin Central Guess/County

34 Branden Hearrell 10 Franklin Central Guess/County

35 Andrice Martin 10 Franklin Central Guess/County

36 Andy Webb 10 Franklin Central Guess/County

37 Charles Watson 10 Carmel 16:29.6 5:20

38 Collin Ginebaugh 12 Noblesville 16:30.1 5:20

39 Collin Brunk 12 Carmel 16:31.4 5:20

40 Corey Turner 10 North Central (indpls) 16:33.3 5:21

41 Neal Tardy 12 Noblesville 16:33.8 5:21

42 Siemon Adhanom 10 North Central (indpls) 16:34.5 5:21

43 Aaron Nanavaty 11 Franklin Central Guess/County

44 Matthew Fox 11 North Central (indpls) 16:36.4 5:22

45 Robert Browning 9 Carmel 16:38.0 5:22

46 Alex Zoumbaris 10 Hamilton Southeastern 16:41.0 5:23

47 Greg Murphy 10 Hamilton Southeastern 16:44.1 5:24

48 Daniel Williams 10 Carmel 16:48.0 5:26

49 Adam Oldham 10 Lawrence North 16:52.6 5:27

50 Jacob Small 12 Noblesville 16:58.5 5:29

51 Gregory Scofield 11 Lawrence North 17:01.5 5:30

52 Alex Sparks 10 Lawrence North 17:11.0 5:33

53 Jacob Overton 9 Noblesville 17:19.9 5:36

Columbus North 4 12 13 14 21 = 64

North Central 1 5 26 27 40 = 99

Lawrence North 7 8 16 19 49 = 99

HSE 10 18 20 24 31 = 103

Carmel 3 11 30 37 39 = 120

Franklin Central 2 32 33 34 35 = 136 (in on 6th man)

Noblesville 15 17 25 38 41 = 136

As you can see, every second will count on Saturday! Please be there to root on the Flashes XC Team as we attempt to seal a berth at the state meet!

Sectional Champs!

The Flashes placed 7 runners in the top 10 to win the Sectional meet on Tuesday!

Two other runners ran fast enough in the time trial that we would have had 9 of the top 12 spots in this meet!

To top things off, Jason Crist broke the course record at New Palestine, running 16:00.9.

Results can be found here.

Flashes Finish 3rd at Conference Indiana; Crist Wins!

Congratulations to Jason Crist for becoming only the third FC runner to win a Conference Indiana XC Title (Aaron Fisher and Adam Green). The Flashes closed the gap on Lawrence Central, but still finished 3rd. Thanks to all of the parents who helped lug the tent up and down the hills of Bloomington!

Complete Results can be found here.

Frosh Win Marion County! Varsity Close 4th

Congratulations to the Freshmen Flashes for winning the Freshmen County Race! This means that over the past 3 years we have placed 1st-2nd-1st in this race...this certainly bodes well for the future of FCXC!

After what seemed like a great race for the Varsity Flashes, we ended up 4th to some great teams. The good news is that had our 4-man pack led by Matt Shaw run about 15 seconds faster per man, we would have won! The Flashes look forward to Conference this week where we face Columbus North, Lawrence Central, and Bloomington South among other teams. The meet will take place in Bloomington at IU's Public Golf Course.

Varsity and Freshmen Results can be found here.

Open Race Results are Listed Below:

Coach Robinson 16:40
Nick Dhadwal 16:42
Shane Wright 17:13
Evan Marrero 17:46
Lake Jones 17:50
Ryon Reed 18:05
Andrew Monday 18:06
Matt Perry 18:11
Jeremy Crawford 19:15
Skyler Lawrence 19:31
Josh Minnis 19:34
Luke Dewitte 19:35
Nathan Wallis 21:02
Kevin Groves 21:54
Eric Catlow 24:02
Ted Howlett 28:12