State Qualifiers!

FC Distance had an outstanding Regional meet, with Jason Crist leading the charge as Regional Runner-up in the 1600 and Regional Champion in the 3200, running a stellar 9:10!

Perhaps the most exciting race of the day, though, came as the 4x800 team of Andrice Martin, Trevor Rapp, Aaron Nanavaty, and Andrew Schmalfeldt placed third, qualifying for the state meet in 8:04! On the last lap, Center Grove sensation Austin Mudd was held off by our very own Freshman Phenom Andrew Schmalfeldt (okay, okay...Schmally had about a 9 second lead going into the last leg...but Mudd's run 1:51 so give Schmally some credit!).

Also advancing to state was shot-putter Jared Lantz with a PR throw over 53 feet.

Other Regional qualifiers distance-wise were Austin Presnell (scoring for the Flashes with an 8th place 9:51 effort in the 3200), Andrew Schmalfeldt AGAIN in the open 800 scoring in 8th in 2:01, and "Big Stave" Harrison, who capped off a great career at FC with a 4:41 12th place Regional Finish.

Overall, our team was 4th at Regionals. Full results can be found here. Go Flashes!

Sectionals!

We had a great sectional meet, advancing nearly every distance runner on to Regionals!

Our 4x800 team of Andrice Martin, Aaron Nanavaty, Andrew Schmalfeldt, and Trevor Rapp was sectional runner-up in 8:16.

In the 1600, Big Stave Harrison broke through a barrier to run 4:38, placing 3rd, and Jason Crist cruised to a 4:27 victory.

In the 800, Andrew Schmalfeldt got boxed in and was forced to slow down considerably to get "out and around" nearly everyone in the race. He ran 2:03.19 and placed 4th, advancing to Regionals in the 800 as a Freshman.

In the 3200, Jason Crist cruised to his second victory of the day, running 9:47 and Austin Presnell turned in a PR performance of 9:53, placing 3rd.

Next Up: Regionals on Thursday at Connersville! This meet tends to run quickly and is loaded with some great distance teams including Columbus North, Center Grove, Warren Central, and an up-and-coming Greenwood team.

Go Flashes!

Varsity County

Our 4x8 team started the night well by running 8:04.95 and placing 3rd behind two of the best teams in the state: LC and Warren. We will get another shot at the Warriors during the Sectional and Regional! The team consisted of Andrice Martin, Trevor Rapp, Aaron Nanavaty, and Jason Crist.

In the 1600, Steven Harrison ran 4:40, nearly breaking through that difficult time barrier. Big Stave will get another crack at the 4:40 mark at the upcoming Sectional meet.

In the 3200, Matt Shaw and Austin Presnell both ran gutsy races, competing well with some big-time runners. Austin broke 10:00 for the second time (9:57) placing 5th in Marion County. Matt scored for the Flashes placing 8th in 10:14.

In the 800, Jason Crist catapulted himself into the #7 all-time spot with a time of 1:56.82. Jason joins Aaron Fisher and Adam Green as the only Flashes to be a part of ALL 4 Distance Top-ten Lists!

Congratulations Flashes...now it's on to the Sectional meet!

Warren Relays and Freshman County

Another great week of racing!

On Tuesday, we traveled to Roncalli and had some big-time PRs. Most notable performances:

Kieron Randall PRs 2:21 in the 4x800, then comes back to run 2:21 again in the 800!

Shane Wright is the 20th FC Distance runner under 5:00!

Brad Loeffler PRs again, finishing the 3200 in a time of 11:49!

On Thursday, we traveled to Warren Central for the Warren Relays. Most notable performances:

4x1600 Team of Crist, Webb, Martin, and Harrison finishes 2nd Overall!

Evan Marrero drops a PR 2:08.9 as the Flashes finish 4th in the 4x8!

The DMR Team of Crist (3:07 1200), Wright (52.8 400), Nanavaty (2:03.1 800), and Presnell (4:35 1600) holds off Ben Davis to get the WIN!

Then on Saturday, we had an exciting day of racing at Franklin Central for the Freshman County. Most notable performances:

The 4x800 team of McCauley, Schmalfeldt, Shuck, and Geisler WINS!

Andrew Schmalfeldt WINS the 1600 in a tactical race that a gutsy Eddie Hardimon led!

In the 800, Zach McCauley WINS his heat and Peyton Geisler finishes 4th overall!

In the 3200, Parker Lewellen passes Evan Shuck in the lead pack! In the end, both end up scoring for the team and Shuck is 3rd overall in a tactical, sit-and-kick race!

Our ALL-DISTANCE 4x4 of Shuck, Schmalfeldt, Geisler, and Hardimon finishes 4th with a 55.8 kicker from Schmalfeldt and a :56.2 lead leg from Geisler!

Congratulations, guys! Now we're off to Varsity County (Wednesday), the Fast Flash (Saturday), and then it's Sectional time!!!

Conference Indiana Results

The boys ran well at conference...most notably Jason Crist anchored the 4x8 to a third pace finish, won the 1600 in 4:21, and then won the 3200 in 9:10, the second fastest time in school history behind his own record.

Austin Presnell also joined the ranks of sub-10 2-Milers with a 9:53 6th place finish.

One of the most interesting races of the day was Andrice Martin's 4x400 leg in which he split 23.3 for his first 200 without using blocks (this would have scored in the open 200) and then managed to hold together a :30 for a solid lead-leg. Andrice also ran a great lead-leg of the 4x800 in 1:58.

Here is our updated 1600 leaderboard: Crist 4:16 (Kentucky)

Martin 4:37 (Perry)

Harrison 4:41 (Conference)

Schmalfeldt 4:41 (W Lafayette)

Shaw 4:44.9 (Greenwood)

Marrero 4:44 (W Lafayette)

Presnell 4:45 (W Lafayette)

Webb 4:45.3 (NPRonc)

Nanavaty 4:47 (NPRonc)

Jones 4:49 (W Lafayette)

Shuck 4:49 (Miracle Mile)

Reed 4:52 (CG)

Dhadwal 4:53 (Anderson)

McCauley 4:56.6 (NPRonc)

Hearrell 4:57.0 (CG)

Simpson 4:57.4 (NPRonc)

Geisler 4:58 (Miracle Mile)

Butcher 4:58.6 (Greenwood)

Hardimon 4:59 (Miracle Mile)

Wright 5:03.3 (NPRonc)

Minnis 5:06.2 (NPRonc)

Lawrence 5:07.4 (NPRonc)

Lewellen 5:07.7 (NPRonc)

DeWitte 5:19 (Pike)

Garner 5:23 (CG)

Emminger 5:24 (NPRonc)

Loeffler 5:28 (NPRonc)

Randall 5:28.6 (NPRonc)

Bishop 5:30.6 (NPRonc)

Oskins 5:38 (Perry)

Settle 5:51.7 (NPRonc)

Catlow 5:55 (Perry)

Johnson 5:58 (DC)

Howlett 6:19 (CG)