13th in the State!

 Congratulations to the Franklin Central boys for finishing 13th in the IHSAA State Finals. Out of over 300 schools that field a cross country team, to finish 13th is an outstanding success. All of our hard work paid off!

Congratulations, guys! You earned it!

Full results can be found here. 

State Qualifiers!

 Sorry I have not updated throughout the tournament, but I do have some incredible news:

The Flashes were Sectional champions, then Regional Champions, and today achieved our season goal of qualifying for the IHSAA State Finals to be run in Terre Haute next Saturday.

Special congratulations to Shane Wright for a 13th place semi-state finish. Shane would have qualified for the state finals even had the team not advanced. I am proud of the character and leadership Shane has shown in these last few weeks and proud of the team for stepping up big when it counts!

Conference Indiana

The Flashes turned in the best team-effort of the season on Wednesday night in Brown County at the Conference Indiana meet. The varsity ended up 4th, only losing to #8 Bloomington South by 24 points.

On the reserve level, many PRs were turned in across the board in a great effort. The following Boys PR'd on Wednesday night (and the margin of PR):

16:16 Wright (7) - All-Conference
16:34 Shuck (16)
16:40 McCauley (13)
16:41 Presnell (15)
16:42 Hearrell (27)
16:53 Schmalfeldt (7)
17:17 Atwal (5)
17:18 O'Malley (17)
17:34 Lewellen (5)
17:53 Reed (43)
18:15 Emminger (9)
18:25 Haskett (57)
18:31 Spoor (55)
18:49 Passios (56)
19:41 Bousom (13)
20:41 Asher (8)
21:15 Hacker (40)
22:44 Seybert (8)
24:22 Young (28)

Full results can be found here.

Warren Freshman Invite

 

The Freshman County Champions represented again on Tuesday at WC Freshman Invitational. We had some huge PRs and nipped Brebeuf on the sixth man to take home a second place finish. This was the story of the season for this squad. Coach Jones had the top 15 finishers on the "podium" and said, "This is the future of Indiana Cross Country." No Flashes were on the Podium...but as a team we ended up second. These guys are the future of our program and they are off to a wonderful start! 

Full results can be found here.

Marion County

FRESHMAN COUNTY CHAMPS!

Our freshman peaked their season with a victory at Marion County on Saturday. I am so proud of this group of underdogs. They came together this season and worked hard to take home the trophy. What a great group of young runners...the future of the program is bright! Luke Moore and Collin Hassinger led the charge with all-county honors.

In the open race, we set 16 season-bests in a great effort. Andrice Martin led the charge by winning the open race in a solid 17:16.

Our varsity guys were out a bit quick and paid late, but still ended up 6th behind five great teams. Shane Wright (All-County) and Zach McCauley both set PRs for the Flashes.

Now we gear up for our conference meet on Wednesday and then it is on to the tournament!

Good luck everyone and congratulations freshmen!

Flashrock

 What an incredible meet! Thank you to all of our parent volunteers and Coach Kellison for making this meet run so smoothly. Another big thank you to Coach Lidskin from Westfield and their athletic department for organizing the event. In my opinion, the new format is much more exciting for all teams involved.

On top of that, we ran well...edging out rival Zionsville by a mere 5 points for a 14th place finish in our famous 1968 baby blue uniforms. PRs were abound for the Flashes all day and this is a testament to our hard work and training. Now we have one weekend off as we prepare for our County, Conference, and tournament series.

Full results can be found here.

Ben Davis Invite

The guys ran great on a soaked Ben Davis Invite Course. This is usually the fastest course we go to, but Mother Nature turned it into the slowest! Not only was the course too wet to run on, but the new course was also about 350M long (60 seconds or so...hard to say).

Anyways, we threw time out the window today and raced hard. We ended up with two runner-up finishes behind the state's best #1 Carmel Greyhounds in both varsity and reserve. I couldn't be more proud of the way our guys performed today and how our team chemistry is developing!

Eddie "Money" Hardimon won the fighter of the week award for toughing out the end of the race and holding off a charging Chesterton runner by 2 seconds to earn FC runner-up honors on the "sixth man rule."

Full results can be found here.

Survivor: Southeastway

Harrison Invitational/Labor Day 5k

The Flashes had a great day on Saturday as they placed 4th in the Harrison Invitational in Lafayette. Unfortunately, the boys reserve race was canceled at literally the last second so we invented a new race: the Labor Day 5k at a new Southeastway Park course!

Varsity Team Scores (Ranking, Honorable Mention, Unranked):

#1Carmel 61                                        

#8 Lawrence North 81       

#12 Bloomington South 97               

#16 Franklin Central 200                  

#20 Fishers 228                                                  

HM Munster 232                

HM West Lafayette 233                     

HM Warren Central 250    

#14 Zionsville 252              

#21 McCutcheon 269

HM Goshen 277

UNR Lake Central 280

HM LaPorte 300

HM Portage 318

HM Avon 321

30 Shane Wright 16:35
37 Andrice Martin 16:52

42 Zach McCauley 16:56

43 Evan Shuck 16:57

47 Austin Presnell 17:00

87 Eddie Hardimon 17:32

95 Branden Hearrell 17:41

Full results can be found here.

Labor Day 5k Results on 2x2500M loop at SEWAY park!1 Schmalfledt 8:29 / 17:29

2 Lewellen 8:38 / 18:03

3 Dewitte 8:47 / 18:12

4 Gehrich 8:46 / 18:13

5 O’Malley 8:47 / 18:50

6 Moore 9:08 / 19:09

7 Emminger 9:08 / 19:10

8 Veal 9:08 / 19:14

9 Hassinger 9:08 / 19:16

10 Haskett 9:00 / 19:22

11 Reed 8:59 / 19:37

12 Passios 9:15 / 19:45

13 Lawson 9:41 / 20:20

14 Talhelm 9:10 / 20:22

15 J. King 10:04 / 20:28

16 Smith 9:56 / 20:34

17 Bousom 10:05 / 20:44

18 Asher 10:06 / 20:49

19 Loeffler 10:19 / 21:41

20 Randall 10:38 / 22:08

21 Seybert 11:57 / 24:39

22 Musgrave 11:56 / 24:55

23 Young 12:52 / 28:23

24 Geddes 18:22 / 36:28

Noblesville Hokum Karem

Before I begin, let me take a second to promote the Facebook group "FCXC Parent Club." This is an AWESOME group with great pictures and conversations. Please join!

The Flashes ended an outstanding week with a great showing at Noblesville Hokum Karem.

The varsity got the day off right with a 3rd place finish, right between north-side rivals Zionsville and North Central. These are two well-coached and competitive programs and they will be battling us at meets throughout the year on all levels. To be "in the mix" with them at this meet shows we are at a good level of fitness for this point in the season.

The reserve race was a Flashes-dominated event, with Andrew Schmalfeldt finally over his cold and back into racing. Kyle O'Malley is finally figuring out that Cross Country and Soccer are both run on grass, and toe it up for a 3rd place finish. Overall, we went 2-3-5-8 up front Noah "Headbutt" Hertenstein and Matt "I Remembered my Spikes" Gehrich both running great. Peyton Geisler turned off the points meter for the Flashes with a 12th place finish, sealing the win.

I couldn't me more proud of our efforts and attitudes this week. Full results can be found here.

Varsity Team Scores
#5 LC 90:52
#18 Zionsville 91:51
#19 Franklin Central 92:26
#17 North Central 92:45
Fishers 93:13
Warren Central 93:25
Center Grove 93:35

Varsity Splits

Presnell 4:53/5:05/4:57 (4:59 AV)
Wright 4:55/5:11/5:07 (5:04 AV)
Total Time: 30:09/5:01 AV (7th)

Shuck 4:54/5:16/5:02 (5:04 AV)
McCauley 5:02/5:10/5:08 (5:06 AV)
Total Time: 30:34/5:05 AV (10th)

Martin 4:50/5:18/5:23 (5:10 AV)
Hearrell 5:07/5:10/5:57 (5:24 AV)
Total Time: 31:42/5:17 (25th)

Hardimon 5:11/5:11/5:33 (5:18 AV)
Atwal 5:05/5:12/5:48 (5:21 AV)
Total Time: 32:03/5:20 (29th)

Lewellen 5:17/5:23/5:30 (5:23 AV)
Dewitte 5:29/5:34/5:59 (5:41 AV)
Total Time: 33:21/5:33 (46th)

Reserve Results:

Schmalfeldt 10:45 (2nd)
O'Malley 10:47 (3rd)
Hertenstein 10:49 (5th)
Gehrich 10:54 (8th)
Geisler 11:00
Reed 11:05
Talhelm 11:10
Emminger 11:11
Moore 11:34
Leal 11:42
Veal 11:49
Passios 11:51
Loeffler 11:55
Lawson 11:56
King 12:02
Haskett 12:05
Smith 12:10
Alora 12:15
Musgrave 12:25
Bousum 12:27
Richardson 12:27
Mark 12:43
Randall 12:48
Hacker 12:58
Asher 13:13
Young 14:56
Seybert 15:53
Geddes 20:03

Coach Dunn "Dug the Deepest" Award: Zach Musgrave
Coach Puckett "Fighter of the Week" Award: Kyle O'Malley
Coach Dunham "Pontiac Pride" Award: TBD
Kick of the Week Award: Zach McCauley

Carmel Classic

On Saturday, the Flashes took on some of the best teams in the state and ended up 4th! This was a good start to our season, especially after a great week of training. We were defeated by three highly-ranked teams, but also beat some highly ranked teams. These battles will continue as our season progresses.

#1 Carmel 20

#21 North Central 40

#17 Zionsville 42

#16 Franklin Central 62

UNR Warren Central 89

#32 West Lafayette 96

#26 Center Grove 98

#37 Chesterton 112

Perhaps the most impressive part of the day was the Freshman 4k. These guys really over-performed and I was ecstatic.Our freshman got nipped by a strong Zionsville squad by two points, but we will see them later this year for another battle.

In the JV race, the Flashes battled hard, especially over the second half of the race and finished a close third, again getting barely nipped by Zionsville.

Races of the Day Awards were as follows:

Kick(s) of the Week: Luke Dewitte and Noah Hertenstein
Coach Dunham "Pontiac Pride" Race of the Week: Austin Presnell
Coach Puckett "Fighter of the Week" Award: Jeb King
Coach Dunn's "Dug the Deepest" Shovel Award: Peyton Geisler

Full results can be found here.

Chain O' Lakes

This past week, the Flashes traveled to Albion, Indiana for some team bonding and training!

We had a great time and got plenty of solid training in. Now we have one more week of summer and we will be back in the routine of school and practice!

Congratulations to Austin Presnell who took home his second-straight King of Camp trophy. He is currently the reigning King of McCormick's Creek and King of Chain O' Lakes!

Here are results from the Camp Tournament:

Wiffle Ball 1: O'Malley, Talhelm, Atwal, Dewitte, Lewellen, Shuck, Martin, Wright (HUGE comeback!)

Warewolf 1: Presnell, Hearrell, Schmalfedlt, Talhelm, O'Malley

Rowboat: Presnell/Reed (1st), Shuck/Talhelm (2nd), Puckett/Dunn (3rd)

Kickball: McCauley, Hearrell, Hardimon, Martin, Dewitte, Talhelm, Puckett, Harkness

Droppin' Dimes: Talhelm/Atwal/Shuck (1st), Wright/Martin/Harkness (2nd), Lewellen/O'Malley/Schmalfeldt (3rd)

Straw Tower: Hardimon, O'Malley, McCauley, Reed

Wiffle 2: O'Malley, Presnell, Atwal, Reed, Dewitte, Lewellen, Shuck

Warewolf 2: Schmalfeldt

Frisbee Bottle Toss: Atwal 1, Shuck 1, Hearrell 1, Dewitte 1, Schmalfeldt 2, Presnell 2

Accuracy Frisbee: Shuck (1st), Lewellen (2nd), Talhelm (3rd)

Hit Coach Puckett: Presnell

Football Combine: Shuck (1st), McCauley (2nd), Martin (3rd)

Jason Crist Tennis Toss: Lewellen 3, O'Malley 1, Schmalfeldt 1, Dewitte 1, Wright 1

Euchre: Puckett/Presnell (1st), Dewitte/McCauley (2nd), O'Malley/Shuck (3rd), Schmalfeldt/Reed (4th)

Know Your Teammates Quiz: McCauley 12, Wright 13, Presnell 12, Shuck 10, Martin 12, Reed 5, Lewellen 12, Atwal 13, Hardimon 12, Hearrell 20, Talhelm 18, Dewitte 9, O'Malley 8, Schmalfeldt 10

FINAL STANDINGS:

1. Presnell 46 PTS
2. Shuck/Talhelm 44
4. O'Malley 32
5. Hearrell/Dewitte 31
7. McCauley 30
8. Atwal 29
9. Lewellen 28
10. Reed/Martin 26
12. Schmalfeldt 24
13. Hardimon/Wright 22

Midwest Distance Gala

As usual, the Flashes had a great time at the Midwest Distance Festival (formerly called Midwest Distance Gala, but now under new management).

Our fab-four freshmen had a ton of fun, learned a few things, and ran well. Robbie Talhlem definitely earned race-of-the-day honors with a PR Mile.

Jason Crist got out well, but the rabbit slowed up a bit on lap two. When the rabbit stepped off the track, Jason was put in the lead of a field of 7 sub-9:00 2-Milers. He led all of lap three, but the field got the best of him on lap four and he ended up 8th in a national-level elite race.

Full results here.

Freshmen Mile to 1600M Conversions:

Talhelm 4:52.44
O'Malley 4:52.96
Atwal 5:00.22
Spoor 5:11.02

STATE CHAMPION

Congratulations to Jason Crist for winning the IHSAA State Championship in the 1600M Run. Jason's time of 4:09.12 solidifies him as one of the best runners in Indiana history. The splits I got for Jason are as follows (they might be a bit wrong because I was screaming my head off the entire race):

By 200: 30.1 - 62.8 - 94.9 - 2:07.2 - 2:39.3 - 3:10.8 - 3:40.6 - 4:09.1.

By 400: 62.8, 64.4, 63.6, 58.3

Last 300 was 42.5.

Last 200 was 28.5.

Thanks to Todd Nolting for the video of the race that can be found here.

Congratulations also goes out to our 4x800 and 4x400 Qualifiers: Dakota Gray, Shane Wright, Aaron Nanavaty, Trevor Rapp, Johnnie Taylor, John Howard, and Jason Crist. The 4x800 finished 23rd and the 4x400 was 27th in the State of Indiana (over 300 schools are in the IHSAA).

Full results can be found here.

Sectional and Regional Results

Congratulations to our State Meet Qualifiers!

4x800 (Sectional and Regional Champions...9th Fastest in School History): Dakota Gray, Trevor Rapp, Aaron Nanavaty, Shane Wright

4x400 (Sectional Runner-up and Regional Champions): Gray, John Howard, Johnny Taylor, Jason Crist

1600: Jason Crist (Sectional and Regional Champion)

100: Kaleb Lynch

300IH: Griffin Elbert

Here are the Regional Results Distance-wise:

4x800 REGIONAL CHAMPIONS 8:00.56
Gray 1:59.3
Rapp 2:03.6
Nanavaty 2:00.1
Wright 1:57.8

1600
REGIONAL CHAMPION Crist 4:22.59
5th Shaw 4:37.10

800
5th Wright 2:00.66

3200
7th Presnell 10:08.20

Here are the Sectional Results Distance-wise:

4x800 SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS
Gray 2:01.2
Rapp 2:04.5
Nanavaty 2:01.7
Wright 2:01.3

1600
SECTIONAL CHAMPION Jason Crist 4:33.49
SECTIONAL RUNNER-UP Matt Shaw 4:39.36

800
SECTIONAL RUNNER-UP Shane Wright 1:59.48
14th Andrice Martin 2:09.95

3200
3rd Austin Presnell 10:02.29
7th Evan Shuck 10:23.92

Here are the Results of our 3rd annual Freshman 1k Time Trial on 5/23/12!

Robbie Talhelm 2:53.3
Kyle O'Malley 2:54.6
RJ Atwal 2:59.8

Marion County and Final Time Trial

Great job Flashes at the Marion County Meet! Performance of the day was definitely Matt Shaw, who clocked 4:27.59 to move to 10th all-time in Franklin Central history.

Shane Wright also had an incredible performance in the 800, running 1:59 to hand off in the lead and then later running 2:00 to win the second heat of the event and place 8th overall. The Flashes finished 4th overall to 3 solid teams, nearly getting revenge on a tough Brebeuf squad.

Evan Shuck also had a big PR for the Flashes, moving into the top-ten all-time for sophomores. Evan ran 4:36.55 and placed 11th, just out of scoring.

Jason Crist of course turned in a solid performance of 1:55.3 in the 800 and then lit up the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay in 50.0, the fastest ever split by a distance runner in FC history.

The Flashes Austin Presnell then turned in a solid performance in the 3200, placing 5th overall.

Earlier in the evening, we ran another time trial, trying to get more guys under 5:00. Eddie Hardimon decided to run the 3200 instead, and snuck under 11:00. Great job, Eddie!

4x800 8:14.75 4th
Wright 1: 59.8
Gray 1:59.7
Nanavaty 2:06.8
Rapp 2:08.0

1600
Shaw 4:27.59 5th
Shuck 4:36.55 11th

800
Crist 1:55.30 Marion County Runner-up
Wright 2:00.72 8th

3200
Presnell 9:54.77 6th
McCauley 10:24.45 14th

4x400 3:23.91 3rd
Gray 51.6
Howard 51.3
Taylor 50.6
Crist 50.0

Time Trial

3200
Hearrell 10:49.0
Hardimon 10:58.5

2k
Spoor 7:20

1600
Atwal 4:59.3
Pastor 5:00.8
Emminger 5:11.7
Passios 5:14.3
Dewitte 5:16.5
Gehrich 5:18.2
Martin 5:26.9
Randall 5:40.3
Smith 5:44.1
Bousum 5:59.7

800
Reed 2:09.9
O'Malley 2:15.5
Talhelm 2:17.5
Alora 2:25.4

1600 Thursday
Loeffler 5:03.5

1600 Friday
Randall 5:25.0

WC Relays/Freshman County

Congratulations go out to our Boys Freshmen for a great season! We nearly won the 4x800 and were edged out at the end by a great performance by Brebeuf's Zack Snider.

4X800 Relay
Franklin Central 2 8:47.25
Talhelm 2:09.0
O'Malley 2:07.6
Atwal 2:12.6
Spoor 2:17.8

1600
Alora FC 5:23.98
Smith FC (still waiting on official result)

800
O'Malley FC 6 2:13.13 (Scored in Freshman County!)
Talhelm FC 2:17.47

3200
Atwal FC 3 10:48.30 (Scored in Freshman County!)
Spoor FC (still waiting on official result)

4x400
O'Malley 55.8

We traveled to Warren on Thursday for a tough weekday meet on a hard week of training.

4x800 8:14.29
Wright 2:00.3
Shaw 2:06.2
Crist 1:58.0
Presnell 2:09.6

DMR 11:31.17
McCauley 3:29.6
Nolting 53.9
Shuck 2:10.3
Marrero 4:57.9

4x1600 20:09.87
Hearrell 4:53.5
Lewellen 5:00.0
Hardimon 5:04.8
Reed 5:11.2

Fireball Time Trial

87 Degrees and Sunny! Great day for a Time Trial on the Black All-Weather Track!

3200
Dewitte 11:23.1

1600
Pastor 4:57.3
Reed 4:58.8
Emminger 5:00.3
Passios 5:12.9
Loeffler 5:32.5
Randall 5:38.6

800
Gehrich 2:23.1
Young 3:18.1

Conference/Time Trial

What a proud day to coach the Flashes!

We started off the evening with a hot-weather mile time trial in which we got 2 more guys under the elusive 5:00 mark and then closed out the evening with a solid 4x800 performance (4th), two great races in the 3200, and Zach McCauley running a big PR 4:44 in the 1600.

The highlight of the night, though, has to be Jason Crist's 4th consecutive Conference Indiana Championship in the 1600M. This is a fairly young conference (est. 1997) so I'd venture to guess Jason is the only athlete to ever win 4 CI Titles in any event. His freshman year, Jason had his breakout track race at this meet, getting his first HS title.

Thanks to Coach Robo for attending the meet tonight and to Pike HS for putting on a great meet.

Remember we will have a parent meeting on Monday at 6:00 PM to kick off...Cross Country Season!!!

1600 Pre-Conference Indiana Time Trial (HOT 75+):

Lewellen 4:48.0
Hardimon AKA "Money" 4:49.2
Atwal 4:55.1
Talhelm 4:55.5
Pastor 4:56.3
Jones 4:57.0
Coach Dunn AKA "You Can't Break 5:00" 4:59.9
Passios 5:02.5
Reed 5:03.1
Spoor 5:03.5
Emminger 5:04.1
Loeffler 5:08.3
Dewitte 5:10.7
Gehrich 5:13.3
Alora 5:16.9
Randall 5:27.5
Smith 5:42.1
Bousom 5:42.4
Young 6:46.7

4x800
4th 8:09.02

Gray 1:59.8
Nanavaty 2:00.7
Rapp 2:04.3
Shaw 2:03.9

1600
1st  Crist 4:18.98
11tth McCauley 4:44.42

800
14th Nanavaty 2:07.88
16th Marrero 2:13.77

3200
7th Presnell 9:51.07
10th Shuck 10:05.43

4x400 Split
Crist 50.8

Roncalli/New Pal

4x800
Rapp 2:06.7
Shaw 2:06.3
Presnell 2:04.9
McCauley 2:05.4

800
Crist 1:56.2
Shuck 2:04.8
O'Malley 2:10.1
McCauley 2:11.2
Alora 2:26.5
Nanavaty 2:32.0

1600
Nanavaty 4:47.7
Marrero 4:49.3
Hardimon 4:55.3
Hearrell 5:00.8
Lewellen 5:02.5
Atwal 5:03.5
Reed 5:04.3
Talhelm 5:05.2
Pastor 5:09.3
Emminger 5:11.2
Passios 5:12.3
Spoor 5:16.3
Dewitte 5:23.1
Loeffler 5:23.5
Gehrich 5:31.1
Bousom 5:50.4
Robson 6:14.0
Young 7:02.5

3200
Shaw 10:21.5
Haskett 11:48.6
Spoor 12:18.4
Smith 12:30.7

400
Wright 53.8

McCauley 57.3
Atwal 59.9
O'Malley 57.7
Shuck 58.6

West Lafayette Relays

The Flashes had a good showing at West Lafayette Relays, placing 4th in the 4x1600, 2nd in the 4x800, and there were also some big PRs by Zach McCauley in the 3200 and Kyle O'Malley and Parker Lewellen in the 1600.

This week the Flashes travel to Pike for the Conference Indiana Championships.

3200
Zach McCauley 10:16.65
Branden Hearrell 10:40.05

1600
Parker Lewellen 4:52.3
Kyle O'Malley 4:54.6

4x1600 18:35.27
Matt Shaw 4:40.1
Austin Presnell 4:36.8
Jason Crist 4:27.5
Evan Shuck 4:50.8

4x800 8:04.73
Shane Wright 1:59.5
Aaron Nanavaty 2:00.7
Jason Crist 1:56.5
Evan Marrero 2:07.5

Full results can be found here.

FC at Greenwood

Crist 4:38.4 (out in 2:30)
Presnell 4:41.6 (out in 2:30)
Shaw 4:48.8 (out in 2:30)
Hardimon 4:51.3
Hearrell 4:55.3
Reed 4:58.2
Shuck 4:59.8 (out in 2:40)
McCauley 4:59.8 (out in 2:40)
Pastor 5:06.5
Emminger 5:06.9
Jones 5:07.8
Lewellen 5:08.9
Passios 5:09.6
Dewitte 5:09.8
Loeffler 5:10.4
Gehrich 5:20.7
Smith 5:23.3
Haskett 5:30.4

4x800
Gray 2:01.4
Howard 2:04.5
Nolting 2:11.2
Rapp 2:13.7

Talhelm 2:13.5
O'Malley 2:19.5
Alora 2;25.2
Atwal 2:23.5

800
Wright 2:03.8
Nanavaty 2:08.9
Marrero 2:15.9
O'Malley 2:17.1
Talhelm 2:17.8
Alora 2:28.7
Robson 2:39.5
Young 3:08.8

3200
Crist 10:05.4 (out in 5:20)
Shaw 10:50.3 (out in 5:30)
Shuck 10:56.4 (out in 5:45)
McCauley 10:56.4 (out in 5:45)
Bousom 12:35.6

Center Grove at FC

4x800
Pastor 2:15.6
Reed 2:11.8
Talhelm 2:16.3
Hardimon 2:21.9

1600
Passios 5:13.9
Spoor 5:14.9
Dewitte 5:19.3
Smith 5:35.3
Alora 5:37.1
Bousom 5:49.2
Robson 6:04.2

800
Reed 2:08.7
Talhelm 2:21.0
Hardimon 2:21.4
Pastor 2:25.4
Young 3:03.0

3200
Hearrell 10:55.6
Emminger 11:27.9
Loeffler 11:58.2
Haskett 11:58.4
Gehrich 12:05.6
Spoor 12:21.5
Randall 12:28.2

Flashes Showcase

The guys ran great at Flashes Showcase on our home track!

Starting out the evening were RJ Atwal and Kyle O'Malley, both with PRs in the 1600 (4:52.58 for Kyle and 4:55.54 for RJ).

In the 4x800, Matt Shaw got a surprise announcement 45 minutes out that Andrew Schmalfeldt (AKA "Hammer Time") couldn't run due to a blister. Matt stepped up HUGE for the Flashes as they ran to a 3rd place finish in a season-best time of 8:07.18.

Shane Wright, Aaron Nanavaty, and Evan Marrero all posted PRs in this monster effort. Final Splits: Shane 1:59.4, Aaron 2:00.2, Matt 2:02.1, Evan 2:04.5.

In the 4th race of the night for the Flashes boys, Austin Presnell posted 4:31.66 and I'm counting that as his PR without Jason pushing him around the track!

In the last race of the evening, Jason Crist ran a patient and gutsy race on his home track, taking the lead with 400M to go and never looking back despite great efforts by two juniors: HSE's Troy Reeder and LC's Matt Dorsey. Jason ran his PR and currently has the state's fastest time in the mile for 2012 4:10.18.

a HUGE Thank you to our sponsors for this race, DJ Tony "Tupuck Shakur" Puckett, and especially Coach Kellison and Coach House for organizing the whole event!

FC @ Pike

4x800
Talhelm 2:16.7
Alora 2:23.6
Spoor 2:25.3
Hearrell 2:13.7

Bousom 2:38.5
Dewitte 2:24.4
Gehrich 2:30.0
Haskett 2:38.2

1600
McCauley 4:50.9 (WIN)
Lewellen 4:57.0
Hardimon 4:58.2
Pastor 4:59.8
Emminger 5:08.2
Loeffler 5:09.7
Hearrell 5:28.9
Haskett 5:40.8
Robson 6:13.1

800
Talhelm 2:14.8 (WIN)
Dewitte 2:26.9
Gehrich 2:30.1
Alora 2:34.4
Bousom 2:44.4
Young 3:14.6

3200
Passios 11:29.1
Spoor 11:30.0
Randall 12:18.6
Smith 12:21.5

4x400
Hardimon 61.3
Lewellen 62.3
Hearrell 63.0
McCauley 60.4

Pastor 61.6
Robson 70.0
Young 86.9
Bousom 70.0

Gehrich 65.6
Dewitte 60.6
Loeffler 76.5
Emminger 65.1

Perry at FC

4x800
Shaw 2:07.2
Shuck 2:09.8
Wright 2:13.0
Schmalfeldt 2:34.3

O'Malley 2:15.7
Atwal 2:21.5
Reed 2:17.6
McCauley 2:13.0

1600
Marrero 4:56.3
Nanavaty 5:03.1
Reed 5:04.4
Hearrell 5:06.0
Pastor 5:06.6
Hardimon 5:09.9
Loeffler 5:12.2
Emminger 5:14.1
Passios 5:20.3
Spoor 5:21.6
Dewitte 5:30.7
Randall 5:32.8
Gehrich 5:34.6
Alora 5:43.9
Smith 5:45.3
Bousom 6:03.6

800
Wright 2:06.6
Schmalfeldt 2:07.4
Shuck 2:13.1
Talhelm 2:14.3
Pastor 2:26.2
Spoor 2:32.3
Smith 2:42.5
Robson 2:48.7
Young 3:19.2

3200
Shaw 10:14.7
McCauley 10:40.2
Atwal 10:55.3
Lewellen 10:56.9
Hearrell 11:24.8
Dewitte 11:44.3
Loeffler 12:01.7
Haskett 12:25.7

4x400
Shuck 56.9
Nanavaty 54.9
Reed 57.0
Wright 53.4

Hardimon 61.4
Talhelm 60.0
Pastor 63.2
Randall 63.5

CN @ FC

Great day for the Flashes distance squad with PRs abound and a second-fastest all-time open 800 of 1:54.6 by Jason Crist.

4x800
Marrero 62.2 2:06.2
Presnell 60.1 2:03.5
Nanavaty 57.8 2:02.4
Schmalfeldt 60.3 2:02.7
8:15.0

Talhelm 2:15.2
O'Malley 2:17.3
Spoor 2:36.7
Bousom 2:46.2

1600
Shuck 4:37.8
Shaw 4:39.4
Wright 4:47.5
Lewellen 4:57.8
Reed 5:00.5
Pastor 5:04.4
Hardimon 5:06.2
Hearrell 5:09.1
Loeffler 5:09.8
Emminger 5:11.1
Dewitte 5:17.7
Spoor 5:18.0
Smith 5:29.8
Alora 5:31.3
Gehrich 5:45.3
Robson 6:09.8

800
Crist 1:54.6
Presnell 2:07.7
Talhelm 2:22.3
Marrero 2:40.9
Nanavaty 2:40.9
Bousom 2:49.2
Young 3:10.3

3200
McCauley 10:23.4
O'Malley 10:45.5
Haskett 11:53.7

4x400
Wright 52.4
Reed 55.5
Hearrell 58.6
Shaw 54.2

Kellum 55.8
Kabbah 55.2
McCauley 59.3
Nolting 52.0

HSE VS FC

4x800:
Nanavaty 2:07.1
Schmalfeldt 2:11.4
Marrero 2:08.7
Crist 2:13.5

McCauley 2:11.5
Reed 2:20.0
Pastor 2:27.8
Wright 2:18.1

Lewellen 2:19.0
Loeffler 2:28.1
Talhelm 2:18.2
Emminger 2:23.8

1600:
Presnell 4:30.3
Crist 4:30.7
Atwal 5:00.6
O'Malley 5:00.8
Marrero 5:15.6
Randall 5:34.7
Haskett 5:43.4
Alora 5:44.0
Gehrich 5:49.8
Bousom 6:11.0
Robson 6:11.9
Young 7:00.3

800:
Nanavaty 2:06.4
Schmalfeldt 2:08.3
McCauley 2:09.9
Wright 2:12.6
Reed 2:16.0
Lewellen 2:17.0
Pastor 2:18.6
Talhlem 2:19.8
Loeffler 2:24.8
Emminger 2:27.9

3200
Shaw 5:03/10:24.3
Shuck 5:07/10:34.2
Hearrell 5:13/11:06.3
Dewitte 5:28/11:14.3
Hardimon 5:28/11:15.2
Spoor 5:58/12:00.8
Smith 5:59.9/12:08.5

4x400
Wright 53.6
Nanavaty 53.9

Hoosier State Relays

Friday night the Flashes traveled to Marion, Indiana to compete on Indiana Wesleyan's new indoor track at Hoosier State Relays. The guys ran great in both the 4x800 and DMR.

4x800 (21st 8:49)

Wright 29.1-31.8-33.8-34.9 (2:09.6)

Shuck 29.5-32.5-34.8-34.7 (2:10.4)

Shaw 30.6-33.9-34.7-34.7 (2:14.0)

McCauley 29.4-34.1-36.1-34.7 (2:14.2)

Distance Medley Relay (3rd, All-State 10:29.50 1200-400-800-1600)

Presnell 31.7-32.9-32.7-33.3-24.0-35.4 (64.7-2:10.7-3:20.1)

Nanavaty 25.1-28.4 (PR 53.5)

Marrero 28.0-30.6-32.6-34.4 (PR 2:05.2)

Crist (28.4-29.9-31.2-32.3-33.2-33.2-31.9-30.2) (PR 58.3-2:01.5-4:10.5)

I believe Jason Crist ran the fastest 1600M Relay Carry in Indiana history. It was a battle to the line with Carmel, but the officials gave 2nd to Carmel by .01. What an incredible end to the day!

3200 Time Trial 3/16/12

Hearrell 10:51
Atwal 10:53
Brad "The Legend" Robinson 10:55
O'Malley 10:56
Dewitte 11:03
Lewellen 11:14
Pastor 11:21
Hardimon 11:32
Loeffler 11:32
Emminger 11:44
Talhelm 12:16
Smith 12:28
Randall 12:39
Haskett 12:43
Gehrich 12:56
Bousom 13:23
Robson 14:36
Young 16:20

IU (HSR Qualifier)

The Flashes had a late night on Thursday but ran really well, qualifying for HSR in 2 relays, getting 2 freshman under 5:00 and 2 sophomores under 10:30, and turning in some some solid performances in the 800. Here are the splits:
4x800: 8:15.29
Presnell 2:03.4
Wright 2:05.5
Marrero 2:08.1
Crist 1:57.8

1600
O'Malley 4:55.26 (out in 31!)
Atwal 4:58.86 (out in 32!)

800
Schmalfeldt 2:06.98
Jones 2:12.35 (1:35 through 600M)

3200
Shuck 10:25.96 (5:03/5:22)
McCauley 10:27.98 (5:05/10:27)

DMR 10:51.99
1200 Presnell 3:19.9
400 Wright 55:4
800 Dhadwal 2:14.2
1600 Crist 4:21.9

Full Results can be found here.

Warren Indoor

1600
Lewellen 5:19.3
Talhlem 5:23.1
Loeffler 5:23.7
Emminger 5:30.3
Randall 5:51.5
Bousom 6:19.1

800
Pastor 2:19.5
Hearrell 2:21.4
Reed 2:24.2
Robson 2:44.8
Gehrich 2:53.0

3200
Dewitte 5:28/11:22.4
Spoor 5:34/12:04.7
Smith 5:54/12:05.8
Passios 5:36/12:12.9

DMR
Pastor 4:03.2
Reed 60.7
Lewellen 2:54.3
Hearrell 4:59.9

Emminger 4:05.6
Spoor 76.3
Randall 2:45.4
Loeffler 6:08.0

Gehrich 5:02.1
Talhelm 67.2
Robson 2:59.5
Dewitte 5:08 Lap Short

Time Trial Results

1600:
Crist 4:47.9
Presnell 4:53.1
Dhadwal 4:54.7
McCauley 5:01.3
Shuck 5:08.4
Schmalfeldt 5:09.2
Atwal 5:09.6
O'Malley 5:11.3
Marrero 5:13.1
Wright 5:17.5
Lewellen 5:19.9
Reed 5:22.9
Pastor 5:27.6
Dewitte 5:28.6
Loeffler 5:30.4
Emminger 5:30.8
Hearrell 5:32.9
Passios 5:34.6
Alora 5:36.6
Spoor 5:39.9
Randall 5:41.1
Smith 5:45.9
Haskett 6:02.0
Robson 6:41.9
Gehrich 7:13
Young 7:38

4x800 Split:
Crist 2:10.9
Howard 2:14.7
Schmalfeldt 2:14.8
Presnell 2:15.8
Marrero 2:15.9
McCauley 2:17.6
Wright 2:17.7
Shuck 2:18.9
Atwal 2:21.8
Jones 2:22.5
O'Malley 2:24.1
Dhadwal 2:24.4
Elbert 2:26.0
Gray 2:26.9
Pastor 2:27.5
Reed 2:27.7
Lewellen 2:29.3
Rapp 2:33.1
Hearrell 2:34.5
Randall 2:39.8
Smith 2:41.1
Talhelm 2:41.2
Alora 2:42.0
Spoor 2:43.2
Emminger 2:43.3
Loeffler 2:44.8
Passios 2:45.7
Haskett 2:53.8
Robson 3:06.2
Gehrich 3:20.4
Young 3:47.2

Polar Bear 5 Mile

25 Parker Lewellen 31:30/6:18
36 Brad Loeffler 33:00/6:36
43 Tristan Emminger 33:38/6:44
66 Noah Smith 35:38/7:08
73 TJ Haskett 36:18/7:16

Others Participating (Bandits): Evan Marrero, Evan Shuck, Ryon Reed

UK High School Invite

This Saturday FC's 4x800 and 4x400 teams traveled to Lexington, KY to participate in the UK High School Invitational. Both teams were very successful, with the 4x400 team placing 6th and the 4x800 team placing 4th, missing a medal by .01 seconds! It was quite a finish, but the race director made a judgment call and gave it to the other team :(

Now track season has officially begun and we are off to a great start! Here are the splits from Saturday:

2:04.85 Nanavaty
1:57.10 Crist
2:04.72 Presnell
2:07.63 Dhadwal

Great job, guys!

IR Distance Showcase

The Flashes had a great start to the season at the Indiana Runner Distance Showcase in Anderson. THANKS SO MUCH to the parents that drove us to the meet and got us home safely. It was a great time for all with many solid performances.

800M
Aaron Nanavaty 2:05.58
Evan Marrero 2:10.35
Kyle O'Malley 2:14.03
RJ Atwal 2:14.64
Lake Jones 2:17.50

3200
Michael Spoor 11:35.17
Brad Loeffler 11:43.53 (with a 5:27.2 1st mile)
TJ Haskett 11:50.03

1-Mile (Conversion to 1600M)
Evan Shuck 4:53.07 (4:51.37)
Zach McCauley 4:59.08 (4:57.35)
Parker Lewellen 5:19.60 (5:17.75)
Luke Dewitte 5:24.79 (5:22.91)
Robbie Talhelm 5:25.81 (5:23.92)
Ryon Reed 5:28.25 (5:26.35)
Chris Wise 5:29.74 (5:27.83)
Chris Passios 5:39.39 (5:37.42)
Adrian Alora 5:40.04 (5:38.07)
Kieron Randall 5:45.02 (5:43.02)

Distance Medley Relay
Nick Dhadwal 3:25.6
Aaron Nanavaty 54.5
Evan Marrero 2:12.7
Austin Presnell 4:35.7