Noblesville Hokum Karem

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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.