Jason Crist has verbally committed to run for Indiana University next year. Jason will become the 23rd FC Distance runner in the past 13 years to run collegiately.

February 1 marks the beginning of the next NCAA signing date so he cannot formally commit until then.

Make sure you tell Jason congratulations if you see him!

Anderson Early-Bird

Track season started off with a bang as the Flashes hosted The Early-Bird Invitational at Anderson. A great meet was put on thanks to the FC parents, who did a GREAT job!

In addition, we had many outstanding performances. Most notably, Shane Wright busted out of the gates with a 2:08 leg on an indoor track, then followed it up wit a PR in the mile. Freshman Phenom Kyle O'Malley lit up the 1200 leg of the DMR with a blazing 3:39, then came back with a 2:16 in the open 800. We have multiple Flashes already on the sub-5:00 list and the season has just barely begun! Perhaps the moment of the night came from Ryon Reed, who came off a neck injury to WIN his heat of the 800 in 2:14!

Here are the full FC results:

Distance Medley
2 Flashes Track Club  'A' 11:22.08
3 Flashes Track Club  'B' 11:33.99
7 Flashes Track Club  'C' 12:05.20
10 Flashes Track Club  'D' 12:27.35

Splits:
1200
McCauley 3:34.4
Jones 3:39.2
O'Malley 3:40.6
Butcher 3:44.5

400
Nanavaty 54.7
Shuck 57.4
Reed 58.1
Talhelm 60.8

800
Wright 2:08.2
Marrero 2:17.4
Wise 2:31.2
Randall 2:38.2

1600
Presnell 4:44.9
Crist 4:40.2
Passios 4:52.7 (1400M)
Smith 5:07.5 (1400M)

3200 Meter Run
5 Shuck, Evan 10:36.74
9 Hearrell, Branden 11:16.66
10 Lewellen, Parker 11:29.11
12 Dewitte, Luke 11:35.13
14 Haskett, TJ 11:51.08
16 Loeffler, Brad 12:05.12

800 Meter Run
2 Crist, Jason 2:06.09
8 Reed, Ryon 2:14.39
9 McCauley, Zach 2:15.03
10 O'Malley, Kyle 2:16.24
17 Butcher, Joey 2:21.50
18 Jones, Lake 2:22.49
22 Passios, Chris 2:23.31
28 Smith, Noah 2:40.24

1600 Meter Run
7 Dhadwal, Nick 4:44.95
8 Wright, Shane 4:50.46
12 Nanavaty, Aaron 4:56.01
25 Marrero, Evan 5:21.03
27 Wise, Chris 5:32.98
28 Spoor, Michael 5:33.39
29 Randall, Kieron 6:09.80

State Meet

Jason Crist represented the Flashes well at the State Meet in Terre Haute, becoming one of only ten guys to finish with All-State honors for 4 years! Jason placed 18th overall and qualified for the Indiana All Star Team!

Congratulations, Jason. Now he prepares for our post-season and the rest of us begin Winter Conditioning on Friday with some Frisbee!