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Oatess Archey – Marion
The most highly recommended
candidate in IATCCC history, with over 60 letters of recommendation. He won the 1955 IHSAA 120 yard high hurdles
with a State Record of 14.5. He was an
All-American at Grambling
University. Oatess was a
successful head coach in cross country and track at Marion
High School and later coached at Ball State
University. He became a highly decorated FBI agent and
later Sheriff of Grant County. He was
a father figure and taught young men lifelong lessons. He was a caring, compassionate, ethical man
who was an exemplary role model.
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Dave Bannon – Franklin Central
Dave has been a meet director
in cross country for sectional, regional, semi-state, and state meets. He was also boys’ and girls’ track
sectional meet director for 12 years and White River Park State Games track
director for 10 years. Dave also adds
the Midwest Meet of Champions meet director to his resume for 8 years. He has also been a longtime Indiana USATF
chairperson.
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Phil
Hostetler – Westview
Phil has coached 6
individual IHSAA state champions and 10 Indiana All-Stars. His team has had 10 appearances in the
IHSAA state finals with 7 of them in the top 10.
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Doug Snyder
– New Prairie
Doug has been coaching for
35 years. He helped make New Prairie
Invitational the largest meet and athletic event in Indiana, reaching 2700 entrants. In cross country, he has had 100 individual
state meet qualifiers. He has coached
3 female IHSAA state champions, 2 male IHSAA State
runner-ups, 10 top 10 finishers, and 16 All-State athletes. His team has won 10 regional and 2
semi-state championships. He has had 8
boys’ teams in the state finals with 1 boys’ team earning runner-up. He also won 19 IHSAA Sectional titles. Doug was nominated for coach of the year 9
times.
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Rick
Stover – North Central
In cross country, Rick has
won 10 sectional and 9 regional titles.
His team has made the state finals 10 times (top 10 – 5 times and top
5 – 3 times). He had 1 individual
state champion and 1 state runner-up.
He is a 6-time IATCCC coach of the year nominee. In track and field, Rick has had 49 state
meet individual qualifiers and 14 relay teams. He had 1 individual and 3 relay state
champions. He has coached 16 Indiana
All-Stars and 2 team IHSAA runner-ups.
He was also a 5-time Indiana All-Star Coach.
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Jennifer Dennie – Hammond
Noll
Jennifer was a two-time
IHSAA State Champion. She qualified
for 14 state meet events. In 1999 she
was the 100 meter champion in 12.01.
In 2000, she won the 100 again and was also runner-up in the long jump
with a distance of 18’ 9.5”. She was
the Midwest Meet of Champions winner in the long jump that year as well. At Ball State
University she was a
member of the school record 400 meter relay team.
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Jessica Gall – West Lafayette
Jessica
was the 2001 IHSAA State Champion in cross country as well as the Mental
Attitude Award Winner. She was the
2002 IHSAA State Champion in the 3200 meter run with a time of 10:38.61. The 3200 meter relay team that she was a
member of for four years placed 2nd in 1999, 1st in
2000, 6th in 2001, and 3rd in 2002. In 2000 she placed 3rd in the
3200 and 5th in cross country.
She also placed 9th in cross country in 1999. While at Indiana University
she was a two-time All-American. She
holds the second fastest all time at IU in the 5000 and 10,000 meters
outdoors and 5000 meters indoors.
Jessica recently qualified for the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials.
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Lutisha Shittu – Gary Wallace
Lutisha was a four-time IHSAA State Champion. She won the 100 hurdles in 1995 with a
13.92 and won again in 1997. She won
the 300 hurdles in 1995 with a 43.47 and again in 1997 with a 43.90. She was the 1998 USATF Junior Champion in
the 100 hurdles with a 13.32. She
holds the 60 meter hurdle record at 8.25 seconds at the University of Kentucky. Lutisha was also
a 2000 Olympic Trials qualifier in the 100 hurdles.
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Jeremy
Allen – Pike
Jeremy was a two-time IHSAA
State Champion. He set the state meet
record of 68’ 8.5” in the shot put in 1997.
He also won the discus with a throw of 194’ 3”. He won the IHSAA Mental Attitude award in
the same year. He was a four-time Big
Ten Champion and five-time All-American while at the University of Iowa. He won the shot put in 2000 with a put of
61’ 4.25” and again in 2001 with a put of 62’ 2.25”. He won the discus in 1998 with a throw of
185’ 9” and again in 2001 with a throw of 194’ 5”. He also played professional football with
the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, and the Atlanta Falcons.
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Jeff Bolin
– West Lafayette
Jeff won 5 Big Ten
Championships. He broke the Big Ten
long jump record in 1974. He holds
Purdue’s indoor and outdoor long jump school records (25’ 11.5” and 26’ 2.25”). Jeff was also a 6-time NCAA qualifier and a
1972 Olympic Trials qualifier.
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Aaron
Fisher – Franklin Central
Aaron is the only 3-time
winner in cross country for the IHSAA at the 5K distance. He also won the 1600 meter run in 2000 with
a 4:12.0. He was runner-up in 1999 and
2001 as well. Aaron was the Indiana
Gatorade Track and Field athlete of the year in 1999. His high school PR in the 1600 was
4:07.89. At the Ohio State
University, he won the
Big Ten 5000 meters and was runner-up of the steeple chase his freshman
year. He later went on to win the Big
Ten steeple chase in 2003. Aaron also
qualified for the 2004 Olympic Trials.
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