This Saturday, October 10, the first round of the state cross country tournament was held at Ben Davis High School. Fourteen Schools competed in the Sectional race, including Zionsville, Ben Davis, Southport, Perry Meridian, Covenant, Decatur Central, Riverside, Ritter and Speedway. The top five finishing schools advance to the Regional meet, as well as the
Cross Country has had several meets in the last couple weeks. On Thursday, Sept 17, we hosted the Achaean Classic, our only home meet and a chance to honor our seniors. This year the seniors were John Bowling, Jackson Burrow, Gabe Trivers, Maddie Ransford, Eli Shaw, and Damien Sparks. Both the Herron boys and girls
The Herron boys came out on top at the Scecina Memorial Invitational on Tuesday, Sept 15. Herron competed against sixteen other schools including Greenwood Christian, Purdue Polytech, and Scecina. Scoring for Herron were John Bowling, Gabe Trivers, Griffin Murphy, Zane Berend, and Eli Shaw. Herron took the win with 49 points to Cardinal Ritter’s 81
This week is a busy week for the cross country team with three meets in one week. On Saturday, Sept 12, the team ran in the Ben Davis Invitational, one of our most anticipated meets of the season. Thirteen of our new runners were able to set season best times at the meet on Saturday,
On Wednesday, Spetember 2, the Achaeans participated in the Bishop Chatard Invitational, held at Graham Martin Park. Other participating schools were Decatur Central, Perry Meridian, Muncie Central, Indy Genesis, Wisdom Builders, Tindley, and the Indiana School for the Deaf. There were races for both girls and boys JV and Varsity. Everyone on the team got
For the week of August 31, we will be meeting at Graham Martin Park on Monday and Tuesday in preparation for the Bishop Chatard meet, which will be held at Graham Martin Park on Wednesday, September 2. The meet will be open for all athletes and spectators, with social distancing and masks required. On Thursday
On August 25, the Achaeans started their 2020 race season at the Mooresville Invitational. Participating schools were Mooresville, Herron, Greenwood, Bloomington Bulldogs, and Decatur Central. The course was sunny and sweltering, with temperatures in the 90’s. The girls top finishers were Simone Maxim in sixth place, Geneva Mathews in fourteenth, and freshman Zyion Maring in
MONDAY: Practice is at the Tow Path accessible from Butler University’s campus at Holcomb Gardens. We will be distributing uniformstoday at the end of practice. TUESDAY: Mooresville Meet – Additional information to keep in mind: Arrival is at 4:45. We will not set-up a team tent for this meet, but will use a common area
We have had a very solid first few weeks of practice. I am very pleased and even proud of the ways in which the runners are making progress! A few updates as we prepare for the start of school: PRACTICES: — Starting Monday, practices will run from 5:00-6:45. This is due to the fact that
After three weeks of practice this season, we are starting to see our team get stronger and faster! Practices are now mandatory and will count toward the ten day attendance requirement in order to compete. In-person practices will continue to be from 4 – 6 p.m. Students should come prepared with a small bag containing
