Since
1998, our club organizers have coordinated teams of young runners in
training for and traveling to State, Regional, and National cross
country competitions in their schools' post-season. Every year, from
October to mid-December, runners from all over central Indiana come
together as one team, forming life-long friendships and fostering
principles of sportsmanship and team camaraderie.
Nike offers their Nike Cross Nationals team and individual competition
with very tough qualification races and all-expense-paid trips to
Portland, Oregon for the top high school teams in each of eight
regions. It is a very big accomplishment for our teams to qualify and
earn the trip west.
USA Track & Field offers their Junior Olympics program each
fall
with a three-level tournament. Competitors are divided by two-year
age-groups in the following format:
Sub-Bantam
(born 2003+); 2000 meters
Bantam
(born
2001 -
2002); 3000 meters
Midget
(born
1999 –
2000); 3000 meters
Youth
(born
1997 –
1998); 4000 meters
Intermediate
(born
1995 – 1996); 5000 meters
Young
(born
1993 –
1994); 5000 meters
 
Check
out our
youngest Club members! James Gastineau (age 8) and Matthew Newell (age
7) went 1 and 2 at the 2011 Midwest XC Championships in Fishers, IN on
10/29/11. (click on images
to enlarge)
Club
Coaches Matt
and Kelly Wire and Mark Ellington coached their Carmel High School
Girls Cross
Country team to their 2nd consecutive IHSAA State Championship!
Congratulations to these three and their team!
Matt, Kelly, and
Mark also brought two high school girls teams to the Nike Cross Country
Midwest Regionals. The first team WON, while the second team, competing
in the Open race, had a perfect team score of 15 points! The second
team consists of seven of our Intermediate and Young Girls teams. The
first team earned an all-expense-paid trip to Portland, Oregon for the
National Finals on Saturday, December 3rd. They'll be travelling in
jackets with our Indiana All Star Running Club logo, as our club
sponsors the team. Visit the NXN Midwest Regionals site for results and photos.
And watch the NXN Championship race live on December 3rd at: Nikecrossnationals.com.
Race time - 2:35 p.m. here.
CONGRATULATIONS! To our Girls Nike
Cross Nationals team who raced for 5th place this year! Team members
include Renee Wellman, Kelsey Harris, Kelcy Welch, Gina Genco, Sarah
Bennett, Allie Jacobsen, and Haley Harris. Way to go girls! Indiana All
Star Running Club is so proud of your efforts! Full results can be seen
here.
Safety Issue!
Parents, please DO NOT drop off and pick up your runners from the
trail! Please enter the parking lot and let them exit/enter your car
there. The high school police officers will ticket you if they witness
unsafe drop-off and pick-up practices and
they may decide to not allow our club to practice at the high school if
our families cause safety issues!
USATF
Indiana hosts a state-level day of races in early November. Qualifiers
are generally the top four finishing teams in each age group as well as
the top 40 individuals in each race. Race day schedules and course maps
for each distance will be posted here as they become available.
2011
Indiana Association meet: Saturday, November 5th at Northview Church,
12900 Hazel Dell Parkway, Carmel, IN 46033
Our
coaches have worked
up a general time-line for Sub-Bantam to Youth age-group athletes to
follow on race day. Please click here.
2K course map
3K course
map
4K course
map
5K course
map
Complete
State Meet info here
Indiana State Results here
Illinois State Results here
Region
7, comprised of Illinois and
Indiana, host the Region 7
Championships. The
site of these races alternates between the states from year to year.
Qualifiers from this meet, advancing to the National Championships, are
narrowed generally to the top three teams and the top 20 individuals in
each race.
2011
Region 7
Championships: Saturday, November 19th at Northview
Church,
12900 Hazel Dell Parkway, Carmel, IN 46033
Regionals Timeline for Sub-Bantam - Youth age-groups
Updated
(11-15-11)/Complete Regionals
Meet info here
Region
7 Championship results
Thanksgiving Vacation practice
schedule/suggestions
The
National Cross Country Championships
are held every year on the second Saturday of December with the
location changing each year. Our club has travelled to Illinois, South
Carolina, Nevada, Nebraska, Georgia, Ohio, Rhode Island, Kansas,
Virginia, and Alabama.
2011
USATF Junior Olympics National Cross Country Championships:
Saturday, December 10th at Whispering Pines Golf Course,
Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina
The
Team Charter bus will depart from Clay Middle School's northeast
parking lot at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 8th. The Myrtle Beach bus
schedule/team timeline should be printed and brought with each
family. It will be strictly adhered to on Friday and Saturday!
Athlete Staging Protocol needs to be read and
followed as well. And you may preview Carrabba's dinner menu. The restaurant will handle
our group on a family-by-family basis for ordering and billing, greatly
simplifying things for us!
Required
to participate with Indiana All Star Running Club:
Club membership: $35
USATF membership: $10/$20
Club team singlet: $25
Meet entry fees for each competition level: $10, $15, $20
All travel expenses are the responsibility of the individual
athletes/family.
Participation in each competition level is required. Athletes do NOT
advance by virtue of being on a qualifying team's roster.
Strongly encouraged: attendance at the club's commitment meeting on
Sunday, October 9th, 7:00 p.m., Carmel High School Freshman Center.
Regular practices will begin on Monday, October 24th, from 4:00 - 5:30
p.m.
They are held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Teams will meet at the
Cross Country locker rooms (by the soccer stadium) on the north side of
the school campus.
A time trial to determine teams will be run at practice on Friday,
10/28/11.
Club sportswear will be available for purchase prior to each Friday
practice in the parking lot directly across from the Cross Country
locker rooms.
Coaching
Staff:
Mark Ellington
(Carmel HS Girls’ head coach)
Matt Wire
(Carmel HS
Girls’ assistant
coach)
Kelly Wire
(Carmel HS
Girls’ assistant
coach)
Jeff Mohler
(Carmel
MS head coach)
Aaron McRill
(Carmel
MS assistant
coach)
Mike
Gastineau (parent volunteer)
Questions?:
Connie
Martin -
connie@indianaallstarrunningclub.com
Matt
Wire -
matt@indianaallstarrunningclub.com
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