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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
with many athletes earning all state honors.
While an Assistant Track Coach at Ball State
University with Head
Track Coach Jerry Rushton they had two distance
runners receive invitations to compete in the 1972 Olympic Trails. 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.
Indiana Historical Society recently published a book
entitled, "GOING OVER ALL THE HURDLES", A Life of Oatess Archey written by Dr.
John Beineke a former student/athlete at Marion High School in the 1960s. One of the first five Marion High School
alumni to be honored in the school's Hall of Distinction. Appeared in the sixth edition of
Outstanding Young Men of America.
Other honorees of the Outstanding Americans Foundation included Henry
Ford II, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, Jesse L.
Jackson and Gale Eugene Sayers.
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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 was cross country
coach at Westview for 15 years and track coach for
8 years. He was an Indiana All Star Coach 4 times – 1 year in cross country
and 3 in track.
He was nominated for IATCCC Coach of the Year 9 times. He won 5 Sectional titles in cross and 1 in
track, 2 Regional titles, 2 Semi-state titles, and 8 top ten finishes at
State, 6 in cross country and 2 in track. He coached 5 individual state
champions, 16 all state athletes in cross, 9 in track, 6 Indiana All Stars
in cross and 2 in track. He had 1 Mid East Cross Country Champion, 1
Footlocker finalist in 4th place, and 1 Golden West track finalist
in 3rd.
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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. He was also a member of the Cross Country
All Star coaching staff for 12 years.
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Rick
Stover – North Central
In cross country, Rick has
won 11 sectional and 9 regional titles.
His team has made the state finals 11 times (top 10 – 5 times and top
5 – 4 times). He had 1 individual
state champion and 2 state runner-ups.
He is a 7-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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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 also a member of the state champion
1600 relay team in 1994 and the state champion 400 relay
team in 1997. She was the 1998
USATF Junior Champion in the 100 hurdles with a 13.32. She holds the 60 meter hurdle record of
8.25 seconds at the University
of Kentucky. Later while at the University of North
Carolina she earned 2 ACC individual titles and
was All-ACC 3 times. She was named
Wachovia Women of the Week in November 2000. 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 66’ 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. Also in 1997, Jeremy
was named Track and Field Gatorade Athlete of the Year and was National
Scholastic Champion in the discus. In
1998 he was the U.S. Junior Champion in the discus. While at the University of Iowa,
he was a four-time Big Ten Champion and Freshman of the Year for both indoor
and outdoor. He was also a five-time
All-American. 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 was a five-time Big
Ten long jump champion and also a Drake Relays, Penn Relays, and Central
Collegiate Conference champion. In
1974 he established an all-time Big Ten undergraduate best for the indoor
long jump surpassing the board and conventional track marks of Olympic
champions Jesse Owens and Greg Bell.
Jeff continues to hold Purdue’s indoor (25’ 11.5”, 1974) and outdoor
(26’ 2.25”, 1972) long jump records.
Jeff was a 6-time NCAA finalist and 1972 Olympic Trials
qualifier. He was a Big Ten Medal of
Honor awardee and represented the state of Indiana as a finalist
in the Rhodes Scholars competition.
Jeff earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University
of California, San
Diego and is currently Professor of Biological Sciences and
Associate Dean for Research in the College
of Science at
Purdue. He also serves Purdue as
Faculty Athletics Representative to the Big Ten Conference and NCAA.
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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 and 3rd in 1998. Aaron
was the Indiana Gatorade Track and Field athlete of the year in 1999 and was awarded
the mental attitude award for cross country in 2000. His high school PR in the 1600 was
4:07.89. Aaron was the 2000 Mideast
Meet champion in cross country. At the
Ohio State University,
in 2003 he won the Big Ten 5000 meters and was runner-up of the steeple chase
in his first year. He later went on to
win the Big Ten steeple chase in 2004 and was runner-up in 2005. In those same years he also earned
All-American honors for the steeple chase.
Aaron also qualified for the 2004 Olympic Trials and the 2005 USATF
Championships.
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