Latest in Indiana HS Boys XCountryen-usCopyright 2009, IHSAA-NASat, 31 Oct 2009 23:18:36 GMThttp://emmisinteractive.comFollowing the race, Chesterton senior David Osborn was named as the winner of the Charles F. Maas Mental Attitude Award. The award is presented annually by the IHSAA Executive Committee to the senior who best demonstrates mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability during his four years of high school. Osborn finished fourth on Saturday helping the Trojans to a second place team fi...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=1160317http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=1160317Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:18:36 GMTThe Columbus North boys team and North Central’s Futsum Zeinasellassie took championship honors at the IHSAA Boys Cross Country State Finals in Terre Haute on Saturday. Zeinasellassie, last year’s state runner-up as a freshman, returned to capture the top spot in 15:51.6 over the soggy, 5,000-meter LaVern Gibson Championship Course. He became the first sophomore to win the boys race in ...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=1160316http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=1160316Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:17:54 GMTDan Cummins is the recipient of the 2009 Interscholastic Athletic Official Association Award for excellence in the sport of cross country. Cummins will be honored in a special ceremony at Saturday’s state finals tournament. Each year, the Indiana High School Athletic Association, in cooperation with the National Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association, recognizes and honors an out...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=1159570http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=1159570Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:47:39 GMTTwo new individual champions are assured this Saturday as the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute plays host to the IHSAA Boys and Girls State Finals. With seven runners from 24 teams plus 28 individual boys and 24 individual girls, there will be nearly 200 competitors that take to the 5,000 meter course in each race. The boys begin at 1 pm ET with the girls to follow at ...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=1159569http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=1159569Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:47:06 GMTFishers’ senior Drew Shields won the race and Carmel captured the team title in the 63rd annual IHSAA Boys Cross Country State Finals in Terre Haute on Saturday. Shields had finished second to North Central freshman Futsum Zeinasellassie in each of the three state tournament races this month but came through when it mattered most. Shields (15:20.3) outkicked Zeinasellassie (15:25.4) and won by mor...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101938http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101938Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:14:42 GMTZionsville senior Dylan Sorensen was named the winner of the Charles F. Maas Mental Attitude Award following the race by members of the IHSAA Executive Committee. The award is presented annually to a senior participant in the state finals who was nominated by his principal and coach and has demonstrated excellence in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability. It is named after ...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101937http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101937Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:14:00 GMTMIER — An injury just before the start of the season may have helped Oak Hill junior Cameron Balser become a better cross country runner. Balser injured a foot playing pick-up soccer in early August and missed the start of the cross country season. In the past two weeks, though, Balser has run better than ever. At Saturday’s New Prairie Semistate, Balser ran a personal best 15 minutes, 56 seconds ...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101866http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101866Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:34:33 GMTNEW CARLISLE — All fall long, LaPorte's Matt Miller and Chesterton's David Osborn have taken turns beating each other in boys cross country races. So when Osborn threw down a wicked surge just after the mile mark at Saturday's New Prairie boys semistate, Miller admits the wheels started turning. "In the back of my mind, I was thinking, 'Oh no, here we go again,'" said the Slicer senior. "I tried t...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101858http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101858Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:02:30 GMTNEW CARLISLE — The Western boys cross country team came up agonizingly short of its goal Saturday in the New Prairie Semistate. Needing to finish in the top six to qualify for the state meet, Western came in seventh place with 208 points — a mere 10 points behind Frankfort and 11 behind West Lafayette. “Obviously, we’re disappointed just missing it by one place and 10 points, but we told the kids ...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101613http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101613Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:10:03 GMTAll signs point to the Western boys cross country team having an historic day Saturday at the New Prairie Semistate. The No. 20-ranked Panthers have been on a mission since turning in what coach Joe Orr recently described as “the most disappointing performance we had all year” at semistate, where they finished 18th last year. Seeking a school-first state-finals berth Nov. 1 in Terre Haute, Western...http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101516http://www.ihsaasports.org/fall/boys/xcountry/news/story.aspx?ID=101516Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:50:15 GMT