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CROSS COUNTRY
(Results listed when available)
Bloomfield
Laura Riggins, Sr., Indianapolis – Placed 88th in the Great Lakes Valley Conference meet in 25:45.
Clay City
Adam Schroer, Sr., Taylor – Finished 238th out of 326 runners at the 2010 NAIA National Cross Country Championships with a time of 27:57 for a mile pace of 5:38.
Greencastle
Joe Franklin, head coach, New Mexico – Coached Lobos to fifth-place finish in women’s race and men to 16th-place finish in NCAA Championships. Named NCAA Mountain Region Coach of the Year for both men and women.
Andy Weatherford, Jr., Indiana – Finished 45th in the Big Ten Championships in 24:49.5.
Sarah Culler, Fr., Indianapolis – Finished 113th in GLVC meet in 28:43.
Marshall
Gabrielle Kuhn, Fr., Vincennes – Placed 16th overall and second on her team at the NJCAA Region XII regional meet in a time of 20:09.
North Central
Robert Shiflett, Jr., Purdue – Finished ninth running unattached in the Men’s Open 8K Race at the Indiana Intercollegiates in 26:31.60.
Ethan Jacob, Fr., Southern Indiana – Placed 47th in the USI Freshman Finish in 28:44.36.
Northview
John Latta, Jr., Southern Indiana – Placed 10th in the Fast Cats Classic at Owensboro, Ky., in 26:12.94.
Kylee Thacker, So., Indiana State – Ran fourth on the team and 38th overall in the Indiana Intercollegiates in 19:07.80.
Allie True, So., St. Mary-of-the-Woods – Placed 50th individually in the USCAA National Meet in 30:21.
Cassandra Barnett, So., St. Mary-of-the-Woods – Earned United States Collegiate Athletic Association All-American Honors by placing sixth in 25:19 at the national meet, won by SMWC.
Conor Strain, Fr., Indiana State – Finished 41st running unattached in the Men’s 8K Open Race at the Indiana Intercollegiates in 29:29.60.
Shelby Sands, Fr., Indiana State – Finished 38th in the open division of the Indiana Intercollegiates in 22:36.10.
Robinson
David Ulrich, Jr., Olivet Nazarene – Placed 30th in the CCAC meet in 26:55.37.
Rockville
Max Cordier, Sr., Evansville – Finished second for team and 11th overall with a time of 25:45.45 in UE Invitational.
Shakamak
Anthony Witt, Jr., Grand Valley State – Finished a team-best 15th overall in the NCAA Division II Championships in a time of 31:13. For the second straight year, Witt was named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Cross Country team. He is a Biomedical Science major.
Drew Gambill, Fr., Indiana State – Finished 22nd running unattached in the Men’s Open 8K Race at the Indiana Intercollegiates in 28:12.10.
South Putnam
Caitlyn Croan, Sr., Franklin – Finished 26th in the HCAC Championships in 25:43.57.
Shannon Egold, Jr., Franklin – Finished 99th in the Wilmington Fall Classic in 21:00.06
Tyler Heavin, So., Franklin – Finished 70th in the HCAC Championships in 30:01.17. Was a member of the HCAC All-Academic team.
Terre Haute North
Zach Mayhew, So., Indiana – Finished second on the team, 11th overall, in the Big Ten Championships in 24:00.4. Placed 66th overall in the NCAA Championships in 30:57.
Chad Braun, Jr., Rose-Hulman – Had a season-best time of 30:20 at Wilmington.
Brandon Query, So., Indiana State – Ran sixth on the team and 37 overall in the Indiana Intercollegiates in 26:31.70.
Lindy Jones, Fr., Indiana State – Finished 14th in the open division of the Indiana Intercollegiates in 20:36.70.
Alexa McFadden, Fr., Indiana State – Finished fourth in the open division of the Indiana Intercollegiates in 19:46.30.
Terre Haute South
Kristy Twitchell, Jr., Indiana State – Ran 8th in the open division of the Indiana Intercollegiates in 20:08.50.
Andrew Sullivan, So., Indiana State – Ran 85th overall in the Indiana Intercollegiates in 27:40.70.
Brianne Steppe, So., Franklin – Was a member of the HCAC All-Academic team.
Clayton Harlan, Fr., Manchester – Ran 12th on the team in the Manchester Invitational with a time of 27:50.4.
VOLLEYBALL
Bloomfield
Leairra Thompson, So., Vincennes – Statistics not available.
Cloverdale
Samantha Rightmyer, Fr., Franklin – Listed on team roster but does not appear in season stats.
Linton
Megan Barnes, So., Vincennes – Statistics not available.
Northview
Christy Fulk, assistant coach, Rose-Hulman – Completed her first year on the Engineer staff last fall while pursuing a master's degree in recreation and sport management at Indiana State.
Brianne Arvin, Jr., Stephens (Mo.) – Had six kills, six assists and seven service aces.
Rockville
Laura Payne, So., Lincoln Land CC – Had 11 assists, 44 service aces, 745 digs and 16 kills.
Owen Valley
Sidney Stines, So., Vincennes – Statistics not available.
Shakamak
Jessica Gilbert, So., Black Hawk College – Statistics not available
Terre Haute North
Casey Hayne, Jr., Oakland City – Had six assists in 3-1 loss to IU-Southeast in October.
Sara Baugh, Fr., Navy – Played in eight matches with one kill, two digs and two blocks.
Bri Hill, Fr., Rose-Hulman – Played in 20 matches with 26 kills, 26 digs, three assists, 10 blocks and one service ace
Terre Haute South
Kristen Seaton, Sr., Pepperdine – Did not play due to injury.
Brittaney Pugh, So., Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) – Played in 31 matches, starting eight, as the Lady Railsplitters qualified for the Division II Southeast Regional tournament as the fourth seed.  Ranked second on team with 550 assists, also recording 37 kills and 22 service aces.
Shelby Crncic, Fr., Arkansas State – Had two kills, eight assists, 18 service aces and 134 digs.
Jessica Chichester, Fr., Vincennes – Statistics not available.
SOCCER
(Results listed when available)
Local connections
Kaitlyn Blacha (former Terre Haute resident), Jr., Purdue – Played in 15 games with one goal and one assist.
Austen Stoelting (daughter of Traci Russell Stoelting), So., Jacksonville (Ala.) State – Started 17 of 18 matches with one goal, one assist and six shots on goal.
Sullivan
Briauna Davis, Sr., St. Mary-of-the-Woods – Had one goal and three assists in 15 matches.
Emily Lahay, Jr., Indiana State – Started 17 of 19 matches at goalie, allowing 19 goals and making 55 saves. Earned the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Good Neighbor Award as Indiana State's representative on the 10-person list compiled by the league office. Also named honorable mention all-MVC.
Terre Haute North
Erin Pugh, Sr., St. Mary-of-the-Woods – Led team with 11 goals and was named a USCAA All-American for the second time and also a USCAA Academic All-American. Helped team to 7-6-2 record, the school’s first winning season. Finished with 43 career goals in 60 games, a .72 goals per game clip.
Terre Haute South
Brice Humpolick, Sr., Illinois Wesleyan – Played in 16 matches, starting 12, scoring one goal.
Anna Pigg, Sr., IUPUI – Played in 15 games, starting 13, as a defensive specialist. A nursing major, she earned all-Summit League academic honors.
Garrett Fredrick, Sr., Manchester – Scored the tying goal in the 82nd minute of play unassisted to force overtime in a 3-2, overtime loss to Transylvania in the HCAC semifinals.
Nicole Forsythe, So., Franklin – Played in 12 matches, did not score.
Zachary Pigg, So., Indianapolis – Played in six matches, recording one assist and one shot on goal.
SWIMMING
Greencastle
Lainey Poor, So., Millikin – Finished 24th in the 500 freestyle in 6:50.43 at the Illinois Wesleyan Invitational.
Nicholas Stevens, So., Ball State – Finished 16th in the 1,650 freestyle in the Mid-American Conference meet in 16:37.55.
Melissa Ball, Fr., Evansville – Placed 22nd in the 100 freestyle in the Missouri Valley Conference championships in 56.67.
Terre Haute North
Emily (Morris) Oilar, assistant coach, Rose-Hulman – In second year as assistant coach.
John Huster, So., Rose-Hulman – Won the 100-yard butterfly in a school record time of 50.21 seconds at the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Championships to reach NCAA Provisional status with the second fastest time in school history.  His second individual school record of 51.91 seconds came in the 100-backstroke as the opening leg of the 400-medley relay.
Katie Guell, So., Purdue – Placed third overall and second on the team in the 1,000 freestyle in 10:32.60 in the Florida Atlantic Invitational.
Haley Tisdale, Fr., Indianapolis – Had team’s sixth-best time in 100 back in 1:06.63 and fourth best time in 500 IM in 5:05.33.
Terre Haute South
Donny Brush, assistant coach, Indiana – In sixth season on the Hoosier staff, now serving as assistant head coach for the coordination of training and student athlete development. Helped women’s team to third straight Big Ten championship.
Brent Noble, assistant coach, DePauw – Helped Tigers win seventh straight Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship.
Tyler Gertz, Jr., Purdue – Placed 29th in the 200 backstroke in 1:49.31 at the Big Ten Championships.
Caitlin Tincher, So., Indiana – Listed on team’s roster, but did not compete this season.
WRESTLING
South Putnam
Chris Hurst, Fr., Wabash – Finished season with 5-10 record.

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April 3, 2011

COLLEGE REPORT: North grad’s college softball career off to strong start

Joey Bennett Special to the Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — The transition from high school softball to college softball has been a smooth one for Terre Haute North grad Bethany Sullivan.

After leading the Patriots to a state runnerup finish last June, Sullivan has taken her pitching talents to Indiana-Southeast in New Albany and has gotten off to a fast start — already earning Kentucky Indiana Athletic Conference “pitcher of the week” honors twice in her young career.

Sullivan pitched in three games during the week of March 14-20 for a total of thirteen innings. She ended the week with a 2.69 earned run average and picked up the win against Madonna University as IU Southeast won 2-1. She struck out seven batters and only allowed two base runners on walks.

During the week of March 7-13, Sullivan pitched in three games (14.3 innings) and ended the week with a 1.47 earned run average. Sullivan struck out seven and picked up the win in two of the three games with a no decision in the other.

On Friday night, Sullivan improved her season pitching record to 4-2 with an eight-strikeout no-hitter in a 23-0 win over Alice Loyd College.

Coach Todd Buckingham felt Sullivan would be a standout player for the Grenadiers before she ever took the field, and he has not been disappointed.

“Bethany’s best attributes as a pitcher are her mound presence and her control,” said Buckingham, whose team was 13-15 at the time. “She has the same demeanor whether she is up by 5 or down by 5.  It’s great to have someone that doesn’t get rattled.

“I am truly glad she decided to play here and I wish I had a whole team of players with her work ethic and attitude,” he added.

Sullivan has a 2.02 ERA in 39.2 innings of work, and has struck out 23 batters while walking only five.

She’s happy with the young season, but strives to continue to improve.

“Our season has been going pretty well,” she said. “Our team has good chemistry and we’ve been playing tougher teams to prepare us for conference games.

“I want to continue to become a better, more experienced player,” Sullivan added. “Our team goals are to win conference and to compete in nationals.”

North coach Jack Kirchner is not surprised by Sullivan’s early successes, and likes the fact that she succeeds on the mound without dazzling velocity.

“Bethany is a gamer, and she does not like to lose,” Kirchner said. “I knew that she would do well in college because she is a hard worker on the field and in the classroom. I think what helps her at this level and in high school is that she knows the game.

“She is a pitcher not a thrower,” Kirchner added. “Bethany knows how to read a hitter and what pitch can get her out.”

IU-Southeast is 16-16 after Friday’s doubleheader sweep, and coach Buckingham hopes to see Sullivan improve her performance at the plate (1-for-19 this year) in addition to honing her pitching skills.

“Bethany is an individual that truly leads by example,” he said. “She works harder than anyone else I have coached.

 “As her career progresses, I would want Bethany to continue to develop her offensive consistency,” Buckingham said, “and maybe to develop her riseball and changeup to be as consistent as her other pitches.”

Like all college athletes, Sullivan is finding the grind of travel and even more games per week to be one of the biggest adjustments.

“Time management is huge in college,” she said. “You’re expected to study more outside of class than the time you spend in class, so finding time to get that done with practice and games can be difficult.

“We get to go on longer road trips than we did in high school and get to see many different places,” she said. “One difference is the amount of traveling we do in college softball. Another difference is the intensity – practices are more intense at the college level to prepare us for the competition we face in games.”

Sullivan maintains good perspective, however, and offers advice to any future collegiate athlete.

“I think it’s important to always remember that you’re a student first, and if you don’t have good enough grades, you won’t get the opportunity to play softball,” she said.

Kirchner has another strong team this season at North, and hopes the players stepping up to leadership roles this season can be equally as effective.

“For us, she was a team leader who led by example,” he said.  “She is a very nice young lady who you would be proud to say she played for North High and I had the pleasure of coaching her. For the girls at North now as a role model Bethany would want them to be at the top of their game on the field and in the class room.

“Bethany is a real class act. “

• Meggs top Huskie hitter — Terre Haute North grad Joe Meggs took a while to break into the University of Washington baseball lineup, having to sit out last year after transferring from Indiana State and missing the first eight games this season with a wrist injury suffered during practice.

Meggs finally made his UW debut on March 5 against Brigham Young, and hit the ground running. He has started all 13 games since that time for the 7-16 Huskies, and leads the team in hitting and on-base percentage and ranks second in slugging percentage.

Meggs was 1-for-2 on Friday night with two hit-by-pitches in a 2-1 loss to UCLA, the first of a three-game Pac-Ten series. He had a 10-game hitting streak at one point during March.

The starting left-fielder has made it easy for his father, UW Coach Lindsay Meggs, to write his name in the second spot of the batting order each day by having such success.

Meggs is hitting .395 (17-for-43) with one double, seven RBI and six runs scored. He has walked six times and struck out only four, and has handled 41 of 42 chances in the outfield for a .976 fielding percentage.

Meggs returned to Terre Haute last summer and joined the Rex franchise of the Prospect League in mid-season, providing a hard-nosed spark and nearly helping the team qualify for the playoffs.

Local fans will be thrilled to know he will be returning to play for the Rex this summer.

• Schroer competes in nationals — Taylor senior Adam Schroer, a Clay City graduate, competed in the 2010 NAIA National Cross Country Championships in Vancouver, Wash., in November.

Running in wet and muddy conditions, Schroer finished 238th out of 326 runners in a time of 27:57 for a mile pace of 5:38.

Schroer earlier had placed fourth in the Mid-Central College Conference championships, highlighted by his fourth-place finish that qualified him for the NAIA National Championships in Portland, Oregon on Nov. 20.

Plowing through a snow-covered course in 35-degree temperatures at South Bend’s St. Patrick’s Park, Schroer moved past five competitors to post a 25:58 and earn all-MCC honors.

Taylor coach Ted Bowers was excited for Schroer’s accomplishment.

“Adam has endured so many injuries during his career here at TU that it is very satisfying to see him be able to finish in such fine fashion after literally wondering at times if he could continue running,” he said. “Competing at NAIA Nationals is a tremendous accomplishment for Adam.”

Schroer also competed at the 2010 NAIA Track and Field Championships in the marathon last May, and was one of four Taylor seniors honored as NAIA Scholar-Athletes for the 2010 season.

An exercise science major, Schroer was honored for the second straight year for having a grade point average of at least 3.5.

• Tierney honored —  University of Saint Francis senior quarterback Shaine Tierney, a former Terre Haute resident, was named winner of the 2010 Silver Helmet Award at the team’s awards banquet in February.

The Silver Helmet Award is voted on by the USF coaching staff and the criteria are based on leadership, coachability and scholarship.

Stats wise, Shaine finished as the USF career passing percentage leader at .671, completed 478 of 712 passes with just 20 interceptions. His 5,708 yards passing rank No. 3 on the USF list and 16th on the Mid-States Football Association career list. His 34 career TD passes rank No. 4 on the USF list.

Tierney, who was 18-4 in 22 collegiate starts for USF, was named the NAIA National Offense Player of the Week for his play in the Cougars’ 33-21 win over Taylor University on Nov. 13.

Tierney threw a record-tying 91-yard touchdown pass to WR Jared Clodfelter to help 10th-ranked USF regain the lead in the fourth quarter. It was his second TD pass of the game and he also ran for TDs of 12 and 20 yards. He connected on 23-of-35 passes with two interceptions and a career-best 351 yards passing and 400 yards total offense.

• Bob Ryan on Jake Odum — In case you didn’t read this last month during the NCAA tournament, legendary Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan had some high praise for Indiana State’s freshman point guard in his column.

Ryan wrote:

“… my approach to the NCAA tournament is to seek a player I’d like to adopt. I found one in George Mason forward Luke Hancock. Friday night I found a player I didn’t want to adopt as much as I wanted to take home on a leash. That player was Indiana State guard Jake Odum. Listed at 6-4 and a generous 170, and complete with a flat top and an Abe Lincoln (i.e. no mustache) beard, it’s like he is on loan from the Amish All-Stars. He flits in and out of the lane, always on the alert for a cutter, and he snaps his passes off with great briskness. He chats up the refs, and he is just a trip. I’m sorry Indiana State is going home. I’d like to see him play again.”

Joey Bennett is a former Tribune-Star sports reporter and copy editor who now teaches at Northview High School in Brazil. He can be reached at tribstarcollege

report@yahoo.com.

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