TERRE HAUTE —
Indiana State senior Felisha Johnson added another honor to a growing list of accomplishments in her four-year career as a Sycamore when she was named the Great Lakes Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year on Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The senior from Indianapolis is the nation’s collegiate leader in the weight throw and ranks second in the shot put after posting school records in both events this season.
Johnson’s mark of 75-feet, 8-inches in the weight throw places her fifth all-time among collegiate performers and makes her just the sixth collegiate woman to surpass 75 feet. She recently placed fourth at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a distance of 73- 3/4. It is the fifth time this season that Johnson has had a throw over 70 feet.
She won the NCAA Indoor title in the weight throw in 2011 and finished fourth in 2012. She will be going after her second NCAA indoor championship this weekend at Fayetteville, Ark.
Johnson also ranks second among collegians in 2013 with a shot put distance of 58-4 3/4 which set the school record and was accomplished as she won the shot put invitational at the Indiana Relays. She placed seventh in the event at the 2012 indoor Championships and will be competing again this year.
She won her first Missouri Valley Conference indoor title in the weight throw this year and finished second in the shot put.
Johnson has been just as efficient outdoors. The senior placed 13th at the USA Olympic Trials in the shot put just weeks after placing fifth at the 2012 NCAA outdoor meet. A two-time All-America outdoors, Johnson has competed in the shot put, discus and hammer the past two seasons.
In other women’s track and field news:
• Sycamores sign four — Two athletes from Indiana and one each from Illinois and Wisconsin have signed their national letters of intent to compete for Indiana State according to coach Angie Martin.
Alethia (Alis) Marrero of Ben Davis and Natalie Nolting of Franklin Central will join Jessica Melchi of Mahomet-Seymour High School in Illinois and Bridget Murphy of Seymour Community High School in Seymour, Wis.
“All of these young women come from great families and we are very happy that they have chosen to come and join our Sycamore family,” Martin said.
Marrero has competed in middle distance and distance while also a high jumper. She ran a career-best 2:16.42 in placing ninth in the 800 meters at the state meet as a sophomore and nearly matched that time with a second-place finish at the 2012 regional. She went on to finish 10th at state (2:17.59) as a junior. She cleared a career-best height of 5-3 in the high jump at the 2012 regional. In cross country, Marrero has a career-best 19:31 for the 5K event which she ran in placing ninth at the 2012 regional. She has advanced to the semistate twice.
Nolting reached the state championship in cross country as a sophomore and finished 78th (19:58.1) but ran a career-best 19:24.9 in the 5K event at the Conference Indiana meet as a senior. She also ran in the state championship as a senior as Franklin Central finished fourth as a team and she finished 64th individually (19:39).
Nolting has also been successful on the track, running a career-best 5:18.53 in the 1,600 meters and 12:22.05 in the 3,200 meters.
Melchi has competed in the Illinois state meet for three seasons, placing fourth in the 400 meters last year with a career-best time of 57.67 seconds and 12th in pole vault. She was also a member of the 4x400 team that finished sixth at state in 2012 with a time of 3:59.2 in the finals. She has a career-best height of 11-9 in pole vault and career bests of 13.94 in the 100 meters and 27.84 in the 200 meters.
Murphy has run in the 800 meters at the state meet for three straight years with her best finish coming last year as a junior when she finished third (2:14.58). She was also fourth as a sophomore in a career-best 2:14.13 and was 18th as a freshman.
Murphy ran a career best 15:41.49 in the 4K event at the Bay conference meet as a senior where she placed eighth and has career bests of 26.93 in the 200 meters, 59.40 in the 400 meters and 5:33.95 in the 1,600 meters.
Wrestling
• North Clay wins — At Clinton, North Clay won the Western Indiana Conference middle school championships on Saturday at South Vermillion Middle School.
Team scores — North Clay 289.5, Edgewood 277, Owen Valley 242, Sullivan 221.5, Brown County 215, South Vermillion 194.
Champions
70 — Bryce Denton (BC)
75 — Charlie Archer (S)
80 — Devin Flick (OV)
85 — Cade Cooper (NC)
90 — Trevor Cook (NC)
95 — Brent Rinehart (SV)
100 — Evan Bullock (BC)
105 — Colten Harper (BC)
110 — Austin Cook (NC)
115 — Wes Bedwell (S)
120 — Jaidon Jaekel (S)
125 — Jacob Orndorff (S)
130 — Ricky Kelly (SV)
135 — Jacob Hendrich (NC)
140 — Logan Trimble (OV)
145 — Luke Stillions (E)
155 — Jason Sanders (NC)
165 — Kyle Schafer (OV)
180 — David Wilson (E)
210 — Jack Johnson (OV)
240 — Jordan Headdy (E)
275 — Zach Warthan (OV)
Sports
METRO ROUNDUP: ISU senior gets Athlete of the Year honor
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Got it: Rex first baseman #29 Kurt Kudrecki fields a ball hit down the first base line during game action against the Quincy Gems Monday night at Bob Warn Field.
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Loss drops Rex into first-place tie
In a battle for first place in the West Division of the Prospect League baseball standings, the Terre Haute Rex fell just short Monday night at Bob Warn Field.
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Seven players from Terre Haute Rex taken in Major League draft
Seven players who are alumni of the Terre Haute Rex in the past four years achieved their dream of becoming professional baseball players when taken in the Major League Baseball draft earlier this month.
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RAMBLIN’ RECK: Catching up on some things
Catching up — on all-state softball honors and a new basketball coach in Illinois.
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METRO ROUNDUP: Hutson comes home, has personal best
Kylie Hutson returned to her home town Saturday to set a personal outdoor record, clearing 15-feet-5 in highlighting the Sycamore Open pole vault competition at Marks Field.
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Checking in with cancer survivor
The last time the Tribune-Star visited with Amy Bagnoche, July of 2012, she was fighting back tears talking about her own battle with breast cancer and the battles that others were facing.
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Post 346 rebounds to win Terre Haute Invitational
It’s an interesting dance that Wayne Newton Post 346 and Evansville Pate Post 265 have developed in American Legion baseball’s Terre Haute Invitational, and the last waltz was saved for the host team Sunday.
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DeNato proves IU can pitch too
Joey DeNato dispelled the notion that College World Series newcomer Indiana is all about offense.
The junior left-hander threw a four-hitter and the Hoosiers looked mighty comfortable at TD Ameritrade Park while beating Louisville 2-0 on Saturday night. -
Metro roundup: Givens, Mundy win two-man golf tournament
Scott Givens and Tim Mundy maintained their first-day lead to win the Show-Me’s Two-Man golf tournament concluded Sunday at Rea Park
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Goatee, Bertoli ran away with Spring Athlete of the Year
When honoring athletes after a season of excellence, the phrase “what might have been” doesn’t usually come up.
But in the case of Terre Haute South’s Jackson Bertoli and Terre Haute North’s TaPring Goatee – the Tribune-Star’s Athletes of the Year for spring sports – there’s an air of unfinished business despite obvious recent successes.
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TODD GOLDEN: Golf ... the beast within?
Like many sports fans, my interest in professional golf is confined to the four major tournaments. Many prefer the Masters, some like the back-to-roots British Open, but I’ve always liked the U.S. Open the best.
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Loss drops Rex into first-place tie
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Score: Post 346 runner #6 Jacob Johnson scores after a collision with the Pate catcher in the fourth inning Sunday afternoon.
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Post 346 rebounds to win Terre Haute Invitational
It’s an interesting dance that Wayne Newton Post 346 and Evansville Pate Post 265 have developed in American Legion baseball’s Terre Haute Invitational, and the last waltz was saved for the host team Sunday.
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METRO ROUNDUP: Wayne Newton 2-1 on young season
Wayne Newton Post 346 improved to 2-1 in American Legion baseball with a late 8-3 victory over Effingham on Thursday night.
Craig Peters was winning pitcher for Post 346 and T.J. Decker and Cody Thornton led a 16-hit attack with three hits each. -
Rex looking to return to pitching dominance Sunday against Springfield
During a 7-1 start and franchise-best seven-game winning streak, Terre Haute Rex pitching was the catalyst. Through eight games, the Rex led the Prospect League with an earned-run average of 1.11.
Even after giving up 10 runs Friday night in a 10-6 loss to the Quincy Gems, the Rex (7-2) are still the league leader in ERA at 2.09. -
FROM TERRE HAUTE TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES: Former Scamore hurlers doing well in White Sox system
Brian Omogrosso was promoted to Chicago and appeared in 11 games. The big right-hander compiled a 5.14 earned-run average in 14 innings of relief. He struck out 14 and walked seven.
- COLLEGE REPORT: Wabash College All-American relay team has TH flavor
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Post 346 rebounds to win Terre Haute Invitational
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Goatee, Bertoli ran away with Spring Athlete of the Year
When honoring athletes after a season of excellence, the phrase “what might have been” doesn’t usually come up.
But in the case of Terre Haute South’s Jackson Bertoli and Terre Haute North’s TaPring Goatee – the Tribune-Star’s Athletes of the Year for spring sports – there’s an air of unfinished business despite obvious recent successes.
- Post 346 opens tournament with two victories
- North boys move up to 13th in golf state finals
- Big hill to climb for North golf
- Top of her game
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Indiana starting pitcher Joey DeNato (23) celebrates throwing out Louisville's Coco Johnson (20) at first for the second out in the bottom of the ninth inning in an NCAA College World Series game in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, June 15, 2013 (AP Photo/The World-Herald, Ryan Soderlin) MAGS OUT; ALL NEBRASKA LOCAL BROADCAST TV OUT
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DeNato proves IU can pitch too
Joey DeNato dispelled the notion that College World Series newcomer Indiana is all about offense.
The junior left-hander threw a four-hitter and the Hoosiers looked mighty comfortable at TD Ameritrade Park while beating Louisville 2-0 on Saturday night. -
Etherington, Moore happy to be with ISU basketball
Not even two weeks into their college experience, Indiana State freshmen men’s basketball players Alex Etherington and Demetrius Moore stood sentinel as 115 kids ran around them collecting basketballs and getting autographs at the Greg Lansing Basketball Camp on Thursday.
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ISU's Johnson invited to World University Games
Indiana State senior Felisha Johnson will be traveling the world this summer after being named to represent the United States in the women’s shot put at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia.
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FROM THE PRESS BOX: Close, but no cigar, theme for ISU sports in 2012-13
When I covered my first event of Indiana State’s 2012-13 season — ISU’s opening football game at Indiana — I was the first one in the press box at IU’s Memorial Stadium. I’m never the first one in the press box.
Maybe the prospect of ISU’s season had me so pumped that I decided to get it started close to three hours early? (Or more truthfully, maybe I was over-vigilent about predicted traffic horrors on the Indiana 46 bypass that never came to pass.) -
Q&A: ISU football coach Mike Sanford ready for fall
It’s hard to believe, but Mike Sanford has already been Indiana State’s football coach for six months.
Time flies, but Sanford’s task of preparing for his first season in charge of the Sycamores comes with few breaks.
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DeNato proves IU can pitch too
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RAMBLIN’ RECK: Catching up on some things
Catching up — on all-state softball honors and a new basketball coach in Illinois.
- TODD GOLDEN: Golf ... the beast within?
- Trackside: Midgets could be on rise in Wabash Valley
- RAMBLIN’ RECK: South grad helps VU to national golf title
- FROM THE PRESS BOX: Close, but no cigar, theme for ISU sports in 2012-13
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RAMBLIN’ RECK: Catching up on some things
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Colts not standing pat in looking toward 2013 season
Indianapolis Colts second-year general manager Ryan Grigson has quickly earned a reputation as someone who isn’t afraid to shake things up a bit.
- Deacon Jones of famed Fearsome Foursome dead at 74
- Seeking elite status
- Luck having fun with his first OTAs
- Colts hoping for more high marks on draft picks
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Colts not standing pat in looking toward 2013 season
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Got it: Rex first baseman #29 Kurt Kudrecki fields a ball hit down the first base line during game action against the Quincy Gems Monday night at Bob Warn Field.
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Loss drops Rex into first-place tie
In a battle for first place in the West Division of the Prospect League baseball standings, the Terre Haute Rex fell just short Monday night at Bob Warn Field.
- Sliders’ frustration against Rex continues
- Sanchez stays hot to lead Rex to victory
- Rex fall at home to Sliders
- Rex looking to return to pitching dominance Sunday against Springfield
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Loss drops Rex into first-place tie
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Colts not standing pat in looking toward 2013 season
Indianapolis Colts second-year general manager Ryan Grigson has quickly earned a reputation as someone who isn’t afraid to shake things up a bit.
- Landry believes he'll acclimate to Colts system
- Colts in harmony with new coordinator Hamilton
- Pagano amazed by collection of veterans
- Opening Day: Terre Haute Rex host Quincy
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Colts not standing pat in looking toward 2013 season
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Winner's kiss: Tony Kanaan of KV Racing Technology kisses the yard of bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Kanaan won his first Indianapolis 500 Mile Race on Sunday and kissed the bricks as part of a tradition at the Motor Speedway.
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Kanaan can: Tony Kanaan finally wins Indy 500, ends heartbreak
Tony Kanaan had been so close so many times in the Indianapolis 500 until Sunday. Now he’s a winner.
- Crowd, competitors erupt in celebration for Brazilian driver
- Rookies fare well in 97th running of the Indy 500
- Top guns, again
- Looking for Indy breakthrough, Kanaan enjoying role as team mentor
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Kanaan can: Tony Kanaan finally wins Indy 500, ends heartbreak
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