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We are the Eagles and Lady Eagles of Independence High School Cross Country.

Thompson's Station, TN
Joined May 2016
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Indy XC
8 years
And also official: Indy boys are regional runners-up and are on their way to state to join the girls!
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Indy XC
5 years
Shout out to our marvelous athletic trainer who holds us together... #WILLCOs19 winner Brandi Mangrum!
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Indy XC
4 years
Congrats to the Lady Eagles for finishing 3rd in TN. This marks the best team finish in school history by either the boys or girls. What a day. 🦅
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Indy XC
8 years
One of the top runners in the midstate, and now a NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST! Congrats to Harold LaCroix.
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Indy XC
6 years
All-Midstate Association honorees Aidan Barton, Preston Hanzely, Cameron Moore, Sadie Cook, Emmi Allen and Emma Wilson! Also Coach Finley named as Boys AAA Association coach of the year. #moredragons
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Indy XC
7 years
What a race! Addi Coggins wins the 1600m state title and freshman Sadie Cook finishes 5th in the state 1600! #IndyNation
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Indy XC
4 years
Sophomore Nate Martinez records a 15:45 5k in Huntsville, which is the fastest certified 5k in Indy team history. Thus also making him the fastest sophomore in Indy history. 😉🏃‍♂️🙌🔥🦅
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Indy XC
4 years
Congrats to Indy legend Sadie Cook who has made her big decision...she will continue her education and her running career with the Samford Bulldogs! We are very proud of you! @wcsIHSmw
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Indy XC
8 years
Print autographed by the team for Coach Finley's 100th race as Indy's boys coach.
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Indy XC
7 years
Indy alumnus Addi Coggins is having a tremendous freshman year at Florida State! 17:47 today at Notre Dame. Go Addi! 🏃
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Indy XC
3 years
STATE CHAMPION at 1600m! Freshman Jaynie Halterman in 4:56!!!
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Indy XC
8 years
CONGRATS to Addi Coggins who has chosen to continue her education and running career at Florida State University! @wcsCOjq @Seminoles
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Indy XC
8 years
It's official...Indy ladies are going to state by virtue of their 3rd place team finish. CONGRATS!
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Indy XC
6 years
Congrats to senior Andrew Hendry who has decided to take his talents to Lee University this fall to continue his running excellence. @andrew_hendry13
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Indy XC
4 years
For the first time in our history, we have two girls make All-State in XC. Congrats to Jaynie and Julia Halterman (11th and 13th) for being named All-State for the first time.🔥🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🦅
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Indy XC
7 years
Congrats to Addi Coggins (5:04) and Sadie Cook (5:22) for amazing mile times at the Vandy Indoor Inv. Addi was 2nd overall and Sadie 13th.
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Indy XC
5 years
Indy legend Kathy Kroeger takes her place on the wall at Stanford's athletics museum next to Carolina Panthers RB Christian McAffrey. We miss you KK! Congrats!
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Indy XC
5 years
CONGRATS to Emmi Allen for winning the $1,000 senior scholarship from the IHS Athletic Booster Club representing girls XC. Love you Emmi!
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Indy XC
5 years
56 teams, ONE CHAMPION. Indy XC varsity boys, your 2019 Cherokee Classic Invitational team champs. #slaythedragon
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Indy XC
8 years
Addi Coggins is AAA All-State! She finished 4th overall in the state championship race. This is back to back years for Addi in the top five.
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Indy XC
4 years
Best wishes to sophomore Nate Martinez who makes his state meet debut Thursday morning at 10:40 am. Graphic and photography courtesy of Indy XC's @nfin701 . 🏃‍♂️🦅💪 #slaythedragon
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8 years
Our own Andrew Hendry escorts 2016 homecoming queen Karsyn Walling. Looking good, AJ!
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Indy XC
5 years
"Hey, let's attach Christmas lights to our bodies and then have a team night run...followed by a Christmas party!". So we did. Indy XC Holiday Run 2019. #slaythehotchocolate
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Indy XC
7 years
Congrats to the Indy boys who finish 3rd in Region 6 and advance to state! This makes eleven straight years at state as a team.
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Indy XC
3 years
Update: Indy XC's Elijah Browning annihilates the course and presses the buzzer at the top of the warped wall on American Ninja Warrior in Tacoma! 🦅🏆💪💪💪
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Indy XC
6 years
Minus one very eclectic runner-up plate from Louisville, here is our team hardware haul from the now concluded season. See you in 2019!
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Indy XC
4 years
Huge congratulations to SYDNEY COIL and REBECCA MAY for both being named National Merit Finalists. This is the first time we've had two athletes named in the same season!
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8 years
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8 years
All-Midstate XC honorees at the banquet tonight. Congrats to AJ, Harold and Meyer!
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Indy XC
6 years
Congratulations to senior Cameron Moore who is committing to continue his studies and his cross country and track career at Trevecca Nazarene University! New dragons to slay! @TNUxcTrack @wcsCOjq
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Indy XC
6 years
Our very own Kaitlyn Biggs is HOMECOMING QUEEN!!! Congrats Kaitlyn! Also a proud coach :)
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Indy XC
3 years
For the fourth time in four seasons, the Indy girls are the Region 6 Runners-Up and qualify the team for the state championship race. 🏆🏅💪🦅
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Indy XC
5 years
Ladies and gentlemen, the 2019 Indy cross country teams. 55 young men and women who are as tough as deer jerky. Time for the curtain to rise this Saturday. #slaythedragon
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Indy XC
6 years
A lot to smile about today with the best combined team finish in the Midstate Conference! #slaythedragon
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Indy XC
3 years
The Indy girls have once again claimed hardware at the Voyles Classic, this year finishing 3rd out of 21 teams in the AAA classification. Julia Halterman, Emma Pearson, Samantha Ude and Joanna Halterman bringing home medals today for the Lady Eagles. 🏆🦅💪
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Indy XC
3 years
The XC class of 2022 thought it would be a great idea to get the coaches Hawaiian shirts with the team logo and their...faces on them (!). Thanks for all of your service to our program, seniors! And for your unique taste 😂
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Indy XC
8 years
Meyer Makemson paces Indy this morning with a top 15 finish. Team results to follow. #IndyNation
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Indy XC
6 years
Official: Indy boys and girls advance to state, both as the Region 6 large school team runners-up. #killingdragons
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Indy XC
4 years
Indy began competing in 2006 as a 9th-12th grade school in XC and qualified the girls team for state. In every year since, either the boys or girls team (or both) have qualified for state. With today, both the girls and boys have now appeared 12 times each.
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Indy XC
3 years
Whatever the result may be, we are grateful to have athletes who are able to take the line tomorrow...wearing the navy blue and Vegas gold, and running one more time for each other. #slayyourdragon
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Indy XC
6 years
Panther Prowl 2018 girls team champs!
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Indy XC
8 years
@wcsIHSgg2 Stat of the day: During the 24 game streak @ClubTouchdown has now outscored opponents 1,002 to 298…
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Indy XC
7 years
Addi Coggins follows up her 1600m state title with a state runner-up in the 3200m. Thank you for four amazing years Addi! On to FSU!
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Indy XC
2 years
2022 WILLCO girls cross country award winner, Jaynie Halterman!!!
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Indy XC
4 years
The 2020 Indy girls are the fastest collective team in school history to this point in the season: the current top five are all in the top-15 all-time in Indy XC history. Persist and excel through challenging times, Lady Eagles! #slaythedragon
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Indy XC
3 years
Girls varsity from Knoxville today after a 4th place team finish.
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Indy XC
3 years
Jaynie Halterman WINS the Garmin Cross Country Championships Silver Division race in a PR time of 17:43! Fastest time run by an Indy sophomore since '06 national champ Kathy Kroeger! Image from the live feed as she breaks the tape! Congrats Jaynie!!!
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Indy XC
6 years
So is there a WCS record for the number of pairs of identical twins on one team? Our boys are up to FOUR sets! Any other twins at Indy want to run? 😂
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Indy XC
3 years
Indy boys qualify FOUR boys to the state cross country meet! Outside of qualifying a full team, this is the most we’ve ever qualified individually in a season. Congrats to Finn, Karston, Brayden and Nate for advancing to state. 🏅🦅
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Indy XC
5 years
Update: Sadie Cook is the Girls Cross Country #WILLCOs19 winner!!! Congrats Sadie!!!
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Indy XC
7 years
Indy boys are the champions of the Beech Invitational! Girls team finishes as runner-up. Great day.
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Indy XC
3 years
3rd in the state! What a race for these seven and a storybook ending to the 2021 season. 🏅🦅
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Indy XC
4 years
Sophomore Nate Martinez may have just set the all time Indy 5k record (!!!!)...💪🏃‍♂️🦅
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Indy XC
5 years
Remarkable day at Voyles Classic. Girls finish 2nd out of 24 AAA teams and the boys 3rd of 28 AAA. Double trophy day for Indy Nation. #slaythedragon
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Indy XC
4 years
The best girls team in Indy history keeps rolling in to next week's state meet. Three consecutive trips to state and three consecutive regional runners-up for the Lasy Eagles. 🦅🏃‍♀️
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Indy XC
4 years
Jaynie and Julia Halterman finish 1-2 for Indy and top ten overall at the Chickasaw Trails Invitational!
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Indy XC
5 years
Wonderful day for the Lady Eagles...Midstate Association runners-up for varsity and Midstate JV champions!
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Indy XC
5 years
Indy alum Addi Coggins dropped a 16:30 5k and then celebrated an ACC title with Florida State this weekend. She's the one who is soaking wet 😂
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Indy XC
6 years
Introducing the XC senior class of 2019. #slaythedragon
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Indy XC
5 years
Southern Showcase New Balance Girls Championship race team champions? INDY GIRLS bring home the title!
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Indy XC
5 years
This is the lineup from the 1st Annual Indy XC Halloween Run. We got some strange looks when we ran through Toll Gate. Thank you @nfin701 for the photo :)
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Indy XC
3 years
Final count is in. 26 personal 5k records set today by Indy runners. Thank you to Huntsville High School and for the city of Huntsville for creating an absolutely national class cross country meet for us to enjoy.
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Indy XC
3 years
CRAZY FAST TIME from freshman Jayne Halterman on the track tonight at the Great Eight in the 1600m...4:55.63 (!!!). This is straight to #2 on the Indy list behind national legend Kathy Kroeger and roughly #14 on the all-time TN girls 1600 list. WOAH 👀👀👀💨
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Indy XC
1 year
When your 5k record holder, long time captain, and heart of your team commits to run with one of the finest science/math institutions in the world…it’s a special day.
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Independence Athletics
1 year
Nate Martinez, perfect ACT, and off to MIT to run!
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Indy XC
2 years
A joyous day in Hendersonville as Indy qualifies both teams and a maximum contingent of 14 runners into state. This is the first time both teams have qualified together since 2018. This is the tenth time in school history both teams have advanced together. 🏆🦅
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Indy XC
4 years
Milesplit US rankings have our girls team in the US top 50 this week based on composite 5k times at #46 . Lots of variables and margin of error in a list like this, but still...cool to see our Lady Eagles soaring in some rare air. The Lady Bruins are #23 .
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Indy XC
2 years
Boys wardrobe was 🔥🔥🔥 at the All-Midstate dinner tonight. Congrats to (L to R): Nate, Tyler, Trenton and Asher for bringing home the hardware. 🏆🦅
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Indy XC
4 years
Girls varsity team champions, Lake Guntersvile Invitational with an average time of 18:57
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Indy XC
5 years
Indy girls finish back-to-back Region Runners-up for the first time in their 15 year competitive history. This will be their 11th trip to state overall.
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Indy XC
5 years
Congrats to sophomore Camden Bert who WON the USAT high school triathlon championship yesterday! #anotherdragongoesdown
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Indy XC
8 years
Congrats to Meyer Makemson for winning the individual title at McCallie Saturday, running 16:28 for the 5k (and winning by one second!)
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Indy XC
4 years
Huge congratulations goes out to senior co-captain and four year varsity warrior Preston Hanzely on his acceptance to @Cornell of the Ivy League! 👀Way to go big, Pres! @wcsIHSmw
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Indy XC
8 years
Coming soon...to a 5K course near you. #IndyNation
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Indy XC
5 years
Indy XC would like to wish long time friend @StarWarsJosh best wishes today for a super smooth medical procedure.
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Indy XC
3 years
Indy XC's @nfin701 goes big yet again with the camera and finishes 7th place in the nation in the SkillsUSA Nationals! Big shout out to her digital arts teacher Stephanie Prewitt for all her mentoring. 🏆📸
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Independence CTE
3 years
Congratulations to Natalie Finley on her 7th Place finish in the SkillsUSA NATIONALS Photography Competition!! We are so proud of you, your hard work and this great accomplishment! @wcsCCTE @wcsIHS @SkillsUSATN
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Indy XC
8 years
Hardware! Indy boys grab 4th of 37 teams in the large school division at MSCCA. Girls finish 7th. #IndyBoys #5thLaw
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Indy XC
6 years
The 2018 Region 6 Runners-up. Times two! #state2018
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Indy XC
6 years
When the Indy boys take the line at state next weekend, it appears they will carry the longest streak of consecutive state team appearances amongst all 160+ schools in the large school division at 12 straight. #slaythedragon #streaking
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Indy XC
7 years
Addi and company celebrate her commitment to Florida State!
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Indy XC
7 years
Indy boys with school record 6 runners under 17 min in one race; finish 2nd in championship division under the lights at Huntsville Twilight
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Indy XC
2 years
Congrats to asst. coach Brad Cheek for dropping a 1:07 half marathon in Indianapolis this morning. That's 5:10 per mile...for a full 13.1 miles...💪🤯
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Indy XC
4 years
23 kids here for workout, but only 8 qualified for state. They either didn't get the memo that the season is over, or they love their teammates and want to keep it going with them. 🦅❤️
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Indy XC
2 years
We are very pleased to announce the largest number of National Merit Semifinalists we have ever had in one season at 4. Huge shoutout to Ava Gordon, Rylee Lent, Nate Martinez and Lillian Valk for extraordinary achievement off the cross country course. 🐐
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Indy XC
6 years
Indy girls finish 11th at state, and as the 3rd best team in middle TN! Maybe just a tad better than our preseason projection :)
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Indy XC
3 years
Four wonderful years with this family and today they celebrate together as Zach and Luke commit to continuing the education and track careers at MTSU. Thanks for everything, Byrums. We are looking forward to seeing them in a slightly different shade of blue.
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Indy XC
5 years
Indy's girls team score of 168 was their lowest point total at a state meet ever. No Indy team (boys or girls) had ever finished as high as 5th without the benefit of an all-state finisher before today.
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Indy XC
4 years
Tie dye heavy presence today at morning practice! 6' distance physically...but as close as ever in spirit. #slaythedragon
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Indy XC
2 years
Congrats to Nate for the Herff Jones “Heart of the Team” honor tonight! He did a great job on the WillCo Power Hour radio show. Thanks to Herff Jones and @cspulliam for their recognition of Nate.
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Indy XC
3 years
Nate Martinez takes the medal stand after his 3rd place finish at the Southern Showcase.
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Indy XC
3 years
Congrats to these four guys for a great state meet today! Everyone ran under 18 and Nate paced us with a top-50 finish at 16:51. Huge PR for Karston today as well. Great ending to the campaign, gentlemen. 🏅🏆🦅
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Indy XC
2 years
For the first time in our history, we have a freshman boy all-state runner. Asher Oates is all-state, finishing 13th in the state. 💪🏆🦅
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Indy XC
3 years
Scenes from our rising seniors photo shoot this afternoon. Class of 2022! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🦅
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Indy XC
6 years
Sadie has won her second consecutive individual title following up her Huntsville win with a Louisville win :)
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Indy XC
3 years
The girls 1600m is the most incredible athletic legacy at Independence. In 16 years of existence, Indy girls have won the state title in the event SEVEN TIMES with four separate winners. That's essentially every other year. Just bonkers. 🦅🏆
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Indy XC
2 years
Jaynie Halterman just broke the meet record (!!!) at the Great 8 in the 3200m run, posting a 10:55.29. Considering the remarkable quality of competition at this meet over the last two decades, this is a truly impressive feat. 🏆🐐
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Indy XC
8 years
Addi Coggins and Lauren Blade with their All-Midstate awards tonight at the dinner. Great job, ladies!
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Indy XC
2 years
Signing celebration for Julia Halterman as she commits to Lee! On stage, a massive group of family, coaches, teammates and friends to wish her the best. Congrats, Julia! On to Lee, but always an Eagle here! 🦅
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Indy XC
2 years
Historical type day up front for Indy. Nate Martinez's 15:39 (still awaiting official time) is a new school record for 5k, and Jaynie Halterman's 17:37 is a new PR and we think (?) the 2nd fastest time run in TN so far this season. 🤯
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Indy XC
2 years
Indy XC all-star Nate Martinez escorted by Indy XC all-star Emma Pearson on “Coming Home” night in front of a full house at Indy.
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Indy XC
3 years
Congratulations to two of our tri-captains: seniors Lukas and Zach Byrum will be pursuing their education and competing in track and field for the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee State U! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️💪🦅
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