IHSAA Boys Cross Country

Team State Champions through 2007-08

Year	Champion	Coach	Runner-Up	Score	Site
1946-47*	Anderson, Mishawaka	Carl Bonge Walter Thurston	Muncie Burris Fort Wayne North Side	37-121 72-104	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1947-48	Anderson	Carl Bonge	Indianapolis Howe	32-129	Coffin Golf Course, Indpls.
1948-49	Anderson	Carl Bonge	Mishawaka	56-73	Coffin Golf Course, Indpls.
1949-50	Anderson	Carl Bonge	Mishawaka	67-79	Coffin Golf Course, Indpls.
1950-51	Anderson	Carl Bonge	Muncie Central	47-88	Coffin Golf Course, Indpls.
1951-52	Anderson	Carl Bonge	University (Bloomington)	35-166	Coffin Golf Course, Indpls.
1952-53	Anderson	Carl Bonge	Muncie Central	37-98	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1953-54	Indpls. Shortridge	Tom Haynes	Vincennes	97-139	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1954-55	Indpls. Shortridge	Tom Haynes	Anderson	78-120	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1955-56	Anderson	Carl Bonge	Hobart	68-100	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1956-57	Muncie Central	Mel Wilson	Anderson	89-107	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1957-58	Hobart	Frank Kurth	Muncie Central	87-111	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1958-59	Muncie Central	Mel Wilson	Anderson	125-138	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1959-60	Anderson	Bob Freeman	Indianapolis Shortridge	156-171	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1960-61	Hobart	Frank Kurth	New Haven	89-145	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1961-62	Ben Davis	Wendell Hine	Fort Wayne North	104-139	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1962-63	Gary Roosevelt	Louis “Bo” Mallard	Ashley	89-102	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1963-64	Ashley	Dwight Graber	West Lafayette	82-97	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1964-65	West Lafayette	Jim Tatlock	Hammond	45-93	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1965-66	Calumet	Chris Traicoff	Fort Wayne North	72-116	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1966-67	Valparaiso	Evar Edquist	Elkhart	89-99	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1967-68	Muncie Central	James Lambert	North Central (Indpls)	55-100	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1968-69	Fort Wayne North Side	John Walter	North Central (Indpls)	85-98	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1969-70	North Central (Indpls.)	Charles Riley	Highland	106-121	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1970-71	Southport	Tom Hathaway	Northwestern	99-133	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1971-72	Southport	Tom Hathaway	Northwestern	56-129	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1972-73	Terre Haute North	Bill Welch	Southport	99-131	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1973-74	Elkhart Central	Marshall Sellers	Portage	56-76	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1974-75	Portage	Bill Wilke	Fort Wayne Northrop	72-82	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1975-76	Southport	Tom Hathaway	Crown Point	116-145	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1976-77	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Crown Point	120-125	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1977-78	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Crown Point	112-118	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1978-79	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Norwell	63-126	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1979-80	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Muncie Northside	101-106	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1980-81	Bloomington North	Charles Warthan	Carmel	34-149	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1981-82	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Portage	61-148	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1982-83	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Fort Wayne Northrop	93-119	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1983-84	Valparaiso	Skip Collins	Lake Central	83-119	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1984-85	Portage	Bill Wilke	Carmel	90-97	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1985-86	Valparaiso	Sam Rasmussen	Carmel	79-120	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1986-87	Valparaiso	Sam Rasmussen	Carmel	66-101	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1987-88	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Plymouth	86-98	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1988-89	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Portage	72-143	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1989-90	Ben Davis	John Jarosinski	Carmel	63-68	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1990-91	Ben Davis	John Jarosinski	Silver Creek	70-83	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1991-92	Floyd Central	Don McWilliams	Portage	106-108	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1992-93	Portage	Bill Wilke	Carmel	64-82	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1993-94	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Portage	51-72	South Grove Golf Course, Indpls.
1994-95	Richmond	John Kalugyer	New Prairie	73-89	Southeastway Park, Indpls.
1995-96	Ben Davis	Scott Williams	Portage	102-106	Southeastway Park, Indpls.
1996-97	Carmel	Chuck Koeppen	Ben Davis	98-118	Conner Prairie, Fishers
1997-98	Valparaiso	Michael Prow	Fort Wayne Northrop	154-180	IU CC Course, Bloomington
1998-99	Franklin Central	Eric Kellison	Portage	71-135	IU CC Course, Bloomington
1999-00	Portage	Bill Wilke	Franklin Central	74-150	IU CC Course, Bloomington
2000-01	Valparaiso	Michael Prow	Carmel	79-111	IU CC Course, Bloomington
2001-02	Franklin	Doug Drenth	Columbus North	91-106	IU CC Course, Bloomington
2002-03	Columbus North	Rick Weinheimer	Carmel	79-120	IU CC Course, Bloomington
2003-04	Columbus North	Rick Weinheimer	Fort Wayne Northrop	43-146	IU CC Course, Bloomington
2004-05	Northridge	Josh Fletcher	Carmel	104-131	LaVern Gibson Course, Terre Haute
2005-06	Warren Central	Joe Brooks	Valparaiso	118-130	LaVern Gibson Course, Terre Haute
2006-07	Warren Central	Joe Brooks	Franklin Central	100-123	LaVern Gibson Course, Terre Haute
2007-08	Fishers	Robert Seymour	LaPorte	102-112	LaVern Gibson Course, Terre Haute

· The participants far exceeded the expectations of the IHSAA in 1946-47, therefore the meet was conducted in two races with co-champions being declared and duplicate awards being presented

Most State Championships

No.	School	Years
10	Carmel	1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996
9	Anderson	1946*, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1959
6	Valparaiso	1966, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1997, 2000
4	Ben Davis	1961, 1989, 1990, 1995
4	Portage	1974, 1984, 1992, 1999
3	Muncie Central	1956, 1958, 1967
3	Southport	1970, 1971, 1975
2	Columbus North	2002, 2003
2	Hobart	1957, 1960
2	Indianapolis Shortridge	1953, 1954
2	Warren Central	2005, 2006
1	Ashley	1963
1	Bloomington North	1980
1	Calumet	1965
1	Elkhart Central	1973
1	Fishers	2007
1	Floyd Central	1991
1	Fort Wayne North Side	1968
1	Franklin	2001
1	Franklin Central	1998
1	Gary Roosevelt	1962
1	Mishawaka	1946*
1	North Central (Indpls.)	1969
1	Northridge	2004
1	Richmond	1994
1	Terre Haute North	1972
1	West Lafayette	1964

*Anderson and Mishawaka were named co-champions in 1946

Most State Runner-Up Finishes

No.	School	Years
9	Carmel	1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004
7	Portage	1973, 1981, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998
4	Fort Wayne Northrop	1974, 1982, 1997, 2003
3	Anderson	1954, 1956, 1958
3	Crown Point	1975, 1976, 1977
3	Fort Wayne North Side	1946, 1961, 1965
3	Muncie Central	1950, 1952, 1957
2	Franklin Central	1999, 2006
2	Mishawaka	1948, 1949
2	North Central (Indpls.)	1967, 1968
2	Northwestern	1970, 1971
1	Ashley	1962
1	Ben Davis	1996
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