![]() Today, Shelby's tradition in distance running continues with the quartet of Finnegan, Hendrickson, Dininger and Moore. I don't care if you're the 22nd guy on the team or the first guy, we have the same expectations." Shelby's present elite group "Saturday night, the guys all know - 9 o'clock or 9:30 - they're getting an email from me where I break down the week: Expectations, what workouts are going to be for that day and departure times for meets. No matter what caliber of runner you are, Zuercher said the expectations are the same for everyone. The guys all text together, and what's so cool now with streaming services is that the guys can all watch the races of the college guys." "Our guys have communication with these guys who are in college like Blake Lucius, who's a sophomore at Akron University and ranked 39th right now in the U.S. "That's two national champions we've had in the 3,200 meters," Zuercher said. national champion in the 3,200 his junior year, was a three-time All-American and is competing at Oregon after originally signing with Wisconsin. And Brown won seven state championships, was the U.S. national champion in the 3,200, a state champion in the 1,600 and 3,200 and ran track at Michigan State University. Mueller was a three-time All-Ohioan, a U.S. Loveless was an All-American at both Shelby and Kent State University, and is a member of the Kent State Sports Hall of Fame. "We've had three All-Americans going back to the 1980s in the 3,200 - Jim Loveless, Jason Mueller and recently Caleb Brown," said Zuercher. Zuercher looks to the school's past great runners as the standard for his team. Shelby boys track coach Chris Zuercher points to the culture that's been built at the school - stemming from his father, Terry Zuercher, a former Shelby track coach and a member of the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame - as the central reason why the program has been a constant force in distance running. During its 2019 state title run, Shelby became the first school in Ohio history to complete a distance sweep - the 800, 1,600, 3,200 meters and the 4x800 relay - at the state tournament. The boys program has won three state championships this century (2003, 2004, 2019), while always showing a level of prowess in distance events. Shelby is no stranger to flourishing in the sport. Three of them (Finnegan, Hendrickson, Dininger) were featured in the Mansfield News Journal 2022 Boys Track and Field preview of the top 25 returning athletes, while Moore is one of the rising runners in Richland County. Leading the charge for the Whippets' rock-solid bunch are Mason Hendrickson, Luke Dininger, Marshall Moore and Huck Finnegan. Well, don't explain that to the Shelby boys track and field team - home of the best distance team in Richland County. Endurance, judging the right pace, the physical toll it takes, performing in inclement weather and the wear and tear on your joints all factor in as to why distance running could turn off your average individual.Ä«asically, one arduous experience, right? Running long distance isn't exactly art, but a grueling exercise that challenges one's mental and physical capacity to the maximum. ![]() SHELBY - Distance running to many might seem like the hardest thing in the world to conquer. ![]()
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