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LaVern Gibson 5,000 Meter Course

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LaVERN GIBSON
CHAMPIONSHIP 5K
CROSS COUNTRY COURSE Inner
Loop 3
at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center
Terre Haute, Indiana
5,000 Meter Race -- Start to Inner Loop 1 to Inner Loop 2 past Start to Finish Line.
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Outstanding Official

Dan Cummins To Be Honored As Year’s Top Official
Dan Cummins is the recipient of the 2009 Interscho- Dan was selected for this honor by a committee
lastic Athletic Official Association Award for excellence in representing the official’s associations. In Indiana there
the sport of cross country. Dan will be honored in a special are 26 associations made up of men and women who
ceremony at today’s state finals tournament. give up much of their personal time to assist in providing
Each year, the wholesome, worthwhile, and healthy activities for the
Indiana High School student athletes in our state. Statewide, there are more
Athletic Association, than 8,000 officials licensed by the IHSAA in 11 sports.
in cooperation with the A member of the Indiana Officials Association, Dan
National Federation has served as a clinician for the last five years. He is
of Interscholastic Of- also a member of the Mid Hoosier Officials Association, in
ficials Association, rec- which he has served for three years. In addition to being
ognizes and honors an a member of the IOA and MHOA, Dan has taught classes
outstanding official in for new officials for the past five years.
each of 11 sports dur- Dan competed as an athlete in the 1972 cross country
ing the school year. state finals for the Warren Central Warriors. After gradu-
During his career, ating in 1973, he joined the U.S. Navy. Dan is currently
Dan has worked 20 employed by Manufacturers Marketing in Westfield, where
sectionals, 10 region- he works in the sales department. He resides in New
als, five semi-states, Palestine with his wife, Susie. They have one daughter,
and one state final (2007). Kristin.

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