Page 53 - 2023-24 Unified Track & Field State Finals Program

Boys 1600 Meters Track & Field Official of the Year

Pos. No. Name Gr. School Seeded
Time Edward Stuffle named 2023 Track Official of the Year
Section 1 of 1 - Timed Finals
Edward Stuffle of Crawfordsville, Indiana is the Ed is a member of four (4) different officials’
1 608 Caden Click 12 Noblesville 4:15.94 recipient of the 2024 Interscholastic Athletic Official associations in Indiana (Calumet, Mid-Hoosier, North
2 28 Caelan D’Onofrio 10 Bloomington North 4:16.00 Award for excellence in the sport of Track and Field. Central, and Western). He’s worked as a Cross Country
3 85 Ian Baker 11 Brownsburg 4:16.05 and Track & Field Clinician on numerous occasions,
4 82 Cameron Todd 12 Brebeuf Jesuit 4:16.13 Each year, the Indiana High School Athletic assisting with clinics and trainings in service to other
5 553 Martin Barco 12 Martinsville 4:13.28 Association, in cooperation with the National officials in his community.
6 731 Ethan Aidoo 12 Terre Haute South 4:14.06 Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association,
7 181 Marcus Ridge 12 Columbia City 4:16.71 recognizes and honors an outstanding official in Now retired, Ed worked 41 years as a high school
8 33 Jack Holden 11 Bloomington North 4:16.73 11 sports during the school year. Officials selected industrial arts teacher and coached cross country and
IHSAA IHSAA 9 693 Sam Vaught 11 Roncalli 4:16.90 for this distinction have gone above and beyond track & field. Ed was a member of the 2019 Indiana
State Meet Record State Champion 10 585 Ahmed Saleh 11 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 4:17.45 to serve their association, community, and the Track & Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame Induction
2010-11 | 4:03.00 2022-23 | 4:07.45 11 245 Maxwell Malloy 11 Elkhart 4:17.81 IHSAA. Each have shown exceptional qualities of Class.
Austin Mudd Martin Barco 12 154 Kyle Montgomery 12 Center Grove 4:17.91 leadership, dedication, and loyalty to their sport, our
Center Grove Martinsville 13 644 Xavier Miller 10 Northridge 4:18.20 student-athletes, and their fellow officials. He was selected for this honor by a committee
14 616 Jack Strong 11 Noblesville 4:18.94 representing the officials associations in our state. In
15 375 Carter Crouch 12 Greenfield-Central 4:19.01 Ed has been a licensed track & field official for 19 Indiana there are 24 associations made up of men and
years and has been assigned to 15 sectionals and
women who assist in providing wholesome, worthwhile,
State Champions 16 724 Zak Kimmel 12 South Central 4:19.41 seven (7) regionals. He has also worked on the and healthy
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4:19.79
(Last 30 Years) 18 824 Jack Turnbull 11 Zionsville 4:20.20 Finish Line Crew at the IHSAA Track & Field State activities for the
19 682 Matthias Smith 11 Pike 4:20.51 Finals each year since 1984. Ed has also been a student-athletes
Year Name School Time 20 447 Jalen Strietelmeier 11 Highland 4:22.18 licensed USA Track & Field official and NCAA Track in our state.
1993-94 Kyle Baker Anderson Highland 4:14.52 21 751 Sam Sienkowski 11 Valparaiso 4:22.83 & Field official for 44 years. During that time, Ed
1994-95 Andrew Begley Westview 4:11.66 22 451 Evan McMahon 11 Homestead 4:22.87 worked as an Umpire at the Track & Field Junior
1995-96 Damian Sherck Elkhart Central 4:14.44 23 656 Owen Jackson 12 Oak Hill 4:23.80 Olympics, Starter and Head Shot Put Official at the
Omaha National Championships, Umpire at the
1996-97 Damian Sherck Elkhart Central 4:18.54 24 542 Jaydon Steidinger 12 Leo 4:25.26 USA Track and Field Olympic Trials, and numerous
1997-98 Brett Tipton FW Northrop 4:14.90 25 484 Calvin Seitz 9 Jasper 4:26.43 conference, regional, and national championships
1998-99 Brett Tipton FW Northrop 4:15.71 26 309 Noah Nifong 11 Floyd Central 4:27.97 at the NCAA D-I, D-II, and D-III level. He is also
1999-00 Aaron Fisher Franklin Central 4:12.00 27 263 Kyle Sterchi 12 Evansville North 4:28.16 a licensed IHSAA Cross Country official and has
2000-01 Chris Swisher Milan 4:16.64 worked on the Start/Finish Line Crew at the IHSAA
2001-02 Nick Kruse Lake Central 4:17.20 Cross Country State Finals since 2013.
2002-03 Christian Wagner Columbus North 4:07.11
2003-04 Christian Wagner Columbus North 4:13.58
2004-05 Andy Weatherford Greencastle 4:13.42
2005-06 Andy Weatherford Greencastle 4:08.71
2006-07 De’Sean Turner Warren Central 4:08.34
2007-08 Drew Shields Fishers 4:18.14
2008-09 Drew Shields Fishers 4:11.36
2009-10 Chris Walden Carmel 4:10.70
2010-11 Austin Mudd Center Grove 4:03.00
2011-12 Jason Crist Franklin Central 4:09.12
2012-13 Troy Reeder Hamilton Southeastern 4:07.26
2013-14 Joe Murphy Lawrence North 4:11.05
2014-15 Zack Snider Brebeuf Jesuit 4:10.26
2015-16 Ben Veatch Carmel 4:08.38
2016-17 Gabe Fendel Hamilton Southeastern 4:04.70
2017-18 Matthew Schadler Evansville Memorial 4:07.83
2018-19 Cole Hocker Indianapolis Cathedral 4:07.00
2019-20 Tournament Cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic
2020-21 Camden Marshall Corydon Central 4:07.31
2021-22 Kole Mathison Carmel 4:04.82
2022-23 Martin Barco Martinsville 4:07.45

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