Merchant has seen the Allen family shine for the better part of a decade now, graduating the summer before Courtney Allen arrived as a freshman. “His consistency and work ethic have paid off and it’s already showing in terms of his times.” “He put in the work over the summer and I couldn’t be more proud of him,” said Ithaca head coach Stephen Merchant, a 2013 Ithaca graduate who earned All-State honors as a runner and owns the fifth-fastest time in program history at 16:23.8. Parks became just the third Jacket in program history to run a sub-16-minute 5K, joining Braxton Lamey (15:42) and his brother Ransom (15:47). 25 he smashed that by winning with a time of 15:53.18. Yet in his first race of the 2022 season at Birch Run on Aug. Prior to this season Parks owned the fourth-fastest time in cross country history at 16:13.7. My plan is to keep training to get ready for the postseason races.” “The summer went well, I built up to the highest mileage (60 miles per week) I have ever put in. “I really want to beat my brother’s record, that’s one of the goals this year,” said Parks, a four-time All-Stater in track and field and a two-time All-Stater in cross country. Much like his siblings Parks is aiming to run at the college level, but first he wants to close his senior season out in style by being the best he can be. Through the first couple weeks of the 2022 fall season Parks has been nothing short of superb, winning his first two cross-country invites of the campaign before finishing fifth at Wednesday’s John Bruder Classic hosted by Shepherd. The final family name on the board belongs to senior All-Stater Parks Allen, who owns the third-fastest 5K time in school history at 15:53.18. Last fall the former Ithaca Salutatorian became the first Wayne State runner to earn first-team All-GLIAC honors since 2012 and earned Academic All-American honors. Ransom currently owns the school record in the 800 (1:57.57), 1,600 (4:15.39) and 3,200 (9:19.66) and also owns the second-fastest time ever in cross country’s 5K at 15:47. Then there’s All-Stater Ransom Allen, a 2019 Ithaca graduate who is now starring at Wayne State. She used to own the 1,600 and 3,200 school records too before Lani Bloom bloomed. The 2017 Ithaca graduate, who went on to run at Western Michigan University after leading the Jackets to state titles in cross country (2014) and track and field (2016), also owns the second-fastest time ever in the 5K at 18:59.
Up on the board All-Stater Courtney Allen still holds two school records as a member of the 1,600 and 3,200 relay teams. Over the course of the last decade the likes of Courtney Allen, Ransom Allen and Parks Allen have all starred at Ithaca High School, helping lead the Jackets to lofty heights in cross country and track and field.Īnd you thought Ithaca was just a football school.
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