SEPTEMBER SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS(Cross Country, Swimming, Volleyball)

September has been an active and exciting month for ISS athletics; Volleyball and Cross Country are at the peaks of their seasons, and the Swimming season is just getting started. 

Cross Country had three meets this month. In the Warrior 2-Mile Invitational, junior Sohana Caplash got 85th place overall and 1st for our school with a time of 17:10.60. Indian Springs Girls got 19th place overall. Freshman Quinn Conroy got 41st place overall in 11:31.40. Exchange student Oriol Pros Fortea also got 65th overall with his time of 12:31.40, placing the Indian Springs Boys at 13th place. 

Their next meet was the Chickasaw Trails Invitational. Junior Catherine Hinson came in 3rd place! Her time was 20:30.77. Quinn Conroy got 38th place. His time was 18:40.88. Girls XC came in 16th overall, and Boys came in 28th. 

Just yesterday (9/23/23), Indian Springs competed in the Shelby County Championships. Catherine Hinson came in 7th place with a new PR at 19:41.51, followed by freshman Anna Park in 63rd place, freshman Madeline Schmidtke in 79th place, junior Josie Kim in 89th place, and junior Shelby Grueter in 91st. Quinn Conroy came in 20th, sophomore Oliver Middleton came in 75th, and Oriol Pros Fortea came in 85th. 

On September 30th, they will run in the Oak Mountain Invitational. 

Volleyball had several games and a tournament. They had a tri-match against Thorsby High School and Westminster, beating Thorsby but losing to Westminster. They had another tri-match against Montevallo and Holy Family. They lost to Montevallo in a close game but came back and beat Holy Family in the following match. Next, JV and Varsity played Tarrant followed by Childersburg. The games were blowouts for both teams, with Indian Springs winning easily. Varsity played Midfield and won, and JV won against Westminster. Both teams played OakGrove, JV losing and Varsity winning in a very close game. This past weekend the teams represented Indian Springs at the very competitive HeffStrong tournament and will play Cornerstone, Tarrant, and Midfield in the coming week. Varsity’s current record is 9-3 and JVs is 4-2. 

The swim team competed in the Vestavia Hills High School Sprint Splash. Sophomore Milan Mehra made sectionals for 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:10.25 and placed 5th for a 50-yard backstroke. Senior Misbah Meghani got a PR for 50-yard freestyle. 

We hope you all continue to support our athletes as their seasons come to a close this October!!