Camp Information

Camp Directors

Eric Kellison, Franklin Central
(1998 Boy’s State Champion Cross Country)

Eric Kellison has coached the boys’ cross-country team at Franklin Central for the past 18 years. He coached the girls’ team from 1999-2002. Eric’s girls’ teams finished in the top ten three of the four years he coached. His boys have finished in the top ten seven of the last eleven years, winning in 1998. Last year the team finished sixth at the state meet. The team was runner-up in 1999, third in 2004 and runner-up in 2006. In the last ten years Coach Kellison has coached more all state runners than any other coach in Indiana. He also coached Aaron Fisher to three consecutive individual state championships. Eric has served as President of the IATCCC. He is the Social Studies Department Chair at Franklin Central and is married with three children.

Scott Lidskin, Westfield
(1998/2005/06/07 Girls’ State Champion Cross-Country)

Scott Lidskin just completed his thirteenth year as the head girls’ cross-country coach at Westfield High School. During that time his teams have qualified for the IHSAA state CC meet eight times, winning in 1998, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Additionally Westfield was runners-up in 2004. Scott attended Butler University and competed as their number one runner all four years. He has competed in two USATF national championships. His lifetime PR for 5k is 13:59. Scott teaches English at Westfield and is married.

Matt Sweetman , Franklin Central
(3rd place Girl’s State Cross Country 2008 & 2009)

Matt Sweetman has been with the girl’s program at Franklin Central for the last two seasons. The girls have enjoyed two fabulous seasons back to back. Matt coached at Kitley Intermediate, a 5th and 6th grade school in Franklin Township. He consistently fielded teams of 250+ runners, producing recent middle school standouts as Jason Crist, Andrice Martin, and Carolyn Talhelm. Coach Sweetman has used his own success from being a member of the 1998 State Championship cross country team at Franklin Central, competing in track and cross country at Indiana University, and winning the 2006 Indianapolis Marathon, to inspire and encourage youngsters to take up distance running. Matt is a 6th grade math teacher and is married.

Our Mission and History

The fourth annual Indiana Cross-Country Camp of Champions will be held three days in June. The dates this year will be June 11th, 18th and 27th. The camp times are 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM on the first two dates and from 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM on the last Saturday. The camp will be held at Northview Christian Life Church in Carmel. This is the site of the Franklin Central Semi-State and the Flash Rock Invitational.

Camp is open to all Junior High and High School boys and girls. Our mission is to provide an opportunity for all runners to gain a better understanding of cross-country in a non-competitive atmosphere. The camp is designed to kick-start summer training. Our focus is on the development of young runners. We will not be running any big miles or hard runs. The camp is designed for those athletes interested in learning what it takes to become a better runner.

Indiana Cross-Country Camp of Champions has had many of the top runners from the state of Indiana attend the camp including Drew Shields (Fishers) and Sarah Higgins (Center Grove) the 2008 state individual champion . These individuals provided valuable insight into running. Additionally, we had numerous collegiate coaches come and speak at camp. Each college coach was provided with an email list of all camp participants and each participant received an email list of all coaches. This facilitated the recruiting process for many athletes. We will once again be inviting college coaches to attend camp and speak to campers.

Colleges that sent representatives to our camp.


NCAA Division I

NCAA Division II

NCAA Division III

NAIA

  • Butler
  • IUPUI
  • Ohio State
  • Michigan State
  • Purdue
  • Xavier
  • U of Indy
  • Grand Valley
  • St. Joe’s
  • DePauw
  • Franklin
  • Hanover
  • Wabash
  • Indiana Tech
  • Indiana Wesleyan
  • Taylor
  • Grace
  • Goshen
  • Marian
  • Oakland City




High Schools and Middle Schools Represented At Camp

Bellmont, Belzer, Blufton, Brebeuf, Brownstown, Carmel, Carroll, Cascade, Cathedral, Center Grove, Clinton Central, Columbus East, Columbus North, DeKalb, East Washington, Eastern, Fishers, Fort Wayne Snider, Franklin Central, Franklin Township Middle School, Hamilton Southeastern, Hebron, Henryville, Jefferson, Jimtown, McCutcheon, North Daviess, Northridge, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, Mount Carmel, Mooresville, New Palestine, Noblesville, Noblesville Middle School, Oak Hill, Roncalli, Seymour, Shakamak, Silver Creek, Union County, Union Middle School, Valparaiso, Warren Central, Westfield, Westfield Middle School, Zionsville High School, Zionsville Middle School

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