Local News Headlines: May 10, 2021

Daleville Junior-Senior High School hires woman to coach Boys Basketball team
Ashley Fouch, the 3-year Daleville, Indiana High School Girls’ Basketball Coach has recently accepted the position as Boy’s Head Coach, making her only one of a few women to have ever held this position. Fouch is a graduate of Muncie Central High School and Taylor University. She coached the girls to a section title last year, and carries a 36-57 overall record as a High School Head Coach.

Local Seniors named Academic All-Stars
Bloomington High School seniors Elenna Kim, and Elah Unger-Levinson, have been named 2021 Indiana Academic All-Stars. The Indiana Association of School Principals’ Indiana Academic All-Stars program accepted 180 nominees this year and awarded only 40 Academic All-Stars. Nominations are open to all high schools accredited by the Indiana Department of Education. Each high school may nominate one senior for consideration based on criteria such as standardized test scores, extracurricular activities, leadership, and community service, and involvement.

IU Virtual Little 500
While teams of IU Bloomington students will race around the quarter-mile cinder track at Bill Armstrong Stadium on May 26 in Indiana University’s iconic Little 500 race, everyone off the track has an option to participate as well. This year, the IU Student Foundation, in partnership with Echelon Racing and The Media School at IU, will offer a virtual Little 500 race.

The virtual Little 500 Series will take place over two days with a 20-lap time trial at 10 a.m. May 22 and then women’s and men’s races May 23. To participate in the virtual race, riders will need to register by 5 p.m. May 20 and will need to have a bike; a smart trainer, Bluetooth-enabled power meter or Bluetooth-enabled speed and cadence sensor; a mobile device; and a tablet or computer. Echelon Racing Promotions will provide additional guidelines for testing riders’ set-up, practice and event participation.

Registered riders can participate in optional practice rides, which are 20- and 30-mile training routes. The optional 20-lap time trial will be 5 total miles: 20 laps around a quarter-mile track. During the virtual race itself, riders will have a video-game-like experience, with each rider having an avatar that will appear on screen and move the rider along based on how they’re performing in the race compared to other riders.