At the boundary, III: Terre Haute's track and cross country hall — a champion and her coach's coach

Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame (IATCCC), museum at Terre Haute — from the Hall's own inductees page, November 2026

Anna Rohrer, inducted 2025: The Hall's own inductees page carries the line in its own form: "Anna Rohrer — High School: Mishawaka — Year Inducted: 2025 — Type: Athlete." Rohrer was born in Mishawaka on 24 February 1997, ran for Mishawaka High School to the class of 2015 and then for Notre Dame; she was inducted at Terre Haute in June 2025, and Mishawaka High's own hall followed with its Class of 2026. Her races are the Sports record's; the enshrinement, at athlete strength on the Hall's own page, is this section's.

Walter "Dutch" Thurston, inducted 2026: The same page carries a second Mishawaka line in the class of 2026: "Walter 'Dutch' Thurston — High School: Mishawaka — Year Inducted: 2026 — Type: Contributor." The identity needed settling, and the IHSAA's own records book settles it: at the first IHSAA state cross country meet ever held, in 1946, Anderson and Mishawaka were named co-champions, and Mishawaka's coach in the book's table is Walter Thurston — the coach of the boys who share the first title in the sport's Indiana history, a title the Sports record carries. The Hall took the coach eighty years after the race, as a contributor, in the ceremony at Terre Haute in June 2026.

Sources:

1. Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame (indianatrackcchof.com), the Hall's own inductees page — Rohrer (2025, Athlete) and Thurston (2026, Contributor), each with "High School: Mishawaka," read November 2026; the Hall's museum at Terre Haute.
2. IHSAA, the Boys Cross Country Records Book — the 1946 co-championship (Anderson and Mishawaka) and Walter Thurston as Mishawaka's coach in the meet's table.
3. The Sports record, Sports — the 1946 co-championship as Mishawaka's first state team title.