Terre Haute North Vigo High School, also known asTerre Haute North (THN), is a public high school located in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Terre Haute North Vigo High was founded in 1971 as a consolidation of Terre Haute Dr. Charles D. Gerstmeyer Technical High School (1922–1971), Terre Haute James A. Garfield High School (1912–1971). Both Gerstmeyer and Garfield were involved in earlier consolidations as Glenn High (1914–51, 1953–61), Terre Haute Thornton (1936–39), Riley High (1911–13, 1917–61), the Terre Haute Girls Vocational High (1924–25) and part of Fontanet (aka Nevins Twp.) High (1917–61) student population were consolidated into Gerstmeyer; the remainder of the Fontanet population and Otter Creek High (1924–61) and Terre Haute Rankin (1936–38) were consolidated into Garfield. Garfield itself was the first high school in Terre Haute, opening in 1904.
After its founding, North added students from Terre Haute State High (a 'laboratory school' for Indiana State University) in 1978 and from Terre Haute Paul C. Schulte High, a Roman Catholic parochial school in 1977. The 'lab school' continued to educate elementary kids through 1992.
Terre Haute North is on trimester schedule. Students have five seventy-minute periods per day every day for twelve weeks plus six-minute passing periods. THN uses the Core 40 curriculum.
There are 21 varsity teams at THN: boys' and girls' cross country, soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, swimming & diving and track & field; boys' football, wrestling, baseball; girls' volleyball and softball. Terre Haute North was a part of the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) from 1997 until 2013 when they joined Conference Indiana.
Terre Haute North Vigo High School student-athletes and teams have earned the following honors while Terre Haute North was in the MIC (1997–2013).
Football- 49 all conference players, 2 individual MIC records (Steve Weatherford)
Cross Country (boys)- 11 all conference runners
Soccer (boys)- 21 all conference players
Tennis (boys)- State runner-up (2001), 7 all conference players
Volleyball- 12 all conference players
Soccer (girls)- 18 all conference players
Cross Country (girls)- 17 all conference runners
Golf (girls)- 9 all conference players
Basketball (boys)- 19 all conference players, 1 individual MIC game record (Kevin Dean), 2 individual MIC single season records (Bryan Reed)
Basketball (girls)- 11 all conference players, 2 individual MIC single season records (Jennifer Turner)
Wrestling- 6 all conference wrestlers
Gymnastics- 4 all conference gymnasts
Swimming & Diving (boys)- 20 all conference swimmers
Swimming & Diving (girls)- 10 all conference swimmers
Track & Field (boys)- 19 all conference runners, 1 long jump MIC champion (Jamar Cottee), 1 discus MIC champion (Emmitt Tyler), 1 110 meter high hurdles MIC champion (Kyle Turner), 1 high jump MIC champion (Steve Weatherford), 3 3200 meter run MIC champions (Zack Mayhew, John Mascari, Tyeson Mundy) 1 pole vault MIC champion (Connor Curley)
Track & Field (girls)- 26 all conference runners, 2 100 meter low hurdles MIC champions (Tabitha Miller, Kierra Porter), 2 long jump MIC champions (Elaina Ateka, Kylie Hutson), 1 high jump MIC champion (Jennifer Macke) 3 pole vault MIC champions (Kylie Hutson, Miracle Thompson, Rachel Gutish), 2 800 meter run MIC champions (Sydney Dickerson, TaPring Goatee), 2 3200 meter run MIC champions (Amy Hamilton, Chanli Mundy x2) 1 4 × 800 meter relay MIC champion (TaPring Goatee Sydney Dickerson Sarah Colette and Lindsay Welker), 1 MIC record which is the 4 × 800 meter relay race won by Goatee, Dickerson, Colette, and Welker in 2013.
Tennis (girls)- 17 all conference players, 1 #1 singles MIC champion (Brittany Farmer x2), 2 #2 singles MIC champions (Laura Burdick, Anna Potter), 1 #2 doubles MIC champion (Makenzie Utterback & Clair Haley)
Baseball- 2 time MIC champions, 38 all conference players
Softball- Class 4A State Runner-up (2010), 32 all conference players
Golf (boys)- 5 time MIC champions, 23 all conference players
Cheerleading- 3 time MIC champions
Several student organizations exist at THN. These include, but are not limited to:
Indiana Academic Super Bowl: Math, Science, English & Fine Arts, and Social Studies
Knowledge Masters Open
Indiana Academic Spelling Bowl
Geography Bowl
National Honor Society
Key Club
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Anthony Thompson (1986) is a former Indiana University football standout (1986–1989) and NFL running back (1990–92). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007.
Steve Weatherford is an NFL punter, currently a free agent. Weatherford has previously played for the New Orleans Saints, Kansas City Chiefs, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, as well as the New York Giants.
Tommy John (Terre Haute Gerstmeyer before consolidation) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for 7 different teams from 1963 through 1989. He is also known for his recovery and comeback from a revolutionary ulnar collateral ligament surgery, that has since become universally known as Tommy John surgery.
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