Sara Schwedinger has taken over as the new Indianola Boys Cross Country Head Coach after the Indians won the state championship a season ago. Schwedinger has been a longtime fitness and running coach at The Body Project in Des Moines and has spent time coaching at both Pella and Des Moines Roosevelt with both the cross country and track and field programs for nearly ten years. Schwedinger has competed at the highest levels as an athlete as well. She competed in the 2017 Boston Marathon and was a champion at the Drake Relays in the Women’s Master’s 800. The defending state champion Indians will begin their season Saturday, August 29th at the Johnston Sunrise Invitational.