It was a beautiful morning Saturday for the Cross Country Semi-State competition as the Batesville Bulldogs traveled to Carmel to race in which has been claimed, “the hardest Semi-State in the Nation.”
The girls ran very well on the hilly Carmel course and finished there season with a great race. The ladies came into the day with a 16th place seed and finished at 14th place, the highest finished in Batesville history! In fact, the Dogs scored over 100 points less than they were projected to.
The girls have been working hard since the beginning of the summer and it was so awesome to see all of their hard work pay off for their final race of the season. I am so proud of them!
Finishing top for the Bulldogs was Kelsey Gausman with an overall
finish of 45th place at 20:00. The next 3 dogs crossed within 3 seconds of each other; Mary Poltrack at 91st and 21:10, Sarah Poltrack at 92nd and 21:11 and Maria Wessel crossing at 94th at 21:13. Finishing out the scoring 5 was Emma Gausman with a 133rd place finish at 22:13. Katie Baumer and Kylie Lehman were the other 2 varsity runners finishing at 149th and 161st.
Batesville would also like to Congratulate Oldenburg Academy’s Ashley Sedler who finished 29th overall and Curt Eckstein whofinished 4th overall…allowing both of them to individually compete at the State meet on Saturday in Terre Haute. Best of luck to the both of them!
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Lisa Gausman.