The Batesville Bulldog Cross Country Team opened their season at the Valley Cross Kickoff in Terre Haute. It was a large Invitational with over 300 runners in the girls’ race and almost 400 in the boys’ race; making up close to 40 teams in each race. The boys placed 25th out of 39 teams and the girls were 17th out of 35.
On the boys’ side Jake Chapman led the charge for the Bulldogs with a time of 18:19 in 102nd place. Isaac Trossman came in 2nd for the Dogs (18:56), followed closely by Jaden Basler (19:09), and Cannon Clark (19:43). Finishing out the top 7 for the boys were: Deev Ranka (20:12), Benjamin Adams (20:19), and Ethan Rahshulte (20:32).
On the girls’ side, it was Lexiyne Harris leading the Bulldogs, placing 32nd overall with a time of 21:16. Kaylynn Bedel was next for Batesville, placing 53rd (21:47) with Kaylie Raver not far behind in 67th (22:20). Finishing out the top 7 were: Megan Allgeier (23:43), Charlotte Trossman (24:23), Isabel Raab (25:07), and Sam Adams (26:06).
Batesville’s next meet will be this Thursday for a 4-way meet against North Decatur, Greensburg, and South Decatur, hosted by South Decatur.
(Our thanks to Coach Lisa Gausman for the information.)