The 44th Annual East Central Cross Country Invitational was held Saturday. Batesville won both the boys and girls Division 1 meets while Lawrenceburg’s boys and South Ripley’s girls won in Division 2. Individual winners include Batesville’s Ean Loichinger (D1 Boys 16:48), East Central’s Rachel Campbell (D1 Girls 19:42), Jac-Cen-Del’s Josh Pohle (D2 Boys 17:53) and South Ripley’s Lanie Nicholson (D2 Girls 20:22).
For complete results from Stuart Road Racing, please click on the links with each set of team scores below.
- Boys D1– Batesville 1st/28 points, Hagerstown 2nd/51, East Central 3rd/62, Connersville 4th/83, Taylor NTS
- Girls D1– Batesville 1st/25 points, East Central 2nd/31, Taylor 3rd/81, Hagerstown 4th/114, Connersville NTS
- Boys D2– Lawrenceburg 1st/38 points, Jac-Cen-Del 2nd/46, South Ripley 3rd/62, North Decatur 4th/68, Hauser NTS, Rising Sun NTS
- Girls D2– South Ripley 1st/29 points, Jac-Cen-Del 2nd/44, North Decatur 3rd/47, Hauser NTS, Lawrenceburg NTS
Boys DI local individuals Top 10:
1 Ean Loichinger, 16:48.7 Batesville
2 Benjamin Moster, 16:54.4 Batesville
3 Daren Smith, 17:37.0 Batesville
4 Owen Baker, 17:44.4 Connersville
7 Michael Schwebach, 17:58.9 East Central
8 Kyler Daulton, 18:24.3 Batesville
9 Austin Wenta, 18:29.5 Connersville
10 Logan Hicks, 18:34.7 East Central
Girls D1 local individuals Top 10:
1 Rachel Campbell, 19:42.5 East Central
2 Kaylynn Bedel, 19:58.2 Batesville
3 Addie Brewer, 20:33.2 East Central
4 Lily Pinckley, 20:46.1 Batesville
5 Megan Allgeier, 20:59.2 Batesville
6 Ava Hanson, 21:09.8 Batesville
7 Emily Klem, 21:17.6 East Central
8 Maria Lopez, 21:18.3 Batesville
9 Faith Henderson, 22:00.7 East Central
Boys D2 local individuals Top 10:
1 Josh Pohle, 17:53.8 Jac-Cen-Del
2 Grant Hensley, 18:07.9 Lawrenceburg
3 Peyton Merica, 18:32.8 Rising Sun
4 Gabriel Hensley, 18:49.1 Lawrenceburg
5 Adam Maloney, 19:15.2 Jac-Cen-Del
7 Luke Bradley, 20:03.6 South Ripley
8 Logan Bradley, 20:11.2 South Ripley
9 Nicholas Morgan, 20:28.5 Lawrenceburg
10 Cameron Reatherford, 20:39.4 Jac-Cen-Del
Girls D2 local individuals Top 10:
1 Lanie Nicholson, 20:22.4 South Ripley
2 Emily Campbell, 22:16.1 South Ripley
3 Jenna Walton, 22:35.0 North Decatur
4 Cloey Simon, 22:56.4 Jac-Cen-Del
5 Kayla Simon, 23:25.2 Jac-Cen-Del
7 Deborah Murphy, 23:39.6 South Ripley
8 Gracie Osting, 24:31.2 North Decatur
9 Cidney Clyde, 24:38.5 Lawrenceburg
10 Lauren Agner, 25:17.1 Lawrenceburg
Edited Batesville recap from coach Lisa Gausman: It was a great morning to race and be a spectator as the humidity dropped quite a bit and the sun was behind the clouds. In fact, a little drizzle came down towards the end of the boys race and beginning of the girls. This was a set up for some good times for the season.
Both the Batesville boys and the girls came away with the victory in the big school division. Senior Ean Loichinger was the overall champion with a season best of 16:48. He was followed closely by teammate Benjamin Moster capturing second place with a season best of 16:54. The Dogs also snagged the third spot by Daren Smith, also running a season best of 17:37. Kyler Daulton finished out the top 10 spots at 18:24, another season best. The fifth Bulldog and completing the top scoring spots, running a personal best in 14th, was Jake Chapman.
Eli Loichinger was close behind in 17th, and finishing out the varsity seven was Benjamin Adams running a personal best in 25th.
For the Lady Bulldogs, it was Kaylynn Bedel who led the way running a personal best of 19:58, but just getting beat out by East Central’s Rachel Campbell. Lily Pinckley came in fourth, Megan Allgeier was fifth, Ava Hanson took sixth and Maria Lopez was eighth finishing out the scoring top five, all running season best times. Madison Rahschulte and Katie Olsen also placed in the top 20 at 16th and 19th respectively. The also ran season bests.
On the JV side, the Bulldogs had five in the top 10, led by senior Jen Dodge in third. Batesville then crossed the line at fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth and 14th. Runners were Ella Moster, Isabel Raab, Jada Eisert, Alyssa Linville and Megan Batta. Congratulations Dogs!
Edited Jac-Cen-Del recap from coach David Bradshaw: The Jac-Cen-Del cross country teams competed in the East Central Invitational. Both finished second in their respective races.
JCD boys:
- Josh Pohle 1st (champion)
- Adam Maloney 5th
- Cameron Reatherford 10th
- Austin Rohls 11th
- Jacob Ricke 24th
- Austin Hammond 25th
- Gabe Maloney 26th
JCD girls:
- Cloey Simon 4th
- Kayla Simon 5th
- Virginia Minch 14th
- Allison Peetz 16th
- Kinsey Rohls 17th
- Shelby Reatherford 21st
Edited North Decatur recap from coach Kyle Nobbe: The Chargers competed in the East Central Invite this past Saturday and posted great times with multiple personal records and season best times.
ND girls:
- Jenna Walton- 22:35, Season Best 3rd Place
- Gracie Osting- 24:31, Season Best 8th Place
- Ellie Cox- 25:35, Season Best 11th place
- Addie Gauck- 28:11, Season Best 18th place
- Lauren Holloway- 28:13, Season Best 19th Place
- Cecilia Barber- 30:20, Personal Record 23rd Place
- Paige Wesseler- 31:09, 24th place
ND boys:
- Jack Cathey- 21:07, Season Best 14th place
- Owen Geis- 21:28, Season Best 15th place
- Aiden O’Dell- 21:35, 16th place
- Ryan Hancock- 21:38, 18th place
- Kaysar Bowles- 22:41, Personal Record 21st place
- Adam Mack- 23:57, 26th place
- Noah Wesienbach- 24:27, 28th place
- Mason Dimett- 25:18, Personal Record
- Collin Bryant- 30:26, Season Best
- Caleb Bowles- 30:50
We thank Stuart Road Racing and coaches Gausman, Bradshaw and Nobbe who contributed information.