(Batesville, IN) – Decatur Central took home the boys championship trophy at Saturday’s second annual Raver Relays track and field meets.
The Hawks scored 104 points; host Batesville was second at 92, followed by Franklin Central, Jennings County, Rushville, Milan and Tindley.
Batesville won the girls meet with 98 points, followed by Jennings County, Franklin County, Decatur Central, Rushville and Milan.
The event honors the late Ron Raver, who devoted more than 60 years to the sport of track and field.
Action began Saturday morning at 10 with field events while the running events started at 10:30.
Coach Raver relied heavily on managers in his later years, so the meet was paused in the middle and each team had the opportunity to honor one manager. Each of them were presented with a jacket in their school colors as a way of thanking them for all they do.
After all events were tallied, Decatur Central boys won the hardware, beating Batesville by 12 points, 104-92. Franklin Central was third with 65, just one point ahead of Jennings County (64). Rushville came in fourth at 40 points; Milan sixth with 19 and Charles Tinley scored two.
On the girls side, Batesville won by 16 points with a total of 98 to Jennings County’s 82, followed by Franklin County with 78 points; Decatur Central was fourth with 49; Rushville finished with 38, and Milan was sixth with 19.
Batesville had nine first place finishes:
- Ayden Eckstein-high jump (6-4) and long jump (20-9.5)
- Ella King-shot put (40-10.5)
- Brock Mahon-discus (147-3)
- Girls 4 x 800m relay of Jalya Bedel, Paige Allgeier, Caitlin Raver and Maycee Holtkamp (10:37.44)
- Girls Distance Medley Relay of Lexi Harris, Abby Miller, Bayleigh Demaree and Jayla Bedel (13:44.98)
- Coed Throwers 4 x 100m relay of Sarah Bedel, Jolene Dirkeising, Brycin Hoegeman and Jeff Gerstbauer (56.46)
- Boys 4 x 400m relay of Chris Stenger, Ethan Lacey, Blake Hornberger and James Rowland (3:33.99)
- Girls 4 x 400m relay of Abby Miller, Bayleigh Demaree, Maggie Jelenik and Maycee Holtkamp (4:23.04)
The Batesville boys track and field team finished second at Saturday’s Raver Relays. (Provided Photo)
Runner up ribbons went to:
- Savannah Pohlman-long jump
- Maggie Jelenik-100m hurdles
- Boys 4 x 800m relay of Isaac Trossman, Levi Essick, Cash Myers and Griffin Koester
- Boys 4 x 200m relay by just .08 of a second of James Rowland, Brock Mahon, Noah Davis and Chris Stenger
- Girls 4 x 200m relay of Jersey Trenkamp, Abby Miller, Katie Lipps and Addison Luers
- Girls Sprint Medley Relay team of Jersey Trenkamp, Jade Martin, Paige Allgeier and Caitlin Raver
3rd place finishers were:
- Nora Weideman and Ethan Lacey-long jump
- Jeff Gerstbauer-shot put
- Boys 4 x 100m relay of James Rowland, Chris Stenger, Noah Davis and Brock Mahon
- Girls 4 x 100m relay of Savannah Pohlman, Maggie Jelenik, Addison Luers and Katie Lipps
4th place ribbons were:
- Maycee Hotlkamp-high jump
- Ella King-discus
- Winston Garrett-pole vault
- Boys Distance Medley Relay Team of Isaac Trossman, Cash Myers, Brody Gibson and Griffin Koester
5th place finishers were:
- Samantha Adams-high jump
- Sarah Bedel-discus
Rounding out the scoring in 6th place were:
- Eva Struewing-shot put
- Jade Martin-100m hurdles
“Since many of these events are not your typical events in a regular season meet, some personal bests, unfortunately, couldn’t really be counted,” said BHS coach Lisa Gausman. “For instance, a 200m split in the 4 x 200 would not be the same as a regular 200 since you are not really starting from a stopped position.”
The following achieved personal bests, according to Gausman:
- The 400 splits of Abby Miller, Noah Davis, Chris Stenger and James Rowland as well as the overall time of this 4 x 400 team (+Ethan Lacey & Blake Hornberer) plus the girls overall time (Bayleigh Demaree, Maycee Holtkamp, Maggie Jelenik)
- The 800 splits of Caitlin Raver, Levi Essick, Ethan Raschulte and Cash Myers
- 100m hurdles-Maggie Jelenick
- Girls 4 x 100m relay (Savannah Pohlman, Maggie Jelenik, Addison Luers, Katie Lipps)
- Long Jump-Savannah Pohlman
The Bulldogs next meet is Tuesday at South Dearborn where they will compete against the host Knights, Franklin County, Cincinnati Christian and Madison. Field events begin at 5:30 with running events at 6 p.m.
(Provided Information)