Batesville Cross Country had another early morning this weekend as they left before the sunrise heading to Carmel for the Riverview “Flashrock” Invitational. The girls stepped up to the line at 9:00am with 18 other teams and 11 of them ranked in the top 30 of the state. It was definitely the biggest meet the Bulldogs have competed in yet this season. With 4 girls running season bests and 4 running overall personal bests, the girls placed a very respectable 11th with 257 points. 2nd ranked Noblesville was the champion with 68 points beating 3rd ranked Carmel who had 105 points. (full results can be found on onlineracing.com)
Batesville was led by senior Avan Hanson who placed 43rd with a season best of 20:12, just outkicking freshman Lexiyne Harris who ran a personal best of 20:13. Sophie Myers was just behind them in 48th place at 20:17 (season best). Kaylynn Bedel was 65th (20:38) and Charlotte Trossman finished out the scoring for the Bulldogs, placing 86th with a personal best of 21:10. Others running for the Batesville 12 today were, Megan Allgeier 101st (21:32), Kaylie Raver, 127th (22:00), Bayleigh Demaree, running a personal best, 158th (22:59), Isabel Raab, 166th (23:14), Samantha Adams, running a personal best, 167th (23:17), Madison Rahschulte with a season best, 172nd (23:22) and Ella Moster also running a season best, 183rd (24:31).
The boys stepped up to the line next with a few less teams, a field of 15 teams, but 10 of those teams ranked in the top 23 of the state. It was definitely a tough race for the Bulldogs and they placed 15th. However, out of the 9 boys that ran, there were 1 season best and 3 personal bests. #1 ranked Carmel was the champion with a low score of 36 points and 4th ranked Center Grove took the runner up spot at 78 points. Jake Chapman led the way for the Bulldogs placing 86th (17:42), Isaac Trossman was the 2nd Bulldog to cross the finish line in 104th (18:01), Eli Loichinger ran a season best at 18:29 and 129th, then the next 3 Bulldogs all ran personal bests and they were: Cannon Clark (18:40), 131st, Deev Ranka (19:19), 144th, and Cash Myers (19:23), 145th. Paxton Harris was the next Dog to cross the line at 153rd (20:03), followed by Benjamin Adams, 156th (20:40) and Ethan Rahschulte finishing in 162nd (22:43).
Batesville will now take this upcoming week to prepare for the Conference meet which will be held on Batesville’s home course, Saturday at 9:30am.
Submitted by the school’s athletic department.