After about a one hour and 15 minute delay due to morning rain Saturday, Batesville hosted the EIAC Cross Country Championships. The host Lady Bulldogs repeated as champions with a convincing title score of 20. East Central was second with 38. The Bulldog boys recaptured the title won by Rushville a year ago. The two teams finished one-two again but, this time, BHS won with 24 and RCHS took second with 55.
Batesville’s Benjamin Moster was the boys MVP with a winning time of 16:40. East Central’s Rachel Campbell was the girls MVP crossing in 20:02. Team scores, links to complete results and All-Conference teams follow.
Team scores:
Boys- Batesville 1st/24, Rushville 2nd/55, East Central 3rd/73, Greensburg 4th/102, Lawrenceburg 5th/138 (by tiebreaker), Franklin County 6th/138, South Dearborn 7th/211, Connersville NTS
Girls- Batesville 1st/20, East Central 2nd/38, Greensburg 3rd/89, Rushville 4th/104, South Dearborn 5th/142…Connersville/Franklin County/Lawrenceburg NTS
Please click on these links from Stuart Road Racing for complete boys results and girls results.
Boys All-Conference (top 15):
- 1 (MVP) Benjamin Moster, 16:40.7 Batesville
- 2 Ean Loichinger, 17:08.2 Batesville
- 3 Kyle Stanley, 17:25.0 Rushville
- 4 Owen Baker, 17:28.7 Connersville
- 5 Jake Hawkins, 17:31.6 Greensburg
- 6 Jake Chapman, 17:41.4 Batesville
- 7 Daren Smith, 17:47.8 Batesville
- 8 Cole Benegas, 18:00.5 East Central
- 9 Michael Schwebach, 18:00.6 East Central
- 10 Grant Hensley, 18:02.5 Lawrenceburg
- 11 Kyler Daulton, 18:15.7 Batesville
- 12 Charlie Sterrett, 18:19.5 Rushville
- 13 Wyatt Jacobs, 18:22.8 Rushville
- 14 Hunter Parmerlee, 18:23.4 Rushville
- 15 Ben Maze, 18:25.8 Franklin County
Girls All-Conference (top 15):
- 1 (MVP) Rachel Campbell, 20:02.9 East Central
- 2 Lily Pinckley, 20:16.9 Batesville
- 3 Kaylynn Bedel, 20:28.6 Batesville
- 4 Megan Allgeier, 20:38.5 Batesville
- 5 Ava Hanson, 20:47.3 Batesville
- 6 Maria Lopez, 20:48.0 Batesville
- 7 Addie Brewer, 20:56.5 East Central
- 8 Sophie Myers, 21:07.3 Batesville
- 9 Kendall Pflum, 21:28.1 East Central
- 10 Faith Henderson, 21:32.9 East Central
- 11 Emily Klem, 21:40.8 East Central
- 12 Jocelyn Inderhees, 21:56.2 East Central
- 13 Emily Mangels, 21:59.5 Greensburg
- 14 Olivia Wehr, 22:04.5 Rushville Consolidate
- 15 Tiffani Gramman, 22:07.3 Greensburg
The following are unedited recaps from local coaches…
Batesville’s Lisa Gausman: Congratulations to both the boys and girls Batesville High School Cross Country teams as they were crowned Conference Champions this morning.
After a little bit of a delay to let the rain go through, the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference race was held on Batesville’s home course with the boys stepping up to the line at 10:45. Although the course had some pretty wet spots, the temperature was the best it has been all season and many took advantage of it. The top 15 of each race was named to the All-Conference Team and the Bulldogs had 5 boys and 6 girls achieve this honor with Batesville’s Benjamin Moster being named the boys MVP as he was the Champion of the boys race with a time of 16:40.
Ean Loichinger was right behind him in 2nd, followed by freshman Jake Chapman and Daren Smith in 5th and 6th. Kyler Daulton was the 5th individual boy to be named to the All-Conference team coming through in 10th place.
The boys outraced the rest of the school winning by 31 points having a low score of 24 points. The two other varsity runners for the Bulldogs were Will Nuhring and Benjamin Adams. The top 5 teams were: Lawrenceburg in 5th at 138, Greensburg, 4th with 102, East Central came in 3rd at 73, Rushville was the Conference Runner-up with 55 points and Batesville had 24. Rushville had 4 boys, East Central and Greensburg 2 boys and Connersville and Lawrenceburg 1 boy to make the All Conference Team.
On the girls side, the Bulldogs had 6 of the 7 varsity runners in the top 10 and all of them in the top 20. East Central’s Rachel Campbell was the EIAC MVP coming through the line first in 20:02.
Batesville’s Lily Pinckley was Conference Runner up and was followed by a nice pack of her teammates as the Bulldogs took the next 4 spots. Coming in 3rd-6th were: Kaylynn Bedel, Megan Allgeier, Ava Hanson and Maria Lopez respectively. Sophie Myers was the 6th Bulldog to make the All Conference team racing through in 8th place. Madison Rahschulte just missed the top 15 as she was 18th.
With that nice pack, Batesville had a very low score of 20 points beating East Central by 18 as they earned Conference Runner-up honors with 38 points. Finishing out the top 5 teams were Greensburg, 3rd at 89, Rushville was 4th with 104 and South Dearborn, 5th with 142. East Central also had 6 girls in the top 15 to be named to the All-Conference Team. Capturing the other 3 spots were Greensburg with 2 and Rushville-1. Congratulations everyone!
Despite the wet conditions and soggy course (usually not too many PR’s happen with these conditions) Batesville did have a few run personal bests. Congratulations to Jake Chapman, Benjamin Adams and Isabel Raab for achieving PR’s today!
Greensburg’s Troy Davis: The Greensburg Cross-Country teams competed in the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference (EIAC) meet Saturday morning at Batesville. The host Bulldogs won the boys’ race with senior Bulldog runner Ben Moster earning the individual victory. The Pirates placed 4th in the team standings. Sophomore Jake Hawkins led Greensburg. He earned All-EIAC honors for the first time with a 5th place finish. Hawkins lowered his personal best time to 17:32.
Sawyer Sanders recorded his fastest time of 2021. He took 16th place in 18:29. Nate Murray also had his best race of the season. Murray was 27th in 19:14. Freshman Paxton Harris was next for Greensburg. He used a strong finish to earn 31st in 19:35. TJ Gorman was 33rd in 19:38 while Cameron Schwartz crossed the finish line 34th in 19:45. Kole Stephens placed 35th in 19:58. Other Greensburg runners included Brayden Emery (20:22), Bryant Merritt (20:38), Carson McCord (20:44), Skylar Westerfeld (20:44), Chase Tekulve (20:51), Vaughn Verzo (21:26), Wyatt Clifford (21:40), and Robert Browning (25:51).
In the girls’ race, Batesville won the team title while East Central’s Rachel Campbell was the individual champion. The Lady Pirates placed 3rd as a team with senior Emily Mangels leading the way. Emily was all-conference for the third time in her career. She placed 13th overall in 21:59. Freshman Tiffani Gramman was also all-EIAC. She used a strong finish to place 15th in the race with a time of 22:07.
Hannah Crowell was the next runner for Greensburg. She placed 18th overall in 22:38. Tori Gauck took 20th place in 22:49. Sophomore Olivia Evans had her best performance of the season. She lowered her personal best by over a minute placing 29th in 24:53. Malana Kramer had her fastest time of 2021. She was 32nd in 25:25. Teammate Ally Foster also ran a season best. Foster was 33rd in 25:41. Senior Sophie Nobbe had her best time of the season running 25:41. Allison Kunze recorded her best time ever for 5 km. She ran 26:16 while junior Kylee Simpson finished in 28:58.
Franklin County’s Stacey Nobbe: Freshman, Esther George, was just seconds off of her best time at the EIAC Conference despite the wet, and sometimes muddy, conditions on the course due to the recent rain prior to the race. She finished in 22nd place with a time of 23:35. Senior, Katherine Apsley, had her best time of the season, but is still chasing her career PR. She finished in 33rd place with a time of 25:33. Junior, Kenzie Rogers, had her best time of the season with a time of 28:36, but she doesn’t have much time left in the season to beat her career best of 25:37.
The Franklin County Boys Varsity cross country finished in 6th place at the EIAC conference on Saturday, September 25th. They tied with Lawrenceburg, but Lawrenceburg’s number 7 runner broke the tie, giving them 5th place.
Senior, Ben Maze, was able to take the 15th spot to earn a medal. He had a season PR of 18:25. He is 23 seconds away from his career PR. Senior, Adam Grant, did achieve a career PR. His time of 18:40 was 12 seconds faster than his prior best time. He placed 21st. Senior, Eric Schwab, also achieved a season PR. His time of 21:09 is the best of the season and 39 seconds away from a career personal best.
We thank Stuart Road Racing for the meet results, Batesville High School on Twitter for the photos plus coaches Gausman, Davis and Nobbe for their recaps.