The Batesville high school men’s and women’s swim team traveled down to Lawrenceburg High School for the Lawrenceburg Invitational swim meet on Saturday, Dec 3. The men’s meet featured 7 schools, two from Ohio, while the women’s meet featured 6.
The Batesville women swam lights out to start the meet and finished the 200 Medley Relay with a second-place finish.
Ava Obermeyer (sr), Taylor Blanton (jr), and Sarah Bedel (so) lead the team in scoring, each with 23 points. Isabel Raab missed the “23 point” mark by 1, finishing with a total of 22 on the day, individually.
“Today, was an absolute shock. Milan and Lawrenceburg both have strong women in their programs,” said Coach McMullen. “Our girls showed a ton of grit and determination today. Last season we went back and forth on meet results, and it looks like we’ll do more of the same this season. They surprised us out of the gate and never let off the gas!”
The women also came home with the gold in the 200 Freestyle Relay with team A. Obermeyer, Ella Moster, Bedel, and Raab.
The Bulldog men came home with the first invitational win in years, at least since head coach Greg McMullen came to the program, which seemed to be a surprise to the coaching staff. McMullen had this to say about the meet: “We came in not knowing who we were competing against. We’ve never seen Harrison or Ross compete. And we know that Neil and Steve have great capacity in their programs. To rejoin this competition after being in Madison the past few years and walk away with some hardware was an absolute thrill.”
William Johnson (sr) lead team scoring with 29 points with Matthew Tekulve (jr) not far behind with 27. Emi Lopez and Ian Carpenter (both jr) rounding out the top four with 23 and 20 points a piece.
The men finished the meet winning 4 total events which included the two Freestyle Relays. Johnson, Tekulve, Zeke Obermeyer and Carpenter were members of the 200 Free Relay, with Johnson, Tekulve, Lopez and Samuel Richardson in the 400.
TEAM SCORES
Men
Batesville, 252
Milan, 229
Ross (OH), 213
Harrison (OH), 204
Lawrenceburg, 101
Southwestern (Hanover), 66
Shawe Memorial, 24
Women
Milan, 248
Batesville, 218
Lawrenceburg, 193
Harrison (OH), 169
Southwestern (Hanover), 157
Ross (OH), 154
BULLDOG TOP FINISHERS
Men
Will Johnson — 1st, 200 Free; 2nd, 50 Back
Matt Tekulve — 1st, 50 Free
Emi Lopez — 2nd, 100 Free
Women
Ava Obermeyer — 2nd, 200 Free
Sarah Bedel — 3rd, 100 Breast
Taylor Blanton — 3rd, 100 Free
Isabel Raab — 3rd, 50 Free
NOTABLES
The Bulldogs swam to a total of 16 personal bests; 4 in-season bests
20 of 22 swimmers scored over the course of the competition
UP NEXT
The Batesville Bulldogs be visiting Centerville High School on Tuesday, Dec 6 with a start time of 6:00pm for swimming action.
Submitted by the school’s athletic department.