The East Central Boys Track and Field Sectional resumed last night (Friday) after being suspended Thursday because of rain. At the end of the night, Batesville took the team championship, outscoring second place Lawrenceburg 120.5-91. East Central, Franklin County and Greensburg rounded out the top five.
Team scores:
1) Batesville 120.5, 2) Lawrenceburg 91,
3) East Central 89, 4) Franklin County 66,
5) Greensburg, 61.5 6) South Dearborn 60,
7) Milan 45, 8) Rising Sun 22,
9) Jac-Cen-Del 17, 9) South Ripley 17,
11) South Decatur 16, 12) North Decatur 14
and 13) Oldenburg Academy 5
Individual event champions from coverage schools included:
- Batesville- Benjamin Moster (2) and Jake Chapman.
- Milan- Benjamin Riehle and Mason Green.
- Greensburg- Matthew Stewart.
- Franklin County- Jacob Schatzle and Chad Cox.
- East Central- Leo Maxwell (2) and Riley Smith. Maxwell broke his own sectional and school records throwing 179’8” in the discus and 61’1.75” in the shot.
The top three finishers in each sectional event automatically qualify for the Thursday, May 26 Greenfield-Central Regional. It is also possible for athletes outside of the top three to qualify if they are among the best of the rest to fill out the 16 available spots in a particular event.
Please click on this link for complete results of the East Central Boys Track Sectional.
Automatic regional qualifiers from East Central’s sectional are shown below.
3200 Relay
1 Batesville 8:22.01
1) Loichinger, Ean, 2) Chapman, Jake, 3) Smith, Daren and 4) Moster, Benjamin
2 South Dearborn 8:32.04
1) Schumann, Easton, 2) Lagaly, Blake, 3) Hail, Jason and 4) Scruggs, Nakia
3 East Central 8:33.88
1) Hicks, Logan, 2) Hicks, Gavin, 3) Nash, David and 4) McFee, Samuel
110 Hurdles
1 Thornton, Luke – Lawrenceburg 15.72
2 Hamilton, Deacon – Batesville 16.10
3 Martin, Dylan – Rising Sun 16.11
100 Dash
1 Stewart, Matthew – Greensburg 11.15
2 Patel, Dahya – Lawrenceburg 11.30
3 Combs, Brayden – Lawrenceburg 11.34
1600 Run
1 Moster, Benjamin – Batesville 4:36.07
2 Loichinger, Ean – Batesville 4:44.56
3 Potts, Ayden – Milan 4:47.27
400 Relay
1 Lawrenceburg 44.24
1) Saylor, Hayden, 2) Thornton, Luke, 3) Combs, Brayden and 4) Patel, Dahya
2 East Central 44.65
1) Bellman, Chase, 2) McFee, Nathaniel, 3) Garrison, AJ and 4) Rinear, Jack
3 South Dearborn 46.21
1) Rogers, Christopher, 2) Wickersham, Jeffrey, 3) Cassidy, Corbin and 4) Evans, Charles
4 Batesville 46.56 (confirmed qualifier based on time)
1) Hamilton, Deacon 2) Pohlman, Gage, 3) Chappell, Jy’lil and 4) Hund, Vonley
400 Dash
1 Riehle, Benjamin – Milan 50.37
2 Stortz, Christian – Franklin County 51.50
3 Pierson, Eli – Batesville 52.27
300 Hurdles
1 Green, Mason – Milan 41.94
2 Thornton, Luke – Lawrenceburg 42.15
3 Martin, Dylan – Rising Sun 43.02
800 Run
1 Moster, Benjamin – Batesville 2:01.88
2 Marshall, Harmon – Franklin County 2:05.14
3 Loichinger, Ean – Batesville 2:05.48
200 Dash
1 Combs, Brayden – Lawrenceburg 22.80
2 Stortz, Christian – Franklin County 23.16
3 Rinear, Jack – East Central 23.29
3200 Run
1 Chapman, Jake – Batesville 10:30.60
2 Pohle, Josh – Jac-Cen-Del 10:32.66
3 Hensley, Grant – Lawrenceburg 10:50.84
1600 Relay
1 East Central 3:33.89
1) Rinear, Jack, 2) Nash, David, 3) Hicks, Gavin and 4) Bellman, Chase
2 Franklin County 3:34.49
1) Carr, Tyreke, 2) Grant, Adam, 3) Harvey, Owen and 4) Marshall, Harmon
3 Lawrenceburg 3:35.11
1) Saylor, Hayden, 2) Delatte, Aiden, 3) Witte, Alexander and 4) Thornton, Luke
Long Jump
1 Schatzle, Jacob – Franklin County 21-07.5
2 Montgomery, Kendal – Rising Sun 21-03.25
3 Rinear, Jack – East Central 20-04.50
High Jump
1 Cox, Chad – Franklin County 6-05
2 Sharpshair, Kasey – Lawrenceburg 6-03
3 Loehmer, Ellis – North Decatur 6-00
Discus
1 Maxwell, Leo – East Central 179-08 (SECTIONAL RECORD)
2 Meek, Evan – South Dearborn 141-08
3 Hamilton, Chase – Batesville 134-04
Shot Put
1 Maxwell, Leo – East Central 61-01.75 (SECTIONAL RECORD)
2 Miller, Ryan – South Ripley 48-10.5
3 Meek, Evan – South Dearborn 48-01
Pole Vault
1 Smith, Riley – East Central 12-06
2 Stewart, Matthew – Greensburg J12-06
3 Murphy, Alex – Batesville 11-06
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Unedited reports from coaches…
Batesville’s Lisa Gausman- This year’s Boys Track and Field 13 team Sectional was a rare two day event after the first night had to get postponed because of the weather. But, the Batesville Bulldogs did not let that keep them from defending their Sectionals title and advancing 9 events on to the Regional competition next Thursday.
Batesville won by 29.5 points ahead of Lawrenceburg 120.5-91. Lawrenceburg just snuck by East Central by two points as the Trojans scored 89. Fourth through sixth place was also a tight race with Franklin County in 4th at 66 points. Greensburg just out scored South Dearborn by 1.5 points, 61.5-60. (Full results can be found on IHSAA.org.) Congratulations Bulldogs!
Batesville also won 4 events, the 4 x 800m relay, 800m run, 1600m run and 3200m run.
The following boys were Sectional Champions:
Benjamin Moster-4 x 800m relay (8;22.01), 1600m run (4:36.07), 800m run (2:01.88)
Jake Chapman-4 x 800m relay and 3200m run (10:30.6)
Ean Loichinger-4 x 800m relay
Daren Smith-4 x 800m relay
Sectional Runner ups and qualifying for Regionals are:
Deacon Hamilton-110m hurdles
Ean Loichinger-1600m run
Finishing 3rd and automatically qualifying for Regional competition are:
Eli Pierson-400m dash
Ean Loichinger-800m run
Chase Hamilton-discus
Alex Murphy-pole vault
Also qualifying for Regional competition by time is the 4 x 400m relay team of Eli Pierson, Vonley Hund, Benjamin Moster and Daren Smith
Congratulations to all!
Placing 4th and just missing the automatic bid are:
Gage Pohlman-110m hurdles and 300m hurdles
Isaac Trossman-3200m run
The 4 x 100m relay team
5th place finishes were:
Daren Smith-400m dash
Deacon Hamilton-300m hurdles
Nate Deputy-pole vault
The 4 x 400m relay
6th place finish went to Hudson Kohlman in high jump and 7th place was Eli Pierson in the 200m dash.
Several boys got personal bests in the events they competed in and they were:
Ean Loichinger-split in the 4 x 800m relay, 800m run and 1600m run
Jake Chapman-split in the 4 x 800m relay
Daren Smith-split in the 4 x 400m relay
Deacon Hamilton-110m hurdles
Gage Pohlman-110m hurdles
Kasin Hughes-long jump
Brock Mahon-shot put
Congratulations to everyone and I am excited to train another week with these boys! Good luck to the girls on Tuesday as they compete in Regionals at Franklin Community and the boys will compete Thursday at Greenfield-Central. Action begins at 6pm.
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Jac-Cen-Del’s Larry Hammond-
100 Meters Varsity – Prelims
- 21. Jacob Ricke 12.52a
- 25. Isaiah Moose 13.42a PR (personal record)
200 Meters Varsity – Prelims
- 19. Jacob Ricke 25.64a
- 24. Cole Patrick 28.17a PR
400 Meters Varsity – Finals
- 18. Jacob Ricke 58.12a
800 Meters Varsity – Finals
- 12. Austin Rohls 2:19.76a PR
1600 Meters Varsity – Finals
- 5. Josh Pohle 4:53.47a PR
- 24. Austin Hammond 6:38.37a SR (season record)
3200 Meters Varsity – Finals
- 2. Josh Pohle 10:32.66a PR
110m Hurdles – 39″ Varsity – Prelims
- 15. Adam Maloney 21.31a
300m Hurdles – 36″ Varsity – Finals
- 8. Adam Maloney 46.29a
4×100 Relay Varsity – Finals
- 10. Keegan Williamson, Cole Patrick, Isaiah Moose, Zachary Yeary 54.48a
4×400 Relay Varsity – Finals
- 12. Austin Rohls, Adam Maloney, Jacob Ricke, Corbin White 4:15.50a
4×800 Relay Varsity –
- 10. Austin Rohls, Payton Amberger, Austin Hammond, Josh Pohle 10:01.84a
Shot Put – 12lb Varsity – Finals
- 12. Corbin White 40-06.00
- 26. Sam Simon 28-02.25 PR
Discus – 1.6kg Varsity – Finals
- 5. Corbin White 125-10
- 23. Sam Simon 87-03
High Jump Varsity – Finals’
- Seth Dornbach NH (no height)
- Zachary Yeary NH
Long Jump Varsity – Finals
- 22. Cole Patrick 13-00.50
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North Decatur’s Andrew Hocker-
Ellis Loehmer placed third and qualified for regionals in high jump with a height of 6-00 cleared. He also placed 8th in the 110m hurdles.
Also in high jump, Mason Morris placed 5th with a height of 5-08.
The 4x100m relay team placed 7th with a time of 47.94. That team consisted of Conner Linkmeyer, Kaleb Phelps, Mason Morris, and Marshal Snell.
PR’s from the meet who did not place:
- In shot put, Caiden Gahimer got a PR of 40-11.
- In the 400m dash, Owen Geis got a PR time of 56.24.
- In the 110m hurdles, Mason Dimett got a PR time of 21.70.
- In the 800m run, Noah Weisenbach got a PR time fo 2:29.
- In the mile, both of our runners got a PR. Ryan Hancock got a time of 5:38 and Brayden Smith got a time of 5:54.
We thank Stuart Road Racing and the IHSAA for the results along with coaches who provided reports.