Batesville Wins Track Duel Meet At FC

Track & FieldThe Batesville High School boys and girls track team traveled to Franklin County to compete in a dual track meet in much better conditions than when the meet was supposed to be held in early April…in fact it was an almost perfect night.

The boys increased their record to 18-2 defeating Franklin County 102-41 as the girls continue their undefeated season, winning 118-24. In fact, the girls took blue ribbons in all 16 events. The boys were close winning 12 out of the 16 events.

23 different dogs earned a blue ribbon today and many of them were multiple winners. Those multiple winners were:

Cole Nuhring-1600m run (5:02), 800m run (2:08.5) and the 4 x 800m relay (9:18.98)
Peter Heil-110m hurdles (17.25), 300m hurdles (42.42), the 4 x 800m relay and the 4 x 400m relay (4:05.3)
Michael Tunny-400m dash (54.02), 200m dash (23.34), the 4 x 100m relay(45.72) and the 4 x 400m relay
Caleb Moster-3200m run (10:49) and the 4 x 800m relay
Nathan Longstreth-high jump (6’3″) and 4 x 400m relay
Kelsey Gausman-1600m run (5:46.2), 800m run (2:32.8), 4 x 800m relay (11:00) and the 4 x 400m relay (4:31.9)
Ginny Westerfeld-100m dash (12.69), 200m dash (27.16) and the 4 x 100m relay (52.37)
Kim Tidman-high jump (5’0″), long jump (16’4″), 4 x 100m relay and 4 x 400m relay
Rylee Goldsmith-400m dash (1:04), 4 x 400m relay
Cassie Reverman-discus (85’4″) and shot put (31’3.5″)
Sarah Poltrack-3200m run (12:51) amd the 4 x 800m relay
Other first place finishers were:
Ben Westerfeld-pole vault (11’0″)
Garrett Yorn-4 x 800m relay
John Moody-4 x 400m relay
Tanner Ayette-4 x 100m relay
Jacob Koehne-4 x 100m relay
Zach Mears-4 x 100m relay
Brooke Hartman-100m hurdles (18.35)
Alex Wirth-Pole Vault (7’0″)
Clare Bruns-300m hurdles (52.18)
Mary Poltrack-4 x 800m relay
Grace Yeation-4 x 800m relay
Audrey Hall-4 x 400m relay

Taking home the red ribbons were:
Garrett Yorn-1600m run
Jordan Moorman-discus
Tanner Ayette-100m dash
Matt Dennis-110m hurdles and 200m hurdles
Clayton McKinley-shot put
John Moody-400m dash
Nathan Bedel-pole vault
Tom Chaffee-high jump
Chris Riffle-3200m run
Grace Yeaton-1600m run
Sam Heidlage-discus and shot put
Sophie Meadows-100m dash and 200m dash
Lexi Hatcher-pole vault
Audrey Hall-400m dash
Maria Wessel-3200m run

And the white ribbon winners went to:
Kevin Bedel-discus and long jump
Cody Reer-shot put
Clayton McKinley-high jump
Calvin Lehman-3200m run
Caleb Moster-800m run
Tanner Ayette-200m dash
Mary Poltrack-1600m run
Katherine Roell-discus and shot put
Clare Bruns-100m hurdles
Grace Yeaton-800m run
Molly Weigel-300m hurdles
Kylie Lehman-3200m run
Rylee Goldsmith-200m dash

Despite really trying to train through this meet and prepare for next week’s Conference, we still had many personal records broken, listed by event below:

100m dash-Allison Muckerheide
200m dash-Michael Tunny, Zach Mears, Trevor Gartenman, Annie Freese, Sophie Meadows, Madeleine Robben
300m hurdles-Clare Bruns
400m dash-Jon Kurtz
800m run-Jazmin Blanco
1600m run-Clay Yeaton, Liz Cuttle
3200m run-Grace Yeaton
High jump-Nathan Longstreth, Clayton McKinley
Long Jump-Allison Muckerheide
Pole Vault-Nathan Bedel
4 x 400 splits-Matt Dennis, Alex Jorgensen, Tanner Ayette, Jacob Koehne, Jared Ilderton, Trevor Gartenman, Drake Main, Molly Weigel, Beth Werner, Laura Meer, Clare Bruns, Liz Cuttle, Mary Poltrack
4 x 800 splits-Kylie Lehman, Jazmin Blanco

The Dogs only have a day off, then they will host the County meet on Thursday. We will also be honoring our fabulous 18 seniors! Come on out and cheer our track teams to a County Championship and help us thank our seniors!   Action begins at 5pm, but the Senior presentations will be at the end of the meet.

Submitted by Batesville Coach Lisa Gausman.