Batesville and Greensburg claimed the team championships at Saturday’s EIAC cross country meet at Batesville.
The host Bulldogs won the girls race with 24 points, followed by Greensburg with 39 and East Central at 73. Rushville finished with 94 and Lawrenceburg came in with 138.
Batesville junior Jayla Bedel was the individual champion with a time of 19:42.
Greensburg sophomore Lulu Webb was second (19:58), followed by BHS sophomore Francesca Myers (20:20.0) edging out Pirate freshman Maria Scholle (20:20.4) for third place.
Bulldog senior Sydney Gilland came in fifth (20:24) and East Central senior Lily Gambrel placed sixth (20:31).
The Pirates won the boys race with 46 points. Batesville was the runner-up with 52 and EC finished with 76. Lawrenceburg was close behind with 79; Connersville, 167; Rushville won a tie breaker with South Dearborn for 6th place (both at 180), and Franklin County had 184.
Greensburg senior Quinton Walker won the individual crown when he crossed the finish line at 17:01.
Batesville junior Ryan Benz was runner-up (17:16), followed by East Central senior Abram Hiltz (17:19) and Greensburg freshman Benjamin Schneider (17:23).
Click here for complete boys and girls individual and team results.
Area runners and coaches now turn their attention to IHSAA cross country sectionals, which will be run on Saturday, October 17 at various sites around the state.