Batesville hosted and won both ends of the Ripley County track and field meet on Thursday evening.
In the girls meet, it was the Bulldogs 141, the South Ripley Raiders 53.5, the Milan Indians 22, and the Jac-Cen-Del Eagles 11.5.
Batesville’s Abby Miller was the girls meet MVP. Miller won all four of her events. She was the overall champion in the 100m dash (13.14), 200m dash (27.93), the 400m dash (1:00.7) and was the anchor of the 4 x 400m relay.
In the boys meet, it was BHS 131, Ripley 58, Milan 40, and JCD 16.
The Bulldogs’ Noah Davis was boys meet MVP. Davis was the overall champion in the 100m dash (11.84), 200m dash (23.85) and the 4 x 100m relay (45.38).
The Bulldogs had 20 different athletes winning County Championships in 28 events, which means several were multiple winners. Batesville also had 13 different runners up.
Batesville’s county champs and multiple event winners were:
Ava Wade-4 x 800m relay (10:32.8), 800 (2:23.96), 4 x 400m relay
Maggie Jelinek-100m hurdles (17.72), 300m hurdles (49.94), 4 x 100m relay (52.19), 4 x 400m relay
Cannon Clark-4 x 800m relay, 800m run (1:59.83), 4 x 400m relay
Griffin Koester-4 x 800m relay, 1600m run (4:31.15), 4 x 400m relay
James Rowland-4 x 800m relay, 400m dash (52.24), 4 x 400m relay
Bayleigh Demaree-4 x 800m relay and the 4 x 400m relay
Jayla Bedel-4 x 800m relay, 3200m run (12:01.46)
Cash Myers-4 x 800m relay (9:21.49) and 4 x 400m relay (3:33.53)
Isabel Meyer-pole vault (9’6″), 4 x 100m relay
Maycee Holtkamp-high jump (5’2″), 4 x 100m relay
Liam Wagner-long jump (18’8″), 4 x 100m relay
Cameron Kaiser-shot put (46’3″), discus (118’4″)
Ella King-shot put (41’8.5″), discus (108’4″)
Cailtin Raver-4 x 800m relay
Avi Miller-4 x 100m relay
Paige Allgeier-1600m run (5:47.35)
Tyler Malone-4 x 100m relay
Zadiin Small-4 x 100m relay
Winston Garrett-pole vault (11’6″)
Jenna Goldsmith-long jump (15’3.75″)
Bulldog runners up were:
Jade Martin-100m hurdles
Lukas Lovins-110m hurdles
Caitlin Raver-1600m run
Francesca Myers and Max Walters-400m dash
Reillee Adams-300m hurdles and pole vault
Bayleigh Demaree-800m run
Levi Essick-3200m run
Paige Allgeier and Gage Lancaster-high jump
Isaac Butz-pole vault
Kaden Lamping-long jump
Leah Meyer-shot put and discus
Batesville 3rd place finishers were:
Avi Miller-100m dash
Tyler Malone-100m dash and 200m dash
Lukas Lovins-300m hurdles
Caleb Harmeyer-800m run
Aubrey Weberding-3200m run
Nick Tirado-high jump
Jade Martin-long jump
4th place finishers were:
Ryan Benz-1600m run
Caden Lehman-300m hurdles
Jaden Basler-3200m run
Jeff Gerstbauer-discus
And finishing out the scoring in 5th place were:
Caden Lehman-110m hurdles
Jaxon Brittle-shot put
BHS personal records broken or tied:
Jenna Goldsmith-long jump
Ella King-shot put (tie)
Ava Wade and Caleb Harmeyer-800m run
Francesca Myers-400m dash
Jayla Bedel and Jaden Basler-3200m run
Caden Lehman-300m hurdles
Liam Wagner-long jump (tie)
Griffin Koester-1600m run
Cash Myers-4 x 400m relay split
Boys 4 x 100m relay (Liam Wagner, Tyler Malone, Noah Davis, Zadiin Small)
Batesville honored its 10 seniors: Sam Adams, Jaden Basler, Jaxon Brittle, Cannon Clark, Noah Davis, Bayleigh Demaree, Jade Martin, Cash Myers, James Rowland, and Charlotte Trossman.
Next up for BHS track and field is the EIAC Meet. The varsity team will compete on Tuesday at Connersville while the JV will participate at South Dearborn next Saturday.
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