Congratulations to the Batesville Bulldog Cross Country teams for securing the championship trophy again this year. Both the boys and the girls ran amazing and almost pulled off a perfect 15 score for both. The girls did score 15 and the boys just missed it with a score of 16.
The Bulldogs also had all 7 varsity make the All-County team placing in the top 10 of the meet and the County MVP/Champions of the meet also wore the Bulldog uniform. Senior Joshua Myers led the boys with a personal best time of 16:37 and Sophomore Lily Pinckley was crowned champion for the girls crossing the finishing line at 19:57. Other Bulldogs receiving spots on the All-County roster were: Ean Loichinger, placing 2nd (17:02), Adam Moster, 3rd (17:15), Benjamin Moster, 4th (17:28), Adam Hollowell, 6th (17:52), Daren Smith, 7th (18:10) and Dillon Murray, 8th (18:33), Ava Hanson, 2nd (20:52), Madison Rahschulte, 3rd (21:05), Maria Lopez, 4th (21:14), Sophie Myers, 5th (21:19), Trysta Vierling, 7th (21:43) and Carley Pride, 8th (22:21). Congratulations to these All-County winners.
I would also like to recognize the other All-County winners, they were: Damon Hughes from Jac-Cen-Del placing 5th (17:49), and his teammates Joshua Pohle, 9th (18:37) and Kobe Darnold, 10th (19:16), Lanie Nicholson from South Ripley placing 6th (21:33) and her teammates Emily Campbell, 8th (22:04) and Deborah Murphy, 10th (23:00). Congratulations to all making the All-County team.
On the team side…again, Batesville keeps the team trophy with the boys having a score of 16 points to Jac-Cen-Del-48 and South Ripley-82. The girls scored the perfect score of 15 to South Ripley-53 and Jac-Cen-Del-69.
The Bulldogs had 5 team members run a personal best tonight and they were: Joshua Myers, Will Nuhring, Zach Gutzwiller, Maria Lopez and Carley Pride. Way to go everyone!
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Lisa Gausman.