The Batesville Bulldogs hosted the County track tournament Thursday night and the weather started off almost perfect and the Bulldogs took advantage of it. The rain almost held off but started to come down during the last several events. By the end of the night, the boys were crowned individual County Champions in 14 of the 16 events and the girls were individual County Champions in 11 of the 16 events.
Batesville was also able to crown not only one, but 4 boys as MVP of the meet. Four Bulldogs tied for the MVP honors, they were, Senior Gabe Gunter, Juniors Eli Pierson and Benjamin Moster and Freshmen Deacon Hamilton. Each of them scored 15 points for the team.
The boys won with an impressive victory scoring 125 points to Jac-Cen-Del’s 45 points, South Ripley came in 2nd with 39 and Milan-29. The girls also won with a 110 lead over South Ripley’s 58 points with Jac-Cen-Cel closely following with 54 and Milan was 4th with 16.
County Champion honors went to:
Gabe Gunter-High Jump, Pole Vault, 4 x 100m relay, 4 x 400m relay
Eli Pierson-100m dash, 200m dash, 4 x 100m realy, 4 x 400m relay
Benjamin Moster-1600m run, 800m run, 4 x 800m relay, 4 x 400m relay
JJ Kuisel-400m dash, 4 x 800m relay, 4 x 100m relay, 4 x 400m relay
Deacon Hamilton-110m hurdles, 300 hurdles
Ean Loichinger-3200m run
Kurt Siefert-Long Jump
Dillon Murray-4 x 800m relay
Daren Smith-4 x 800m relay
Willy Sherwood-4 x 100m relay
Katie Olsen-400m dash, 4 x 800m relay, 4 x 400m relay
Ava Hanson-800m run, 4 x 800m relay, 4 x 400m relay
Carley Pride-High Jump, 4 x 400m relay
Elena Kuisel-Pole Vault, 4 x 100m relay
Megan Allgeier-1600m run, 4 x 800m relay
Kaylie Raver-4 x 400m relay, 4 x 800m relay
Lily Pinckley-3200m run
Katie Bedel-Long Jump
Georgie Doll-Shot Put
Madelyn Pohlman-4 x 100m relay
Lizzy Nobbe-4 x 100m relay
Ella Moster-4 x 100m relay
County Runner Ups went to:
Nate Deputy-pole vault
Nathan Villani-1600m run
Vonley Hund-400m dash
Daren Smith-800m run
Willy Sherwood-200 dash
Adam Hollowell-3200m run
Katie Bedel-Shot Put, Pole Vault
Madelyn Pohlman-100m dash
Lily Pinckley-1600m run
Carley Pride-400m dash
Trysta Vierling-800m run
Elena Kuisel-200m dash
3rd place finishes were:
Deacon Hamilton-Long Jump
Karon Macke-Shot Put
Sam Robben-110m Hurdles
Ella Moster-300m Hurdles
Lizzy Nobbe-200m dash
Maria Lopez-3200m run
4th places are:
Chase Hamilton-Discus and 300 Hurdles
Austin Cornn-High Jump
Kurt Siefert-100m dash
Ava Hanson-High Jump
Ella Moster-100m Hurdles
And finishing out the scoring in 5th place was:
Taylor Townsley-Discus
Lizzy Nobbe-Long Jump
Cora Deptuty-100m hurdles
And now for my favorite part…Personal Bests…as mentioned before, the weather was favorable for some good PR’s and we had a handful…they went to:
100-Kurt Siefert, Faith Martin
200-Eli Pierson, Willy Sherwood, Lizzy Nobbe
400-Vonley Hund, Katie Olsen
1600-Nathan Villani, Megan Allgeier
3200-Adam Hollowell
110m hurdles-Sam Robben
300m hurdles-Deacon Hamilton, Ella Moster
Shot Put-Karon Macke, Georgie Doll, Katie Bedel
4x 100 relay team of Willy Sherwood, Gabe Gunter, JJ Kuisel, Eli Pierson
4 x 800m splits of Daren Smith and Megan Allgeier
Bulldogs are now going into the big tournament season as they will compete in Conference on Tuesday at Rushville.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Lisa Gausman.
Jac-Cen-Del traveled to Batesville for the County Meet. It started out dry but changed to light rain at the end.
Men Batesville 1st, JCD 2nd, South Ripley 3rd Milan 4th
Women Batesville 1st, South Ripley 2nd , JCD 3rd, Milan 4th
Cloey Simon was the MVP for the girls county and set a new 300H record for county 48.4!!
County Winners for JCD (All County)
Cloey Simon 300H , Kayla Simon 200M, Luke Comer Discus, Shaylee Volz Discus
Placing for JCD
Men//Women
110/100H Maloney 5th, C Simon2nd, K Simon3
100D Casado2nd, // Gray 5th
1600M Phole3rd,//
400M White 5th//
300H Maloney 5th// C Simon 1st, K Simon 2nd
800M Hughes 3rd, Rohls 5th// Dilk 3rd
200M L Comer 3rd//K Simon 1st,
Long C Comer 2nd//C Simon 2nd, Gray 4th
High C Comer 5th,//D Hughes/Dilk 5th tie
Disc L Comer 1st, White 3rd// Volz 1st, E Newhart 3rd
Shot White 2nd, L Comer 5th// Volz 3rd, Linville 4th