The Boys and Girls Batesville High School Cross Country team opened up their season on a very hot and humid night as they hosted the 4-way meet against North Decatur, South Decatur and Greensburg.
The Boys and Girls Batesville High School Cross Country team opened up their season on a very hot and humid night as they hosted the 4-way meet against North Decatur, South Decatur and Greensburg.
The boys took the course first with a pretty dominate victory as they won by scoring only 18 points with Greensburg coming in second at 60. North Decatur took third at 70 and South Decatur finished it up with 91. Batesville claimed 10 out of the top 15 spots including the top finisher. They were Josh Myers leading the rest of the field by 24 points crossing the line at 18:23. Adam Moster took the 2nd spot at 18:47. Batesville then claimed places 4-9 as they came through one right after another within a 10 second span starting at 19:39 and led by freshman Dillon Murray. He was followed by teammates Joseph Choi, Christopher Laymon, John Thompson, Quinten Gowdy and Nathan Eckstein. Also placing in the top 15 for the Bulldogs were Luke Esser at 12th and Charlie Laymon, 13th. Congratulations on a great opening meet for the 2017 season boys!
The girls came up just a little short to the Greensburg Pirates as they battled back and forth in the top 10 places. But it was Greensburg who won the fight this time as they scored 24 points to Batesville’s 32. North Decatur came in the 3rd at 82 and South Decatur was incomplete. So in the top 9 spots the battle was between Batesville and Greensburg with Greensburg’s Brenner Hannah out kicking Batesville’s Liz Loichinger for the victory as they crossed the line at 20:55 and 21:10 respectively. Greensburg claimed the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 8th spots as Batesville’s Haylee Harmeyer came in 4th, Emma Gausman, 6th and Audrey Weigel, 9th. Also placing in the top 15 for Batesville was Audrey Maupin, 11th, Cheyenne Laker, 12th and Trysta Vierling, 13th. Great job ladies!
Batesville will get another good week of training in as they do not compete again until next Saturday where they will travel to Rushville for their big invitational, usually competing with over 20 teams in their division. Great start to the 2017 season and best of luck next Saturday!
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Lisa Gausman.