The Batesville Varsity Track Team competed in the East Central Invitational against not only teams from around here but Ohio and Kentucky on Friday night. It was some great competition and a fun night despite the early wind and the cold temperatures after the sun went down.
Batesville had over 25 personal best performances and brought home medals in 7 events, tying New Albany. East Central had the most champions with 9. Batesville’s Benjamin Moster was crowned the Invite MVP for scoring the most points for their team. Benjamin took home 2 individual championship medals in the 1600m run and the 800m run. He was also a part of the 1st place 4 x 800 relay team and the 2nd place 4 x 400 relay team. Congratulations Benjamin!
On the boys side, they were short 8 points in bringing home the championship trophy, falling to Moeller, 123-115. East Central was 3rd at 97 points, Elder was 4th-94.5, Franklin County, 5th-84, followed by Ryle-54, Oldenburg Academy-29, Greensburg-17 and South Ripley-10.5. The girls finished 4th overall by 1 point to Seton. Scores were: New Albany-137, East Central-111, St. Ursula Academy-105, Batesville-61, Seton-60, Greensburg-52, Ryle-38, Franklin County-33, South Ripley-14 and Oldenburg Academy-12.
Both the girls and boys 4 x 800 teams opened up the night on the track with two victories with the girls running a personal best by almost 7 seconds and beating the field by almost 13 seconds at a 10:05.84…Members were Ava Hanson, Kaylie Raver, Megan Allgeier and Katie Olsen. The boys team included: JJ Kuisel, Ean Loichinger, Daren Smith and Benjamin Moster (8:45.63), beating the field by almost 10 seconds.
The Bulldogs next meet is this coming Thursday where they will host the County meet and we will also be honoring our seniors! Come cheer on your Bulldog Track Team!
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Lisa Gausman.