It was a busy Easter Break for the Batesville High School track team. On Thursday, the Bulldogs hosted the Lawrenceburg Tigers and finished with a split night.
The ladies came out victorious winning every event of the night and finishing with a score of 110-14. On the boys side, it was neck and neck all night with Batesville claiming 7 first place finishes to Lawrenceburg’s 8. It came down to the last event, the 4 x 400m relay to decide the outcome of the meet. Batesville had a two point lead and needed to win the last relay to keep the win, but the Lawrenceburg Tigers did not go down without a fight. According to their coach, they dropped just over 8 seconds from their best time of the season to just outbeat the Bulldogs which also gave them
the team victory for the night, 63-60. Great performance Lawrenceburg!
Earlier in the evening, the focus was on the Bulldog’s top hurdler, Garrett Wagner, who flew through the 110m hurdles and brought down a 1995 school record by Matt Doll at 14.91. Garrett was clocked at an incredible 14.65! Congratulations Garrett!
Blue ribbons for the night went to:
Garrett Wagner-110m hurdles (14.65), 300m hurdles (40.84)
Caleb Moster-1600m run(4:57.22)
Adam Moster-3200m run (11:00.63)
Quinten Gowdy-800m run (2:14.5)
Katherine Roell-shot put(28’5″) and discus(69’10”)
Alison Muckerheide-long jump (15’11.75″)
Stephanie Nobbe-pole vault, 100m dash(12.84), 200m dash(27.38)
Gabby Gibbs-high jump (4’9″)
Kierra Brock-100m hurdles (20.5)
Mary Poltrack-800m run(2:43.22) and 1600m run (5:53.66)
Haylee Harmeyer-400m dash(1:03.59)
Audrey Maupin-300m hurdles (57.88)
Liz Loichinger-3200m run (12:26.93)
4 x 800m relay teams of Quinten Gowdy, Michael Ripperger, Luke Esser and Caleb Moster(9:05) and Haylee Harmeyer, Liz Loichinger, Audrey Maupin and Emma Gausman(10:38)
4 x 100m relay teams of Zach Harmeyer, Henry Lipinski, CJ Thomas and Gavin Koester(46.66) and Madeleine Robben, Sophie Meadows, Gabby Gibbs and Stephanie Nobbe (53.53)
4 x 400m relay of Madeleine Robben, Alison Muckerheide, Emma Gausman and Haylee Harmeyer (4:27.62)
2nd place winners were:
Jon Kurtz-shot put
Chris Laymon-long jump
Adam Moster-1600m run
Ian Yorn-400m dash
Henry Lipinski-300m hurdles
Luke Esser-3200m run
Haylee Harmeyer-long jump
Melanie Werner-pole vault
Katie Bohman-100m hurdles
Emma Gausman-1600m run
Britany Venis-400m dash
Kierra Brock-300m hurdles
Alison Muckerheide-200m dash
Sarah Poltrack-3200m run
And finishing out the scoring in 3rd place were:
Ben Kreig-discus
Henry Lipinski-long jump
Trevor Gartenman-110m hurdles
Gavin Koester-100m dash and 200m dash
Ben Miller-400m dash
Michael Ripperger-800m run
Katie Bohman-shot put
Britany Venis-long jump and 200m dash
Abby Blomer-discus
Alison Muckerheide-100m dash
Melanie Werner-800m run
There were many personal best for the night and they were by event:
Pole Vault-Stephanie Nobbe
Long Jump-Manav Patel
High Jump-gabby Gibbs
Shot Put-Joe Bruns, Ben Kurtz, Dylan Flannery, Nick Tekulve, Rebecca Deputy
Discus-Joe Bruns, Dylan Flannery, Ben Krieg
100m dash-Jon Kurtz, Abby Blomer
200m dash-Charlie Laymon, Abby Blomer
110/100m hurdles-Garrett Wagner, Katie Bohman
400m dash-Ben Miller, Matt Thomas, Britany Venis
1600m run-Adam Moster
4 x 800m relay splits-Luke Esser, Ben Krieg, Matt Thomas, Liz Loichinger
4 x 400m relay splits-Quinten Gowdy, Caleb Moster, Joesph Choi, Zach Harmeyer, Charlie Laymon, Henry Lipinski, Matt Thomas, Ben Miller, Drew McLeod, Haylee Harmeyer, Gabby Gibbs.
Then on Saturday, several members of the Bulldog track team traveled to Marian University to participate in the Midwest Prep Meet. This meet is only for those events individuals or relays have qualified for prior by hitting standards set, either by a certain time or distance.
Batesville had many event competing on Saturday. Individuals that qualified were: Garrett Wagner in the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles, Caleb Moster in the 1600 and 3200m run, Nathan Bedel and Robert Strobel in pole vault, Stephanie Nobbe in the 100 and 200m dash, Mary Poltrack and Emma Gausman in the 1600m run and 3200m run, Sarah Poltrack and Liz Loichinger in the 1600m run, both boys and girls 4 x 100m relay teams consisting of Garrett Wagner, Peyton Meyer, Zach Harmeyer and Nathan Bedel and Madeleine Robben, Sophie Meadows, Gabby Gibbs and Haylee Harmeyer, both boys and girls 4 x 400m relay teams consisting of Garrett Wagner, Ian Yorn, Quinten Gowdy and Caleb Moster and Madeleine Robben, Liz Liochinger, Sarah Poltrack and Haylee Harmeyer, and both the boys and girls 4 x 800m relay teams of Quinten Gowdy, Michael Ripperger, Joseph Choi and Caleb Moster and Mary Poltrack, Liz Loichinger, Emma Gausman and Sarah Poltrack.
Although the weather was a little warm and a bit windy, the girls 4 x 800m relay team did not stop them from breaking the school record by just less than a second. The old time set two years ago at 10:05.22 is now set at 10:04.41…again by Mary Poltrack, Liz Loichinger, Emma Gausman and Sarah Poltrack. This time gave them a 3rd place finish. Way to go ladies!
Also placing in this tough competition was Garrett Wagner snagging 2nd place in both 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles, Haylee Harmeyer was 5th in the 400m dash, Caleb Moster was 7th and Sarah Poltrack was 8th in the 1600m run, and the boys 4 x 800m relay placed 8th. Great job Bulldogs!
A couple of personal bests were ran at this meet as well which were: Haylee Harmeyer in the 400m dash, the 800 splits of Liz Loichinger, Emma Gausman and Joseph Choi and the 400m relay split of Quinten Gowdy. Congratulations to everyone qualified!
Tuesday, the Bulldogs head to East Central to take on the Trojans and the Greensburg Pirates.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Lisa Gausman.