(St. Leon, IN) – East Central took first place in both the boys and girls track and field meets at Friday’s EC Invitational.
On the boys side, the Trojans edged second place Batesville with 139 points. The Bulldogs had 136, followed by Elder with 96, Lawrenceburg at 71, Franklin County had 58, Greensburg finished with 45, Oldenburg had 40 and Columbus East went home with 36.
Batesville’s Jake Chapman set a new meet record in the 1600 with a time of 4:21.53, eclipsing the mark of 4:23.11 set by Franklin County’s Jeremiah Vaughn in 2008.
EC won the girls meet with 140.5; Batesville was second with 124.5; Seton came in third with 84 points followed by Columbus East (76.5), Lawrenceburg (70), Franklin County (50.5), OA (42) and Greensburg (31).
According to Batesville Lisa Gausman, Chapman was also victorious in the 3200 meter run.
Other first place finishers for the Bulldogs were:
- Addison Luers-400m dash
- Savannah Pohlman-long jump
- The boys 4 x 800m relay of Cash Myers, Isaac Trossman, Ethan Rahschulte, and Griffin Koester
- The boys 4 x 100m relay of James Rowland, Brock Mahon, Noah Davis and Chris Stenger
- The girls 4 x 100m relay of Savannah Pohlman, Nora Weideman, Maggie Jelinek and Katie Lipps
- The boys 4 x 400m relay of Chris Stenger, Talan Rowlett, Ethan Lacey and James Rowland
- Brock Mahon-discus
- Ella King-shot put
- Ayden Eckstein-long jump and high jump
- The girls 4 x 800m relay of Bayleigh Demaree, Caitlin Raver, Jayla Bedel and Kaylynn Bedel
- The girls 4 x 400m relay of Bayleigh Demaree, Maycee Holtkamp, Abby Miller and Addison Luers
- Chris Stenger-100m and 200m dash
- Jayla Bedel and Griffin Koester-1600m run
- Talan Rowlett-400m dash
- Brock Mahon-shot put
- Nora Weideman-long jump
- Caitlin Raver-3200m run
- Abby Miller and Blake Hornberger-400m dash
- Ella King-discus
- Savannah Pohlman-200m dash
- Maggie Jelinek-100m hurdles and 300 hurdles
- James Rowland-100m dash and 200m dash
- Katie Lipps-100m dash
- Kaylynn Bedel-1600m run
- Sam Adams-high jump
- Jayla Bedel and Cash Myers-800m run
- Lexi Harris-3200m run
- Winston Garrett-pole vault
- Isabel Meyer and Max Walters-pole vault
- Levi Essick-300m hurdles
- Maycee Holtkamp-800m run
- Gage Lancaster-high jump
- 100m dash-Abby Miller
- 1600m run-Jake Chapman, Griffin Koester and Jayla Bedel
- 400m dash-Abby Miller, Talan Rowlett, Blake Hornberger
- 300m hurdles-Maggie Jelinek
- 800m run-Jayla Bedel, Isaac Trossman
- 200m dash-Savannah Pohlman
- 3200m run-Caitlin Raver
- Long Jump-Ayden Eckstein
- Shot Put-Brock Mahon and Marc Meneses
- The girls 4 x 100m relay
- The girls 4 x 800m relay
- The 4 x 800m split of Jayla Bedel
- The 4 x 400m split of Abby Miller and Ethan Lacey
The Bulldogs will compete again Thursday when they host the Ripley County Meet. They’ll also honor 21 BHS senior athletes.