East Central swept both ends of its track and field invitational on Friday evening in St. Leon.
In the girls meet, it was the Trojans 175; Batesville 138; Columbus East 84; Oldenburg Academy 70; Lawrenceburg 57; Greensburg 45, and Franklin County 40.
Batesville’s 4 x 400m relay team finished second but set a new school record of 4:05.17, breaking the mark set in 2023 by over .2 seconds.
Team members are Ava Wade, Maggie Jelinek, Bayleigh Demaree and Abby Miller (pictured).
EC won the boys meet with 164 points, followed by Columbus East with 97; Batesville 95.5; Cincinnati Elder 89.5; Greensburg 50; Franklin County and Oldenburg tied at 42, and Lawrenceburg 39.
The Bulldogs’ 4 x 800m relay came in first and posted a new meet record time of 8:21.42, breaking the old record by .2 second set by Batesville in 2004.
It was also a personal best for the team consisting of Cannon Clark, Cash Myers, James Rowland and Griffin Koester (pictured).
Besides the boys 4 x 800m relay, other BHS champions for the night were:
James Rowland-400m dash (51.18), new personal best
Cannon Clark-800m run (2:05.11)
Griffin Koester-1600m run (4:42.90)
Ava Wade-1600m run (5:21.04)
Maycee Holtkamp-high jump (5-0)
Ella King-shot put (41-6.75)
Runner up finishes for Batesville besides the 4 x 400m relay were:
Bayleigh Demaree-800m run, personal best
Maggie Jelinek-300m hurdles, personal best
Isabel Meyer-pole vault
Ella King-discus
Girls 4 x 800m relay with a personal best performance of Bayleigh Demaree, Jayla Bedel, Caitlin Raver, Ava Wade
Boys 4 x 400m relay of Griffin Koester, Max Walters, Cannon Clark, James Rowland
Girls 4 x 100m relay with a personal best of Maggie Jelinek, Isabel Meyer, Maycee Holtkamp, Abby Miller
3rd places for the night were:
Maggie Jelinek-100m hurdles-seasonal personal best
Max Walters-400m dash-personal best
Levi Essick-1600m run-personal best
Leah Meyer-discus
Winston Garrett-pole vault
4th places were:
Gavin Britch-110m hurdles
Abby Miller-400m dash
Paige Allgeier-800m run, personal best
Jayla Bedel-1600, season best
Caitlin Raver-3200, personal best
5th place finishes were:
Noah Davis-200m dash-personal best
Cameron Kaiser-shot put
Leah Meyer-shot put, personal best
Reillee Adams-pole vault
Boys 4 x 100m relay of Liam Wagner, Tyler Malone, Noah Davis, Zadiin Small
6th place ribbons went to:
Cash Myers-800m run, personal best
Levi Essick-3200m run
Jenna Goldsmith-long jump
7th places were:
Noah Davis-100m dash
Maycee Holtkamp-200m dash, personal best
Reillee Adams-100m hurdles and the 300m hurdles, personal best
Paige Allgeier-high jump
And finishing out the scoring in 8th place:
Zadiin Small-100m dash
Tyler Malone-200m dash-personal best
Lukas Lovins-110m hurdles and 300m hurdles
Kaden Lamping-long jump, tied personal best
Sydney Gilland-long jump
Other personal best performances besides the ones listed above were:
Avi Miller-100m dash and 200m dash
Griffin Koester-long jump
4 x 800m relay splits of Bayleigh Demaree, Caitlin Raver, Cannon Clark, Cash Myers
4 x 400m relay splits of Bayleigh Demaree, Maggie Jelinek, Abby Miller, James Rowland, Max Walters
Batesville will host the Ripley County Meet on Thursday evening starting at 5 p.m. The Bulldogs will also honor and celebrate their seniors that night.