Batesville High School

It was a perfect morning for a cross country race as Batesville hosted the EIAC (Conference) meet. The Bulldogs took advantage of the great weather and competing on their home course, as they had 8 personal bests, 9 individuals making the All Conference Team by placing in the top 15 of their race, 1 individual conference champion and 1 individual conference runner up. These performances led to the BHS girls coming away with the conference championship and the boys as conference runner up. With 5 girls in the top 10, the Bulldogs beat the field of eight teams with a score of 24 points to Greensburg's 39 points. East Central came in third with 73 points. Jayla Bedel led the field right from the start with her second best time of the season and crossing the finish line with a time of 19:14, which was 45 seconds ahead of the rest of the competition. Coming in second for the team and placing third was Francesca Myers (20:19) with Sydney Gilliand right behind her in fifth place (20:23) and running personal best. Next came the duo of Caitlin Raver (20:43) and Paige Allgeier (20:44-personal best) placing seventh and eighth respectively. Just missing the top 15th spot was Audrey Dieckmann placing 16th (22:03). Finishing the varsity 7 was Aubrey Weberding placing 19th. BOYS FINISH RUNNER-UP AS A TEAM The boys had four individuals earning a spot on the All-Conference Team and earned a second place team finish with a score of 52 points. Greensburg beat the Bulldogs by just six points withg a score of 46 points. East Central came in third with 76 points. Ryan Benz who was conference runner up with a personal best time of 17:16. Then a nice little pack of three Bulldogs came in and earned All Conference honors. The trio was led Levi Essick (17:59), Cael Luhman (18:00) and Duncan Fish (18:10-personal best) placing ninth, 10th and 12th. Brody Gibson was the fifth finisher for Batesville, also running a personal best of 18:33 and placed 19th. Finishing out the varsity seven were Luke Raver (19:13-personal best) in 29th and Timothy Quillin (19:34) in 33rd. Also running personal bests for the meet were Varshath Rajesh and Tripp Hertel.