Bedel qualifies for IHSAA State Finals in cross country
By Bryan Helvie | Oct 25, 2026 9:46 AM
Junior Jayla Bedel punched her ticket to the IHSAA State Meet next weekend with her 25th place and PR finish of 18:57 at the Franklin Regional in Columbus. It was a beautiful morning and the Batesville runners took advantage of it. Overall, it was a pretty good meet for the Bulldogs with six personal bests and five posting their second best time of the season. The girls finished a very respectable 11th place from the 25 team Regionals and 239 runners overall. Besides Bedel, the other BHS runners competing were: Francesca Myers-43rd, 19:39...personal best performance Caitlin Raver-83rd, 20:36...2nd best time Sydney Gilland-91st, 20:44...4th best time Paige Allgeier-97th, 20:49...2nd best time Audrey Dieckmann-139th, 21:43...personal best performance Aubrey Weberding-149th, 21:55...personal best performance With some really tough competition of 25 teams and 245 runners, the boys finished in 24th place. Leading the way for the Bulldogs were Ryan Benz (117th, 17:27) and Cael Luhman (120th, 17:27) with nearly identical times, but a few places separating them. Other boys competing for the day were: Duncan Fish-173rd, 18:08...personal best performance Brody Gibson-209th, 18:47...3rd best time Luke Raver-220th, 19:18...2nd best time Timothy Quillin-223rd, 19:21...2nd best time Levi Essick-224th, 19:22