Batesville Shines at Hoosier State Relays

Several local schools were represented at the indoor event on Saturday.

Pictured: Ella King (left), Megan Allgeier, Bayleigh Demaree, Katherine Lipps, Kaylie Raver (top),Megan Allgeier, Bayleigh Demaree, Kaylie Raver, Kaylynn Bedel (bottom), Ayden Eckstein (right). Photos provided.

INDIANAPOLIS - Seven southeastern Indiana high schools had representation at the Hoosier State Relays.

The indoor track and field competition was held on Saturday at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Every event was filled with 24 competitors or relay teams with over 70 schools represented in the Small School Division (1A-3A).

Batesville, Franklin County, Lawrenceburg, Milan, South Dearborn and South Ripley competed in the Small School Division, while East Central was among the teams in the Large School Division.

Batesville had the most team success finishing 9th overall out of 45 scoring teams in the girls division, while the Batesville boys placed 30th.

See a list of top performers below. For full results, visit https://live.pttiming.com/?mid=7095.

GIRLS

Emma Rosenberger (FC): 8th place in Pole Vault (9-0)
Alexa Yeomans (SR): 5th in 60m Hurdles (9.33)
Ella King (BV): 4th in Shot Put (37-09.50)
Ava Merkel (LB): 19th in 60m (8.30)
Ava Merkel, Morgan Manford, Aubree Labazzo, Malena Foster (LB): 14th in 4x200 (1:52.23)
Megan Allgeier, Bayleigh Demaree, Kaylie Raver, Kaylynn Bedel (BV): 6th in Distance Medley (13:13.07)
Ella Flannery, Esther George, Taylan Brewer, Mackenzie Brzezinski (FC): 16th in 4x400 (4:24.99)
Megan Allgeier, Bayleigh Demaree, Katherine Lipps, Kaylie Raver (BV): 19th in 4x400 (4:26.82)
Jena Weiler (EC): 19th in 3200m (11:32.84)
 

BOYS

Hudson Kohlman (BV): 11th in Pole Vault (13-0)
Ayden Eckstein (BV): 9th in Long Jump (20-04) / 3rd in High Jump (6-4.00)
Crue Gilmour (LB): 13th in Long Jump (19-10.25)
Blake Pruss (SD): 17th in Shot Put (45-01.25)
Lance Fields (FC): 19th in Shot Put (44-03)
Ryan Hinthorne (LB): 8th in 60m Hurdles (8.77)
Lucas Cooney (Milan): 19th in 3200m (10:09.71)
Ayden Potts (Milan): 23rd in 3200m (10:23.38)
Owen Harvey, James Rowland, Brandon Willis, Keegan Clark (FC): 22nd in 4x200 (1:39.31)
Lucas Cooney, Gabe Riehle, Ben Riehle, Ayden Potts (Milan): 11th in Distance Medley (10:58.91)
Gage Pohlman, Cannon Clark, Deev Ranka, Blake Hornberger (BV): 11th in 4x400 (3:35.63)
James Rowland, Keegan Clark, Joey Meyer, Brandon Willis (FC): 22nd in 4x400 (3:42.18)
Will Kemper (EC): 15th in Shot Put (49-00.25)

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