South Dearborn hosted a 20-team invitational, but the weather turned out to be the key factor. Pop-up showers interrupted the events and eventually, the officials made the decision to cancel the meet after the running of the 300 hurdles.
Five running events and two field events were not completed.
Batesville was having a good with a meet record broken, a school record broken, a tie of a school record, 6 first place finishes and 17 personal best performances. The Lady Bulldogs were well on their way to winning the meet with 102 points to the next team at 59 points (Lawrenceburg).
The boys 4x800 relay team of Cannon Clark, Cash Myers, Ryan Benz and Griffin Koester (8:41.4)
The girls 4x800 relay team of Bayleigh Demaree, Jayla Bedel, Caitlin Raver and Ava Wade (9:56.38, meet record)
Isabel Meyer – polevault (10-0, ties school record)
The girls 4x100 relay team of Maggie Jelinek, Isabel Meyer, Maycee Holtkamp and Abby Millerhad (52.05, season best)
Ava Wade – 1600, 3rd with a personal best performance
Maycee Holtkamp – 400, 3rd with a personal best performance
Reillee Adams – pole vault, 4th with a personal best vault and 6th in 100 hurdles
Max Walter – 400, 5th with a personal best performance
Paige Allgeier – 1600, 7th with a personal best performance
Zadiin Small – pole vault, 8th with a personal best vault
The boys 4x100 relay of Liam Wagner, Tyler Malone, Kaden Lamping and Noah Davis, 8th
The Pirates 4x800 relay team of Luke Dwenger, Braylon Brancamp, Ethan Clifford and Oliver Corya finished ninth in 9:50.80.
Jai Jackson took third in the shot put with a distance of 51-2. Kameron Parkison was eight at 43-10.5. Jackson was also third in the discus with a distance of 156-10.
Luke Stier placed fifth in the high jump at 5-4. Holden Shera finished fourth in the pole vault with a height of 10-0. Wyatt Yake was eighth in the long jump at 17-3.
Ali Wells was the runner-up in the pole vault with a height of 9-9. Jasmin Bailey finished eighth at 7-0.
The Lady Pirates’ 4x800 relay team of Alaina Bedel, Anika Poling, Chloe Davis and Josie Slaven took sixth in 11:27.33.
The Rushville track and field teams competed at Warren Central at the Dennis McNulty Invitational. Only nine boys and six girls qualified to compete among the Class 4A schools like Warren Central, Fishers, Carmel, Center Grove, Floyd Central, Bishop Chatard, Lake Central, Roncalli, Zionsville and Shelbyville.