Track: Weather plays havoc with South Dearborn Invitational

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).

First place

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)

Ella King – shot put (42-8.5, school record)

Leah Meyer – discus (115-11, personal best).

The girls 4x100 relay team of Maggie Jelinek, Isabel Meyer, Maycee Holtkamp and Abby Millerhad (52.05, season best)

Second place

Maycee Holtkamp – high jump, tying her PR

Abby Miller – 400m dash with a PR run

James Rowland – 400m dash (.04 off his PR)

Top 8 finishers

Maggie Jelinek – 100 hurdles, 3rd

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

Ella King – discus, 4th

Max Walter – 400, 5th with a personal best performance

Griffin Koester – 1600, 5th

Leah Meyer – shot put, 6th

Paige Allgeier – 1600, 7th with a personal best performance

Zadiin Small – pole vault, 8th with a personal best vault

Lukas Lovins – 110 hurdles, 8th

The boys 4x100 relay of Liam Wagner, Tyler Malone, Kaden Lamping and Noah Davis, 8th

Greensburg results

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.

Rushville

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.

Coach Tush noted, “If we want to be better, we need to compete with some of the best. That was the case as we saw Warren Central’s Kamere James bust a 10.9 in the 100 dash, Ryke Meyer a 49.76 in the 400, five boys under 2:00 in the 800 and that was just on the track for the boys. The girls were no different as three girls ran under 57 seconds in the 400, and high jumper Kira Smith won and is ranked No. 1 in the country under 20 years of age.”

The Lions had some season and lifetime bests on Friday: Hudson Schutz in the 800, Zy Adams in the 400, Harper Hoban in the 300 hurdles, and Caleb Wall in the shot put. Zai Pernell and Casey Monroe earned fifth place ribbons to be the highest finishers on the night for the Lions.

The Lady Lions had a small group. Junior Melaney Mahan set a lifetime best in the last event of the night, 2-mile. Kendra Jacobs also had a season best in the 300 hurdlers. Emily Rouse was the highest finisher for the Lady Lions with seventh in the Long Jump.

Rushville results

Casey Monroe – 5th pole vault (10-6)

Kai Pernell – 5th long jump (20-1), 13th in 100 (11.69), 12th in 200 (23.80)

Zy Adams – 16th 400 (55.13)

Keegan Pavey – 21st 400 56.34

Hudson Schutz – 13th 2:11.19

Harper Hoban – 14th 300H 47.10

Cooper Colvin – 15th (113-2), 18th shot (34-10.5)

Preston Mauch – 19th discus (98-10)

Caleb Wall – 19th shot put (26-11.5)

Emily Rouse – 7th long jump (15-2)

Kendra Jacobs – 18th 300h (59.94)

La Denney – 15th 100h (19.75), 17th 300h (58.46)

Lilly Denney – 18th in 800 (2:50.24)

Cameron Ailes – 19th discus (56-5)

Melaney Mahan – 16th in 3200 (13:21.24)

The Lions Pride Kids Clinic starts at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the RCHS track located north of Benjamin Rush Middle School.