Ben Davis CC

3200 saw both runners advance to Regionals and big time points! Sr F Shumai 2nd! Sr T Hailu 3rd! @BDtrack @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS

800: not result we wanted but valuable points scored. Jr M Owolabi places 5th! Sr F Oluwamuyemi 8th! @BDtrack @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS

2026 Sectional Champs!!! Close competition with Pike, but we were able to pull it out! Great job from all areas scoring points…full team effort! Those that advanced will be at Plainfield next week! @BDtrack @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS

Congrats to the BD Giant trackmen! 2026 IHSAA Sectional Champions!

3200: 2 PRs! Not seeded to place D Osibajo on double places 7th in 11:22 (:45 PR!) Q Martin also doubling runs 13:10 (:12 PR!) @BDtrack @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS

Open 8: No PRs from 4x8 times earlier, BUT both guys competed and ran faster than their previous bests! @BDtrack @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS

Marion County Freshman Meet: ALL 6 distance guys ran massive PRs! We were seeded to NOT score any points and came away with 6! Is that a lot? No, but these freshman are a fun group to be around, super coachable and compete their butts off! @BDtrack @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS

3200 highlights: Sr F Shumai 9:51 (:07 PR!) Jr L Claxon 10:09 (:11 PR)! Soph T Hailu 10:28 (:10 PR!) Soph S Nyambane 11:27 (:40 PR!) @BDtrack @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS

800: Every guy but 1 PRd and he was only :01 off! Biggest highlight was Jr C Jackson and Soph J Ramírez both going sub 3 for the first time! @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS @BDtrack

Last night we hosted a 4 team invite with Columbus North, Mooresville & Cahokia (IL) Despite light rain all 4 teams showed grit and toughness to compete! On the distance side we had 26 athletes compete and 21 ran PRs (80%)!!! @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS @BDtrack

Congrats to 3 of our coaches who competed in the mini (13.1) or 5K today! Hayden Baldwin: 15:47 (5K) PR! Joe Smoker: 1:26.10 (Mini) Laura McMaster: 2:56.11 (Mini) Not just our athletes doing great things! Special things brewing on the Westside! @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS

In 3200, Sr T Hailu is 4th in 9:57.99! Sr F Shumai is 5th in 9:58.28 (:02 PR!) Jr L Claxon is 9th in 10:20.71 (ties PR!) @BDtrack @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS

In 800, Sr A Ibrahim doubles back to be MIC Champ again! His 2nd year in a row as 800 champ in 1:58.62! Sr F Oluwamuyemi places 8th in 2:04.98! Jr S Bitwenge 2:16.53! @GiantAthletics @BDtrack @BenDavisHS

Your Giants are 2026 MIC Champs! Our first since 2014!!! It was a total team effort with at least 1 Giant scoring in every event & several events had multiple scorers! 5 first place finishes! Distance accounted for 40 of team’s 135 points! @BDtrack @GiantAthletics @BenDavisHS