North's Bautista wins girls regional; four others reach state

Regional result

North’s Bautista won the girls regional competition, earning the top result among the athletes named in the result. The regional also produced four state qualifiers: South’s Crawn, Miller and Sagarsee, and Northview’s Harms.

The result places athletes from three Vigo County-area schools into the state competition. North is represented by Bautista, South by Crawn, Miller and Sagarsee, and Northview by Harms.

State qualifiers

Bautista’s regional win and the qualifications by Crawn, Miller, Sagarsee and Harms are the central outcomes. The five athletes will move on to the state level after the regional competition.

South has three athletes advancing: Crawn, Miller and Sagarsee. Northview has one state qualifier, Harms. North’s Bautista advances as the regional winner.

The result identifies who qualified but does not include individual marks, times, distances, scores or event names. Those details are not needed to establish the result: Bautista won the regional, and four athletes from South and Northview qualified for state.

What the result means

A regional competition serves as a step before the state competition. For these athletes, the outcome means their seasons continue at the state level.

The advancement list includes five athletes from the three schools. Their qualifications are tied to the regional result: Bautista won for North, while Crawn, Miller and Sagarsee qualified for South and Harms qualified for Northview.

The result also gives each school a state representative or representatives. North has one named qualifier, South has three, and Northview has one.

Next step

The next step for Bautista, Crawn, Miller, Sagarsee and Harms is the state competition. The result does not state the state competition’s date, location, event schedule or the athletes’ individual performances.

The regional outcome remains the confirmed result: North’s Bautista won the girls regional, and South’s Crawn, Miller and Sagarsee and Northview’s Harms also qualified for state.

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