July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Heitkamp leads record comeback (02/04/06)
Collegiate Check-up
The Capital Crusaders had just suffered their third loss of the season and seemed headed for a fourth. Then a Fort Recovery graduate helped make Division III history.
Capital’s women’s basketball team is ranked 20th in the nation in the NCAA’s Division III, but trailed 23rd-ranked Wilmington 39-11 Wednesday. Then Sara Heitkamp, who graduated from Fort Recovery in 2002, led her team all the way back with 28 points including the game-winning shot with two seconds to go in a 73-71 Crusader win.
The comeback — Capital outscored Wilmington 62-32 over the final 24 minutes — was the largest in Division III history.
Heitkamp scored 12 of her team’s 20 first-half points and continued to carry the team after the break. The Crusaders were still down by five points with 1:16 to go, but the former Indian closed the game with a 7-0 run all by herself for the victory.
She shot 11-of-23 and hit four 3-pointers in raising her season scoring average to 17.9 points per game. She also had five assists, four rebounds and four steals as Capital improved to 17-3.
Heitkamp also had 25 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals in the Crusaders’ 78-68 loss to Otterbein Jan. 28.
Kyle Weaver
Jay County - 2003
He earned one individual victory and was part of another in a relay as the Wabash swim team lost 167-122 to the University of Indianapolis Jan. 28.
Weaver’s victory came in the 50-yard freestyle, where he won by 14 hundredths of a second in a time of 21.93 seconds. He teamed with Michael Hewitt, Blaine Cooper-Surma and Jordan Blackwell for first in the 200 freestyle relay in 1-minute, 29.44 seconds.
He was also second in the 100 butterfly in 53.43, and joined Hewitt, Cooper-Surma and Jordan Extine for a second-place time of 1:39.06 in the 200-yard medley relay.
Andrew Wells
Jay County - 2002
His top individual finish for the Wabash swimmers against U of I was a sixth-place effort in the 1,000 freestyle. He finished in 11:06.77.
Wells was also ninth in the 500 freestyle, reaching the wall in 5:24.05. He teamed with Chris Bly, Zach Manker and Tanner Kinkead for third in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:41.87.
Abby Arnold
Jay County - 2002
She won the 50 freestyle to help the Ball State women’s swim team to a 137-86 win over Butler Jan. 28. She finished in 25.13, more than a second ahead of the Bulldogs’ Katie Krueger.
Arnold was also on first-place teams in relays in victories over Toledo Jan. 27 and IUPUI Wednesday.
She joined Ashley VanOsdol, Michelle Huang and Brittany Sayler to win the 200 freestyle relay against Toledo in 1:37.17, and teamed with Sayler, Addison Del Rio and Erika Paul for first place in the 200 medley relay versus IUPUI with a time of 1:49.41.
Caleb Bye
Jay County - 2003
His top finish was a second place in the Ball State men’s swim team’s 135-82 victory over Butler Jan. 28.
Bye was the runner-up in the one-meter diving event, finishing with 313.65 points. He was fourth in three-meter diving with a score of 326.55.
Dustin Overton
Jay County - 2004
The Ancilla College sophomore was the No. 2 scorer as the Charger men’s basketball team lost 85-73 to Lansing Community College Jan. 28.
Overton scored 16 points, and added four rebounds. He also had nine points and 10 rebounds as the team lost 79-48 to Grand Rapids Wednesday.
Jill Roughia
Jay County - 2005
She turned in the top finish for the Huntington University women’s track team at the University of Findlay Invitational Jan. 27.
Roughia was eighth in the 800-meter run, finishing in 2-minutes, 31.58 seconds. She added a 16th-place effort in the mile in 5:35.22.
Tyler Niekamp
Fort Recovery - 2003
He finished with three points and three rebounds in the Findlay University men’s basketball team’s 82-68 victory over Wayne State Thursday.
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Capital’s women’s basketball team is ranked 20th in the nation in the NCAA’s Division III, but trailed 23rd-ranked Wilmington 39-11 Wednesday. Then Sara Heitkamp, who graduated from Fort Recovery in 2002, led her team all the way back with 28 points including the game-winning shot with two seconds to go in a 73-71 Crusader win.
The comeback — Capital outscored Wilmington 62-32 over the final 24 minutes — was the largest in Division III history.
Heitkamp scored 12 of her team’s 20 first-half points and continued to carry the team after the break. The Crusaders were still down by five points with 1:16 to go, but the former Indian closed the game with a 7-0 run all by herself for the victory.
She shot 11-of-23 and hit four 3-pointers in raising her season scoring average to 17.9 points per game. She also had five assists, four rebounds and four steals as Capital improved to 17-3.
Heitkamp also had 25 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals in the Crusaders’ 78-68 loss to Otterbein Jan. 28.
Kyle Weaver
Jay County - 2003
He earned one individual victory and was part of another in a relay as the Wabash swim team lost 167-122 to the University of Indianapolis Jan. 28.
Weaver’s victory came in the 50-yard freestyle, where he won by 14 hundredths of a second in a time of 21.93 seconds. He teamed with Michael Hewitt, Blaine Cooper-Surma and Jordan Blackwell for first in the 200 freestyle relay in 1-minute, 29.44 seconds.
He was also second in the 100 butterfly in 53.43, and joined Hewitt, Cooper-Surma and Jordan Extine for a second-place time of 1:39.06 in the 200-yard medley relay.
Andrew Wells
Jay County - 2002
His top individual finish for the Wabash swimmers against U of I was a sixth-place effort in the 1,000 freestyle. He finished in 11:06.77.
Wells was also ninth in the 500 freestyle, reaching the wall in 5:24.05. He teamed with Chris Bly, Zach Manker and Tanner Kinkead for third in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:41.87.
Abby Arnold
Jay County - 2002
She won the 50 freestyle to help the Ball State women’s swim team to a 137-86 win over Butler Jan. 28. She finished in 25.13, more than a second ahead of the Bulldogs’ Katie Krueger.
Arnold was also on first-place teams in relays in victories over Toledo Jan. 27 and IUPUI Wednesday.
She joined Ashley VanOsdol, Michelle Huang and Brittany Sayler to win the 200 freestyle relay against Toledo in 1:37.17, and teamed with Sayler, Addison Del Rio and Erika Paul for first place in the 200 medley relay versus IUPUI with a time of 1:49.41.
Caleb Bye
Jay County - 2003
His top finish was a second place in the Ball State men’s swim team’s 135-82 victory over Butler Jan. 28.
Bye was the runner-up in the one-meter diving event, finishing with 313.65 points. He was fourth in three-meter diving with a score of 326.55.
Dustin Overton
Jay County - 2004
The Ancilla College sophomore was the No. 2 scorer as the Charger men’s basketball team lost 85-73 to Lansing Community College Jan. 28.
Overton scored 16 points, and added four rebounds. He also had nine points and 10 rebounds as the team lost 79-48 to Grand Rapids Wednesday.
Jill Roughia
Jay County - 2005
She turned in the top finish for the Huntington University women’s track team at the University of Findlay Invitational Jan. 27.
Roughia was eighth in the 800-meter run, finishing in 2-minutes, 31.58 seconds. She added a 16th-place effort in the mile in 5:35.22.
Tyler Niekamp
Fort Recovery - 2003
He finished with three points and three rebounds in the Findlay University men’s basketball team’s 82-68 victory over Wayne State Thursday.
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