Tribe girls finish in 5th

COLDWATER, Ohio - The Fort Recovery High School girls cross country team placed fifth at the Midwest Athletic Conference meet Thursday. The boys team was eighth.

The Tribe girls scored 134 points to finish 10 behind Marion Local. Division III No. 1 Minster won the meet with 30 points ahead of Division II No. 5 Coldwater and Division III No. 2 Versailles.

Fort Recovery's boys scored 221 points, only finishing ahead of Parkway (251). Division III No. 9 Minster won the meet by a single point over St. Henry.

Marissa Brunswick had the top finish for the Indians as she placed 24th in the girls race in 21 minutes, 33.8 seconds. Alexis Sutter and Casey Backs finished back-to-back in 30th and 31st in times of 21:55 and 22 minutes flat respectively.

Nicole Heitkamp crossed the finish line in 22:14 for 31st place and Samantha Tobe finished 39th in 22:26.

Calvin Kaiser's 31st-place effort in 18:32 led the Tribe boys team. Nathan Fullenkamp was 34th in 18:35 ahead of Ryan Heitkamp (46th - 18:52), Marshal Hull (76th - 20:34) and Zach Guggenbiller (85th - 21:29).

Middle school

Only a Minster duo could keep Josh Pohl from victory Thursday as he led the Fort Recovery boys to a runner-up finish. The girls team finished in fourth.

Pohl was one of just four runners to break the 12-minute mark, finishing in 11:28. Minster's Dominic Slonkosky (11:22) and Andrew Fausey (11:24) finished first and second respectively.

Derek Sutter and Joe Gonzalez gave the Indians two more runners in the top 10, placing fifth and 10th respectively with times of 12:02 and 12:38. Grant Hull was 24th in 13:21, and Isaac Keller finished in 13:23 for 25th.

Jessica Vogel's eighth-place effort led the girls team in13:21. Elle Sutter was 13th in 13:34 ahead of Kinsey McEldwoney (14th - 13:36), Cassie Gray (43rd - 15:05) and Sam Kaiser (46th - 15:10).[[In-content Ad]]