July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Imel wins three again in Jay Co. victory (04/20/04)
JCHS/FRHS track
Imel wins three again in Jay Co. victory (04/20/04)
PORTLAND — Just call Paul Imel “Mr. Consistency.”
Imel, Jay County’s senior sprinter, has been perfect this season. He won all three of his individual events for the fourth time Monday, leading the Patriot boys track team to victory in a triangular meet with the Mississinewa Indians and the Fort Recovery Indians.
Jay County finished with 70 points, just ahead of Mississinewa’s 65. Fort Recovery, which did not win an event, scored 21 points.
The Tribe had better results on the girls side, winning five individual events to Jay County’s four. But, the Patriots took all three relays and used its considerable depth advantage to outdistance Fort Recovery 82-44.
Mississinewa was third in the girls competition with 29 points.
Imel, who has now won all of the 12 individual events he has competed in this year, started his day Monday with a win in the 100-meter dash. He was in the lead all the way, outrunning Travis Davis of Mississinewa by nearly a second in 10.72 seconds.
He went on to take the 200-meter dash in 23.48, and the 400-meter dash in 52.72.
He will try to keep his record perfect when the boys team competes at the Muncie Relays Saturday at 11 a.m.
“He’s a leader by example,” said Jay County boys coach Greg Garringer. “He gets out here first, and he does the extra stuff (to get better).
“It’s the story of our season. Sprints and field events are carrying us right now.”
While Imel swept the sprints by himself, four different athletes posted field-event wins for the Patriots.
David Stith was first in the discus, finishing ahead of teammate Joseph Vormohr at 144 feet, 11 inches. The pair swapped spots in the shot put, with Vormohr earning the win at 46 feet, eight inches.
Kyle Carpenter led a one-two-three high jump finish for Jay County at 5 feet, 10 inches. Adam Grile matched the height to take second, and Mark Kelly was third at five feet, eight inches.
Lucas McBride took the long jump by six inches over James Reed of Mississinewa at 18 feet, 111/4 inches.
Grile also picked up a big win in the 300-meter hurdles. Running second for much of the race, he blasted past Mississinewa’s James Reed for the victory in the final 20 yards as Reed pulled up with a hamstring injury.
Garringer also said he thought he got some big second- and third-place efforts. Adam May was second in the 800-meter run in 2-minutes, 18.71 seconds, and Cory Mock had a personal-best time for third in the 1,600-meter run in 5:29.97.
“In order for us to be able to beat people, we have to get our times down in the distance and relays,” said Garringer. “We had some guys step up tonight and give us some points. I think that was the difference.”
Fort Recovery managed just three second-place finishes in the boys competition.
Jason Groff surged well ahead on the third lap, but ran out of gas in the final 100 meters of the race and was second in the 1,600-meter run in 5:14.56. John Vagedes was second to Imel in the 200-meter dash in 24.47, and Tom Roessner was second in the 110-meter hurdles behind Wade Heiny of Misissinewa in 16.86.
“I think the team effort was good here,” said Fort Recovery assistant coach Zeb Sutton. “I think we did pretty well. I was happy with the effort.”
Fort Recovery’s girls team did put up some excellent performances, but the nine-member squad simply could not keep up with a Jay County team which was twice its size.
Kristi Westgerdes and Holly Stein each grabbed a pair of individual wins for the Indians, while Alyssa Johnson posted two for the Patriots.
Westgerdes controlled the sprints, taking the 100-meter dash by half a second over Jay County’s Nicole Pfeifer in 13.05. She edged Morgan Rose of Mississinewa by 0.17 seconds in the 200-meter relay in 27.49.
No one was close to Stein in the two throwing events.
She tossed eight feet further than anyone else in the discus with a throw of 98 feet, eight inches. She was four feet better than the field in the shot put at 31 feet, nine inches.
“Obviously Holly and Kristi did pretty well,” said Sutton. “They were each in four events today and worked hard.”
Vicki Roessner added the other Tribe victory in the 300-meter hurdles. She rolled to the win by more than 3.5 seconds in 52.11.
Roessner and Julie Link also powered a huge comeback in the 4x400-meter relay. Both Indian teams were well behind Jay County, and Fort Recovery was in a huge deficit behind Mississinewa as well.
But, Roessner sliced away at least half of the about 60-meter gap on her leg, and Link finished off the comeback to give the Tribe a second-place finish in the final event.
Johnson took her pair of victories for the Patriots as she led more long-distance dominance.
The sophomore crushed the competition by nearly two minutes in the 3,200-meter run in 12:21. Fellow Patriot Vanessa Wilkins was second in 14:15.9.
Johnson owned the 1,600-meter run by nearly 30 seconds in 5:46.92, with senior Nicole VanSkyock second in 6:14.29 and freshman Jessica Mosier third in 6:24.83.
The 1,600-meter trio teamed with Jill Roughia to take first in the 4x800-meter relay as well.
“Right now what’s held us together has been our distance,” said Jay County girls coach Tyler Caldwell. “Those are huge points. We would be in a lot of trouble without them.”
But, Caldwell added he has seen some other big efforts, especially from the pair of athletes who took the other two Jay County wins Monday.
Roughia led a sweep of the 800-meter relay, finishing first in 2:42.49. Mosier was second, Rose Weaver took third, and Kesha Gerber placed fourth.
Jessica Heitkamp grabbed the fourth victory, winning the 400-meter dash in 1:03.04. Roughia finished second in the race.
Heitkamp and Roughia also teamed with Rose Weaver and Nicole Pfeifer to win in the 4x400-meter relay.
Pfeifer, Kristen Whitenack, Shannon O’Dell and Andrea Collins managed a win in the 4x100-meter relay in 56.35.
“We had some kids step up tonight,” said Caldwell. “In the last couple nights kids like Jessica Heitkamp and Jill Roughia have stepped up so big. They’re working so hard and their times are showing the improvement.
“We’re young, but we’re going in the right direction. This early in the season that’s good to see.”[[In-content Ad]]
Imel, Jay County’s senior sprinter, has been perfect this season. He won all three of his individual events for the fourth time Monday, leading the Patriot boys track team to victory in a triangular meet with the Mississinewa Indians and the Fort Recovery Indians.
Jay County finished with 70 points, just ahead of Mississinewa’s 65. Fort Recovery, which did not win an event, scored 21 points.
The Tribe had better results on the girls side, winning five individual events to Jay County’s four. But, the Patriots took all three relays and used its considerable depth advantage to outdistance Fort Recovery 82-44.
Mississinewa was third in the girls competition with 29 points.
Imel, who has now won all of the 12 individual events he has competed in this year, started his day Monday with a win in the 100-meter dash. He was in the lead all the way, outrunning Travis Davis of Mississinewa by nearly a second in 10.72 seconds.
He went on to take the 200-meter dash in 23.48, and the 400-meter dash in 52.72.
He will try to keep his record perfect when the boys team competes at the Muncie Relays Saturday at 11 a.m.
“He’s a leader by example,” said Jay County boys coach Greg Garringer. “He gets out here first, and he does the extra stuff (to get better).
“It’s the story of our season. Sprints and field events are carrying us right now.”
While Imel swept the sprints by himself, four different athletes posted field-event wins for the Patriots.
David Stith was first in the discus, finishing ahead of teammate Joseph Vormohr at 144 feet, 11 inches. The pair swapped spots in the shot put, with Vormohr earning the win at 46 feet, eight inches.
Kyle Carpenter led a one-two-three high jump finish for Jay County at 5 feet, 10 inches. Adam Grile matched the height to take second, and Mark Kelly was third at five feet, eight inches.
Lucas McBride took the long jump by six inches over James Reed of Mississinewa at 18 feet, 111/4 inches.
Grile also picked up a big win in the 300-meter hurdles. Running second for much of the race, he blasted past Mississinewa’s James Reed for the victory in the final 20 yards as Reed pulled up with a hamstring injury.
Garringer also said he thought he got some big second- and third-place efforts. Adam May was second in the 800-meter run in 2-minutes, 18.71 seconds, and Cory Mock had a personal-best time for third in the 1,600-meter run in 5:29.97.
“In order for us to be able to beat people, we have to get our times down in the distance and relays,” said Garringer. “We had some guys step up tonight and give us some points. I think that was the difference.”
Fort Recovery managed just three second-place finishes in the boys competition.
Jason Groff surged well ahead on the third lap, but ran out of gas in the final 100 meters of the race and was second in the 1,600-meter run in 5:14.56. John Vagedes was second to Imel in the 200-meter dash in 24.47, and Tom Roessner was second in the 110-meter hurdles behind Wade Heiny of Misissinewa in 16.86.
“I think the team effort was good here,” said Fort Recovery assistant coach Zeb Sutton. “I think we did pretty well. I was happy with the effort.”
Fort Recovery’s girls team did put up some excellent performances, but the nine-member squad simply could not keep up with a Jay County team which was twice its size.
Kristi Westgerdes and Holly Stein each grabbed a pair of individual wins for the Indians, while Alyssa Johnson posted two for the Patriots.
Westgerdes controlled the sprints, taking the 100-meter dash by half a second over Jay County’s Nicole Pfeifer in 13.05. She edged Morgan Rose of Mississinewa by 0.17 seconds in the 200-meter relay in 27.49.
No one was close to Stein in the two throwing events.
She tossed eight feet further than anyone else in the discus with a throw of 98 feet, eight inches. She was four feet better than the field in the shot put at 31 feet, nine inches.
“Obviously Holly and Kristi did pretty well,” said Sutton. “They were each in four events today and worked hard.”
Vicki Roessner added the other Tribe victory in the 300-meter hurdles. She rolled to the win by more than 3.5 seconds in 52.11.
Roessner and Julie Link also powered a huge comeback in the 4x400-meter relay. Both Indian teams were well behind Jay County, and Fort Recovery was in a huge deficit behind Mississinewa as well.
But, Roessner sliced away at least half of the about 60-meter gap on her leg, and Link finished off the comeback to give the Tribe a second-place finish in the final event.
Johnson took her pair of victories for the Patriots as she led more long-distance dominance.
The sophomore crushed the competition by nearly two minutes in the 3,200-meter run in 12:21. Fellow Patriot Vanessa Wilkins was second in 14:15.9.
Johnson owned the 1,600-meter run by nearly 30 seconds in 5:46.92, with senior Nicole VanSkyock second in 6:14.29 and freshman Jessica Mosier third in 6:24.83.
The 1,600-meter trio teamed with Jill Roughia to take first in the 4x800-meter relay as well.
“Right now what’s held us together has been our distance,” said Jay County girls coach Tyler Caldwell. “Those are huge points. We would be in a lot of trouble without them.”
But, Caldwell added he has seen some other big efforts, especially from the pair of athletes who took the other two Jay County wins Monday.
Roughia led a sweep of the 800-meter relay, finishing first in 2:42.49. Mosier was second, Rose Weaver took third, and Kesha Gerber placed fourth.
Jessica Heitkamp grabbed the fourth victory, winning the 400-meter dash in 1:03.04. Roughia finished second in the race.
Heitkamp and Roughia also teamed with Rose Weaver and Nicole Pfeifer to win in the 4x400-meter relay.
Pfeifer, Kristen Whitenack, Shannon O’Dell and Andrea Collins managed a win in the 4x100-meter relay in 56.35.
“We had some kids step up tonight,” said Caldwell. “In the last couple nights kids like Jessica Heitkamp and Jill Roughia have stepped up so big. They’re working so hard and their times are showing the improvement.
“We’re young, but we’re going in the right direction. This early in the season that’s good to see.”[[In-content Ad]]
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