Rammel top county high jumper

COLDWATER, Ohio — Whitley Rammel was a little off in her marquee event.

She was first in her secondary discipline.

Rammel had one victory and took third in another event in helping the Fort Recovery High School girls track team placed fourth in the Mercer County Knights of Columbus Meet on Thursday at Coldwater.

The host Cavaliers scored 152 points for the title, with Marion Local (141) second and Celina (103) third. The Indians had 66 points.

Marion Local claimed the championship in the boys’ meet, scoring 187 points and leaving Celina a distant second with 99 points.

Coldwater (82) was third while Fort Recovery (54) placed fourth.

Rammel, a junior, was the top seed in shot put, but she finished third. In high jump, however, she was the lone competitor to clear 4 feet, 10 inches, to get the championship.

Ellie Will earned a runner-up finish in the 3,200-meter run, while Jenna Hart was sixth in the same event. Natalie Brunswick (1,600 run) and Kierra Wendel (800 run) placed third in their respective events.

Allysen Fullenkamp, Mara Pearson, Marie Nachtscheim and Abbie Francis were fourth in the 4x100 relay, and Megan Diller, Wendel, Francis and Brunswick combined to place fourth in the 4x400 relay.

Owen Moorman and Trevor Heitkamp each had a victory for the Fort Recovery boys. Moorman backed up his top seed in the 200 dash by winning the race in 23.65 seconds. Heitkamp had a time of 10 minutes, 40.79 seconds, for first in the 3,200 run.

Moorman also teamed with Derek Jutte, Reece Guggenbiller and Gavin Thobe to win the 4x200 relay in 1:35:98.

Heitkamp was also fifth in the 1,600 run.

Gavin Thobe was third in high jump and fourth in long jump, and Ross Pearson finished three spots behind Thobe in high jump. Riley Hiser, Moorman, Jutte and Thobe were runner-up in the 4x100 relay.



Middle school

Fort Recovery’s girls scored 35 points for fifth while the boys totaled 10 points and were sixth.

St. Henry totaled 128 points to win the girls meet, with Celina (107.75) second and Coldwater (92.5) third. Marion Local finished with 186 points to win the boys title. Coldwater (114) was runner-up and Celina (96) placed third.

Anna Roessner had the lone win for the Tribe girls, ending the 400 dash in 1 minute, 4.66 seconds. She was also runner-up in the 200 dash.

Kennedy Heitkamp (third – high jump) and Madison Heitkamp (fourth – 1,600 run) also scored points for the Indians.

Parker Brunswick had Tribe boys’ best individual finish, taking second in the 1,600 run.