Heitkamp wins, girls take third

GREENVILLE, Ohio — A year ago, Trevor Heitkamp was closing the gap on the leader in the final half-mile but finished as the runner-up.

On Saturday, there was no runner who could challenge him.

Heitkamp, a Fort Recovery High School senior, won the boys race at the Treaty City Invitational while the Indians put a pair of girls in the top four of the race at Greenville City Park.

The Indian girls, with senior Natalie Brunswick and freshman Makenna Huelskamp leading the way, were third in the meet for the second consecutive year. Their 111 points trailed only 2022 Division III state runner-up Fort Loramie (39) and Midwest Athletic Conference rival Versailles (90). St. Henry was fourth at 142.

Fort Recovery’s boys scored 324 points for 13th out of 22 teams. They finished between a pair of MAC rivals — 12th-place Coldwater (273) and 14th-place St. Henry (369) — while another Versailles (68) won the event.

Heitkamp, a two-time state qualifier, didn’t allow anyone to have a chance to beat him Saturday. His winning time of 16 minutes, 28.76 seconds, was 14 seconds faster than he ran in the same race last season and 17 seconds better than runner-up Matthew Lee of Ansonia.

While Heitkamp pushed to the top of the boys race, Brunswick finished as the runner-up in the girls competition for the second consecutive season. Her time of 20:17.55 put her 10 seconds behind champion Makenna Long of Northmont.

Ariel Heitkamp of first-place Fort Loramie was next in 20:25.87 before Huelskamp edged Morgan Collins of Tippecanoe at the finish line by 1.04 seconds in 20:41.73.

 Ellie Will, a senior, gave the Indians a third runner in the top 25 as she placed 24th in 22:05.79. Joelle Kaup was 38th in 22:51.7, and Anna Roessner completed the team score in 43rd at 22:59.19.

Sophomore Parker Brunswick followed Heitkamp for the Tribe boys, finishing in 37th place with a time of 19:00.27. Reese Diller, a freshman, made the top 50 in 50th place at 19:19.58, and Evan Evers (114th – 21:34.88) and Milo Fiely (122nd – 21:56.3) rounded out the team score.

Making the top seven for the Indians but not scoring for the team were Jenna Hart (73rd – 24:14.83) and Madison Heitkamp (81st – 24:44.82) for the girls and Russell Hart (131st – 22:34.6) and Aidan Heitkamp (142nd – 25:25.21) for the boys.

Middle school

Fort Recovery’s boys scored 244 points for eighth place out of 14 teams while the girls totaled 247 points for ninth.

Riley Heitkamp had the top finish for the Tribe as she placed 19th in the girls race in 14 minutes, 14.64 seconds. Courtney Klenke (38th – 15:03.28) and Kendall Ranly (44th – 15:17.29) joined her in the top 50. Clair Grube (64th – 16:37.8) and Yoselin Juarez-Gomez (82nd – 18:06.05) rounded out the team score.

Alex Roessner led the Indian boys as he took 13th with a time of 12:30.7. Charlie Stammen was 50th in 14:05.19 followed by Gavin Heitkamp (58th – 14:26.91), Evan Diller (61st – 14:31.42) and Chase Fiely (62nd – 14:32.45.)