Lady Bulldogs 2nd at Fostoria track

By Site Administrator, Staff Reporter
Published:  Tuesday, May 29, 2007 (1 year, 7 months ago)
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FOSTORIA — The Columbus Grove Lady Bulldogs finished a strong second to the Liberty-Benton Lady Eagles in the Fostoria Division III Regional Track and Field meet at Memorial Stadium Friday evening.
The Lady Eagles scored 67 points to 45 for the Lady Bulldogs.
Columbus Grove’s Bulldogs took fourth in the boys standings with 42 points.
Defending state discus champion, Grove’s Cory Meuleman, edged Norwalk St. Paul’s West Stein to claim the regional title with a toss of 164-6 versus 163-8 for Stein.
“I’m happy to get back to state,” Meuleman stated.
Lady Bulldog Aubrie Stechschulte (16-6 3/4) edged LB’s Paige Vaupel (16-4 3/4) to claim the  long jump.
“I just don’t change what got me here. I keep the system,” she commented.
Stechschulte also qualified as part of the 4×100-meter relay team, which also was comprised of Jamie Scott, Amanda Schroeder and Ella Diller, taking fourth with a time of 51.32.
She did not advance in 100-meter dash (sixth in 12.86) and the pole vault (9-4).
“I had fatigue in the legs,” she explained.
Bulldog Heath Nickles won the pole vault (15-7), which set a new meet mark in that event.
“The warm weather helped a lot,” Nickles related. “I thought I vaulted a lot higher than 15-7. I had to vault five minutes after the 110 high hurdles. I tripped and fell down to one knee at the start and couldn’t catch him (Lucas Horstman of Cory-Rawson, who took fourth — 14.96 — to Nickles’ 15.17). The sun drains you. I’m going to state to compete and not just show up.”
The Lady Bulldogs’ 4×400-meter relay squad, comprised of Jaimie Lewis, Paige Heffner, Diller and Schroeder, almost caught up with Western Reserve’s team, falling by a mere 4:11.11 to 4:11.54.
“We got together to get a school record,” Heffner stated. “We were two seconds off our school record.”
“We can cry tears of happiness, not tears of sadness like we did the last two years,” Lewis noted. “We kept thinking that we had to qualify. Our goal was to break the school record.”
Lady Lancer Katie Honigford took third in the 800-meter run (2:19.17), while Ottoville freshman Molly Maag took fourth (2:20.65).
“I felt really good,” Honigford commented. “I wanted a 1:02. But my goal was to make it down to state. This year was the first time I ran by myself. I ran relays when I went to state before. I’m nervous to go by myself.”
Lancer coach Matt Langdon was happy with his team’s performances.
“Katie got third in the 800, ran her career best and broke the school record,” he commented. “Last year, she finished fifth. She took three or four seconds off her best. This is the first time for Kaleb (Baucom). He’s disappointed. Now he knows what it really feels like to be here. Kylie was in the opposite place this year. She had made it in the mile last year.”
Spencerville’s Anna Raines finished eighth in the discus (115-3).
“I didn’t do well,” Raines said. “I knew I had to relax. I had to do my best.”
Spencerville’s Luke Brenneman noted that it was an honor to be running in the 3,200-meter run.
“It wasnt my greatest time. I’m glad I made it here, one of the best 64 runners in the state,” Brenneman added.
Other regional participants in Friday’s finals included:
Girls 1,600-meter run: Kylie Honigford (Lincolnview), eighth in5:30.57;
Boys 400-meter dash: Brad Bruskooter (Fort Jennings), seventh in 52.74;
Girls 3,200-meter run: Lyndie Brown (Spencerville), sixth in 11:53.78;
Boys 4×400-meter relay: Spencerville (Pete McCollow, Pat Holmes, Matt Hook and Drew Ring), sixth in 3:30.11;
Girls pole vault: Lauren Suever (Spencerville);
Girls discus: Alex Miller (Columbus Grove);
Boys pole vault: Dylan Vogt (Columbus Grove).

Girls Standings: Liberty-Benton 67, Columbus Grove 45, (tie) Seneca East and Western Reserve 39, Carey 38, Mohawk 37, Woodmore 29.5, Bluffton 29, (tie) Wynford and Ottawa Hills 28, Kansas Lakota 23, (tie) Archbold and Pettisville 20, New London 17, St. Mary’s Central Catholic 16, Riverdale 15, (tie) Lincolnview, Old Fort, Edgerton and St. Joseph Central Catholic 13, Patrick Henry 12, Ayersville 11, (tie) McComb and Arlington 10, (tie) Ashland Crestview, Danbury and Elmwood 9, Colonel Crawford 5.5, (tie) Tinora, Ottoville and Hopewell-Loudon 5, (tie) Spencerville, St. Wendelin, Cardinal Stritch and Maumee Country Christian School 4, Edon 3, (tie) Evergreen and Calvert and Gibsonburg 2, (tie) Montpelier, Northwood and Cory Rawson 1.
Boys standings: Liberty-Benton 54, Delta 52, Tinora 47, Columbus Grove 42, St. Mary’s Central Catholic 39, Edgerton 28.75, Hardin Northern 25, Ashland Crestview 22, Toledo Christian 21, Hopewell-Loudon 20, (tie) Kansas Lakota and Patrick Henry 18, Woodmore 16, Van Buren 15.75, Seneca East 15,33, Continental 15, (tie) Bluffton and Margaretta 13, Elmwood 12, Monroeville 12, Buckeye Central 10.33, (tie) Hilltop, Ayersville, Danbury and New London 10, Northwood 8.75, (tie) Norwalk St. Paul and Mohawk 8, Spencerville 7, (tie) Cardinal Stritch and Crestline 6, Leipsic 5.75, Liberty Center 5.33, (tie) Montpelier, Hicksville, Arlington, Gibsonburg, Cory-Rawson and Pettisville 5, (tie) Calvert and Plymouth 4, (tie) Riverdale, Pandora-Gilboa, Maumee Country Day School, Fairview, Old Fort, Western Reserve and Fayette 3, Fort Jennings 2.
(Full individual results in Tuesday’s paper)

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