By Eric Maki
Community Post

MINSTER - The Minster Memorial Invitational came to Minster High School Tuesday and despite the cold and wind that set in as the evening wore on, records, one after the other, shattered time and time again.

"The weather was good for a change. It's late, and we knew it was going to be late when it got done. It seemed like everybody did all right. (The teams) got a lot of records here today," Minster boys track head coach Larry Topp said.

New records were set in the girls 4x400 relay, with New Bremen breaking its own record of 4:13.56 from last year and taking it down to 4:12.45; the girls pole vault with Versailles' Amanda Barlage breaking her own 11' record from last year and raising the bar to 11'3"; Coldwater's David Wilker broke the boys 3200 meter record of 10:05.10 and set the new record at 10:03.93; New Bremen and St. Henry boys jointly shattered the boys 4x200 meter relay record of 1:34.85, taking it down to 1:33.92 (NB); Houston's BJ Elliott vaulted six-inches higher than the previous boys pole vault record, which is now set at 14' even; and Minster's own Andrew Meyer broke the records in boys shot put and boys discus.

"The shot and discus was an amazing thing tonight with just over 58 feet and 160 feet in the discus. That was Meyer and he set two meet records," Topp said.

Overall the Minster Lady Wildcats took first place for the girls with 92 points, followed by Versailles with 83 points and Delphos St. John's with 75.5 points.

"This is a pretty good win," Minster girls track head coach Cindy Dircksen said. "Coming back from Milton where we came in second and running Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday - that's four meets in eight, nine days. That's a lot of competition, but it's a very good win for the girls. There's nothing better than winning the Minster Memorial."

St. Henry took the boys division with 117.5 points, followed by New Bremen with 72 points and Minster with 67 points.

"Some good things and some things we need to work on. I thought Bryce Bergman had a nice day in the hurdles and our two sprint relay teams did very well for us. Our 4x4 ran RPR for the year, so real happy for that. This is a big meet with a lot of great competition, so for our boys to finish as runner-ups, we've got to feel good about that. Minster's got a great team, we were lucky enough to get ahead of them tonight. St. Henry has an exceptional team this year. We've just got to keep closing that gap," New Bremen head coach Garry Jones said.

New Knoxville, a late entrant into the tournament, also faired well, taking eighth place in the girls division with 34 points, and 16th place in the boys division without a complete boys team.

"I thought we did pretty good. We basically, we weren't originally in the invitational when it was scheduled on Saturday. But a couple teams dropped out - our girls team got in, but our guys didn't. We were only allowed to submit our guys for events that had opening," New Knoxville coach Nick Wirwille said.

Overall, Minster took first place in the girls 800 meter run, courtesy of Brigitte Sherman; the girls 3200 meter run, courtesy of Bernadette Burke; the girls 4x800 meter relay; girls shot put, courtesy of Becca Steinemann; and boys shot put and discus, courtesy of Andrew Meyer.

New Bremen's 4x400 girls relay team took first place, along with the boys 4x200 meter relay team.

Top Five Results - (R) indicates new record.

Girls 100 Meter Dash
Catie Evers, St. Henry, 13.31
Allison Reindel, St. John, 13.42
Carmen Moorman, St. Henry, 13.62
Olivia Bergman, New Bremen, 13.66
Katie Wirwille, New Knoxville, 13.67

Girls 200 Meter Dash
Catie Evers, St. Henry, 29.59
Carmen Moorman, St. Henry, 27.65
Lindsey Looser, St. John, 27.88
Katie Wirwille, New Knoxville, 27.93
Olivia Bergman, New Bremen, 28.02

Girls 400 Meter Dash
Catie Evers, St. Henry, 58.47 (R)
Carmen Moorman, St. Henry, 60.01
Taylor Jones, New Bremen, 60.09
Ally Puthoff, Fort Loramie, 62.08
Cecilia Slonkosky, Minster, 62.59

Girls 800 Meter Run
Brigitte Sherman, Minster, 2:26.99
Mindy Henry, Versailles, 2:28.49
Roni Homan, Russia, 2:30.46
Nicole Schaefer, Marion Local, 2:30.8
Kara Gasson, Fort Loramie, 2:31.71

Girls 1600 Meter Run
Mary Prakel, Versailles, 5:25.07
Brigitte Sherman, Minster, 5:29.47
Kara Gasson, Fort Loramie, 5:34.61
Jenna Fausey, Minster, 5:36.41
Kayla Francis, Russia, 5:37.91

Girls 3200 Meter Run
Bernadette Burke, Minster, 11:50.73
Lei Bornhorst, Minster, 11:55.48
Erin Cavelage, St. John, 12:06.12
Lyndie Brown, Spencerville, 12:09.55
Paige Hilgefort, Fort Loramie, 12:16.45

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
Marian Bevington, Parkway, 16.29
Victoria Recker, St. John, 17.39
Carla Nietfeld, St. Henry, 17.49
Maria Meyer, Anna, 17.7
Cassie Christman, Anna, 17.92

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
Victoria Recker, St. John, 49.09
Marian Bevington, Parkway, 49.7
Maria Wermert, Coldwater, 50.13
Lauren Seuver, Spencerville, 50.62
Annette Bruns, Marion Local, 50.97

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay
St. John, 52.43
Marion Local, 53.23
Fort Loramie, 53.38
Versailles, 53.93
New Bremen, 53.95

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
St. John, 1:49.25
Fort Loramie, 1:50.94
New Bremen, 1:51.14
New Knoxville, 1:52.25
Minster, 1:53.51

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
New Bremen, 4:12.45 (R)
New Knoxville, 4:14.64
St. Henry, 4:16.26
Minster, 4:17.96
Fort Loramie, 4:20.59

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
Minster, 9:49.27
New Bremen, 9:53.02
Versailles, 9:54.15
Russia, 10:04.30
Marion Local, 10:17.08

Girls High Jump
Laura Gehret, Anna, 5'2"
Megan Fullenkamp, Fort Loramie, 5'
Katie Wellman, Coldwater, 4'10"
Megan Campbell, Versailles, 4'10"
Madison Griesdorn, Russia, 4'10"

Girls Pole Vault
Amanda Barlage, Versailles, 11'3" (R)
Josie Calianone, Versailles, 8'9"
Danielle Platfoot, Coldwater, 8'6"
Emily Rutschilling, New Bremen, 8'3"
Christine Berning, Anna, 8'

Girls Long Jump
Marian Bevington, Parkway, 16'1.5"
Victoria Recker, St. John, 15'8.5"
Taylor Jones, New Bremen 15'.25"
Casey Schmiesing, Minster, 14'11.5"
Kelly Hoehne, Fort Loramie, 14.11.25"

Girls Shot Put
Becca Steinemann, Minster, 36'7.25"
Jessica Poeppelman, Fort Loramie, 36'.75"
Christine Borchers, Versailles, 35'8"
Rachel Miller, St. John, 32'9.5"
Renee Albers, St. Henry, 32'6.5"

Girls Discus Throw
Christine Borchers, Versailles, 120'1"
Natasha Fullenkamp, New Knoxville, 110'8"
Anna Raines, Spencerville, 107'10"
Hanna Stober, Spencerville, 101'7.5"
Becca Steinemann, Minster, 100'8.5"

Boys 100 Meter Dash
Ryan Huwer, St. Henry, 11.66
Andrew Schwartz, Versailles, 11.72
Nick Eilerman, Coldwater, 11.96
Mark Bensman, Anna, 12.01
Collin Etzkorn, St. John, 12.02

Boys 200 Meter Dash
Ryan Huwer, St. Henry, 23.54
Jacob Fox, Parkway, 24.26
Brandon Hughes, Houston, 24.33
Brennon Speckman, New Bremen, 24.43
Tyler Whitford, Minster, 24.61

Boys 400 Meter Dash
Greg Gehret, Marion Local, 51.6
Jeff Kremer, New Bremen, 52.8
Matt Thobe, St. Henry 53.03
Andy Gravunder, Lehman, 53.61
Ethan Boyle, 53.8

Boys 800 Meter Run
Dale Bruns, Marion Local 2:05.33
Ben Francis, Versailles, 2:05.35
Kyle Knapke, New Bremen, 2:07.38
Brian Bruns, Parkway, 2:08.63
Joby Stechschulte, Minster, 2:08.9

Boys 1600 Meter Run
David Wilker, Coldwater, 4:33.95
Tony Reiss, Lehman, 4:37.47
Pat Holmes, Spencerville, 4:42.37
Doug Ranly, St. Henry, 4:43.93
Dusty Kuess, Coldwater, 4:44.28

Boys 3200 Meter Run
David Wilker, Coldwater, 10:03.93 (R)
Tony Reiss, Lehman, 10:22.48
Kregg Olding, Minster, 10:25.27
Doug Ranly, St. Henry, 10:25.6
Dusty Kuess, Coldwater, 10:27.05

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
Jacob Fox, Parkway, 15.18
Bryce Bergman, New Bremen, 15.50
Patrick Reichert, St. Henry, 15.98
Justin Schulze, Versailles, 16.4
Drew Ring, Spencerville, 16.43

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
Jacob Fox, Parkway, 40.84
Bryce Bergman, New Bremen, 40.86
Pat Burke, Minster, 42.54
Justin Schulze, Versailles, 43.11
Matt Springer, Anna, 43.71

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
Anna, 44.96
New Bremen, 45.03
St. Henry, 45.6
St. John, 45.61
Coldwater, 46.01

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
New Bremen, 1:33.92 (R)
St. Henry, 1:34.75 (R)
Anna, 1:36.75
Versailles, 1:36.89
Russia, 1:37.76

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
Marion Local, 3:33.56
St. Henry, 3:34.99
New Bremen, 3:35.66
Spencerville, 3:39.99
Anna, 3:40.2

Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
Coldwater, 8:24.36
Lehman, 8:25.91
Marion Local, 8:27.23
Minster, 8:33.7
Spencerville, 8:46.43

Boys High Jump
Brandon Hughes, Houston, 6'3"
Brian Schwieterman, Versailles, 5'11"
Tony Stahl, St. Henry, 5'11"
Scott Schnelle, New Bremen, 5'9"
Rob Miller, St. Henry, 5'9"

Boys Pole Vault
BJ Elliott, Houston, 14" (R)
Tyler Anderson, Houston, 12'9"
Pete McCollow, Spencerville, 12'6"
Jay Leininger, St. John, 12'3"
Jeff Moeller, Marion Local, 12'3"

Boys Long Jump
Patrick Reichert, St. Henry, 21'6.75"
Jacob Fox, Parkway, 20'3.5"
Andrew Schwartz, Versailles, 20'1.5'
Bryant Bensman, Anna, 19'10.25"
Josh Fisher, Parkway, 19'8.75"

Boys Shot Put
Andrew Meyer, Minster, 58'5" (R)
Kyle Buening, Coldwater, 47'1"
Jake Phlipot, Minster, 46'10"
Cory Borgerding, St. Henry, 46'6.5"
Mark Thobe, St. Henry, 43'8"

Boys Discus Throw
Andrew Meyer, Minster, 163'6" (R)
Cory Borgerding, St. Henry, 137'6"
Xavier Counts, Botkins, 134'2"
Nathan Brandewie, Fort Loramie, 132'4"
Mark Thobe, St. Henry, 125'6"

Girls Overall
Minster, 92
Versailles, 83
St. John, 75.5
St. Henry, 71
Fort Loramie 70

Boys Overall
St. Henry, 117.5
New Bremen, 72
Minster, 67
Coldwater, 66
Versailles, 49