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Versailles places 2nd to Gates Mills Gilmour Academy in D-III girls team race
Trailing 63-61 entering the final event, Versailles needed to beat leader Gates Mills Gilmour Academy by at least two places in the 1,600-meter relay to win the girls state Division III track and field title Saturday at OSU’s Jesse Owens Stadium.
The Tigers could use a do-over.
Leading the race through two legs, Versailles swapped the lead with Gilmour, faded to fourth, then to last when anchor Mindy Henry dropped the baton on the final curve. She quickly recovered and pushed hard to gain an additional point at the tape.
Gilmour had a state-best 73 points, the most for a small-school girls team since Minster put up 75.33 in 1979.
Versailles finished with 62 points, which would have been enough to win a small-school girls crown from 1985-2007. This is the highest any Tigers girls team has ever placed in the state. The ‘07 team was third.
“This is great,” Versailles coach Mike Goubeaux said.
“This is the end of a dream season.”
Versailles led by six points going into Saturday’s finals, amassing 24 points after wins by its 3,200 relay and Christine Borchers in the shot put. Borchers also was fifth in the discus.
The Tigers didn’t win again, but there were plenty of great efforts. Freshman Tammy Berger and senior Mary Prakel were 2-3 in the 3,200. That was after they placed 3-4 in the same order in the 1,600. Henry added a third in the 800.
It’s the fourth D-III state title for Gilmour in the last five years. In ‘08 the Lancers were runners-up.
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