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    GROVE CITY, Ohio – University of Rio Grande cross country/track & field head coach Bob Willey has announced the signing of Central Crossing High School's Jessica Reckner for the 2013-14 school year.
    Reckner, a 5-foot-6 distance runner, is a 2012 graduate of CCHS where she ran both cross country and track for head coach Doug Boggs' Comets. Her track & field events included the 400-meter dash, the 800-meter run, the 1600-meter run, 3200-meter run, the 4x800 relay and the 4x1600 relay.

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eight student-athletes representing the University of Rio Grande's track & field program were among those who received Academic All-Mid-South Conference honors from the league, prior to last weekend's championship meet on the campus of the University of the Cumberlands.
    In order to be nominated by an institution, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved at least sophomore academic status.

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    WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – Kim Strunk had one first-place finish and two runner-up showings, while Mary Schramm also had a first-place finish and Kaleb Kimber tallied a pair of second-place performances to lead the University of Rio Grande's track & field teams at the Mid-South Conference Championship, which took place Friday and Saturday on the campus of the University of the Cumberlands.
    Strunk, a senior from Milford, Ohio, won the women's Hammer Throw with a heave of 135-02, while also taking second place in both the Shot Put at 37-10.75 and Discus Throw at 108-07.
    Schramm, a junior from Marietta, Ohio, took the title in the Javelin Throw with a toss of 99-11. She also placed third in the Hammer Throw (126-04), fifth in the Discus Throw (101-06) and sixth in the Shot Put (32-05.00).
    Kimber, a senior from Salisbury, N.C. in his first season with the Rio track team, took second in both the men's High Jump at 6-01.50 and Long Jump at 21-08.75.

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    ATHENS, Ohio – Shardai Morrison-Fountain and Austin Wilson provided the University of Rio Grande track & field teams with their only individual top 10 showings at the All-Ohio Track & Field Championships, Friday and Saturday, at Ohio University.
    The event featured nearly every college and university in the Buckeye State, from NCAA Division I programs to NAIA schools such as Rio.
    Morrison-Fountain, a sophomore from Columbus, Ohio, took ninth place in the women's long jump with a leap of 5.39m, while Wilson – a freshman from Gallipolis, Ohio – was 10th in the men's 100m dash by finishing in a time of 11.48.
 

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    MARIETTA, Ohio – Kaleb Kimber posted a pair of first-place finishes for the University of Rio Grande men, while Mary Schramm recorded a pair of second-place showings for the RedStorm women during Saturday's Don Frail Track & Field Invitational hosted by Marietta College.
    Kimber, a senior from Salisbury, N.C., won the High Jump competition with an effort of 1.83m and took top honors in the Long Jump with a leap of 6.36m.
    Schramm, a junior from Marietta, was the runner-up in both the Discus and Hammer Throw with heaves of 31.68m and 35.98m, respectively. She also placed sixth in the Shot Put with a toss of 10.10m.

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    LUCASVILLE, Ohio – University of Rio Grande track and field head coach Bob Willey has announced the signing of Valley High School's McKenzie Coriell for the 2014 season.
    Coriell, a 5-foot-5 sprinter, was an All-Southeast District honoree and a First Team All-Southern Ohio Conference pick last season for head coach Jason Fell's Indians.