Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos below by David Dellifield
COLUMBUS - Ada junior Nora Dellifield finished 12th in the pole vault at the Div. III state track and field meet in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Friday at Columbus.
Dellifield cleared 9-6 and 10-0 in the first two rounds Friday. But she came up just short in three attempts to surpass 10-6.
Freshman Kenna Stimmel of Margaretta won the girls pole vault title with a best effort of 13-0.25.
Dellifield is the first Ada girl to ever make it to the state meet in the pole vault. She finished ahead of six competitors in the 18-girl field.
Girls Div. III State Pole Vault Finals:
Place Athlete School Best Height
1st Kenna Stimmel Margaretta 13-0.25
3.96m PPP PPP O O O O O O XO O XX
2nd Morgan England Seneca East 12-06
3rd Selene Weaver Franklin Monroe 12-02
4th Lydia Moell West Liberty-Salem 12-02
5th Alexis Rickenbacher Liberty-Benton 11-06
6th Morgan Iverson Grove City Christian 11-0
7th Andrea Rodeheffer Ft. Loramie 10-06
8th Alexis Pennell East Canton 10-06
9th Maddie Webb Fort Frye 10-0
10th Hannah Grabke Swanton 10-0
10th Caitlin Green Newcomerstown 10-0
12th Nora Dellifield Ada 10-0
3.04m XXO O XXX
13th Acacia May Cuyahoga Heights 10-0
14th Jordan Bucher North Baltimore 10-0
15th Camryn Varner Pleasant 9-06
15th Claire Schweller Paulding 9-06
17th Madison Cox Tri-County North No height XXX
18th Allison Johnson Mount Gilead NH DNS
