Photos and story by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Bluffton boys handily won a triangular track and field meet with host Ada and Ft. Jennings Tuesday evening at warm and windy War Memorial Stadium.
Bluffton won the boys meet easily with 104.5 points. Ada was a distant second with 36, followed by FJ in third at 28.5.
Ada captured first in the girls meet with 73.5 points. Bluffton was second (57.5) and Ft. Jennings came in third (39).
Pirates Brien Basinger (long jump, 100 meters) and Clara Matthews (800, 1600 runs) each won two events to pace Bluffton.
Scoring Bluffton finishes (top 4):
Event, Place, Time/Distance, Athlete
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
1 45.55 Bogart, Ethan Bluffton
Girls 1600 Meter Run
1 6:09.94 Mathews, Clara Bluffton
3 6:35.12 Armstrong, Ella Bluffton
4 6:55.10 Painter, Amairi Bluffton
Girls 800 Meter Run
1 2:49.95 Mathews, Clara Bluffton
4 3:07.64 Parker, Olivia Bluffton
Girls High Jump
1 4-06 Bischoff, Cora Bluffton
2 4-04 Lewandowski, Pearl Bluffton
Girls Pole Vault
1 9-09 Taber, Brianna Bluffton
2 8-06 Diller, Allison Bluffton
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
1 17.58 Bogart, Ethan Bluffton
Boys Discus Throw
1 121-1 Tabler, Aaron Bluffton
3 97-10 Mays, Zander Bluffton
4 92-3 Greer, Riley Bluffton
Girls Discus Throw
2 91-8 Ackerman, Cierra Bluffton
4 79-10 Wright, Elizabeth Bluffton
Boys 400 Meter Dash
1 54.41 Antrim, Eden Bluffton
Boys Shot Put
1 44-11 Tabler, Aaron Bluffton
2 40-1 Luginbuhl, Xavier Bluffton
Boys Long Jump
1 17-04.5 Basinger, Brien Bluffton
2 15-07 Lovell, Wyatt Bluffton
Boys 100 Meter Dash
1 12.24 5 Basinger, Brien Bluffton
2 12.26 3 Lemley, Eli Bluffton
3 12.49 2 Hohenbrink, Levi Bluffton
Boys Pole Vault
1 9-06 Derstine, Sam Bluffton
2 8-06 Jordan, Liam Bluffton
Boys 200 Meter Dash
1 24.10 Schriner, Jonathon Bluffton
3 25.20 Antrim, Eden Bluffton
Boys 3200 Meter Run
2 14:35.00 Jebson, Nick Bluffton
3 14:36.49 Schaadt, Nate Bluffton
Boys 1600 Meter Run
1 4:53.08 Nygaard, Eric Bluffton
2 4:53.88 Armstrong, Landon Bluffton
3 5:24.50 Novak, Landon Bluffton
4 5:29.60 Evans, Gideon Bluffton
Boys High Jump
1 5-08 Lovell, Wyatt Bluffton
2 5-06 Bobblit, Trey Bluffton
Girls 100 Meter Dash
2 14.51 Scoles, Skyler Bluffton
Girls 200 Meter Dash
4 36.00 Nieman, Macie Bluffton
Girls 3200 Meter Run
2 15:58.19 Mathews, Clara Bluffton
3 15:58.36 Armstrong, Ella Bluffton
Boys 800 Meter Run
3 2:30.50 Diller, Ayden Bluffton
Girls 400 Meter Dash
4 1:18.13 Mathews, Clara Bluffton
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
3 20.03 Schweingruber, Makayla Bluffton
Girls 4x100 Meter Relay
3 1:04.01 Bluffton A
1) Setzer, Olivia 2) Nieman, Macie
3) Klinger, Leah 4) Bourassa, Andrea
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
2 1:57.03 Bluffton A
1) Setzer, Olivia 2) Eachus, Riley
3) Scoles, Sami 4) Scoles, Skyler
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
2 4:31.31 Bluffton A
1) Scoles, Skyler 2) Schweingruber, Makayla
3) Diller, Allison 4) Scoles, Sami
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
1 48.17 Bluffton A
1) Lemley, Eli 2) Schaadt, Nate
3) Hohenbrink, Levi 4) Bassinger, Brien
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
1 1:42.02 Bluffton A
1) Jebson, Nick 2) Schaadt, Nate
3) Hohenbrink, Levi 4) Lemley, Eli
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
1 3:50.90 Bluffton A
1) Schriner, Jonathon 2) Bogart, Ethan
3) Armstrong, Landon 4) Jebson, Nick
Boys team scores:
1) Bluffton 104.5 points
2) Ada 36
3) Ft. Jennings 28.5
Girls team scores:
1) Ada 73.5 points
2) Bluffton 57.5
3) Ft. Jennings 39
Bluffton track competes at the Liberty-Benton Invitational Saturday, May 1.