Story and photo by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Bluffton track and field team fared well at the annual 15-team Ada Invitational on a cool but sunny Saturday at War Memorial Stadium.

Carey captured first in the girls meet with 112.33 points. Spencerville finished second with 102.5, and Van Wert came in third (99). Bluffton came in sixth out of 14 teams with 39.33 points.

The boys meet was won handily by Van Wert with 133 points. Arlington nosed out Bluffton for second, 76 to 75. Kenton and Allen East tied for fourth with 72 points.

Sophomore Ethan Bogart won the 300 hurdles for one of the Pirate firsts. Senior Simon Derstine also captured first in the 800 meters.

Sophomore Brianna Tabler won the girls pole vault to pace the Lady Pirates.

Van Wert also won the last Ada Invite boys crown in 2019, and VW finished second to Spencerville in the girls standings two years ago.

Scoring Bluffton finishes (top 8):
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
1 44.39 Bogart, Ethan 11 Bluffton

Boys 800 Meter Run
1 1:58.44 Derstine, Simon 12 Bluffton

Girls Pole Vault
1 9-00.00 Tabler, Brianna 10 Bluffton

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
2 17.42 8 Bogart, Ethan 11 Bluffton

Boys 1600 Meter Run
2 4:38.05 Antrim, Eden 10 Bluffton

Boys Shot Put
Name Finals Yr School
2 45-2.25 Tabler, Aaron 11 Bluffton

Boys High Jump
4 5-8 Bobblit, Trey 11 Bluffton
5 J5-8 Lovell, Wyatt 10 Bluffton

Girls 400 Meter Dash
6 1:11.12 3 Diller, Allison 10 Bluffton

Boys 3200 Meter Run
8 11:35.96 Conley, Elijah 12 Bluffton

Girls Discus Throw
6 92-10 Ackerman, Cierra 12 Bluffton

Boys Pole Vault
6 10-0 Derstine, Sam 10 Bluffton

Girls High Jump
7 J4-8 Bischoff, Cora 12 Bluffton

Boys Discus Throw
7 115-1 Tabler, Aaron 11 Bluffton

Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
4 9:18.21 5 Bluffton A
1) Armstrong, Landon 10 2) Novak, Landon 10
3) Jordan, Liam 9 4) Good, Brandon 12

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
5 1:55.33 4 Bluffton A
1) Setzer, Olivia 12 2) Eachus, Riley 10
3) Scoles, Sami 10 4) Scoles, Skyler 12

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
6 4:37.06 3 Bluffton A
1) Scoles, Skyler 12 2) Schweingruber, Makayla 10
3) Diller, Allison 10 4) Scoles, Sami 10

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
3 3:39.66 6 Bluffton A
1) Bogart, Ethan 11 2) Antrim, Eden 10
3) Mehaffie, Josh 12 4) Jebson, Nick 12

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
6 11:28.00 Bluffton A
1) Matthews, Clara 12 2) Armstrong, Ella 9
3) Mehaffie, Julia 10 4) Garmatter, Laykin 12

Boys team scores:
1) Van Wert 133
2) Arlington 76
3) Bluffton 75
4) tie Kenton 72
4) tie Allen East 72
6) Carey 47
7) Spencerville 44
8) Hardin Northern 37
9) Upper Scioto Valley 22
10) New Knoxville 20
11) tie Ada 19
11) tie Lima Central Catholic 19
13) Mohawk 17
14) Cory-Rawson 8
15) Fostoria 1

Girls team scores:
1) Carey 112.33 points
2) Spencerville 102.5
3) Van Wert 99
4) Kenton 96
5) New Knoxville 58
6) Bluffton 39.33
7) Ada 36.5
8) Mohawk 32.33
9) Temple Christian 27
10) Fostoria 20
11) LCC 18
12) Hardin Northern 13
13) Arlington 6
14) Allen East 2

Bluffton competes in the NWC meet at perennial power Columbus Grove May 13/15.