The Bluffton cross country teams competed at the Columbus Grove Invitational Saturday morning, September 4.
BOYS COMPETITION
Botkins won the boys 18-team Red Division team title with 48 points. Lincolnview was second (69), followed by Bluffton in a solid third-place showing (155).
Junior Landon Armstrong posted the top Pirate finish. He came in fifth among 104 runners in 17 minutes.
Bluffton junior Sam Derstine finished 25th, and senior Trey Boblitt ended up 30th. Rounding out the Pirate scorers were Jonah Rehm (44th) and John Yoder (51st).
Pirate runner Place Time
Landon Armstrong 5th 17:00.670
Sam Derstine 25th 18:29.479
Trey Boblitt 30th 18:42.271
Jonah Rehm 44th 19:22.894
John Yoder 51st 19:55.366
Isaiah Conley 55th 20:07.920
Red Division Team Results
(Place, points, school)
1) 48 BOTKINS
2) 69 LINCOLNVIEW
3) 155 BLUFFTON
4) 166 VAN BUREN
5) 169 CAREY
6) 181 AYERSVILLE
7) 192 FAYETTE
8) 203 KALIDA
9) 221 HICKSVILLE
10) 224 CRESTVIEW
11) 278 ANTWERP
12) 303 OTTOVILLE
13) 307 SPENCERVILLE
14) 313 EDGERTON
GIRLS COMPETITION
Botkins also won the girls team crown with 29 points. Bluffton finished fifth (126) out of 15 teams represented. Eight schools did not have enough runners for a team score.
Pirate freshman June Essinger finished eighth in the 80-runner girls field with a time of 21:13.95 to lead the Bluffton girls.
Pirate runner Place Year Time
June Essinger 8 9 21:13.950
Makay Tuttle 31 9 23:24.748
Amairi Painter 32 10 23:43.037
Faith Combs 47 9 24:35.383
Kaelin Weissling 48 10 24:35.631
Greta Kauffman 78 9 32:14.283
Girls Red Division Team Results
(Place, points, school)
1) 29 BOTKINS
2) 59 VAN BUREN
3) 75 EDGERTON
4) 103 LINCOLNVIEW
5) 126 BLUFFTON
6) 143 COLUMBUS GROVE
7) 148 ANTWERP
