By Cort Reynolds
The Bluffton High School boys track and field team finished a strong second in the annual 16-team Ada Invitational meet Saturday at War Memorial Stadium.
Van Wert won the boys team crown over Bluffton, 134 points to 116.5.
Spencerville captured the girls team title with Kenton second, while the Pirate girls finished a solid sixth.
Senior Gavin Bogart won both the 110 high hurdles and 300 hurdles races to help pace the Pirates.
Junior Eden Antrim also crossed the line first in the 1600 meter run. Junior Landon Armstrong won the boys 800 meter run.
Complete results are attached below.
Top Pirate finishers:
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
1 Bogart, Ethan 12 Bluffton 16.35
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
1 Bogart, Ethan 12 Bluffton 41.89
Boys 1600 Meter Run
1 Antrim, Eden 11 Bluffton 4:37.34
Boys 800 Meter Run
1 Armstrong, Landon 11 Bluffton 2:00.74
Boys 3200 Meter Run
2 Nygaard, Erik 11 Bluffton 10:18.03
Boys Shot Put
2 Tabler, Aaron 12 Bluffton 43-10.75
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
2 Bluffton A 3:31.56
1) Bogart, Ethan 12 2) Armstrong, Landon 11
3) Good, Justin 11 4) Antrim, Eden 11
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
2 Bluffton A 10:55.44
1) Armstrong, Ella 10 2) Scoles, Sami 11
3) Eachus, Riley 11 4) Essinger, June 9
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
2 Bluffton A 8:28.35
1) Armstrong, Landon 11 2) Derstine, Sam 11
3) Novak, Landon 11 4) Antrim, Eden 11
Girls 3200 Meter Run
3 Essinger, June 9 Bluffton 12:37.12
Boys Pole Vault
3 Derstine, Sam 11 Bluffton 11-06
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
3 Bluffton A 1:56.95
1) Diller, Allison 11 2) Scoles, Sami 11
3) Scoles, Skyler 12 4) Giesige, Kendal 11
Girls Pole Vault
4 Diller, Allison 11 Bluffton 7-6
Boys Team Scores
1) Van Wert 134 points
2) Bluffton 116.5
3) Allen East 68.5
4) LCC 56
5) Kenton 54
6) Upper Scioto Valley 39.5
7) Carey 39
8) Hardin Northern 37
9) Spencerville 30
10) Ada 26
11) New Knoxville 17
12) Mohawk 14
13) Arlington 12
14) Canterbury 10.5
15) Fostoria 6
16) Cory-Rawson 3
Girls Team Scores
1) Spencerville 111 points
2) Kenton 101
3) Carey 88
4) Van Wert 86.5
5) Canterbury 46
6) Bluffton 38
7) Temple Christian 30
8) Fostoria 26.5
9) New Knoxville 25
10) Ada 21.5
11) Arlington 19
12) LCC 18
13) Mohawk 17.5
14) Allen East 17
15) Cory-Rawson 15
16) Hardin Northern 3
