By Cort Reynolds
The Bluffton boys track and field team finished a strong second in the Div. III region 10 meet Wednesday and Friday at Port Clinton.
Several Pirates also qualified for the state meet June 3-4 in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at Ohio State University in Columbus. Top four regional finishers qualified for the state event.
BOYS RESULTS
Bluffton junior Landon Armstrong won the 800-meter run, while classmate Eden Antrim took first in the boys 1600 meters.
The Bluffton 4x400 relay foursome came in first as well Friday after taking third in the preliminary heats Wednesday.
Ethan Bogart crossed the line second in the 300 hurdles. Junior Bri Taber finished second in the girls pole vault.
Senior Trey Boblitt also finished second in the high jump, while teammate Wyatt Lovell came in sixth.
The Pirate 4x800 relay quartet finished second.
Erik Nygaard took fourth in the 3200 meters, while Haydon Dearth ended up fourth in the long jump.
GIRLS RESULTS
Pirate freshman June Essinger finished seventh in the 1600 meters. She also ran the first leg for the Pirate sixth-place 4x800 relay girls quartet.
TEAM RESULTS
Columbus Grove won the boys team title with 83 points, followed by Bluffton in second (68.5).
Colonel Crawford captured the girls regional championship with 84 points, followed by Margaretta (68). The Pirate girls tied Riverdale for 16th place with 13 points.
STATE MEET
Div. III track events start at 9:30 a.m. with the 4x800 relay race finals in Columbus on Friday, June 3.
The state schedule of events can be found here: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/Sports/Track-Field/2022/202...
BLUFFTON REGIONAL MEET FINISHES
BOYS 800 METER RUN FINALS
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT
1 Landon Armstrong 11 Bluffton 1:56.07
BOYS 1600 METER RUN FINALS
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT
1 Eden Antrim 11 Bluffton 4:24.14
BOYS 4X400 METER RELAY FINALS
PLACE TEAM RESULT
1 Bluffton 3:26.54
1) Ethan Bogart 12 2) Landon Armstrong 11
3) Justin Good 11 4) Eden Antrim 11
BOYS 4X400 METER RELAY Prelims
PLACE TEAM TIME
1 Columbus Grove 3:30.50
3 Bluffton 3:30.51
BOYS 300 METER HURDLES 36" FINALS
1 Kellen Schlagbaum 11 Ottoville 39.61
2 Ethan Bogart 12 Bluffton 39.83
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 36" Preliminaries
1 Ethan Bogart 12 Bluffton 39.60Q
GIRLS POLE VAULT FINALS
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT
1 Kenna Stimmel 12 Margaretta 14-0
2 Bri Taber 11 Bluffton 11-0
BOYS HIGH JUMP FINALS
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT
1 Teddy Perozek Ottawa Hills 6-4
2 Trey Boblitt Bluffton 6-3
3 Evan Kreais Hopewell-Loudon 6-2
4 David Parcher Maumee Valley C.D. 6-1
5 Gavin Bailey Archbold 6-1
6 Wyatt Lovell Bluffton 6-0
BOYS 3200 METER RUN FINALS
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT
1 Riley Nixon Ottawa Hills 9:3642
2 Thomas Franklin Ottawa Hills 9:42.53
3 Paul Westrick Tinora 9:49.32
4 Erik Nygaard Bluffton 9:49.98
BOYS LONG JUMP FINALS
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT
1 Kavon Bailey McComb 21-3.75
2 Jacob Rombach Calvert
3 Drew Fersch Kalida
4 Hayden Dearth 10 Bluffton 20-6.75
BOYS 4X800 METER RELAY FINALS
PLACE TEAM RESULT
1 Ottawa Hills 8:06.80
2 Bluffton 8:07.05
1) Eden Antrim 11 2) Erik Nygaard 11
3) Landon Novak 11 4) Landon Armstrong 11
GIRLS 4x800 METER RELAY FINALS
1 Liberty Center 9:43.69
1) Makayla Meller 10 2) Hope Oelkrug 12
3) Mallory Stark 11 4) Gracie Miller 10
6 Bluffton 10:12.80
1) June Essinger 9 2) Ella Armstrong 10
3) Sami Scoles 11 4) Riley Eachus 11
GIRLS 1600 METERS
1 Macie Miller 10 Old Fort 5:07.10
7 June Essinger 9 Bluffton 5:25.94
BOYS 4X200 METER RELAY FINALS
PLACE TEAM RESULT
1 Hopewell-Loudon 1:30.56
2 Archbold 1:31.41
8 Bluffton 1:34.27
1) Griffin Stackhouse 9 2) Nolan Hoffman 11
3) Nate Schaadt 12 4) Ethan Bogart 12
BOYS 4X200 METER RELAY Prelims
PLACE TEAM RESULT
1 Archbold
2 Hopewell-Loudon 1:32.16
3 McComb 1:32.31
4 Columbus Grove 1:32.64
5 Tinora 1:32.72
6 Van Buren
7 Liberty Center 1:34.45
8 Bluffton 1:34.59
BOYS POLE VAULT FINALS
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT
1 Cole Owens 10 Gibsonburg 14-0
10 Sam Derstine 11 Bluffton 11-6
BOYS 400 METER DASH Prelims
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT
1 Zach O'Neill Maumee Valley C.D. 49.86
15 Alek Davis Bluffton 56.72
