By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON __The Pirate boys and girls track and field teams each finished a strong second at the annual Northwest Conference championship meet in Bluffton’s Salzman Stadium Saturday, May 11.
Columbus Grove won the girls team title with 173.5 points. Bluffton took second with 127 points, followed by Spencerville in third.
Grove captured the boys team crown with 162 points, followed by Bluffton (123) and Lincolnview (102).
Thursday’s first day of action was canceled due to rain.
Griffin Stackhouse sped to first in the 100 and 200-meter dash races to pace the Pirate boys.
Gavin Bogart also won the boys 400-meter run.
The Pirate boys also crossed the finish line first in the 4x100 and 4x200 relay races.
Sadie Tarplee won the high jump, and Rory Youngpeter took first in the discus to post the top Pirate girls finishes.
Boys team scores:
1 Columbus Grove 162 points
2 Bluffton 123
3 Lincolnview 102
4 Ada 71.5
5 Spencerville 62.5
6 Allen East 59
7 Crestview 44
8 Leipsic 31
9 Delphos Jefferson 6
Girls team scores:
1 Columbus Grove 173.5
2 Bluffton 127
3 Spencerville 104.83
4 Lincolnview 87.33
5 Allen East 52
6 Delphos Jefferson 51
7 Ada 39.33
8 Crestview 18
9 Leipsic 14
Bluffton girls finishers:
100 METER DASH
13.24 Mya McDougle 6th Finals H2
14.40 Sadie Tarplee 13th Finals H1
200 METER DASH
29.06 Gracie Warren 10th Finals H2
400 METER DASH
1:07.62 Lauren Dearth 5th Finals H2
1:09.64 Faith Combs 8th Finals H1
800 METER RUN
2:29.19 Nora Matthews 2nd Finals H1
2:39.90 Ella Armstrong 6th Finals H1
1600 METER RUN
5:32.32 Nora Matthews 2nd Finals H1
5:57.95 June Essinger 6th Finals H1
3200 METER RUN
15:07.54 Kaelin Weissling 7th Finals H1
15:11.11 Elizabeth Honse 8th Finals H1
100 METER HURDLES
16.77 Aubrey Burkholder 5th Finals H2
18.60 Kally Cotter 10th Finals H1
300 METER HURDLES
48.82 Aubrey Burkholder 3rd Finals H2
53.44 Sadie Tarplee 8th Finals H1
4X100 METER RELAY
53.06 Relay Team 4th Finals H1
4X200 METER RELAY
1:56.68 Relay Team 4th Finals H1
4X400 METER RELAY
4:32.67 Relay Team 3rd Finals H1
4X800 METER RELAY
10:48.75 Relay Team 3rd Finals H1
HIGH JUMP
4-8 Sadie Tarplee 1st Finals H1
4-4 Faith Combs 6th Finals H1
LONG JUMP
15-0 Sadie Tarplee 2nd Finals H2
14-5.25 Lauren Dearth 3rd Finals H2
POLE VAULT
10-0 Alayna Mueller 2nd Finals H1
9-0 Bekah Rehm 5th Finals H1
DISCUS
109-8 Rory Youngpeter 1st Finals H2
96-10 Lizzy Suter 3rd
SHOT PUT
30-3 Lizzy Suter 5th
29-6.5 Rory Youngpeter 7th
Bluffton boys finishers:
100 METER DASH
11.23 Griffin Stackhouse 1st Finals H2
11.80 Kyle Basil 13th Finals H1
200 METER DASH
23.03 Griffin Stackhouse 1st Finals H3
23.84 Kizer Young 5th Finals H3
400 METER DASH
52.33 Gavin Bogart 1st Finals H2
59.54 Keatyn Shaffer 11th Finals H1
800 METER RUN
2:18.37 Landon Sehlhorst 8th Finals H1
2:24.57 Owen Shoemaker 12th Finals H1
1600 METER RUN
4:40.92 Theo Andreas 2nd Finals H1
5:17.53 Calvin Derstine 9th Finals H1
3200 METER RUN
10:58.27 Theo Andreas 3rd Finals H1
110 METER HURDLES
15.99 Carson Kruse 3rd Finals H2
16.55 Kyle Basil 5th Finals H2
300 METER HURDLES
42.70 Carson Kruse 3rd Finals H2
51.51 Elijah Diffin 11th Finals H2
4X100 METER RELAY
44.86 Relay Team 1st Finals H2
4X200 METER RELAY
1:32.77 Relay Team 1st Finals H1
4X400 METER RELAY
3:41.42 Relay Team 3rd Finals H1
4X800 METER RELAY
9:06.94 Relay Team 5th Finals H1
HIGH JUMP
5-8 Kyle Basil 4th Finals H1
5-8 Noah Bricker 3rd Finals H1
LONG JUMP
16-7 Jackson Bowlus 12th Finals H1
15-0.75 Keatyn Shaffer 15th Finals H1
POLE VAULT
10-6 Noah Bricker 6th Finals H1
DISCUS
133-6 Braylin Scherger 5th Finals H2
132-5 Xavier Diller 6th Finals H2
SHOT PUT
44-0 Braylin Scherger 4th Finals H2
39-0 Marco Eiden 7th Finals H2
