By Cort Reynolds
ADA __ Several Bluffton High School athletes qualified for the regional track and field meet with strong showings at the Div. III district competition on May 16 and 18.
The Pirate boys finished a fine second at the event. Columbus Grove won the boys team title with 118 points, followed by the Pirates with 99.
Top-four finishers in any event qualified to the regional meet in Fostoria next week.
Pirate junior speedster Griffin Stackhouse won both the 100 and 200-meter dash titles.
Senior Theo Andreas crossed the line first in the 3200-meter run.
The Pirate boys dominated the relay events, winning the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 races, and finishing third in the 4 x 400.
The Pirate girls came in a solid fourth in the team standings with 82 points. Grove was second with 123.
PIRATE REGIONAL QUALIFIERS
Boys 100 Meter Dash Finals
1 Griffin Stackhouse 11 Bluffton 11.12
Boys 200 Meter Dash Finals
1 Griffin Stackhouse 11 Bluffton 22.74
Boys 3200 Meter Run Finals
1 Theo Andreas 12 Bluffton 10:31.66
4 Levi Fenzl 11 Bluffton 10:54.82
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Finals
1 Bluffton 44.44
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Finals
1 Bluffton 1:31.36
Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Finals
2 Bluffton 51.65
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Finals
2 Bluffton 10:23.54
Girls 1600 Meter Run Finals
2 Nora Matthews 9 Bluffton 5:17.89
Boys 400 Meter Dash Finals
2 Gavin Bogart 12 Bluffton 52.84
Girls Pole Vault Finals
4 Alayna Mueller 10 Bluffton 9-06
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Finals
4 Bluffton 1:50.52
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Finals
4 Bluffton 4:24.26
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Finals
3 Bluffton 3:32.97
Girls 800 Meter Run Finals
3 Nora Matthews 9 Bluffton 2:30.87
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Finals
3 Aubrey Burkholder 10 Bluffton 16.84
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Finals
3 Aubrey Burkholder 10 Bluffton 48.56
Girls 100 Meter Dash Finals
3 Mya McDougle 10 Bluffton 12.95
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Finals
4 Carson Kruse 11 Bluffton 41.48
Girls 200 Meter Dash Finals
4 Mya McDougle 10 Bluffton 26.84
OTHER TOP PIRATE FINISHERS
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals
5 Carson Kruse 11 Bluffton 15.73
6 Kyle Basil 12 Bluffton 15.84
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Finals
5 Bluffton 8:44.93
Boys Discus Finals
5 Xavier Diller 11 Bluffton 126-09
Girls 3200 Meter Run Finals
5 June Essinger 11 Bluffton 13:02.68
Boys Shot Put Finals
6 Braylin Scherger 11 Bluffton 43-
Girls 200 Meter Dash Finals
6 Gracie Warren 9 Bluffton 27.97
