Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos by Jamie Nygaard
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Bluffton boys track and field team finished a strong second at the Northwest Conference meet Thursday and Saturday at Columbus Grove.
Meet host Grove claimed both the boys and girls championships. CG cruised to the boys title with 217.5 points, ahead of second-place Bluffton (123.5).
CG captured the girls crown with 163 points, while Spencerville finished second at 141.
The Pirate girls finished fifth out of nine teams with 59 points, just behind Ada (59) and ahead of Delphos Jefferson and Lincolnview in a tie for sixth with 58 points.
Pirate senior Jonathon Schriner captured first in the 400 meter dash. Eden Antrim won the 1600 meter run, and Erik Nygaard took first in the 3200.
Senior Simon Derstine also crossed the line first in the 800 meters to give the Pirate boys a sweep of the distance races.
Sophomore Ethan Bogart took second in both the 110 and 300 hurdles.
Sophomore Brianna Tabler came in second in the girls pole vault to register the top Lady Pirate showing.
Scoring Bluffton finishes (top 8):
Boys 400 Meter Dash
1st Schriner, Jonathan 51.51
6th Mehaffie, Josh 54.78
Boys 800 Meter Run
1st Derstine, Simon 1:57.70
3rd Armstrong, Landon 2:03.04
Boys 1600 Meter Run
1st Antrim, Eden 4:31.50
Boys 3200 Meter Run
1st Nygaard, Eric 10:07.73
8th Andreas, Theo 10:52.28
Girls Pole Vault
2nd Tabler, Brianna 10-0
3rd Diller, Allison 9-0
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
2nd Bogart, Ethan 42.91
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
2nd Bogart, Ethan 16.82
Boys Shot Put
3rd Tabler, Aaron 44-9
4th Luginbuhl, Xavier 42-9.25
Girls 1600 Meter Run
3rd Matthews, Clara 5:40.36
7th Armstrong, Ella 6:07.12
Boys Long Jump
4th Basinger, Brien 18-11.5
Girls Discus Throw
4th Ackerman, Cierra 97-7
Boys Pole Vault
5th Derstine, Sam 10-0
Boys High Jump
5th Lovell, Wyatt 5-6
Girls 400 Meter Dash
6th Diller, Allison 1:07.25
8th Schweingruber, Mak 1:09.12
Girls High Jump
6th Lewandowski, Pearl J4-6
Girls 100 Meter Dash
6th Scoles, Skyler 13.60
Boys 100 Meter Dash
7th Basinger, Brien 12.08
Girls 3200 Meter Run
8th Weissling, Kaelin 16:22.05
Boys Discus Throw
8th Mays, Zander 103-6
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
2nd Bluffton 8:29.01
1) Nygaard, Eric 10 2) Novak, Landon 10
3) Armstrong, Landon 10 4) Antrim, Eden 10
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
3rd Bluffton 10:38.70
1) Matthews, Clara 2) Armstrong, Ella
3) Scoles, Skyler 4) Scoles, Sami
Girls 4x100 Meter Relay
4th Bluffton 55.62
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
4th Bluffton 1:38.40
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
5th Bluffton 1:53.9
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
6th Bluffton 4:42.43
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
6th Bluffton 47.79
NWC Boys team scores:
1) Columbus Grove 217.5 points
2) Bluffton 123.5
3) Allen East 80
4) Lincolnview 76
4) Spencerville 54
6) Crestview 48
7) Delphos Jefferson 29
8) Paulding 17
9) Ada 16
NWC Girls team scores:
1) Columbus Grove 163 points
2) Spencerville 141
3) Paulding 74
4) Ada 60
5) Bluffton 59
6) tie: Delphos Jefferson 58
6) tie: Lincolnview 58
8) Crestview 34
8) Allen East 15
Bluffton competes in the Div. III district meet at Findlay May 19/21. The top four finishers in any event qualify for regionals the next week at Tiffin.
