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