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By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA – The talented Bluffton High School girls track and field team won the tough nine-team Ottawa-Glandorf Gold meet on April 17.

The Pirate girls scored 127 points to edge second place host Ottawa-Glandorf (119) by eight points. Otsego finished third with 96 points.

The Pirate boys finished second at the meet to the Titans. The O-G boys tallied 134 points, while Bluffton scored 108.25. Liberty-Benton came in third with 85.5 points.

Participating teams were Bath, Bluffton, Elida, Liberty-Benton, Old Fort, Otsego, Ottawa-Glandorf, Urbana, Van Buren and Van Wert.

Pirate Maelee Miller won the 400 meters, and finished second in the 100 hurdles. The versatile freshman also took third in the high jump.

Junior Mya McDougle was second in the 100-meter dash and took third in the 200 meters.

Pirate senior Kally Cotter won the pole vault, followed closely in second by teammate Alayna Mueller.

Senior Sadie Tarplee won the long jump and came in fourth in the high jump. 

Sophomore Nora Matthews finished second in the 1600-meter run.

Pirate senior Griffin Stackhouse again sped to two sprint wins. He crossed the finish line first in the 100 and 200-meter races to pace the boys.

Senior Marek Donaldson took first in the 1600 meters. Senior Noah Bricker topped the field in the high jump to claim first.

Junior Kain Wright crossed the line second in the 400 meters.

 

Top Bluffton girls finishers

Girls Pole Vault Finals

1 Kally Cotter 12 Bluffton 10-0 1

2 Alayna Mueller 11 Bluffton 10-0

 

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Finals

1 Aubrey Burkholder11 Bluffton 48.69

 

Girls Long Jump Finals

1 Sadie Tarplee 12 Bluffton 16-8.25

5 Lauren Dearth 11 Bluffton 15-7

 

Girls 400 Meter Dash Finals

1 Maelee Miller 9 Bluffton 1:00.68

 

Girls 1600 Meter Run Finals

2 Nora Matthews 10 Bluffton 5:21.60

 

Girls 100 Meter Dash Finals

2 Mya McDougle 11 Bluffton 13.33 3

4 Jordan Schweingruber 12 Bluffton 13.79

 

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Finals

2 Maelee Miller 9 Bluffton 16.60 

4 Aubrey Burkholder 11 Bluffton 17.20

 

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Finals

2 Bluffton 52.31

 

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Finals

2 Bluffton 1:52.11

 

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Finals

2 Bluffton 4:19.49

 

Girls 200 Meter Dash Finals

3 Mya McDougle 11 Bluffton 27.71

 

Girls High Jump Finals

3 Maelee Miller 9 Bluffton 5-2 1

4 Sadie Tarplee 12 Bluffton 5-2

 

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Finals

4 Bluffton 10:33.50

 

Top Bluffton boys finishers:

Boys 100 Meter Dash Finals

1 Griffin Stackhouse 12 Bluffton 11.12

 

Boys 200 Meter Dash Finals

1 Griffin Stackhouse 12 Bluffton 22.18

 

Boys 1600 Meter Run Finals

1 Marek Donaldson 12 Bluffton 4:34.02

 

Boys High Jump Finals

1 Noah Bricker 12 Bluffton 6-2

 

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Finals

1 Bluffton 1:29.21

 

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Finals

1 Bluffton 3:26.45

 

Boys 400 Meter Dash Finals

2 Kain Wright 11 Bluffton 50.44

 

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Finals

2 Bluffton 44.52

 

Boys Shot Put Finals

3 Braylin Scherger 12 Bluffton 45-6.75

 

Boys 800 Meter Run Finals

4 Marek Donaldson 12 Bluffton 1:57.44

 

Boys Discus Finals

4 Xavier Diller 12 Bluffton 131-8

 

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals

4 Carson Kruse 12 Bluffton 16.04

 

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Finals

4 Carson Kruse 12 Bluffton 41.80

 

Boys Long Jump Finals

4 Noah Bricker 12 Bluffton 20-2

 

Boys 3200 Meter Run Finals

5 Levi Fenzl 12 Bluffton 10:24.21