By Cort Reynolds
Friday results are at the bottom of this story -
Photos at bottom by Marvin Foster
COLUMBUS - A pair of Bluffton athletes competed in second day finals of the Div. III track and field state meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus on Saturday.
In the 300 hurdle finals, Pirate junior Xavier Dunifon finished ninth in a time of 40.65.
Dunifon qualified out of the preliminary heats Friday into the finals Saturday. He came in fourth overall in the preliminary field of 18 with a time of 40.13.
Pirate senior Jackson Steinmetz finished 12th out of 17 runners in the boys 3200-meter finals Saturday in a time of 9:56.43.
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 36" Finals
Place Athlete Class School Time
1 Anthony Tyler 12 Africentric 38.73
2 Connor Kerr 12 Mogadore 39.10
3 Trey Gruet 12 Cedarville 39.50
4 Cameron Stine 11 Newton Local 39.69
5 Brayden Gray 12 Hiland 39.87
6 Justin Perry 12 Nelsonville 39.92
7 Dominick McFarland 11 Triad 40.17
8 Zach Huffman 12 F.F. Green 40.43
9 Xavier Dunifon 11 Bluffton 40.65
Boys 3200 Meter Run
Place Athlete Class School Time
1 Drew Roberts 12 Mapleton 9:25.74
2 Noah Fisher 11 Ayersville 9:29.48
3 Taylor Vallangeon 12 Worthington Chr. 9:29.77
4 Tanner Delk 12 Arcanum 9:43.19
5 Ethan Wallis 10 Cedarville 9:43.38
6 Eli Fullerton 10 Belpre 9:43.43
7 Jacob Poling 12 Elgin 9:45.32
8 Brian DeWine 11 Summit Country Day 9:51.28
9 Ethan Supplee 11 Mount Gilead 9:54.77
10 Lincon Hopkins 10 Badger 9:55.10
11 Alex Albers 9 Minster 9:55.97
12 Jackson Steinmetz 12 Bluffton 9:56.43
13 Julian Shrock 12 Garaway 9:58.23
14 Noah Avendano 12 St. Paul 10:10.19
15 Braden Schaser 11 Lakota 10:12.29
16 Jackson Triplett 9 Tuscarawas C.C. 10:16.67
17 Tyler Clark 12 Gilmour Academy 10:32.68
FRIDAY RESULTS
Two Bluffton athletes and a 4 x 400 relay foursome competed in day one of the Div. III track and field state meet.
In the 300 hurdles, Pirate Xavier Dunifon qualified out of the preliminary heats Friday into the finals Saturday. He took second in his heat and was fourth overall in a field of 18 with a time of 40.13.
Anthony Tyler of Africentric took first in the 300 hurdle heats at 39.08.
Top nine finishers in each event advance to the finals Saturday, where the 300 hurdles final will be run at approximately 10:40 a.m.
Bluffton's Baylor Garmatter finished 13th out of 18 in the 400 meter prelims with a time of 51.34. Garrett Walker came in first in the heats in 49.34.
The quartet of Garmatter, Schriner, Young and Antrim ended up 14th out of 18 teams in the 4 x 400 relay prelims. They finished in a time of 3:31.62 Friday afternoon. Fort Recovery won the 4 x 400 relay heats in 3:24.97.
Dunifon did not start in the 110 hurdle prelims he qualified for, won by Mogadore's Connor Kerr in 14.91.
Pirate Jackson Steinmetz runs in the boys 3200-meter finals Saturday at 11:30 a.m. There were no preliminary heats for the 3200 Friday.
