Pirate harriers 12th at Wildcat Invite
By Cort Reynolds
KALIDA - The Bluffton boys cross country team ran at the Wildcat Invitational meet in Kalida Saturday.
The Pirate boys finished 12th in the 23-team meet. Ottawa-Glandorf (53 points) easily out-distanced Elyria Catholic (104) for the team title. St. Marys finished third with 127 points.
Bluffton tallied 317 points.
Erik Nygaard finished 18th in the field of 216 runners with a time of 17:51.4 to post the top Pirate showing.
The average Bluffton time over the 3.1-mile course was 19:37.
Matt Krese of Elyria Catholic won the individual race with a time of 16:53.4.
Bluffton individual results:
Blf Runner Place Time
1 Nygaard Erik 18 17:51.4
2 Conley Elijah 41 18:52.3
3 Lovell Wyatt 79 20:14.1
4 Derstine Sam 81 20:16.1
5 Conley Isaiah 98 20:50.9
6 Mckenzie Caleb 102 21:21.2
7 Boblitt Trey 112 22:03.9
8 Dyar Carter 152 22:09.7
9 Rehm Jonah 158 22:37.4
10 Dailey Carter 173 23:22.5
11 Carnauba Vanias 206 26:05.9
Team results:
Ottawa-Glandorf 1st 153 points
Elyria Catholic 2nd 104
St. Marys Memorial 3rd 127
Lincolnview 4th 127
Crestview 5th 189
Van Buren 6th 217
Elida 7th 229
Patrick Henry 8th 267
Ottoville 9th 268
Wapakoneta 10th 289
Kalida 11th 293
Bluffton 12th 317
Leipsic 13th 321
Bath 14th 328
Napoleon 15th 343
Waynesfield-Goshen 16th 346
Allen East 17th 358
Paulding 18th 414
McComb 19th 523
Ada 20th 601
Lima Central Catholic Incomplete
Lima Senior Inc.
Miller City Inc.
Bluffton runs next at the Allen County Invitational meet Tuesday, October 1 at 5 p.m.
