By Cort Reynolds
The Bluffton boys track and field team finished a strong second at the Div. III district meet on a warm Thursday, May 19, and Saturday, May 21, at Ada's War Memorial Stadium.
Columbus Grove won the boys team title with 148 points, while Bluffton came in second with 114.
Kalida captured the girls crown in a close battle with Van Buren. The Lady Pirates finished a solid sixth out of 18 teams.
Several Pirates posted top-four finishes to make it to the regional meet next week.
Trey Boblitt took first in the high jump, followed by teammate Wyatt Lovell.
Landon Armstrong captured first in the boys 800 meters, while June Essinger won the girls 3200 meters. Essinger also took second in the 1600-meter run.
Eden Antrim crossed the line first in the boys 1600 meters. The Pirate boys 4 x 400 relay quartet also took first place.
Bluffton district meet scoring finishes:
BOYS HIGH JUMP FINALS
1 Trey Boblitt 12 Bluffton 6-2
2 Wyatt Lovell 11 Bluffton 6-0
BOYS 800 METER RUN FINALS
1st Landon Armstrong 11 Bluffton 1:58.74
GIRLS 3200 METER RUN FINALS
1st June Essinger 9 Bluffton 12:44.14
BOYS 1600 METER RUN FINALS
1st Eden Antrim 11 Bluffton 4:28.44
BOYS 4X400 METER RELAY FINALS
1st Bluffton 3:30.78
GIRLS 1600 METER RUN FINALS
2nd June Essinger 9 Bluffton 5:34.51
GIRLS POLE VAULT FINALS
2nd Bri Taber Bluffton 10-0
BOYS 3200 METER RUN FINALS
2nd Erik Nygaard Bluffton 10:15.81
BOYS 300 METER HURDLES FINALS
2nd Ethan Bogart Bluffton 39.87
BOYS 4X800 METER RELAY FINALS
2nd Bluffton 8:34.06
BOYS 110 METER HURDLES FINALS
3rd Ethan Bogart 12 Bluffton 16.03
GIRLS 4X800 METER RELAY FINALS
3rd Bluffton 10:31.11
GIRLS 800 METER RUN FINALS
4th Ella Armstrong Bluffton 2:27.84
BOYS LONG JUMP FINALS
5th Hayden Dearth Bluffton 20-3
BOYS POLE VAULT FINALS
5th Sam Derstine 11 Bluffton 11-6
BOYS SHOT PUT FINALS
6th Aaron Tabler Bluffton 46-6.5
BOYS 100 METER DASH FINALS
7th Griffin Stackhouse 9 Bluffton 12.12
BOYS 400 METER DASH FINALS
8th Landon Shutler 11 Bluffton 57.04
BOYS DISCUS FINALS
8th Aaron Tabler Bluffton 126-9
GIRLS LONG JUMP FINALS
8th Kendal Giesige Bluffton 15-0.5
Girls District Team Scores
1) Kalida 92 points
2) Van Buren 85
3) Columbus Grove 73
4) Leipsic 62
5) Ottoville 55
6) Bluffton 53
7) Elmwood 46.5
8) Hopewell-Loudon 34
9) Arcadia 33.5
10) Ada 28
11) Vanlue 18
12) Arlington 16
13) Cory-Rawson 14
tie: 13) McComb 14
15) Ft. Jennings 12
16) New Riegel 10
17) Pandora-Gilboa 9
18) North Baltimore 6
Boys District Team Scores
1) Columbus Grove 148 points
2) Bluffton 114
3) Hopewell-Loudon 73.5
4) Van Buren 58
5) McComb 54
6) Ottoville 46
7) Leipsic 38
8) Kalida 33
9) Arlington 23
10) New Riegel 21
11) Upper Scioto Valley 20.5
12) Ada 20
13) Pandora-Gilboa 7
14) Ft. Jennings 5
15) Cory-Rawson 2
Complete district results are available here: https://oh.milesplit.com/meets/476140-ohsaa-division-3-district-ada-2022...
