Pirate boys' and girls' track teams both runner-up in NWC meet
Bluffton High School boys’ and girls’ track teams both finished runner-up in the Northwest Conference meet in Ada on May 14. Columbus Grove won both boys’ and girls’ titles.
BHS junior Trevor Bassitt was named male athlete of the year.
A list of preliminary and final places are in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Here are Bluffton’s first place finishers:
Girls’
1400 meter – Haley Baker, junior
Boys’
800 meter – Christopher Harnish, sophomore,
3200 meter – Jacob Barnett, senior
110 meter hurdles – Trevor Bassitt, junior
300 meter hurdles – Trevor Bassitt, junior
4x800 meter relay – Jacob Barnett (sr), Anthony Kingsley (jr), Isaac Andreas (jr), Christopher Harnish (soph)
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